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 m...
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You know, upon further analysis, I now recall why in TS2 I could never really got into generations despite it was one of the main reasons of wanting the game. I absolutely despised the static nature of Sims. Only the active household would age which means everyone else around them would remain the same. And to micromanage them all was really annoying and just undesirable for me. It was completely unrealistic and I didn't like it at all. Completely lost the immersion of the life simulator part.
Because I could not play the way I wanted, instead I rarely ever played with generations at all and kept aging off and played similar to The Sims (2000) style. TS2 method of generations is like half a step forward and then sideways. I was excited but then that excitement wore off when I kept internally complaining and just quit trying to play with generations altogether.
When TS3 came out...this...this is what I wanted for so long after being teased about generations with TS2. TS3 came along with the reputation and gameplay mechanics to back it up as a REAL LIFE SIMULATOR of it's kind. The whole neighborhood is simulated in real time all the time which is exactly what I wished for back in TS2 early days. I can still switch households if I want and that's amazing because I love as many options as possible to play the way that I want. I enjoy catching up with the other Sims to see how they are doing, though I do tend to have my favorite households. Just wish story progression was so much more than it was in terms of allowing players to choose what it can and cannot do based on individual Sims and households, etc. And of course the A.I. completely impressed me since day 1 and still impresses me 11 years and counting.
But yeah, there are many details in TS3 compared to TS2. Personally, TS3 is my favorite and I honestly doubt there will ever be anything that even comes close to TS3 in comparison. No one seems to care about the life simulator genre that is on par but better than TS3. Oh well.
Because I could not play the way I wanted, instead I rarely ever played with generations at all and kept aging off and played similar to The Sims (2000) style. TS2 method of generations is like half a step forward and then sideways. I was excited but then that excitement wore off when I kept internally complaining and just quit trying to play with generations altogether.
When TS3 came out...this...this is what I wanted for so long after being teased about generations with TS2. TS3 came along with the reputation and gameplay mechanics to back it up as a REAL LIFE SIMULATOR of it's kind. The whole neighborhood is simulated in real time all the time which is exactly what I wished for back in TS2 early days. I can still switch households if I want and that's amazing because I love as many options as possible to play the way that I want. I enjoy catching up with the other Sims to see how they are doing, though I do tend to have my favorite households. Just wish story progression was so much more than it was in terms of allowing players to choose what it can and cannot do based on individual Sims and households, etc. And of course the A.I. completely impressed me since day 1 and still impresses me 11 years and counting.
But yeah, there are many details in TS3 compared to TS2. Personally, TS3 is my favorite and I honestly doubt there will ever be anything that even comes close to TS3 in comparison. No one seems to care about the life simulator genre that is on par but better than TS3. Oh well.
