Sims 3 vs Sims 4 - Where do you stand and why?

[PrncssPscs]

One thing I will say: SIMS 3

[moonfixer]

The Sims 3 for building and the atmosphere. I love how you can go anywhere. However the Sims 4 create a sim is far superior in my opinion. It rivals the older create a wrestler feature in older Wwe wrestling games and it is amazing. I guess I would have to go with Sims 3 though.

[NeonKnight]

Sims 1 boi! never played other ones...

[Buurd]

Ive played sims 1-4 but only had a ton of expansions for 2 and like 1-3 for the the newer ones. So I can't say much for expansions other than the price kills me

Personally I like the LOOK if sims 4. The houses and graphics and style all look more appealing to me. As well as th layout of things like loading screens/menus.

BUT for actual gameplay I prefer 3. I like the open world and really like hunting down gems and new plants to grow, so I liked exploring the world and finding these things. Rather than having to spend hours on a neighborhood lot just for some plants to grow in sims 4.

I also HATE how limited the town's are in sims 4. In sims 2 I use to make my own towns from scratch and go all out on them, Sims 3 I felt had enough leeway that I still enjoyed it especially since the world progressed on its own, so it still had life to it. But sims 4 completely ruined the towns imo. They're boring.

I don't like the lifetime achievements in sims 4. They just feel so stale and easy to jump between, making them less serious imo? Just doesn't feel like as big as an accomplishment when I get one done.

I think the big thing I like about sims 4 is the gallery tho. People are really good at making houses and I love browsing them all and trying to make my own to share. Adds a new element to the game for people like my sister and I who use to just use the game to have house building contests as kids

[Woofum]

I think Sims 2 was the best of the Sims. All of the charm of that game can't be beaten, imo. But between 3 & 4, I'll have to say 3.

I didn't mind not having open world in 4, because my Sims always stayed at one place anyway in ts3, and loading was slow. Was disappointed that you couldn't make your own hood like 2 though.

The Sims look AMAZING, but they all act the same, and complex emotions was a good idea but ended up seeming pretty faked. Sims had emotions in 3, and even cried over things and got angry in 2, so they can't say emotions are entirely a new thing if they've been there all along. I also love gallery, dislike the too-happy nature of the game, love CAS and building, but dislike the few features and staleness. This game could've been amazing.

In 4, It doesn't feel as "mature" as the others, like it was catered to younger kids and preteens instead of teens and adults. It feels like you watch over their lives like a kind (or evil) overseer, in worlds you can't create. In 3 (and 2), it feels like you're actually playing God.

[BobbyjoeX]

Sims 3, More creativity for the player, more customization options, the town is one big map... stuff like that

[Mari]

I'm bringing this back for strangerville. Who got that, and who was dissapointed?

The world itself is really great, but the atrocity of shipping a game pack with houses that aren't properly furnished and the worst fucking community lots in the entire game. Both the bar and library are just a shoebox with only the necessary items I was so fucking done haha....

Like compare it to jungle adventures, which is not even a good pack imho, but the lots are great. Everything is fully furnished with creative buildings.... and that was just a vacation world....I wanna cry....

the story was okay but A) the aspiration actually makes it worse, since it rushes you through it without seeing all the random stuff (like reading the history books or encrypting memory sticks) B) It took me around 45 minutes to complete.

that's not even the length of a made-to-tv movie.

[zammap]

I used to LOVE sims 3. So I got sims 4 and I'm just like meh. I'd rather work on my comics then play games. BUT MY HUSBAND plays sims 4 like like EVERYDAY and bought a bunch of expansions so wtf

[Kittosaurus]

I haven't bought it yet - because I was worried about this! Ugg I don't understand why they think they can get away this kind of bull crap! Part of my just wants Sims 5 to come out already - but I'm afraid that even with a clean slate they will continue to put out inferior products

Pretty much the only reason I am still playing is I am determined to finish an alphabet legacy once and for all! (currently on letter V lol - which is the farthest I've ever gotten!).

[KoreanTacos]

Sims 4 on Origin for only 4.99, im not sponsored by Origin or EA...

[Kittosaurus]

It's a trap!!!! lol they lure you in with a sale on the base game and then they charge you an arm and a leg for game packs and expansions that just aren't up to snuff

[ConradComics]

Yeah, I hadn't bought it yet because supposedly they went the "Vampires" Game-Pack route (ie a system-feature and a Town). But it sounds like they didn't even do that.

Personally, they haven't put out a good Game-Pack since Outdoors (Oh and yes, Jungle Adv was similar in design to Outdoors at least, though I didn't like it).

[baasinsimple]

TS3, 4 dumbed it down way too much for me though I still find it relatively fun.

[Mari]

IDK, I personally really like dine out and parenthood!

[kerrybrown299]

I love TS3's open world as the worlds felt bigger and fuller. It was also cool because you didn't have load screens and could just jump around the world with your household all in different places. I also liked that TS3 brought some originality to the franchise with tons of things we'd never had in the previous two and still don't have in TS4. TS3 was, IMO, is game for all simmers. I used to play TS3 for hours and hours, because there was SO much to do in the game.Sim 3 mods were awesome. The major drawback of TS3 for me is how cartoon-like the sims look, especially after playing TS4.

TS4, and this is just my opinion, is more for family-style gameplay with its very much closed worlds and limited lots. When I played TS3, I NEVER downloaded CC, that was the first time I played an entirely vanilla game and didn't feel like I was missing anything. TS4 is not that way for me, even though I play family-style most of the time. I found myself having to download things that came with previous Sims games and downloading mods to make the game more enjoyable for me to where I would actually sit and play it. TS4, without the modding community, is the most limited Sims game I've ever seen.

[eleoza]

I was clueless about Sims. I have Sims4 cuz it was on PS4 sale a while ago.
I got too attached and my sims died from old age,sadface. Like I was really sad xD
Then they returned as ghosts and I was mindblown...Then I learned I could bring them back to life and I was moarrrr mindblown.

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