Comments on: SimGuruGrant’s Weekly Tweets on The Sims (Part 3)

By: Zaarin

Zaarin — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:10:00 +0000

I wouldn’t say they were all lacking. Get To Work was more or less a waste, but Get Together had some great features (particularly Windenberg), City Living was good for what it was (cities aren’t very appealing to me, but I do appreciate it added some cultural diversity to the game), and Cats & Dogs was exactly what I wanted it to be. Seasons is looking great, too, IMO. We’ve also had some great game packs like Parenthood (which finally added some much needed conflict to the game), Dine Out, and Outdoor Retreat–I’ve even gotten my money’s worth out of Spa Day, which I honestly didn’t expect to.

By: Kyattchan

Kyattchan — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:04:00 +0000

I like how talkative Grant has been lately too. I don’t like some of the “trade-offs” they mention but I understand that not everyone will be happy with the released content anyway. Honestly I’m super excited for Seasons and I don’t really care if it doesn’t hail or if the snow doesn’t have a lot of depth. I’m just happy snow, rain, thunder and heat waves are coming! I’m excited to see the seasons transitions! ^^

I also have been a huge sims fan since TS1. I got all packs for TS1 and then for TS2 too. Got it all on my shelves and I loved playing them for years!! Got lots of fun and beautiful memories! haha
With TS3.. well I still have some mixed feelings about it. I played TS3 a bit but as more and more game packs were released the game started to slow down on my computer until I eventually just couldn’t play it without feeling lots of frustration because of how slow it was.. lol I like how much content they released for TS3 but I also dislike how hard it was for me to play with it (due to how my computer couldn’t handle it all XD).
Now I really love TS4! I love the graphics and how smooth the game plays even on my cheap laptop. And I get that they are trying to put out lots content and I like that with each pack released my game feels more complete (without me having to rely on custom content for pretty much everything really) but sometimes I wish they went back to how it was with TS1/TS2.. When they would just release a huge (well done) expansion pack a few times a year. There’s so many stuff packs now.. They could just add one or two or three together in one game pack instead of giving us so little content every other month or so. 😐 But meh. I’m a poor person that loves this game so much so I’m mostly whining because I feel like I’m not getting my money’s worth sometimes. XD

On another more happy note: I’m glad Seasons is finally coming! I have been praying for this pack for years now! I missed having rain in my game! Now I just miss having my teens on a university campus and white sandy beaches! But I’m guessing they are saving beaches for another specific pack.
Seasons and University are always my fav packs! 😛

By: HSmith

HSmith — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:13:00 +0000

Yeah I’ve been playing the Sims 3 with every expansion recently on my $600 laptop and it runs completely fine. And that’s with decent graphics too…I don’t get why people complain about how slow it is. If it works on my non-gaming laptop, it should work on anyone else’s.

By: Zion Burton

Zion Burton — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:15:00 +0000

I never really thought abut it it like what he said in the last tweet. I’m beginning to understand why there are a lot of trade offs.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:14:00 +0000

“But, every pack is FULL of content.”

Not Expansion Packs!

“I recognize some folks want breadth, not depth.”

Honestly, you should be able to give us both!

By: Shamrock

Shamrock — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:30:00 +0000

Meh… It was running fine on my older PCs when it was base game only. The expension packs were too much for the computer I think.

By: Jorene P

Jorene P — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:45:00 +0000

I agree. There are too little traits and I miss the likes/dislikes/favourite colours that Sims use to have. I hope the devs can patch these in.

By: Jorene P

Jorene P — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:44:00 +0000

I agree with all that you said but strangely, Sims 3 never had any problems for me even when I run it on a gaming laptop that costs only 2,200.

By: Kenta

Kenta — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:05:00 +0000

Funny enough, my mom back in 2009 had a Windows XP computer and The Sims 3, actually ran very well on it. No frame drops or glitches it was just The Sims. The Sims 3 seems to work better on older hardware.

By: DreamaDove

DreamaDove — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 03:49:00 +0000

TS4 is pretty good, my main complain isn’t even how little content there is, as that’s something that is fixable with DLC and CC.

My main complain is how all the sims act the same regardless of what traits you give them. No one is unique– everyone reacts the same way and does the same things for fun, for relaxation, etc.

It takes away from TS4’s super detailed CAS because though they can look completely unique, they alL have the same personality.