Pros and Cons TS 1/2/3/4
What do you think are pros and cons of each series? (this is probably wrong category but idk what is right one) I've been playing the older games lately to refresh my memory and I feel like the...
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Sims 1
Pros
I just loved throwing parties and having Drew Carey show up. It was just so funny to me to see the sims going crazy over the celebrity showing up. I usually hate celebrities in my Sims game but this always cracked me up. Superstar expansion...the fashion show come on...nothing like it since at least not on the same level.
Cons
No Aging and the look of the sims.
Sims 2
Pros
I love everything about this game. Gameplay wise. The gameplay is just out of this world. It beats all in my opinion. They bowl a real game. They play a real game of pool. Marco Polo in the pool. They can twirl together while skating. It felt like couples had plenty to do together. The blind dates. I could write pages and pages of stuff I love.
I love adding a townie to a household and being able to see what they have been through in life by reading their memories. Wants and Fears. The attraction system. The interest system. All of these things made each sim feel very unique.
Cons
No towine aging and body styles of the sims themselves.
Sims 3
Pros and cons of the game was open world. While it was a great innovative idea, it was executed poorly. I hated being stuck in one world. I had so many beautiful worlds and I didn't get a chance to really enjoy them all. So many routing issues SOOOO MANY. When you need to have a mod to even play the game without issues, we have a problem. On the flip side, I loved watching townies around town when my sims were doing something boring. I loved driving though the streets with my sims when they were heading to their destinations. Seasons was amazing in that game. The best of them all in my opinion. I enjoyed open world but at the same time it felt limited. No open restaurants which made no sense to me because they had open nightclubs...LOL
Sims 4
Pros
The sims themselves can really look diverse. Love that. I love how all the worlds are connected and my sims can visit all of them.
Cons
The sims themselves are not unique. They are all the same because they are all subjected to the same 10 emotions. It really makes me feel like I am playing the same sim over and over.
I thought the trade off for closing the world would have been better but it feel like it is less. We are seeing rabbit holes more than ever. I remember when they used to say well we have to put rabbit holes in (Sims 3) because of performance. What is the excuse now??
Musical chair...UGH
Looking at artwork when at a restaurant..UGH
Everything is separated for each sim. They don't really fish together, bowl together, skate together, DANCE TOGETHER, suntan together, they cannot even talk while laying on the lounge chairs together IT IS THE WORSE. I still cannot believe after how many years the sims are not dancing facing each other yet.
I can write a book on my frustration with Sims 4 but those are my top 5 most irritating. Honorable mention - giving a sims a command and they do whatever they want anyways. For instance, the sim is on the move to go to sleep and I want them to make a meal. The sim goes all way to the bed change in pjs get in bed and then get back up and go to the fridge to make the food even though I commanded them to do it well before the sim got to the bedroom.
Pros
I just loved throwing parties and having Drew Carey show up. It was just so funny to me to see the sims going crazy over the celebrity showing up. I usually hate celebrities in my Sims game but this always cracked me up. Superstar expansion...the fashion show come on...nothing like it since at least not on the same level.
Cons
No Aging and the look of the sims.
Sims 2
Pros
I love everything about this game. Gameplay wise. The gameplay is just out of this world. It beats all in my opinion. They bowl a real game. They play a real game of pool. Marco Polo in the pool. They can twirl together while skating. It felt like couples had plenty to do together. The blind dates. I could write pages and pages of stuff I love.
I love adding a townie to a household and being able to see what they have been through in life by reading their memories. Wants and Fears. The attraction system. The interest system. All of these things made each sim feel very unique.
Cons
No towine aging and body styles of the sims themselves.
Sims 3
Pros and cons of the game was open world. While it was a great innovative idea, it was executed poorly. I hated being stuck in one world. I had so many beautiful worlds and I didn't get a chance to really enjoy them all. So many routing issues SOOOO MANY. When you need to have a mod to even play the game without issues, we have a problem. On the flip side, I loved watching townies around town when my sims were doing something boring. I loved driving though the streets with my sims when they were heading to their destinations. Seasons was amazing in that game. The best of them all in my opinion. I enjoyed open world but at the same time it felt limited. No open restaurants which made no sense to me because they had open nightclubs...LOL
Sims 4
Pros
The sims themselves can really look diverse. Love that. I love how all the worlds are connected and my sims can visit all of them.
Cons
The sims themselves are not unique. They are all the same because they are all subjected to the same 10 emotions. It really makes me feel like I am playing the same sim over and over.
I thought the trade off for closing the world would have been better but it feel like it is less. We are seeing rabbit holes more than ever. I remember when they used to say well we have to put rabbit holes in (Sims 3) because of performance. What is the excuse now??
Musical chair...UGH
Looking at artwork when at a restaurant..UGH
Everything is separated for each sim. They don't really fish together, bowl together, skate together, DANCE TOGETHER, suntan together, they cannot even talk while laying on the lounge chairs together IT IS THE WORSE. I still cannot believe after how many years the sims are not dancing facing each other yet.
I can write a book on my frustration with Sims 4 but those are my top 5 most irritating. Honorable mention - giving a sims a command and they do whatever they want anyways. For instance, the sim is on the move to go to sleep and I want them to make a meal. The sim goes all way to the bed change in pjs get in bed and then get back up and go to the fridge to make the food even though I commanded them to do it well before the sim got to the bedroom.
