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4 years ago

The Sims 3 Little Details

I came across a YouTube video by a Simmer who praised The Sims 2 for "little details" and apparently, other Simmers agreed that Sims 2 is packed with little details. However, I think that Simmer has made an unfair comparison.

In The Sims 2, trees are static. In The Sims 3, they move and sway in the breeze.
In The Sims 2, the light source and object shadows are all static. In The Sims 3, the light source and shadows move.
In The Sims 2, Sims can out in the rain and not care about the rain at all. It doesn't affect them negatively. They can do stuff in the rain. In The Sims 3, Sims will be negatively affected by the rain with a negative "getting soaked" moodlet.
In The Sims 2, like I said, rain doesn't affect the Sims much. So, the Sims will be as dry as ever. In The Sims 3, you can literally see the Sim getting all soaked up, and I think, as time progresses, they can air-dry?
In The Sims 2, you can just turn on and off the lights, and that's it. In The Sims 3, lights can be set to a certain color. The Sims 2 did have different-colored lights, but they were tied to specific lamps.
In The Sims 2, the poker card table and surrounding chairs seem to be coded a bit differently than other tables and chairs, because you can attach chairs to the table and move the objects together as one piece. This kind of coding is actually carried over to The Sims 3 to all tables and chairs. The Sims 4 also has this characteristic.

I am pretty sure there are plenty of other small details in The Sims 3.

It's just that some people prefer The Sims 2, so they boast about The Sims 2 "small details" even though The Sims 3 also has its own share of "small details" not in The Sims 2. Different game, different rules.

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