OK, so why would I want this mess?
Soggy Fox:
That's the thing that bugged me with sims 1 to sims 2 - there are so many -new- things they could do with expansions that making us wait for seasons, apartments, university, pets, magic, etc. is lame, especially making us wait again.
In addition, they removed pianos. Why in the hell did they remove pianos. Why did they make it a guitar skill and not a music skill?
LauraW:
Quote from: Marhis on 2009 May 29, 19:27:49
Somehow, TS3 smells to me of a rather unbalanced game. Maybe it's just me, and I haven't fully explored the game, but I have the feeling TS3 can be a great game for some players and crap for others: a strong dichotomy which would have never been happened in TS2.
I'm still playing TS2 for now, and sitting on the fence; I'll give TS3 another go some day, but the gameplay so far has only bored me to death, just like Spore. :/
I LOVE Bartle and I think maybe you have something here. Sims 2 appealed to a variety of people on the hierarchy, maybe killers a little less than the others. Sims 3 appeals to the achievers most of all I think, maybe a bit to the explorers although once you have collected umteen rocks and seeds, it gets a bit boring. I have taken the quiz in the past and am a socializer, which is probably why I enjoyed Nightlife the best and the lightbolt attractions. The chat nests are very nice but again, its all the same thing. Building a romance is so easy and so predictable compared to Nightlife.
Or maybe my expectations were just too high. I had hoped the AI with the townies would be better and its disappointing. Genetics are screwy, romance is dull, keeping friends is really hard and no nightclubs to hang out in! I used to love having a bar/nightclub business and just watching the sims interact. Something is missing..and I can't quite put my finger on it. Some say Sims 3 seems more alive..but to me, it doesn't. It seems less interesting somehow...could it simply be the missing expansion packs?
GnatGoSplat:
Quote from: Lerf on 2009 May 29, 17:32:36
You're stuck with balloon faced Sims. And second generation Sims are even worse.
Agreed, though I think males look okay for the most part, females are fugly. You can make your own good looking sims, but I managed to hit slider limits (i.e. face width) before getting the look I wanted.
You should, however, be able to make acceptable looking sims.
Quote from: Lerf on 2009 May 29, 17:32:36
You're stuck with nasty dead-looking eyes. (About 80% of my reason for thinking I'm going to hate this. All I can think of when I look at them is a Victorian porcelain doll in a horror movie. You know the one that tries to strangle the hero the minute s/he falls asleep.)
You're the first (other than me) that I've seen mention that. Most people think the new eyes look more realistic, but I completely agree with you. They look creepy in game, especially when facing away from the lighting. I got used to it though. It was one of the first things that disturbed me about their appearance. Don't forget also that even the lightest blush makeup on a female sim comes out looking gray/black, making what may have been an ugly sim look even uglier. The sims always look soooo much better in CAS and the pie menu than they do in game for some reason. I think they really need to tweak the lighting.
Quote from: Lerf on 2009 May 29, 17:32:36
The Story Progression Toggle is either borked, not borked, or works for a while and then stops.
You can only run one family at any given time because the game will randomly delete them if you run any other family. This problem is either fixed or not fixed by aforesaid SPT depending on whether it's borked on purpose or not.
Most of the game consists of chasing all over the open concept neighborhood collecting stuff which has no use in the game other than display.
Relationships are either too easy to make or too hard. Or both at once.
All public areas are rabbitholes.
EA has given TSR some sort of perk which has allowed them to make their own content creator. (Which accounts for a good chunk of the remaining 19.56% of the reason I'm avoiding this turd.)
I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said, but how long have you spent with the game? For me, it's still real enjoyable, but then I might play my game a bit differently. I like making corrupt families and corrupting towns. The sims I'm playing are a dysfunctional couple who cheat on each other, but don't know about the other's sexcapades. The woman has babies that don't belong to her husband. The man goes out and knocks up just whoever, and then doesn't care to visit his illegitimate love children. He'll hook up with and impregnate mothers and daughters in the same household. I've got a Jerry Springer-like story going on in my town, and it's been quite amusing so far. Sims being able to impregnate townies was something I thought would be fun, but couldn't be done in Sims 2.
missyye:
Quote from: Soggy Fox on 2009 May 29, 20:42:45
That's the thing that bugged me with sims 1 to sims 2 - there are so many -new- things they could do with expansions that making us wait for seasons, apartments, university, pets, magic, etc. is lame, especially making us wait again.
In addition, they removed pianos. Why in the hell did they remove pianos. Why did they make it a guitar skill and not a music skill?
Maybe they thought it would smart to do that as they can later put it up for sale at The Sims 3 store, since they seem to be more concerned as to how take money off us. Maybe not though, just a guess.
dream_operator:
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I'm sorry, that's bullshit. When I look at purchasing Photoshop CS4, I don't ask myself how similar it is to CS3. I don't have to play the TS2 basegame. I can play TS2 with all EPs/SPs +CC right now. TS3 has to compete for my time with the current state of TS2, just as it has to compete with other games, movies, music, etc. It logically follows that how much you like TS3 is influenced by how bored you are of TS2.
I actually agree with this. What I was trying to say is that as more and more mods, CC, and EPs come out for the Sims3 more and more people will switch over to it (especially when a tool to make our own neighborhoods comes out).
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