I remember that in The Sims 3 I could play in three different places with my sims at the same time, some having a sleepover, some going on a date and other at home.

Sims 4 actually often runs worse for me. The several loading screens always take at LEAST a minute and a half. I rarely ever leave my lots just to avoid all the loading screens 😅🥺

The animations in TS3 are so much more, intricate, surprising,. I think that if you itemized it per series then you would see how many more animations you are getting for kids and teens in particular. You can teach your teen to drive... it is so SO cute. Then the imaginary friend!!! Are you kidding me? It's amazing. TS3 has done life stages so much better, having sims autonomously create drama on their own.. I need to stop going on.

The PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the Sims 3 didn't have open world due to tech limitations, so it instead had open neighbourhoods which was something that TS4 should've at least went with. The Wii version had open world, but the problem was that it was _way_ too taxing on the Wii's limited hardware, along with a whole cargo of game-breaking bugs, glitches and gameplay errors.

Did you know that thelarge birds in sims 3 can be taught to speak parrot style? Also that cats can kill your birds if left alone and all small pets like snakes, frogs and birds and fish can be fed, pet, caught in the wild, taken care of and they can die.

I run the Sims three with three expansion packs every time on a super cheap $200 HP laptop I bought like five years ago… I have never had these problems that you’re talking about. The loading screens are a few minutes long… But then once they’re done loading, you never have another one again. So you just go and get a drink and come back and you’re there. The only thing that I will say that I cannot do is play in the island Paradise world on my laptop- but that’s pretty standard across-the-board

Sims 3 will always be my number one, mainly due to the nostalgia factor, i was but an anklebiter when i first got the game, like 7 or 8, and i would always love to go visit my grandparents because the game was on their computer. Oh the good old days. I do like the sims 2 as well, but i only recently picked it up when i got my own pc.

you can get all the sims 3 store content for free

Sims 3's performance is luck - many computers can run it fine, but you can never predict on which one. No, having a gaming pc does not help. Together with Nraas and Smooth patch it runs completely lagfree on my laptop. I've played Sims 3 for many many years without any mods and it was a completely fine experience. When the city starts lagging a bit after a few hundred days, I saved my household and switch into a different world. Sims 4 on the other hand doesn't run smoothly, even when I play with few packs. The terrible character AI causes so much simulation lag. In Sims 3 i only saw Simulation lag when i had 50+ charas on the same lot. I get it, Sims 4 was supposed to be a multiplayer so chara AI and chara personality never was supposed to be a focus. Sims 3's personality system directly influenced the AI on multiple ways - while most traits have like a dozen visible outcomes, they also change around the priorities of the AI (sometimes on a very fundamental level) and act as a kind of additional needs. (Gamemaster's Toolkit made a recent video about how Sims AI works on the inside) My favorite things in Sims 3 are the progressions systems. Skills don't have only lvl 1-10, each has also an additional handful of goals and statistics, so when you reach lvl 10 one day, you aren't finished. They also influence Wishes and Opportunities. Almost all game mechanics in the game are interconnected with each other, there's never the feel of "I'm playing the content of this dlc now". About the graphics, I'm not a graphics guy in general, but the charas have decently realistic and believable looks and the environment still looks gorgeous even today. I've played Sims 3 for thousands of hours and still find more details. It has really deep gameplay and very distinct chara personalities, every chara feels different. Sims 4 on the other hand - well, it really doesn't have its strengths in the gameplay.

I reloaded Sims 3 recently and have been playing it for the past 2 weeks, no mods and all my DLC's, it runs well. It's always ran well for me without mods even on lower end laptops where as sims 4 lagged on those, but running like a dream now on my new laptop with all my cc and DLC's. To be honest, I'm playing it again because I thought maybe I misremember my experience with Sims 3, and only time I opened up Sims 4 was solely to work on content because I need to focus, but I desperately want to play Sims 4 more. My opinion, I dont think gameplay in Sims 3 is better. I can never play a solo Sim in 3 for the fact that they take FOREVER to do something as simple as wake up, use the toilet, wash their hands, brush their teeth, shower, eat 🤯 omg I wanted to pull my hair. My Sim woke up at 5 am and still was late for work at 8am. Sims 4, my Sims up at 5am, does all that and by 8am, only reason they're late is I forgot to cancel out any skill activity their doing, or I cancel it because I didn't complete work task/homework, but 8am on the dot they haul themselves to work no matter what I let them do after having completed a moring routine, eaten and had time to make a sack lunch or chill and do something before work. I feel the sims 4 gets a lot of flack mainly because the it's state, the bugs and it's price tag for a small amount of stuff in multiple DLC's that should have been lumped together in certain instances, therefore making it shallow on it's surface, that's problematic, making it seem like 3 or 2 are better but frankly have their own issues we seem to forget based on how 4 is treated by EA. For me, I love Sims 3 but love 4 more in all aspects. I can't stress how much I'd rather have limited swatches than spend more time in build/buy/CAS because I'm undecided on what colors or patterns I actually want an item to be, forget to save that prese, omg it was tedious AF!

THE SIMS 3 ALL WAYS WILL BE THE BEST OK SIMS IN SIMS 3 ARE NOT THE BEST LOOKING COME ON WE ALL ARE NOT PLASTIC DOLLS SIMS 4 SIMS LOOK LIKE CLAY AND THEIR HAIR LOOK LIKE PLASTICINE

I played the Sims 3 on less than 8 gb of ram back in the day. Now I'm on 32 gb ram. Sims three is just as fast as Sims 4 for me these days. I'm switching back. I felt the same about the Sims on Sims 3 when it came out. I was obsessed with the Sims 2. So much fun!

I hate how Sims 4 is such a cash grab, even tho Sims 3 had the buyable stuff, the content packs were worth it, while in sims 4, to have some sorta of fun, u need sell a liver to buy most of the Packs, and not mention, the missing stuff from 3, Open World, Cars, Burglars, Robot/Ghost Maid (Can't recall now), I think 3 even had elevators to place in lots Also am I only one that loses myself trying find something to place in 4? Like I need the umbrella thing, and idk in which category it is... I think 3 in a way takes the W, cause it organizes by type, which can be easier honestly Also idk why, but I feel like Bella Goth rework, made her worse, I personally liked the older one more than the current one idk why Sims 4 is like GTA 5 Sims 3 is like GTA SA One is more popular, newer and etc, and a cash grab, while the other is older, but a classic, and loved by many, and probably one of the best

The Sims 3 obviously have long loading screens because it charge textures, sims, a whole open world, all the different packs you have. The Sims 4 load faster because of cartoonists texture, tiny neighborhoods system, but if you have all the packs, in my position, the game gets even more lagging and buggy than Sims 3. I play The Sims 3 without any of this mods that fix bugs and it runs perfectly. Beside, the game has never been optimized to modern computers and 64 bits system.

4:16 This is why it's bad. By prioritising low end machines, EA stripped out anything and everything that made it worth playing. I played Sims 3 first, initially on a laptop that could just about do it (there was a lot of heat, and some lag and some crashing, but it worked). Then I played on a gaming PC I built. That could run the game as intended. There was the initial load time (10 minutes) then no further load screens and the very rare instance of it crashing. Even bought expansion packs and it still handled it fine. Added CC, still handled it. Ran the game on my MacBook Pro, was happy to do it. I'm not sure I've played it on my M1 iMac yet, but given it's much newer than the game, it could probably do it. I eventually got the Master Controller mod Sims 4 on the other hand, having started as an online game that was then reworked after Sim City flopped and Cities Skylines showed EA up, was devoid of anything to do.The smarter sims that were promised weren't there either, the routing was non-existent as well and it just seems flat in comparison to 3. In 3, sims had more personality to the point certain sims could be a challenge to befriend and you could see family dynamics play out, know who might get on better with who etc. In Sims 4? Doesn't matter, the traits do nothing. Also, you're confined to a single lot, or it can feel that way because if you want to go somewhere you hit a load screen so I'd rather just stay put on the lot I started on whereas in 3 I'd just go wherever I wanted. Considering the game only needs to load 1 lot, the load times are too slow for what it's loading IMO. I decided I wasn't going to reward EA for what I saw as low effort work so I haven't bought any expansion packs for Sims 4. I've modded the Sims 4 to within an inch of stability and I mostly use it to build and make Sims. The actual gameplay is trash IMO, because they were too busy focusing on low end hardware rather than making the game they could have/wanted to make and then scaling up or down via graphics settings based on what hardware it's running on. Also, Sims 4 lots are tiny, EA strip out stuff that should be base game or were things you had in previous iterations and resell it piecemeal rather than put features that should be together in one expansion pack. With the tiny lots I cannot really build the houses and grounds I want to build. And I forgot, sims in Sims 4 like to stand there and do nothing even though you told them to do something. In 3, I seem to remember, you tell them to do something they do it or there is visual confirmation that that instruction has been received, but something is preventing them acting right now (like a Sim in the way) and as soon as soon as the obstruction is cleared, they get on with it.

Boiled potatoes is accurate. The Sims 3 is a game of a different era. When they actually did try to playtest and give you a complete game within it's own product. Expansions were additions that were nice, but not needed. The Sims 4, all the expansions are required if you want to get a 1/10 of the gameplay value. TS4 is hollow, it's been hollow, and I cannot imagine releasing what they did at launch. I have gotten TS3 to work very well. It took HOURS. HOURS AND HOURS. You still get some bugs, but overall I think since I spend hundreds of hours gaming anyways, why not do that so I can enjoy it more than just trying to create drama through TS4 challenges which shouldn't be. I don't like having to do EA's work for them in creating my own lore (for a game with established lore), remodel and redress every sim for every expansion and fix npc spawns constantly, build every lot to make it playable beyond what they give you in the base game. I don't like that I have to go in to the BFF household where they have this love triangle but no relationships, impressions, or any history with each other. I got tired of doing EA's job. I'm not for hire.

I would actually argue that the Sims 4 runs worse, for me I can't even get the game to run from the EA App and when I could open the game it was a complete buggy mess. I've never had a sims 4 prom with HS Years among other staple features of packs that I have never gotten to use. I can open the Sims 3 and play it seamlessly and I have an old Apple laptop. I can't believe I can't even open a game that I've poured a thousand dollars into and I'm a fool for doing that, EA will not fool me anymore because I'm done.

You can turn off he sims 3 store advertisements in the game

i've seen more people irl that look like sims 3 sims than 2 or 4 so i think it's fine they don't look perfect

To say quicly, so that you dont have to read this whole think I just wrote, Sims 3 and 2 are better for gameplay if you dont care about the graphics and Sims 4 is better for building and/or "Sims stories/movies". I playd sims 3 till like a year ago. I had packs and CCs, it took aloooooong f*cking time to load , and a didnt like teh grafics, but I do have tones of memories of it and better game plays. Id really like a game thats like Sims 3 or Sims 2, but with the grafics of The Sims 4. I know that, that would destroy the whole game and make it run supper slow, but it would super good... despite it running slow... But yeah, I started playing Sims 4 when I got my new computer which was a year ago, so Sims 3 is more close to me. Also the best bug I got in Sims 3 was the one when my sims where supposed to sleep, but they had opend eyes. I remeber it scared me so much when it first happend. But I dont really feel like it had so many bugs, at least not for me.

Sorry, i feel like this is a gross misrepresentation of Sims 3 you seem to barely know, there are so many factually wrong statements that I'm not gonna list them.

I don't know why, but Sims 3 only worked for three months. I can't load it on any computer I have, including one that works fine with Sims 4. I liked how customizable Sims 3 was and it was easier to make custom content. It didn't care for the Sims 3 store. For Sims 4, I like how game packs are where you can get better occults. I don't like to play with vampires, so I don't have that pack. Yet, it makes S4 expansion packs seem hollow.

I think the best sims game would be a mix between sims 2 and 3 with sims 4 gui and models, sims 2 animations and other things like open world

The debate between quality/content is actually a Video Game industry problem. Yet the Sims serves as a perfect exemple of what changed over the years.

I prefer The Sims 2. I am obsessed with TS2’s genetics system. Their personalities are always so unique. You can build wherever you want. The game has autoroofs (major complaint for TS4). The premades have fascinating backstories. Starting fresh with a new world and no sims is super duper easy. The social bunny exists. Biggest complaint, no fairies. After TS2, The Sims is my current next pick. It’s chaotic in all the best ways. It may not look good, but it just looks pixalated not (what I have learned is called)uncanny valley. TS4 is pretty and customizable. It’s got a lot of fun features, though to get them all requires a LOT of packs. I really haven’t played TS3 much. I only got it last year. The open world is . . . less than ideal and means my sims can go way far off if I don’t pay attention. When you find your child sim off swimming in the neighbor on the other side of the world’s pool . . . while said neighbor isn’t home, it’s concerning, not fun. That said, when I played last year, it was a lot more enjoyable than it was in 2009 when I first played on my sister’s computer. I have one family and so far the game does not entice me to play any of the premades, nor does it make me want to make more families.

3 seems to be the better story generator imho. 4 is extremely consequence-free, which might be because they're going more for the doll house / full control / creative target audience, which is fine. I want my Sims to be - to exaggerate a bit - more Rimworld/Dwarf Fortress, less Little Computer People. I also don't like EA's tendency to rely on pre-loaded game situations that don't arise organically from the simulation and are instead predetermined in the design stage so that they can only play out in one particular way. I guess 3 is just a lot "smoother" as a simulation and story generator, whereas 4 is the more polished overall game.

My sims 3 rarely lags but sims 4 loves to lag. What's that about? Lol I don't understand. Either way, I still prefer Sims 3 lol I don't use cc at the moment, and I only have 4 mods, none of them are the smooth patch either lol. I also love having sims 3 on steam, I don't have to worry about the problems that involve the EA App lol

Turn the graphics to the highest settings (your computer CAN handle it) and the lots will load in the details faster. Actually sims 3 runs BETTER with the higher graphics settings if you have a high end computer. Peoples biggest mistake is putting it on lower graphics.

Simmers not pretending to get frustrated when Sims 3 takes longer than 1 second to load a whole massive world [Impossible]

Sims 3 is better especially with the open world

I love how she states most of the time that a negative point is you need extra (paid) DLCs on Sims 4 while i have EVERYTHING cracked (Her point still stands, obviously, it just seems funny to me at least)

7:01 u forgot the unicorns 😅

I just think it depends on what you want from the game, they are both good in the areas they exceed at, yet both have their faults. When TS3 came out i could barely run it without ultra-lag, but it's gameplay is fabulous, where as the Sims 4 may be lacking in some areas, it runs much smoother, but I am fortunate to not be plaqued by bugs.

a while back I decided to try out 3 first and honestly while 4 isnt that great all the time I kinda prefer it over 3. After I, possibly, got all the dlc through legal means for 4, I felt like I was able to customize so many things and have so much content for me to play as a new player, and I didnt really mind the loading screens and not having an open world as my laptop has an ssd. It does kinda suck having to manually go into the phone to travel but at the same time, as a laptop player the way how going into the map felt finicky and I wish you could just infinitely scroll in and out instead of reaching a limit and having to go into the full zoomed out mode. Also, I fully agree with you about the graphics of 3 to 4, the cartoony style is just much better, although I have seen some videos comparing 2 to 4 and it also looks kinda nice for a nearly 20 year old game lol. I will say that I do miss the "create a style" from 3 a lot, and I know there is a mod to at least try to get it back but its not exactly the same cause of the way how its done through cc objects. I really hope TS5 will at least get a lot of love put into it by maxis instead of the cash grab that is 4 but knowing EA its just sad

Another things I'd add is that sims 4 allows your sims to crossdress, while ts3 has more detailed life stages (it even makes your toddlers and children already have occult traits unlike ts4) and let's you set how long what sim/pet will live (for example children 14 days adults 200 etc). Sims 3 has more consequences as well, and it's easier to build skills in ts3, at least for me, because my sims in ts4 will often just stand there or cancel what I told them to do even with autonomy off so it takes forever to make tgywm do anything

This video is a trick question. The real answer is Sims 2. J/k I think it’s whatever each individual player thinks is the best as you said. I like Sims 4 better than 3. One of the few things I will admit that I am holding against the Sims team is the lack of burglars in Sims 4 and that I really don’t ever have to worry about my Sims starting fires are getting electrocuted. 😂 I used to worry about that all the time in the previous games.

I really do wish they bring back open world in sims 4

Awesome video!!!

Sims 3, on pc looks a bit different than xbox 360 so i got a bit confused since i only played sims 3 on xbox

Omg. Do you have an Airedale? Best dogs ever but boy are they a handful!

I still play Sims 2, 3 & 4

I can't say that I'm just a simmer, I'm a general gamer and I can't say that Sims 4 looks very good in 2023. I have to say that I'm tired of PS2 textures in sims 4. We are in 2023. There are games like GTA 6. Sims 4 is pretty old game right now.

I play sims 4 because I remember many moons ago me having a full mental breakdown from trying to play sims 3 in a friend house , it was when I was 10 I think, so 2009, and it would constantly crash, and my friend had one of the best computers that were out there, so it’s a traumatic thing,

Do you have an Airdale Terrier?

I feel like i am against many simmers when i say i prefer sims 4 over 3. Sims 3 felt very overwhelming for me and was difficult to get into and play over all. Sims 4 runs faster for me and is easier to play. I also find the sims 4 sims more appealing and has better representation

I must be one of the chosen few, because TS3 runs perfectly fine for me.

I mainly care about gameplay And sims 3 is best for that Sims 2 is next And sims 4 is the worst it’s just for building and cas gameplay is boring (yes i have every dlc and mods help)

The biggest difference is that things actually happen in TS3 but for TS4 you just have to use your imagination. One is a life simulation and the other is a doll house simulation.

your videos have way to much wierd deep voice changing im not sure i get it, but other than that great vid

Girl. I’m 30. I was playing the sims 1 and on when I was like 8! What do you mean you didn’t play at 12?!? Most of us grew up on the sims. It was the IT game, it ran our lives!! lol

"They are smart and they can multitask!" They are still not smart enough to brush their teeth after they ate, but they can multitask!

i will never get why ea dont take the best of the last games and combine it in one game...properly! People would buy theirselves poor if it was made nicely

sims 4 sims are NOT smart

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Well the obvious answer is Sims 2 is better than both 😂😂

imho nothing will ever beat ts3. i don't believe sims 4 looks better either. ever seen a sunrise in Appaloosa Plains? nothing beats it 😍 i'll take the loading screens ts3 anyday over the empty experience of ts4

I don’t care, but sims 4 is so bad game that end up being good. I love how creative freedom I have in the stories,sims and houses.

Sims4 is nothing but bugs & glitches now😂 I have 1,2,3 & Medieval so I'm fine though👍

My opinion is hotdogs are not food

Sims 4 absolutely sucks. The Sims and The Sims 3 are gold. The Sims 2 is nostalgic.

I hard agree with you about how ugly Sims 3 is. I used to have a ton of custom content from the mod community to fix that 😂

I feel like you talked about everything but the gameplay and how childish the sims 4 is compared to the adult humor even in sims 1 but to each their own

I use my boyfriends computer to play ts3 and it has a 6 year old graphics card that runs its very very smooth with 5 expansion packs added. When I was younger and played on my old laptop it ran quite fine, but the laptop I now use cannot for the life of it run the sims 3. Both the new and old laptop where about the same price and have high specs. I think it's just a bit of luck if it runs good or not haha

my ranking Sims 1 never played Sims 2 hits Sims 3 mid, even with mods Sims 4 okay, with mods

I would take microtransactions and a good game over whatever TS4 is trying to shill any day. Parental controls and willpower are a thing.