The Sims 2 Vs. The Sims 3
Jeebus:
Quote from: FireFliesBurn on 2012 February 03, 21:39:42
I'm a Sims 3 girl all the way. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing Sims 3, but for me the all around game play of Sims 2 is much better. I'm able to truly play the way I want to play with my many families. Is there a way that you can install both games on your computer? Then you'll be able to play in rotation of both games.
Wait, what?
Bugger:
I am still playing TS2. I have both installed, but I never get any farther than designing houses on TS3.
Aggie:
Quote from: FireFliesBurn on 2012 February 03, 21:39:42
I'm a Sims 3 girl all the way. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing Sims 3, but for me the all around game play of Sims 2 is much better. I'm able to truly play the way I want to play with my many families. Is there a way that you can install both games on your computer? Then you'll be able to play in rotation of both games.
There is indeed. You install one, and then the other.
Salomon:
Quote from: FireFliesBurn on 2012 February 03, 21:39:42
Is there a way that you can install both games on your computer? Then you'll be able to play in rotation of both games.
Yeah, but the problem is that it's very important (to me) that all families are able to interact with all other families (like in the real world, well, at least I can interact with pretty much anyone in the world if they have Internet), which is doable in TS2, and probably doable in TS3, but it's impossible to have families of TS2 interacting with families of TS3.
Besides, if I want to insert a new family that is, say, based on the Becker TV Show's characters, where do I insert it? Suppose I insert it in both games, which one is going to provide the best experience? Whichever it is, the other one isn't needed.
I do plan to try TS3 in the far away future, to give it a chance and see if I like it (and probably to make copycat families in TS2 based on TS3 families), but based on what I've read in this thread and the Internet, the main reason to go for TS3 is the open neighborhood and traits, but TS2 has places to go more interesting than rabbit holes in TS3, which are worth the loading times, and the traits are just a couple of extra animations or underwhelming features (like evil Sims getting "take evil nap" option that looks identical to normal nap) anyway (correct me if I'm wrong.)
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: FireFliesBurn on 2012 February 03, 21:39:42
Is there a way that you can install both games on your computer? Then you'll be able to play in rotation of both games.
No, computers can only have one game installed at a time. You have to uninstall the first game to install a new one. That's why people only play one game.
Quote from: Basura on 2012 February 05, 12:03:33
the main reason to go for TS3 is the open neighborhood and traits, but TS2 has places to go more interesting than rabbit holes in TS3, which are worth the loading times, and the traits are just a couple of extra animations or underwhelming features (like evil Sims getting "take evil nap" option that looks identical to normal nap) anyway (correct me if I'm wrong.)
There are some traits that significantly distinguish sims from each other in more than just random cosmetic animations and insignificant rate boosts, certainly more so than in TS2, where sims had approximately the equivalent of 3 binary traits that mattered based on their personalities, and everything else about them was basically identical in every way. TS3 sims definitely are distinguished more by their traits than TS2 sims were. However, there are, obviously, a lot of traits that have no significant effect and many that just have random cosmetic effects that don't really change anything, like the "Evil" interactions. Evil actually does affect a sim, though, in ways that are not purely cosmetic: They can see in the dark, and are not affected by certain things.
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