The Sims 2 Vs. The Sims 3
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Basura on 2012 March 14, 08:29:34
I could live with that, if it wasn't DRAMATICALLY lower, like, Elephant-to-Ant-ratio lower.
It's not really elephant-to-ant lower. It may not even be lower at all, depending on how much you value actually making progress. If you're playing 30 famblies in TS2, your progress is effectively close to zero. I know this, I've tried. I had to stop doing that. In TS3, it is entirely more feasible to manage 30 famblies, albeit on a more macro level than before, whereas in TS2, such an attempt was pretty much doomed by the fact that you had to actively play a fambly even when nothing was happening.
In TS3, the Supreme Commander autopilot handles that just fine.
Nalia:
TS3 families might be more self-sufficient but Sims' interactions are boring, they lack sense of humour and behave somewhat coldly. I can't imagine my father saying "It's a bit late, you should leave now."
Only "Generations" provided a few things for kids and teens to do, nothing for adults though.
Anyway, I'm an insane Simmer who very much likes having the first and last word in what Sims are and/or are not allowed to do. So, TS2 suits my philosophy better.
jezzer:
It's a bit late, you should leave now.
Salomon:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2012 March 15, 10:52:05
If you're playing 30 famblies in TS2, your progress is effectively close to zero.
Indeed, the progress is virtually 0. But that's not a bug, it's a feature as that's just the progress of the source material. I'm a fan of Comic Strips, and I'm stealing this from Robot Hobo of somethingawful:
- Charlie Brown has always been in elementary school.
- Swee'Pea has been a baby for 78 years.
- Marvin's been a baby for 29 years.
- Luann is on her 26th year of high school.
- Little Orphan Annie did seem to age by a couple of years... over the course of 87 real years.
I wouldn't see a problem with their Sims counterparts doing the same, so NO PROGRESS FOR YOU is fine with me.
I'm more worried about soozelwoozel's question of the game asploding once the number of characters get too high, though.
@Nalia: Thanks, that's what I've noticed on videos, so it's not just a quantity problem, but a quality problem (as I consider how they animate a big part of the Sims, I still find some new funny animations I hadn't seen before, or forgot about them, now and then. I play The Sims 2 because they are charming.)
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