Still planing with TS2 anyone ?
ritaxis:
I have stayed with 2 for a bunch of reasons mostly boiling down to: I've invested all the money I can afford to and all the time I care to in the game I have: I like what I have: I'm still exploring what I have: and what I hear of the gameplay in 3 just doesn't sound like what I want to do.
But honestly -- I don't mind the Sims in Sims 3. I wish they didn't all look so similar -- and do they have to? It seems to me that a lot of people make the same Sims 2 Sims over and over also, but not as much -- but the way they look seems sort of attractive enough to me. I'd like to have all those sliders. I'd see what kind of Sims I could make. I'd like to give them some angles and a bonier look, but I like that the Sims 3 Sims have wider faces. I might actually be able to make a Sim 3 Sim that looks anything like me.
Faizah:
The sims don't have to all look the same, no. I've had a variety in my game, some deliberately odd, because I missed the aliens at first. I have pictures of a few up over on photobucket: http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p282/Lady_Faizah/TS3 (should be public) - I particularly like the triplets I had once in one game, as an example of diverse facial features, if nothing else. (Okay, the evil one amused me, but any evil-trait sim would amuse me.)
I still do miss my deliberately odd-looking TS2 sims, though. I know I can make freaky TS3 sims, but it's just not the same. I miss the noses the most, which is a weird thing to miss, but there it is.
Come to think of it, I don't even know why I play TS3. Things no longer failing to match (for the most part) is good? The traits, I like those. The age length slider was nice for a while, but I've been playing on default for ages. Tombs in WA are interesting the first time around? Okay, no, I can't come up with a good reason.
I suppose I'm half waiting for the next OFB: The expansion that seems utterly dull, but then turns out to be just what I never knew I wanted. WA had the first one down (another Vacations - I never liked the first two) but it did not deliver on the rest. In the meantime, at least everything matches. And sims can be evil.
cwykes:
I'm still playing Sims 2. There's more to do and I had plans for all those Sims... I'd say I know them all personnally if it wasn't so sad! I'm working my way round the hood trying to get them all to the end of winter and making plans about what to do next. I haven't got Sims 1 on this PC, but I've been thinking about installing it. I've also bought more old games which shows I'm bored! (Guild 1, Emperor; rise of the middle Kingdom, Heroes of M&MV complete)
I am also playing Sims 3 - it's boring and frustrating, but not so bad with WA and Riverview added. I was blown away by the look of WA even though the thought of tomb raiding Sims made me cringe. There's a long list of things I don't like about it, but it's boring because I really don't care about any of the sims that came with the game or that I've created. I guess it's the look of the sims and the houses and the fact their wants seem to flow in very narrow channels. Do they ever through autonomous romance wants? I like the fact you can move seamlessly around the 'hood, but hate the storymode idea. I also hate the way the lack of elixir and permaplat status forces you to keep jumping through the same hoops. Maybe it's the way I play. I'm looking around for other hoods to play and found a couple here which I'll install when I find a crack for the latest WA patch 2.7.7. My usual place doesn't have one yet.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: cwykes on 2010 June 08, 14:00:38
I also hate the way the lack of elixir and permaplat status forces you to keep jumping through the same hoops.
Elixir exists, it's called Ambrosia and is a product of the fishing and gardening skills, although it's also an exportable product. There's no "permaplat" in TS3 because TS3 doesn't operate based on aspiration levels and sims aren't constantly having wild mood swings because mood is no longer directly tied to micro-motive state.
Quote from: cwykes on 2010 June 08, 14:00:38
Maybe it's the way I play. I'm looking around for other hoods to play and found a couple here which I'll install when I find a crack for the latest WA patch 2.7.7. My usual place doesn't have one yet.
Don't need a crack for TS3, that just adds unnecessary complication. Various NoCD packages already exist.
cwykes:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 June 08, 14:27:13
Elixir exists, it's called Ambrosia and is a product of the fishing and gardening skills, although it's also an exportable product.
To get Ambrosia some sim in every household you play has to get seriously into fishing and gardening. I find both of those very time consuming and repetitive. And anyway I don't want every household to be gardeners and fishermen! They're all too alike anyway. OK maybe Elixir made eternal life too easy, but Ambrosia is too far in the other direction.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 June 08, 14:27:13
There's no "permaplat" in TS3 because TS3 doesn't operate based on aspiration levels and sims aren't constantly having wild mood swings because mood is no longer directly tied to micro-motive state.
I find my sims have bigger mood swings than in TS2. I find it harder to keep them happy. You have to chase after moodlets as well as managing needs and satisfying wishes. When you've been playing a sim for a very long time, it is nice to be able to do what you want to do without micro-managing. OK, permaplat was too easy to get, but this is too far the other way.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 June 08, 14:27:13
Don't need a crack for TS3, that just adds unnecessary complication. Various NoCD packages already exist.
Oops - I meant a noCD package. I'm wary of picking one up from a site I don't know. I can wait - there's nothing I'm burning to do in Sims 3.
BTW - the sim I had most fun creating was a Nigerian hacker.... I stuck him on an empty lot and gave him the lots of money wish. I tweaked the traits a few times; I think the last version was an evil, mean spirited family man as well as a computer whiz.
PS I haven't forgotten I promised you a contribution to the Community - just haven't done it yet.
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