Sims 4 seasons vs. Sims 3 seasons

"LadyKyn;c-16570946" wrote:

"candy8;c-16570768" wrote:
That is easy Sims 3 was way better then Sims 4there is no comparison to it. I know a lot of people don't agree but it was much better then this EP Sims 4 Season. The Sims 4 Season brought some nice new things to the game but really I was not that excited for it and now I know why. Just a repeat of what Sims 3 was with a few add is maybe if the worlds were opened up but you really can't see the Seasons change much you are looking at it from the ground. I dont' get what people think is so wonderful about it they still can't swim in the ocean.

Personally I didn't get swimming in the ocean it's no different than swimming in the pool just more room. You can't even drown in the ocean in S3 for some odd reason. Though to each ones own. Seasons in each installment of the sims isn't terribly comparable as I've enjoyed just weather in each one. I loved it all in 2, 3 and now 4. It's weather and definitely changes things up and the atmosphere of the over all game.

I do love what's on offer here and I don't think I've had this much enjoyment on every season in an expansion that just wasn't Winter. I really like how each world is connected and weather functions a bit differently in each one. Sims participating in holidays (or some might depending on their trait) feels pretty immersive. Like sims care about the others around them and what's going on with the day. I actually feel genuinely interested in their daily life more so than before where it was pretty 'meh'.

Autumn and spring have their share of gameplay and fun in Sims 3 as well? Splashing in puddles, water balloon fights, horror house, harvesting and carving pumpkins, playing with leaves, trick or treat, roller skating, football/soccer etc. (summer too but I’m not sure what came with Seasons and what was added in IP)

"JoAnne65;c-16570966" wrote:


Autumn and spring have their share of gameplay and fun in Sims 3 as well? Splashing in puddles, water balloon fights, horror house, harvesting and carving pumpkins, playing with leaves, trick or treat, roller skating, football/soccer etc. (summer too but I’m not sure what came with Seasons and what was added in IP)

Trick or treating unfortunately wasn't terribly fun for me in S3 and it was one of my more anticipated features considering Sims were never at home the majority of the time (Mines seem to enjoy the front of the theater or just hang out at the park) or just didn't want to come to the door. Bout like the crotchety people that don't like halloween and don't want to buy overpriced candy for my sim kid's enjoyment. :( When you think someone is coming to your house to trick or treat but they really just came to kick your pumpkin in.
Since the festivals came and went never felt like I could have fun with them for too long. Since I found the majority of interesting things to be with the festival's than anything. Outside of that not terribly much less I was gardening. Felt there was a lot more things in S3 Winter to do that didn't have to be connected with festivals is what I liked a lot about it.

I only remember swimming in the ocean (though patched in) and some new pool floats thus far for summer activities along with water balloons.

Sims 3 Seasons had lots of things to do. Sims 4 Seasons is very immersive.

I prefer the latter. The atmosphere of my Sims 4 game has changed completely.

As far as fullness of features offered I would say Sims 3 Seasons hand down, now there may be some features that are nice in Sims 4 Seasons but it is not enough for me to say Sims 4 Seasons is better. However I like some things in Sims 4 Seasons that was not offered in Sims 3 Seasons and being Sims 3 Seasons is the previous version I would expect Sims 4 version to have some things that was not in the previous version. But again Sims 4 features does not have that fullness feel that I got out of Sims 3 Seasons. :) Now the focus of Sims 4 Seasons may be different than Sims 3 Seasons there are some features that can be compared and evaluated in both versions. As for what version of Sims Seasons is better I would still go with Sims 3 Seasons for me features counts regardless of what time period we are in and when an feature of an older system is more robust than the newer version I go for more the one whose features are not compromised or gimped. However even with that Sims 4 is nice but it makes me happy that I can still run Sims 3 version for now w/o any degradation of the program and enjoy it's playability for it was great during that time and still is today. I believe one can enjoy both versions for what it offers and what it does not offer.

It’s really hard to choose. Winter felt so much more wintery and cozy to me in Sims 3. But, I vastly prefer the calendar and create a holiday system in sims 4. Sims 3 sims could sunbathe or get sunburned in summer which was a nice touch that made it feel like your sims really experienced and enjoyed the heat and sims can’t swim to cool off in the sims 4 summers. They just overheat and die because the swimwear category isn’t the hot weather category. Overall, the feel in sims 4 seasons is awesome and I think it is maybe the winner of the two for me but... they’re both great for different reasons

"LadyKyn;c-16570946" wrote:

"candy8;c-16570768" wrote:
That is easy Sims 3 was way better then Sims 4there is no comparison to it. I know a lot of people don't agree but it was much better then this EP Sims 4 Season. The Sims 4 Season brought some nice new things to the game but really I was not that excited for it and now I know why. Just a repeat of what Sims 3 was with a few add is maybe if the worlds were opened up but you really can't see the Seasons change much you are looking at it from the ground. I dont' get what people think is so wonderful about it they still can't swim in the ocean.

Personally I didn't get swimming in the ocean it's no different than swimming in the pool just more room. You can't even drown in the ocean in S3 for some odd reason. Though to each ones own. Seasons in each installment of the sims isn't terribly comparable as I've enjoyed just weather in each one. I loved it all in 2, 3 and now 4. It's weather and definitely changes things up and the atmosphere of the over all game.

I do love what's on offer here and I don't think I've had this much enjoyment on every season in an expansion that just wasn't Winter. I really like how each world is connected and weather functions a bit differently in each one. Sims participating in holidays (or some might depending on their trait) feels pretty immersive. Like sims care about the others around them and what's going on with the day. I actually feel genuinely interested in their daily life more so than before where it was pretty 'meh'.

This is exactly how I feel. The main reason I continued to play Sims 3 was for the winter weather.

"simgirl1010;c-16572040" wrote:


This is exactly how I feel. The main reason I continued to play Sims 3 was for the winter weather.

Winter is very pretty and fun in S3, but I found the other seasons a bit lack luster when not involving festivals. I feel like I can be more immersed with the sims in 4 and that they react a lot better in weather conditions as well too. Then all the decorations you get to decorate your home or other places makes everything feels a lot more lively and like an actual holiday with Sims getting prepared for it and things not feeling like some gathering or party.

Just feels like there's more of a sense of time to sims in this expansion now.

It is very hard for me to compare. I do love seasons 4. It is visually stunning. I love the calendar system and being able to chose my own holidays. This alone has been game changing. But there are many things I miss from seasons 3.

"JoAnne65;c-16570622" wrote:
I’m starting to become curious for this pack, because it seems like everybody is very positive and enthousiastic about it.

You'd probably be entertained for a week, or how ever long it would take you to get through the 4 seasons and then when the shiny wears off start remembering why you prefer Sims 3. I think there was much enthusiasm for Jungle Adventures but that kept you entertained for a couple of days?

"LadyKyn;c-16571019" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16570966" wrote:


Autumn and spring have their share of gameplay and fun in Sims 3 as well? Splashing in puddles, water balloon fights, horror house, harvesting and carving pumpkins, playing with leaves, trick or treat, roller skating, football/soccer etc. (summer too but I’m not sure what came with Seasons and what was added in IP)

Trick or treating unfortunately wasn't terribly fun for me in S3 and it was one of my more anticipated features considering Sims were never at home the majority of the time (Mines seem to enjoy the front of the theater or just hang out at the park) or just didn't want to come to the door. Bout like the crotchety people that don't like halloween and don't want to buy overpriced candy for my sim kid's enjoyment. :( When you think someone is coming to your house to trick or treat but they really just came to kick your pumpkin in.
Since the festivals came and went never felt like I could have fun with them for too long. Since I found the majority of interesting things to be with the festival's than anything. Outside of that not terribly much less I was gardening. Felt there was a lot more things in S3 Winter to do that didn't have to be connected with festivals is what I liked a lot about it.

I only remember swimming in the ocean (though patched in) and some new pool floats thus far for summer activities along with water balloons.

Of course what’s fun for one isn’t fun for the other, so for some ocean swimming (and surfing and scuba diving and going out in a boat or a jetski or snorkling or just lying on the beach and bake or saving people who are in trouble) is fun and for the other it’s planning events and watch them happen at the exact time you set it (I’m having a bit of a hard time understanding why that’s fun myself but that’s in fact why I just might buy the pack after all because I’m curious, I want to experience it, there’s no way of predicting how you’ll experience something before you have). But that’s what this topic is about, what do you prefer (or maybe not even prefer, what different things from both packs do you like or not like). I realize a lot of what I describe here was IP but those are the things I like doing in summer in the game myself, I do like being able to go into open water. I took my sim adventuring in Egypt once and then one day I decided (no, actually she decided herself) to go swim in the river. I liked that and gave her the day ‘off’. Also sent her to the beach with her friend and they played in the water and swam. I like that, for a change (not every sim day of course). I also love to make my sim harvesting pumpkins in autumn, go home and start carving them with his son. The kid’s turning out a bit clumsy but dad says he did a great job, at his age he really couldn’t make pumpkins like that and they lay it on the porch so anyone passing by can see it. I like the trick or treating too. Sure, I won’t be home for it all the time but when it happens that will only make it more special. I like sending my own kids to go trick or treating as well. Giving them a costume and off they go.

I must add by the way for me it’s not really a dry “what do you like from this pack”. I have to love the game first and then everything added to it will find its place and purpose. Even features I never thought I’d like or that didn’t appeal to me (that happened with ITF for me; I was very disappointed when that turned out to be the last theme for a pack, but in the end I had a lot of fun with it anyway because it was my own family that experienced it all).