The Sims 1, 2, 3, 4 Gameplay
The first game that I ever played from The Sims Franchise was The Sims 2. I also played The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 and much later The Sims 1. Because I played the later games before the original, I nev...
Forum Discussion
"Cinebar;c-17997809" wrote:
I said there were things about TS3 and TS4 I liked, loved CASt. but that isn't gameplay to me. I started with The Sims with the original game, so yeah, I might be a bit biased against RPG type gameplay and buffs and moodlet systems. I agree TS2 improved so much I mean we couldn't even build a deck or porch in The Sims, so yes, these games have come a long way. But I feel in some ways we lose a lot of flavor when they decided to gain/broadened to get every type of player out there and incorporated the type of players who love rpg -goal gaining, win or lose type gamers, and those type of players who couldn't understand (and said so) what is the game about if there are no set out, laid down plans to win or lose, and or no rewards to gain. That's where Humble took the game into the realm of those gamers who decidedly won out in the end, and the games are now more about levels, and buffs, and goals, than ever before.
Recently playing Sims 2 Pleasantview and this is what I noticed:
I have less control in Sims 2. Getting my Sims to do what I want was like herding cats!
Dina Caliente wouldn’t flirt with Daniel Pleasant. Don Lothario didn’t clean up and it was death by flies, Darren Dreamer wouldn’t stay at the easel and so couldn’t make enough money to pay his bills so the repo man came!
Nina Caliente died when cloud watching when a satellite fell on her. This interrupted my plan for her.
I managed to move in Kaylynn the maid but she and Bella Goth just didn’t like each other from the get go. Bella now comes on the lot steals Kaylynn’s newspaper or kicks her bin over!
I was so engrossed with the going’s on I forgot to build any new lots.
Sims 4 is more under player control and for me, it’s rare the unexpected happens.
