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The “apartments” in sims 3 and sims 4 is one of the things that make these games completely unplayable to me. First of all the builds: sims 2 apartments are real freaking buildings from bottom to top level. I can build a gym in the basement, a lobby, a rooftop with a bar and barbecue for the neighbors. I can put a freaking penthouse on top and studio apartments in the rest of the building, the _entire_ building is customizable. The sims 3 and 4 is basically shells with some space in them, in my view they honestly don’t even really classify as apartments.
Second, the way they’ve done it messes up my gameplay a lot. I always have my sims move to apartments directly after college, because at least in my country no one buys a house until they are at least 30+. People live in apartments. You go from a tiny one when you study (if you don’t live in a dorm), to a small one in your early 20’s, or maybe a shared bigger one with friends, to maybe a bigger one by yourself or with a partner, and finally maybe you’ll buy a house when you want to start a family and you have saved up money. No one buys a house straight out of home. So the fact that I can’t build and place apartments wherever I want them in sims 3 and 4 is a _huge_ dealbreaker to me.
Second, the way they’ve done it messes up my gameplay a lot. I always have my sims move to apartments directly after college, because at least in my country no one buys a house until they are at least 30+. People live in apartments. You go from a tiny one when you study (if you don’t live in a dorm), to a small one in your early 20’s, or maybe a shared bigger one with friends, to maybe a bigger one by yourself or with a partner, and finally maybe you’ll buy a house when you want to start a family and you have saved up money. No one buys a house straight out of home. So the fact that I can’t build and place apartments wherever I want them in sims 3 and 4 is a _huge_ dealbreaker to me.
