The Sims 4 vs The Sims 3: A 2022 Comparison 

The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 were masterpieces, especially when you own all their contents.

As someone who's been playing The Sims since 2000 and has played all four games for thousands of hours, I can say The Sims 3 is hands down the best one. The Sims 2 is pretty good too, but lacks the open world and story progression to make it a truly immersive experience. Personalities in The Sims 3 are by far the most complex in the series. The Sims 4 has a good CAS and Build Mode but gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. Personalities and AI are a broken mess.

As someone who absolutely LOVED the sims 3 and got every expansion pack for it, ts4, felt like slap in the face when it came out.. And honestly, it still does.

TS3 is the closest to perfection we have ever come in a Sims game. Especially considering all the problems you named with the game are solved with the right mods. 4 is lost in that regard. The limitations it has will always be there, making me not play it a lot. Great video by the way :)

sims 3 open world was the best, tho it lacked more sims because of the performance issues but imagine an open world sims where a city actually feels like a city with hundreds of sims

the sims 4 graphics are amazing and the game has improved its looks so much, but maybe its because i grew up with it but the sims 3 warms my heart. its addicting and has a feeling of attachment to the characters,, great video :]

I found sims 4 very repetitive, no open world stuck in your neighborhood and got very repetitive after a day.

This is a good comparison video! I greatly prefer Sims 3 over 4, but then again I'm not much of a builder, which is definitely greatly improved in 4. The Sims in 4 are also, er, prettier, than they are in 3, but that's nothing some CC and default replacements can't fix. My first ever main title Sims game (not counting mobile games) was Sims 4, and I loved it for a good while, until I got bored with it and decided to buy 3 just last year. Now it's my go-to, and 4 just seems shallow in comparison. Both 3 and 4 *ran* on my old shitty laptop, but I honestly felt more annoyed with 4 on that one than 3. Loading screens for both games took a good while, so that meant in Sims 3 I'd only have to sit through one or two, but in 4 I'd be waiting for a good minute or more to go *anywhere.* Also simulation lag in Sims 4 was much, much worse. I haven't played it (or even installed it) on my current laptop yet, so I don't know if it's going to be any better. That being said, 3 runs like a dream if you have a good amount of RAM and an SSD. Several-minute-long loading screens turned to maybe 30 seconds at most. But also watch out for the FPS if you play 3 on a more powerful machine-- it would jack the FPS up into the 500s or so when I first installed it and no in-game options could fix it, I had to use a third-party software. I don't think 4 would have this problem since it's made for modern machines, 3 just has no idea what to do with all this extra power modern computers have and decides to go ham with it all and melt your goddamn computer if you let it. That's one thing 4 has over 3, I'll admit. Also the clothes. TS3 clothes are ugly as sin, not gonna lie. It's hard for me to find good CC that I like too because most of the CC I find for 3 is just. Hollister catalogue clothes made only for female Sims. Meanwhile I've found some absolutely stellar CC for 4. CC hair for 3 is pretty solid, though. Sorry for the rant. Every time I try to shorten this comment I keep adding more. I just have a lot of Thoughts about these games in particular.

The Sims games are the only games I have ever pirated in my life. Asking people to pay literally 1000 bucks for all the DLC is just absolutely disgusting. I have never and will never pirate any other games, but considering EA is one of the most anti consumer companies in existence, I don't feel bad AT ALL. God bless fitgirl and her repacks.

My Sim Life after going back to Sims 3: Day One: My sim moves in, car gets stolen by burglar, sim next door I had planned on marrying is dating someone. Day Two: After forgetting to pay my bills, the repo man steals most of my stuff, sim next door moves out with the girl he dated and got pregnant. Gotta love the Sims 3 gameplay heh.

You completly nailed it about the Sims 3 worlds. I hope the Sims 5 is a lot more like the 3 in this aspect.

In The Sims 4, your Sim is like Truman in The Truman Show lol. The movie is about one guy basically thinking his life is normal. Not knowing that he's on a hit reality tv show, everyone else, including his wife, are paid actors.

There are so many moments in Sims 4 when you think "What were they thinking when they designed this?" My personal favourite is the park with umbrella tables with a single chair instead of four chairs, WTF! I could have described several hundred of these moments. The Sims 4 designers failed miserably; they took a great system, in Sims 3, and managed to dilute it to the extent that it's largely useless.

I own everything sims 4 and of the sims 3 all expansions and a few store bought things. Sims 3 tops it for me. I do have a beast laptop and also use nraas mods and cc hair. I only play in big custom worlds like Alpine County or St Claire. I love the sims 3 so much better. I almost never get bored and with the sims 4 I'm so bored eventhough I own everything. Sims 3 feels so much more realistic, you can use the whole world. And eventhough it's old, it still looks more realistic and not so cartoonish like the sims 4. However, you do need a very good laptop to run everything and you also need to tweak a few things and experiment to make it run well. I love homeless challenges and playing one right now with a teenager in St. Claire, so fun! You can make it as realistic as you want. Love it.

This. Is. Brilliant! You included so much detail and deep analysis and you added your trademark humor and goofy nature. The editing is amazing and really engaging. It is so apparent how much care and passion you put into this video. Truly excellent. 🥳

This is such a well done video and deserves way more views! I agree with so many of your points. I was SO excited for the sims 4 when it first came out, and played it for hours on end just building, exploring the gallery, creating Sims.. that being said, I hardly spent anytime actually *playing* the game. IMO, the only thing the Sims 4 does well is the graphics, CAS & the building system. The gameplay is so surface level and lackluster. The lack of lore makes the game feel more like a dollhouse.. I don’t care about any of the townies (they’re so ugly like you said lol) and I hardly leave my home. The lack of depth takes me out of the game constantly, and the emotion system is useless. I don’t even play this game anymore. I’ve gone back to playing the Sims 2 & 3, and games like ACNH and Stardew Valley!

CAS: 1- Sims 4 2- Sims 3 3- Sims 2 World: 1- Sims 3 2- Sims 2 3- Sims 4 Buy/Build: 1- Sims 4 2- Sims 3 3- Sims 2 Gameplay: 1- Sims 3 2- Sims 2 3- Sims 4 DLCs/Mods: 1- Sims 3 2- Sims 4 3- Sims 2 Lore: 1- Sims 2 2- Sims 3 3- Sims 4 Conclusion: 1- Sims 3 2- Sims 2 3- Sims 4

i literally love your voice!! :)) i definitely prefer sims 3 over sims 4, i’d never played the sims 3 for myself so i recently bought it and i haven’t opened sims 4 since, i do miss sims 4s build mode and CAS but the sims 3 never gets boring for me. the gameplay is amazing and i love the open world, even going to the bookstore or grocery is fun. also this video is so good and kept me interested the entire time !!

I would love to watch your series comparing expansions for both iterations (Island Paradise vs Island living, Pets vs Cats&dogs etc)

Love this video! The narration with the soft jazz in the background is great to listen to.

Your channel is criminally underrated, this video was so helpful! Honestly I think the open world from 3 is going to swing it for me. So strange that Sims 4 ditched that.

Ever since i found this channe ive been binging all your videos, Cant wait to watch as many as possible!

You naming your sorcerer Yennefer made me laugh way more that it should have

oh man I AM absolutely going to binge your videos. they're well crafted and thought out! I also share your opinions about two franchises I adore; animal crossing and the sims. I'm so lucky to have found your channel! you deserve way more views and subscribers.

How are you so underrated? This video was great, you deserve way more love than you get on RU-vid

This deserves way more views, super in depth!

Sims 3 is the better game, the trait system in Sims 3 is vastly superior. Sims 4 stupidly limited traits impact the game at large because every sim feels exactly the same, and the AI in sims 4 sucks, you can't even leave a family on their own for a bit because it becomes chaos,, the dolls start crumbling if you're not actively playing them. In Sims 3 the AI was better, you could leave the sims in auto-pilot and they would maintain themselves just fine like a normal person. There's no point discussing this further, Sims 3 is the proper simulator game while Sims 4 is more like playing with a pretty but shallow doll house. Literally all that is decent in sims 4 is build mode and CAS and that's it, picking the game over these two things means sacrificing everything else for little pay off. EA is garbage. They did the exact same thing with Simcity 2013. They too a iconic game and deprived it of all content it previously had and gave it a cartoonish graphics look that is appealing to mainstream like candy so that we ignore everything else. Sims 4 base game has practically no content, you'll really need DLC to enjoy the game, the full game costs around 800€. Sims 3 also had ludicrous amounts of DLC, the difference is there was actually enough content in each to justify it better, and Sims 4 dlcs just like the base game lack content.

Last night I compulsively bought the sims 3 expansion packs I used to play years ago and wondered if that was a bad idea, if I should’ve just bought TS4 expansions instead… after watching this video and reading the comments, I’m happy I did now! While I think there is some amazing aesthetics available in the sims 4, I think it doesn’t really make up for the shallowness of it all. Kind of reminds me of animal crossing new horizons vs. wild world. Game developers are giving us gen Z’ers what we want which is amazing customisation and building, but story, lore and character interaction falls flat!! Great video 👍🏼

Great Video, exactly what i was looking for!

Is that Yennefer Of Vengerberg :o Nice breakdown btw, sims 3 is always gonna be a long time favorite for me.

First off, I want to say that I love your video. It was very informative and unbiased. I feel like other RU-vidrs try not be, but you can tell while you equally said good and bad things about both. I can't wait to watch more of your videos and I subscribed !!! Please do expansion comparisons. Also, I have played all the Sims games. I played Sims base game a lil, but it got boring and also difficult sometimes. Sims 2 - loved the cut scenes, created neighborhoods, and how real the Sims felt and acted - had the most expansions for 2; base game, university, late night, seasons, and pets. Sims 3 - was my big one and up until three years ago, I only bought the Sims 3 Limited Edition and World Adventures and I was content. I loved the Sims 3 !! My friend owns all Sims 3 expansions and let me use his to install them on my computer and I got to experience other EPs. It was amazing. I liked that the Sims were realistic looking. My longest family generation was Sims 3 where I played 3 generations in !!! Which isn't impressive in grand scheme, but that family had 10 children. The computer died so I lost all progress. But currently trying to do that again !! The personality and traits in 3 are also distinctive and matter a lot in game. Sims 4 - looks nice. I like the functionality of CAS and Build/Buy. I have City Living, Parenthood, and Seasons. I am glad I haven't poured more money into Sims 4 because it lacks in gameplay. I play families and am not much of a builder. Although I do like making Sims after tv shows and movies, I can do that in 3 with the customization that it has.

thank u, this video is so clear, u deserve more hype :)

I started playing sims 3 again because i through the sims 4 loading screen when i visit every house is short but its too long and you will be bored because you will just wanna choose playing at home instead of travelling to different location...

This is very good video cant wait for more content from you like this ;D. Im the biggest sims 3 fan i have played it since launch and the biggest problem with is that the 3 is not optymalized for better pc's even because it runs at 32 bits which can easly make gameplay worse.I have played the sims 4 and only good thing i can say about it is that building is a superrior but its onty good thing i can say about 4 even graphics are not good its old game(2014). Idk if i missed it but u didnt talked about sound in those games for the the sims 3 has top tier sound system from soundtrack to small informative sounds like thief is gonna steal something. Its all wonderfully connected.

This woman's voice is like honey to ears. Especially how she pronounces "Sims 3"

I've been a fan of the Sims series since the original Sims 1 and its been a lot of fun seeing the sims franchise grow up and improve over the years! But I've never been able to get really into Sims 4 like I have the previous games. I play it for about 20 minutes every few months, then turn off the game. And I think you do a fantastic job breaking down why that might be! This Sims 4 game play seems hollow to me and I really hate how blatantly obvious Sims 4 expansion/stuff/kit packs seem like a way for EA corporate higher ups to make as much money as they possibly can. Of course, sims 3 and the other previous game's goals were to make money too, but at least they were less obvious about it. I appreciate the direction Sims 4 went in. But Sims 3 is my go-to sims game and that hasn't changed for the past 12 years lol

Nothing beats sims 3 open worlds

I must say, I got the sims 4 last year and have pit 167 hours into it. Animal crossing new horizons, however, I got last Christmas and have put over 200 hours into it.

One of the very few unbiased comparisons here, also I like your voice

I'm considering buying Sims 3 or Sims 4 (with major DLC add-ons) and this comparison video was very helpful. For me and what I value from previous play, The Sims 3 will be a better fit. Thanks much!

I played sims 1, 2 (most of all the expansions) and 3 (bough all the expansions even got a CAW) but i was never able to play sims 4. So im curious on how good is it.

I still prefer cas and build mode of the sims 3 rather then the sims 4. The sims 4 gameplay is really bad. My sim broke up with her boyfriend and was in negative with them but he still called her asking question and wanting to hang out? In the sims 3 if a sim was angry it was angry and for a while and no thing could change it but in the sims 4 a random mood like anything could make a mad sim happy again in seconds

You should definetly start a Sims3 Letplay!

Thought it was brief, you somehow made an amazing point and it was exactly my own issue. TS4 Pets offered cats and dogs, and although it said there would be foxes and raccoons, they were not separate species. They were the same as cats and dogs, they were just categorized as different breeds. TS3 Pets involved horses, unicorns, cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents, and wildlife that (if you tried hard enough) you could adopt into your own home. You didn’t have to pay extra just to have small pets in your game.

What do you use to record your screen? This looks smooth as butter! Also thank you for a solid overview, I've been thinking of going back to TS3 and I'd forgotten so much about it!

I absolutely don't understand why with TS4 they went back to TS1 with neighbourhoods ... saying that TS3 was too difficult for most hardware to handle. I mean, yeah, but then maybe only go back to TS2 and maybe polish that? Imagine having the same neighbourhood areas as TS4 has, but you could roam freely like TS3 in those? That would have been the right step forward, being able to visit you neighbour or the community lot without a loading screen, but whenever visiting another neighbourhood area you would get a short loading screen. That would have been fine and still managable for any hardware at that time. EA just became way too greedy and used the "poor hardware justification" as an excuse to be lazy. :T

A lot of content put together for this video. Kudos for that. I just have a hard time believing you don't have a favorite, even if it's your opinion

NICE EXPLAINATION NOW I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD I BUY.

The sims 3 is the best one, the sims 2 is pure nostalgia. The Sims 4.... well..... is there.

Hey, nice review! The only thing where Sims 3 doesn't shine are lags (even with Nraas tweaks). And I've seen the same lags I have in your video. TS3 worked better on my old laptop than on my actual PC. But I keep (crying) playing TS3. Because of it's character depth, story progression and freedom it offers. I played all and every of the Sims titles (even Medieval) and as soon as I opened the Sims 4's biggest town map (don't remember the name) to settle a family and realized that it has only about 20% of lots available in Roaring Heights of Sims 3 it just blew my mind. I come back to my laggy huge openworld where my kleptomaniac sim returning home from his every-day's criminal duties at night can enter some toxic neighbor's family basement to discover a secret collection of garden gnomes and steal a pile of hay (yep, a huge stock of hay in the basement, why not?). It sums up pretty much everything. Sims 3 plays like an RPG. You can go everywhere, you can do anything, you have a class(traits), quests and skills to grind. Friends, foes, castles, guilds, gangs, you choose your time sink... And with some Story progression expansion mods it becomes even more insane. Sims 3 is very close to virtual society simulacrum. Bloody lags...

I really like how calm and logical this video was, even if I disagre with bits of it in little ways as a rotational style family player. I think the smartest thing you said tho was at the top of the video, you didn't buy and don't own every pack. I think the cost of packs debate is getting a little stale since as the game gets older you litterally have less and less 'core feature' packs coming out and more 'bits and bobbles' packs coming out. And that was EVERY Sims game tbh. Early packs are often like that vs. Later one. Early Sims 1 packs like hot date added a reason for sims to go out and leave their lots and later ones like Makin' Magic were just fun little Zany add ons that felt less critical if you didn't have it. I jump families every play session and sometimes in the middle of sessions and Sims 3 is soooo hard to do this with as it will tell you every single time you are losing lifetime wishes if you swap. The open world design assumes you just wanna play one family through said open world for an extended amount of time, that's not how I play under any circumstances. The problem with TS4 is it gives the neighborhood the illussion of open accessibility while being not-accessible. In TS4 I can walk over to my neighbor's house, right up to their door, but if I want to knock and visit it requires a loading screen. Sims 2 was lot based as well but because you litterally couldn't access anything beyond the edge of the lot, it always felt fairly normal to call a cab and meet people downtown or at community lots. You could only in play the family hosting visitors in Sims 2, you couldn't play as a visitor to someone's house...which I hated in Sims 2 but it also didn't portray the illusion of access to neighborhood homes Sims 4 gives you, then take it away with a loading screen. Which still makes me like TS2 more than TS4. Loading screens aren't bad, they were just stupidly implimented in Sims 4. For travel across town I prefer loading screens. The TS3 sims are dangerous drivers and make crazy uturns and zip around far too fast. All that pulls me out more than a loading screen. Have you seen the BUS uturn. Not to mention, the teleporting into the bloody cars!! Sims 2 actually had them opening doors and sitting in the seat. And closing the door. I also think more traits don't equal better Sims by default. As seen with TS4, a bunch of traits that do nothing litterally don't matter. I'd rather TS4 have less traits and more impact and I actually do think this has improved. It really is about how the traits affects gameplay. And I thought TS2 actually did amazingly a lot with a little. TS2 is also my true starter game. I played Sims 1 at release but not seriously and quit playing for several years for no good reason ..life, interest in other things. Never had all the packs. TS2 was where I had my first in deep gameplay and devloped my rotational style. It made me fairly uninterested in Sime 3 at launch because it didn't fit my playstyle. When it comes to playing some rotation style with a few folks progressing in the background TS4 is actually better at this and more relaxing for me to play when I am not playing TS2. And I play TS2 the majority of the time. Since my play style was born of TS2 tbh, I wonder if Sims 4 players for whom it was their first game will actually love things about that structure in the years to come. I think TS4 has more TS3 players who got use to how TS3 operates impacting it but when we get to the point of new games existing, I wonder what people will remeber being fond of in TS4. I personally still love TS2 over them all afterall.

I’ve only ever played TS4, but it’s interesting to hear about TS3

I really dont understand why they removed the heads poping in the screen and the Sims heads following our mouse. O really miss that

The Sims 1, 2 and 3 are games. 4 is trying to be one and failing all the time

Great video!

Very good video!

Hmm, one thing I never noticed having only gotten into Sims 4 is the load times between areas. I am running on a fast nvme though, which makes all load screens take (at a guess without recording) maybe one to two seconds. Really good video. I've been thinking of grabbing the sims 3 collection at the current steam sale at around 72usd (to play alongside sims 4). One curiosity I have is have if you see this, is have you played other sandbox games that focus on characters and there stories like Crusader Kings? I've felt there should be an overlap of players there, but it doesn't seem to be very common (maybe a complexity issue with the grand strategy genre).

Never got into The sims. Tried years ago but it just wasn't for me. I didn't think id be able to watch this whole video, but I did. You Spend the right amount of time on each topic to keep me interested enough to not change the video. That's saying something considering I dont like the sims. A 👌 smidge of it is your voice. Your tone, and the accent. You should get paid to read children's book. That would actually good be a banging youtube channel idea. I mean I won't be there😂🙏 but I bet hella kids would be. Cheers, happy holidays🙏

I wish the conclusion was more engaged toward one of the two but I do understand the balance between them.

Around the time sentiments were first introduced, my toddler sim didn't want to take a bath, which gave him a negative sentiment towards his dad, which turned into a FESTERING GRUDGE that lasted into his childhood I wasn't impressed

Hi. I liked the video! Could I please ask some questions? :) Can you recommend some good expansion packs? I'm a player of 3 and although I think it's my favourite, I'm considering moving over to 4 for performance reasons. I really don't fancy buying a million different expansions again though, so could you recommend three or four? My favourites from 2 were Pets, Open For Business, and Bon Voyage; and my favourites from 3 are Pets, World Adventures, Ambitions, and Seasons. Cheers. :)

What I meant to say was that i have a special place in my heart for both The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 I remember watching videos on RU-vid of The Sims 3 and then asking my mom if we could get it and then she telling me that she had it on her origin account and I distinctly remember playing it almost every day day after school and on the weekends back when I was in elementary school but everything changed on Christmas 2015 when I got the Sims 4 I spent hundreds if not thousands of hours in 2015 alone and I still play The Sims 4 tell this very day

Really informative video! I think I’ll stick with Sims 3 ☺️

Sims 3, because Sims 4 has lacked of content, but yet a satisfying customization of the CAS. Also, the CC is much more easier to download and installed in Sims 3 than Sims 4, because the latter had issues like bugs or incompatible version.

Actually you CAN predetermine what a preggo sim will wear in TS3 (without mods) , if you have a sim you want to get pregnant, simply plan their outfit. make sure you select one of the maternity outfits in CAS, (outfits that sims can wear while pregnant, game guides all over google with info on which outfits you can use/pics), once youve selected outfits for your pregnant sim to wear (doesnt need to be every single outfit just make sure you have one pregnancy outfit for each category if you want choices) . Now, once your sim gets pregnant she will change into the outfit you selected for her, and all other categories (i.e. swim, formal,) will also be what you selected if they are accesible for a pregnant sim.

For me when it comes to the most worthwhile content, features, creativity, replay value, well planned, innovative, revolutionary, experience, ambitious, and entertaining overall? That would be The Sims 3, its due to how it had almost all these things in it that made it the best successor to Sims 2. But we must never forget Sims 3's flaws such as lag and long loading time issues which is not friendly to average or poor performing devices which can really bog the players' experience down in bad ways. I may not have played this game for things I lacked which is cash to get it, storage space, and the specs for my current devices to get all Sims 3 official and fan community made content, but I do know that the Sims 3 base game alone got some of all the basic, essential, and fun features and items in it which I could have fun with alone at least. When I got all the requisites I need to finally get and play this amazing game despite the main problems that I mentioned and what everybody else in the Sims fan community know, I will nonetheless play this game with great joy. About the Sims 4, I do like the amazing sim-body sculpting, the art style, multitasking, aestthetic, and better house editng in build mode but it has way too much limits especially in the almost infinite color making palette side in its Create-A-Sim which failed to succeed what Sims 3's color wheel and create-a-style had done which same goes for build and buy mode, shallow and too easily manipulative emotions system, and less personality traits slots with less impactful effects especially when it comes to the Sims 4 base game which I detest about. And with the various official Sims 4 downloadable content as of now? It would probably take up way much more storage memory if any person wants to download and use them all which may not be storage friendly for people with low memory capacity gadgets and consoles to play them in Sims 4, especially when its base game alone takes up 15 - 16 Gigabytes of storage memory on your device compared to the Sims 3's base game on its own takes up 6 Gigabyte-storage-space consumption.

great video I watched almost whole thing and agree w most points , sims 4 relies heavily on graphics so much the gameplay is underwhelming

My biggest issues with The Sims is the amount of DLC you have to pay for

22:40 - About aspirations The Sims 4 ones are kinda like tutorials, and they don't add personality to your sim, because every single sim has to do the same steps, making it feel like a checklist and not a personality thing. In 4 you can also swap them, making it feel less like a personality system. At the same time, it is more realistic that people change aspirations or have more than one. A perfect scenario would be a mix of 3 and 4, where you can have more than one, and even some temporary aspirations maybe. But the way it is in 4, it barely feels like a personality mechanic. 25:00 - Story Progression I would say that the open world of 3 helps with the story progression a lot, since everyone is evolving around you. And NRAAS mod in Sims 3 just destroys Sims 4 with mods, since the depth is higher and it is open world. 26:00 - Relationships I love how 4 separates romance with friendship. However, what I like about 3 is that just like 4, you unlock new interactions as you improve the relationship and improve your skills and based on traits. However in 3 you need to get to specific moods to unlock more. So in 4, you just have so much relationship that you can ask to get married, however in 3, you need to keep doing romantic interactions, even with a maxed out relationship, to unlock the option to get married, making it more challenging to play. 26:00 - Lots popularity I like how it is in 4, but I also like 3. 4 is like a big world you cant see, with people around doing their thing. But in 3, it feels like a community. So in 3, you get more attached to townies because they really live around you, while in 4 it feels like you are in a big city and people around you mean nothing. 40:00 - Mods For sims 4, try Meaningful Stories, it makes emotions much better and harder to control.

a problem i have with the sims 4, si altho i like the idea of lot traits, i dislike the idea that i My self have to choose then, cause of course as a gamer i would choose the ones that benefit me and my family more.... it would make more sense that lots had the traits already on then......... without being able to change (without cheats) that way i would have to play with the game balance instead of using stuff to benefit me.

Looking at the skintones, I just realized there is so many dark skintones in sims 4, but not any actually pale ones

As far as Spa Day goes, only the Wellness skill is new. The sauna and massage table may have been left out of the EPs in TS3, but included in the store world of Sunlit Tides so they're not new (not sure about TS2 so I can't say). They're just recycled, to put it simply. Same situation of including them in the Store releases happens with the chocolate fountain; the fountain of youth; the wishing well; the rock climbing wall; the farm/gardening sets including tractor, mill, greenhouse, chicken and cows; functional bakery and functional bistro; pizza oven; archery range & violin skill; the boardwalk set; the carousel set; the Prism Art Studio (which includes massive glass-making and jewelry-making skills for the sims); the ballet studio; the surfing board and so many more (all functional and providing new gameplay, btw). In TS4 they mostly just improved on the ones they chose to recycle. I personally think these too should be included in these comparisons videos as long as people like to include Kits and Stuff Packs as comparable content for TS4. Anyway, great video! Loved it and did not feel the need to skip at all. You're really engaging and make good points :D

I love TS3 and TS2 the most than TS4 becuase they has alot of features than TS4. I would never get bored of them and they were the golden age of The Sims series. I got bored playing TS4 though it used to be fun and now I stopped playing it though because I lost fun to it. Its a good game but everything is missing that were from previous sims games. I'm not trying to be nagative about TS4 but I just think its just not enough gameplay and features. TS4 is a different game from the gooden age of The sims becuase just how it looks and it feels like a entire different game like I miss everything from The sims. At least they have very good build buy but Its just not enough for me to go back and play TS4. TS2 and TS3 I love and they will be my favorites of all time. They had very good personalites like every sim has its own personality and their own thing whatsoever. Thats why I love these two games so much.

I saw the advertising for the Sims 3 and said "hell yes I need this" I saw the ads for Sims 4, having been burnt by EA several times by that point (cough cough *SPORE*) and said "uh... Not sure" Still don't own Sims 4. Don't seem to be missing much.

oh boi, 44min haha, looking forward to that

The only thing i like in sims 4 is that you could travel everywhere without losing your families and that you could go inside of every community lots

I remember I bought Sims 3 because I couldn't afford Sims 4. When I finally saved up for Sims 4, I was disappointed. I live in fear that they will one day take Sims 3 off of origin.

I haven’t played the Sims 3 before, but I think the Sims 3 that is better than TS4, In the sims 4, it has only 4 occult’s that we can custom but the sims 3 we can custom a lot of occult like fairies, werewolves, zombies, etc that The Sims 4 lack. EA should improve The Sims 4 more better Sorry my English is bad

And sadly in the Sims 4 the light across the windows not really shine in.

Sims 3, to me, was the best. I still play even now. On my current hardware (5950x, 3090 RTX, 128gb DDR4 ram, 980 evo m.2 SSD) I don't even notice any lag when I'm building or buying. The initial load up doesn't even seem that long as it used to when I was using a HDD. I really wasn't a fan of the Sims 4. I found the loading between lots to be a step backwards, but if I'm being honest, I've never played it past the base game. Maybe the game is more robust now. For me, the mods in Sims 3 were awesome. Especially the NRAAS mods, I'm not really sure what the scene looks like in Sims 4. Maybe I'll check it out eventually.

The traits update literally did nothing still the same gameplay

Sims 3 with mod : absolute timeless banger

The sims 3 is the last good sims game

I notice that you were playing as your pets. How did you do this? I cannot play as my kitten. Is it unlocked when they age up or are you using a mod?

I want to like the sims 4 but it just feels so flat to me...it feels like they were focusing on the wrong things and then they rushed the process in the end and then called it a day and then...BAM! The Sims 4 arrived. Me, myself haven’t even bought a singe pack to it, because it just doesn’t feel worth it. From what I’ve seen, the packs lack of content and they have begun splitting up all the packs and making us pay more from them? Why? It just doesn’t feel worth it at all for me. I think I will continue to mostly play the sims 3 and ofc the sims 1 and 2 until they will hopefully one day release the sims 5 and that that game will overshine every other sims games, but still letting them having their own charm!😊 (yes, i play the sims 4 some times as well)

she made Yennefer in the sims 2 CAS, or was that not an accident

Plz help which i need to choose sims 3 or sims 4 i didn't play both games i don't know which to choose i glad you will help me so plz replay me

I earn anough money to buy sims 4 and 3 and like one two expansions. Now I have both sims 3 and 4 and all there DLC admitlly the none legit way. But hey., I cant afford £800 for DLC. Ive played since sims 1 and sims bustin out being one of my favourites. I can honestly say they do a REALLY good job with 90% there dlc. But its not worth selling my left testicle for more DLC.

One thing I really disliked about The Sims 4 was their removal of the iconic burglar sim. He was one of the most recognisable characters in the franchise, having been there since the first Sims game and was even featured prominently on the box art. I really enjoyed the challenge and depth he brought to the gameplay, both of which are sorely lacking in The Sims 4. The Sims is supposed to be a life simulator, not a perfect life fantasy fulfillment. In real life, bad things like being burgled happen all the time and so should be represented, imo. I would understand and even praise EA if they added an option to turn him on or off in the settings but not including him at all is an awful choice. Thankfully, there are mods which add burglaries and other negative random events but modding shouldn't have been necessary for such an integral component of the franchise.

you should do a comparison of sims 3 supernatural vs the supernatural aspects and packs of sims 4!

yo whats with the heavy bass kick its soo loud!

It may be my nostalgia that wins when I say that sims 3 is better than sims 4. Idk, but I just have to say that while sims 3 sure the graphic is old and yes it can lag, but there is more detail, and it feels cosy and a little bit more welcome and open.

Hmmm I'm playing with 2 laptops adn and playing both the sims 3 and the sims 4

Mostly commenting for the algorithm, I really enjoyed this video and the viewcount is ridiculously low😶

I know this video is a year old I got the sims 3 and all the dlcs were on sale I purchased it I had the sims 3 already it was worth it for the dlcs for 60 dollars

I've played them all starting with the Sims 1 back when I was a kid(not every dlc though). Sims 3 has been the best to me, Sims 4 seems devoid and empty by comparison. My real worry is that EA are going to hammer this thing into the ground

Sims 4 could never.

Been playing Sims since it was SimsCity for the SNES. Save your money and get Sims 3. The game is WAY more jam packed and that's just the BASE game. Plus the DLCs are cheaper.

I wish I watched this video before I bought the game and a few expansions on sale just now. I despise sims 4 without my open world aspect.

I love the family cottage you’re playing in the sims 4! Do you have the link?