Time has passed. TS4 has been released. I remember back in 2010 when I first signed up my account on the forums, TS3 was being criticized and hated by many players for infinite reasons like bugs, boredom, repetition and crashes.
I am not going to say that I am a veteran TS3 player because I am definitely not. I spent just around 100-200 hours on TS3 and by comparing that to some fellow players around the place having more than 2000 hours, I am just a newbie. However, I still know how to play TS3 very well.
I didn't play TS1 or 2. Not because I wasn't interested in them, but because I already was spending too much time playing other games, when I saw Sims 3, I immediately fell in love with it. Yes, TS3 is awesome. I joined the train after the release of The Adventures expansion. It was fun, interactive and challenging. However, one big drawback is you really could get bored at sometimes such as having many sims and all of them are 5 star celebs, you shift your complete focus to buy luxury stuff and enlarging your house and fancying your garage with the most expensive cars in store. You were definitely busy with creating pools, fountains and superbly looking outdoor decorations. All of this is amazing no doubt, but where are your sims from that? What attention they do get from you? Almost little to no attention. You can just have them sit at a place, play video games or read a book, but if you have a full house with 8 grown up sims? I am sure you weren't able to manage them and be fair among all of them.
With TS4 released, yes it feels awkward a bit for me since people say it resembles Sims 2 in a way or another and I am completely alien to TS2 as well. I dislike some of the features like removal of cars, city hall, grocery and book stores. Travelling is way boring when you just click and go (Loading in between even if the places are next to one another seems very pointless) But hold a second, I am advancing my sims relationships in a way much much better than I did in TS3. In TS3, I didn't even had time to make friends or hangout with them but in TS4, my sims are very social and friendly and thanks to the multitasking feature, they can manage conversations easily and in a neat manner.
In a nutshell, TS4, at least for me, helped me focus really on developing my sims in every aspect and in a way much better, efficient and realistic than TS3. TS3 is for those who admire designing homes and buy stuff, TS4 is for focusing entirely and mainly on making your sims the best in town. I noticed there are missing and few items only in the new buy mode, but I am pretty sure updates and expansions will add tons of features, fun and items to the game. Give TS4 a break already, it is only 2 days old.
And yes, TS3 is still there, it is not deleted, it didn't vanish and there are many people that I know myself still playing it extensively. Go have fun with whichever game you like, the purpose of these games is to have fun
I posted that also on Sims Forums here >> http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/780138/dont-keep-crying-over-ts3#latest
I am not going to say that I am a veteran TS3 player because I am definitely not. I spent just around 100-200 hours on TS3 and by comparing that to some fellow players around the place having more than 2000 hours, I am just a newbie. However, I still know how to play TS3 very well.
I didn't play TS1 or 2. Not because I wasn't interested in them, but because I already was spending too much time playing other games, when I saw Sims 3, I immediately fell in love with it. Yes, TS3 is awesome. I joined the train after the release of The Adventures expansion. It was fun, interactive and challenging. However, one big drawback is you really could get bored at sometimes such as having many sims and all of them are 5 star celebs, you shift your complete focus to buy luxury stuff and enlarging your house and fancying your garage with the most expensive cars in store. You were definitely busy with creating pools, fountains and superbly looking outdoor decorations. All of this is amazing no doubt, but where are your sims from that? What attention they do get from you? Almost little to no attention. You can just have them sit at a place, play video games or read a book, but if you have a full house with 8 grown up sims? I am sure you weren't able to manage them and be fair among all of them.
With TS4 released, yes it feels awkward a bit for me since people say it resembles Sims 2 in a way or another and I am completely alien to TS2 as well. I dislike some of the features like removal of cars, city hall, grocery and book stores. Travelling is way boring when you just click and go (Loading in between even if the places are next to one another seems very pointless) But hold a second, I am advancing my sims relationships in a way much much better than I did in TS3. In TS3, I didn't even had time to make friends or hangout with them but in TS4, my sims are very social and friendly and thanks to the multitasking feature, they can manage conversations easily and in a neat manner.
In a nutshell, TS4, at least for me, helped me focus really on developing my sims in every aspect and in a way much better, efficient and realistic than TS3. TS3 is for those who admire designing homes and buy stuff, TS4 is for focusing entirely and mainly on making your sims the best in town. I noticed there are missing and few items only in the new buy mode, but I am pretty sure updates and expansions will add tons of features, fun and items to the game. Give TS4 a break already, it is only 2 days old.
And yes, TS3 is still there, it is not deleted, it didn't vanish and there are many people that I know myself still playing it extensively. Go have fun with whichever game you like, the purpose of these games is to have fun
I posted that also on Sims Forums here >> http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/780138/dont-keep-crying-over-ts3#latest
