The Sims 3 vs The Sims 4 9 Expansion Packs in
So for your opinion, how would you compare both games with 9 Expansion Packs released? Which one you enjoy the most? Why and why not the other? Are you happy with the direction with the particular ite...
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I went back to play Sims 3, and hands-down, even from base game and up, Sims 3 just has better Sims AI and more depth, just more content in its expansion packs. Especially for the prices they are charging! Sims 3 packs are more worth the full-price money, imho.
I do prefer Sims 4’s pick up and play a bit more, and prefer Sims 4 toddlers, but Sims 3 just has more creative/building tools and more possibilities to change the world to your liking. (I just have to use a little mod to force sims to populate my community lots, mainly, and fix or add some features of bakeries/restaurants.)
But, even vanilla, Sims 3 expansions just have more to offer. Let’s look at Island Paradise (even despite it’s annoying tech issues) vs Island Living. Island Paradise has a big world with water and islands to discover and explore, mermaids with more cooler powers (summoning sharks), underwater swimming and diving, ski boats, houseboats, lifeguard career, and resort/hotels. Oh, gosh, you can even own and run the resort/hotel as well! ? Sims 3 just had more careers that I liked as well, like Generations’ Daycare career and such.
There is just so much content in the packs. Even in base game, though, Sims 3 just has more stuff to do.
And this is coming from me, who loves Sims 2 and Sims 4.
At this point in the lifespan of the game, Sims 4 should be matching or surpassing Sims 2 or Sims 3, and it is not meeting those standards of meaty packs or more fleshed out features.
So, for me, even as someone who doesn’t fully love Sims 3 (due to more technical aspects and lack of Sims 2-level details and charm and lack of business stuff that need to be modded in) Sims 3 is still much more ambitious and content-rich than Sims 4 at this point in time.
I do prefer Sims 4’s pick up and play a bit more, and prefer Sims 4 toddlers, but Sims 3 just has more creative/building tools and more possibilities to change the world to your liking. (I just have to use a little mod to force sims to populate my community lots, mainly, and fix or add some features of bakeries/restaurants.)
But, even vanilla, Sims 3 expansions just have more to offer. Let’s look at Island Paradise (even despite it’s annoying tech issues) vs Island Living. Island Paradise has a big world with water and islands to discover and explore, mermaids with more cooler powers (summoning sharks), underwater swimming and diving, ski boats, houseboats, lifeguard career, and resort/hotels. Oh, gosh, you can even own and run the resort/hotel as well! ? Sims 3 just had more careers that I liked as well, like Generations’ Daycare career and such.
There is just so much content in the packs. Even in base game, though, Sims 3 just has more stuff to do.
And this is coming from me, who loves Sims 2 and Sims 4.
At this point in the lifespan of the game, Sims 4 should be matching or surpassing Sims 2 or Sims 3, and it is not meeting those standards of meaty packs or more fleshed out features.
So, for me, even as someone who doesn’t fully love Sims 3 (due to more technical aspects and lack of Sims 2-level details and charm and lack of business stuff that need to be modded in) Sims 3 is still much more ambitious and content-rich than Sims 4 at this point in time.
