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WolvesCreek
New Spectator
7 years ago

So I had to make a Sims 4 or 3 decision today...

So every since I installed the latest version of Origin it totally messed up my Sims 3 launcher which effected store content in turn, as I don't want to install the "origin" version of the Sims 3 (it breaks a lot of mods like poses) I was faced with a decision.

Uninstall the Sims 3 and only play the Sims 4....or uninstall Origin (which fixes the launcher issue)...hence the Sims 4...and play the Sims 3 only.

To be honest it was a tough decision, what got me was going through my folders to backup (im also reinstalling my pc) I realized I have "stories" and challenges I haven't finished for the Sims 3...that go back 5 years...5 years.

I feel I need to do those Sims a service and finish their stories first lol.

Plus I'm hoping by the time I return to the Sims 4 they will have released seasons - my most request expansion, mostly because it adds a flow of "time" to the game via seasons...especially since the Sims 4 barely age between teens and adults.

But boy what a decision, I even took a poll at work...it came out 50/50....not helpful...

On the plus side I don't play any other Origin required games...and I get to fiddle with all those cool graphic mods for the Sims 3 now like reshade.

Still I'm gonna miss the Sims 4 "goofy" world and honestly I love the animations especially for communication for the Sims 4...a lot of the Sims 3 animations seem so repetitive. Still I must finish my Sims 3 stories!

I think I get some kinda of personal achievement if I do at this point lol...still...ugh...the indecision!
  • Lonewolf1044's avatar
    Lonewolf1044
    Seasoned Spectator
    I am happy that one can still access Sims 3 being it has not been archived yet like past iterations. Yeah I hated that Sims 3 launcher, it would have been great if it worked like it should have. I like the Sims 4 launcher style better, I have no problem with it.
  • When it comes to that I generally, myself, go with Sims 4 due to the shorter wait time to get into a game save of mine. Well, it always feels shorter. I might be wrong and it's just that in Sims 3 there's that loading green bar :lol:

    I love both to pieces like you, but I hate (the feeling of) a long wait :lol:
    I'm impatient; what can I say?
  • Eh I'm still tryin to decide, I waited a day to see if "patch tuesday" updated the OS for Win10...but there was no patch...although I am a Windows Insider so ya...it was just an excuse to be indecisive another day lol....
  • I never uninstalled Sims3, so I can access it without Origin. I generally play it using Razor, which shuts off the background processes on my computer, which helps. This is where disks are useful.
  • I don`t know why,but sims 3 just don`t work good for me,not even on new computer. I would start the game and they start running slow in few minutes. After a while I got tired and uninstalled them. At least 4 is running good
  • I gave up on Sims 3 when my old computer went kaput, I was able to play but it lagged so bad it would take 12 hours to do a simple chapter in the sagas, once I got a new computer I just moved on to Sims 4, which I am liking a lot.

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