video game The Sims | Businesses & Hobbies expansion; inZOI early access

[Sailor Moon]

obssesed with this

 

[PokiTails]

New event has some cute stuff. 

 

So looks like Vivaland is dead, apparently no one from the team has been active since June. 

 

Flop companies want a piece of EA's pie but can't even make it to the table!

[PokiTails]

Hold up we got 4 new tops for guys in the recent update 

 

I would like if they went over some of the older clothes and hairstyles and remade them. The styles are good but some meshes don't impress anymore. 

[noonbob]

 

This is sooo cool! Would love a Retro styled Sims like this!

 

[Bloodflowers.]

I am thinking of getting Sims 3 next year if I buy a new computer, while Sims 2 cam stay on my old current 2012 laptop

 

If I get a strong computer, I am thinking of getting all expansion packs but only Maxis made since EA Salt Lake ones suck except for University Life which is basically Sims 2 University copy-paste pack. I have zero interest in Supernatural and Into the Future while Showtime has always looked like a filler ass expansion pack (the preview of what Sims 4 would become ) 

 

But maybe I will save for InZoi instead but we'll see if the game will be good and if my computer could even handle it... but then again, if I want to play Sims 3 Island Life, then my computer should handle both regardless 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

 

 

The lagging with Island Paradise ksksksksk

 

I guess you just have to delete all boat houses and you'll be alright 

 

[RideOrDie]

6 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

 

The lagging with Island Paradise ksksksksk

 

I guess you just have to delete all boat houses and you'll be alright 

 

still better than any sims 4 pack

[Bloodflowers.]

41 minutes ago, RideOrDie said:

still better than any sims 4 pack

 

Can't answer that, never played any Sims 4 pack or the free Sims 4 base game past two or three times for a couple of minutes on my nephew's Playstation 4

 

I only downloaded Sims 3 and Sims 3 Late Night in 2018 after one ATRL user who is now banned for years here helped me with it. He was an Arab  Evanescance fan who was often posting in Sims ATRL threads but has been permabanned  I don't know where he is or what he does anymore 

 

 

[PokiTails]

57 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Can't answer that, never played any Sims 4 pack or the free Sims 4 base game past two or three times for a couple of minutes on my nephew's Playstation 4

 

I only downloaded Sims 3 and Sims 3 Late Night in 2018 after one ATRL user who is now banned for years here helped me with it. He was an Arab  Evanescance fan who was often posting in Sims ATRL threads but has been permabanned  I don't know where he is or what he does anymore 

 

 

@The Unforgiven 

 

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There's a specific family in Island Paradise that breaks the world from the get-go. One sim gets stuck somewhere and the whole game goes up in flames. Even worse if you have wild horses around.

[Bloodflowers.]

1 minute ago, poki said:

@The Unforgiven 

 

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There's a specific family in Island Paradise that breaks the world from the get-go. One sim gets stuck somewhere and the whole game goes up in flames. Even worse if you have wild horses around.

 

YES!!!

 

Does anyone has his Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Discord or something? I know I used to have him on one of them but I forgot/lost him

 

[RideOrDie]

12 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Can't answer that, never played any Sims 4 pack or the free Sims 4 base game past two or three times for a couple of minutes on my nephew's Playstation 4

 

I only downloaded Sims 3 and Sims 3 Late Night in 2018 after one ATRL user who is now banned for years here helped me with it. He was an Arab  Evanescance fan who was often posting in Sims ATRL threads but has been permabanned  I don't know where he is or what he does anymore 

 

 

not the lore...

 

 

just download sims 2 ultimate collection and experience PEAK gaming

[Bloodflowers.]

5 hours ago, RideOrDie said:

not the lore...

 

 

just download sims 2 ultimate collection and experience PEAK gaming

 

I recommend you downloading Silent Peaks and Elsewhere towns! 

 

 

Something about having a family (Gavigan family in particular) living in apartment and adopting pets, inviting principal to get into private school and then sending your kid to university once they are close to growing up >>>>>>

 

 

[PokiTails]

I love Sims 2's coziness. Visually it reminds me a lot of 90s Pixar and GTA San Andreas.

Most striking moments for me are Sedona's preview and the Rolling Hills artwork.

 

[Bloodflowers.]

 

 

Ahhhh this made me want to download this Santa household, it's so good

 

 

[SupremeGoddess]

On 12/12/2024 at 10:32 AM, RideOrDie said:

not the lore...

 

 

just download sims 2 ultimate collection and experience PEAK gaming

omg came to post the exact same thing. been playing base game sims 2 for a week now but yesterday decided to get all packs and tonight i sent my two sims out to a club and wow wow

 

clubbing, dining out, *******, vampire hissing, more clubbing all in one hour, all in the same public lot - and it was insanely smooth 

 

the shits 4 could never 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

 

 

I was watching Sims 4 reviews, thinking I might be too harsh but reading comments under the SECOND EVER Sims 4 expansion pack where Simmers where roasting and saying how bored they were of Sims 4 back in 2015 makes me think I should just skip Sims 4 and wait until Sims 5 comes out so I could snatch Sims 4 with all expansions and stuff packs [for free hopefully hihi] while others start throwing cash at Sims 5 and their new packs 

 

Honestly Sims 4 doesn't look as bad with all those expansions, I understand why after Sims 3 they tried cutting down open world to make game run more smoother but still at least they could've made neighborhood open world with all those 4-5 lots instead of having loading screen for simply visiting a lot next to you

 

Worst case is with For Rent where even Sims 2 Apartment Life didn't have loading screen when visiting your neighbor, but this one does  and let's not mention cars! 

 

i am gonna wait until i get new computer so I can run Sims 3 with complete packs, but I am fearing because it's an old game, it might not run on these modern Windows computers? 

 

or I might get InZoi, it looks promising but they need to add so much content still for the base game to be serving cvnt! It's still in development, so hopefully they gameplay doesn't look so... plastic! It needs to feel more alive! They get graphics and everything else great but I can tell it's gonna be a buggy mess without any expansions

 

Speaking of buggy mess, I wish Sims 3 would get new expansion packs but seeing how the ones they have now are being held together with thoughts and prayers, adding another expansion might just crash the whole game kskskskksksks

 

 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

On 12/16/2024 at 2:04 AM, SupremeGoddess said:

omg came to post the exact same thing. been playing base game sims 2 for a week now but yesterday decided to get all packs and tonight i sent my two sims out to a club and wow wow

 

clubbing, dining out, *******, vampire hissing, more clubbing all in one hour, all in the same public lot - and it was insanely smooth 

 

the shits 4 could never 

 

 

Clubbing with a robot! >>>>>>>>

 

Sims 4 players already suffer with loading screens, they might as well enjoy Sims 2 loading screens with their cute little boxes that are lighting up 

 

 

[PokiTails]

1 hour ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

 

I was watching Sims 4 reviews, thinking I might be too harsh but reading comments under the SECOND EVER Sims 4 expansion pack where Simmers where roasting and saying how bored they were of Sims 4 back in 2015 makes me think I should just skip Sims 4 and wait until Sims 5 comes out so I could snatch Sims 4 with all expansions and stuff packs [for free hopefully hihi] while others start throwing cash at Sims 5 and their new packs 

 

Honestly Sims 4 doesn't look as bad with all those expansions, I understand why after Sims 3 they tried cutting down open world to make game run more smoother but still at least they could've made neighborhood open world with all those 4-5 lots instead of having loading screen for simply visiting a lot next to you

 

Worst case is with For Rent where even Sims 2 Apartment Life didn't have loading screen when visiting your neighbor, but this one does  and let's not mention cars! 

 

i am gonna wait until i get new computer so I can run Sims 3 with complete packs, but I am fearing because it's an old game, it might not run on these modern Windows computers? 

 

or I might get InZoi, it looks promising but they need to add so much content still for the base game to be serving cvnt! It's still in development, so hopefully they gameplay doesn't look so... plastic! It needs to feel more alive! They get graphics and everything else great but I can tell it's gonna be a buggy mess without any expansions

 

Speaking of buggy mess, I wish Sims 3 would get new expansion packs but seeing how the ones they have now are being held together with thoughts and prayers, adding another expansion might just crash the whole game kskskskksksks

 

 

 

 

Sims 4 launch was an absolute disaster. LGR however was able to see that Outdoor Retreat, Get to Work and Get Together were very solid DLCs (especially Outdoor Retreat for $20 compared to Sims 2/3's $20 cosmetic DLCs) held back by a rushed base game. LGR actually called Get Together one of the best Sims expansions ever made.

 

The upside to the load screens was that these said expansions had absolutely zero rabbit holes. Get to Work is beefy but the fact we can't create our own custom worlds really holds it back. 

 

In the last few years Maxis shifted gears and now most DLCs are riddled with rabbit holes, reused code and a focus on cosmetic stuff youtubers can fawn over. If University came out instead of Get Together in 2015, every class would be fully viewable like Sims 3. That's a guarantee based on the 2015 DLCs. 

 

They do sales all the time and I have no doubt sometime in the next 2 years we'll see major DLCs go on sale for 75% off. So I say if you didn't dip in yet, may as well wait for those inevitable sales. Vampires is extremely good tho. Truly a new standard of what a supernatural life state in The Sims can be.

 

As for InZoi...I'll wait to see what happens come early access. 

 

Sims 3's development was hell for the devs. In Sims 4 live streams from 2015-2018 they would constantly throw jokes on how much crunch and communication issues they had. There's a lot of behind the scenes reasons why Sims 4 from the get-go was envisioned as smaller scope. 

[SupremeGoddess]

13 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Clubbing with a robot! >>>>>>>>

 

Sims 4 players already suffer with loading screens, they might as well enjoy Sims 2 loading screens with their cute little boxes that are lighting up 

 

 

the best thing is that the loading screen time isn't even bad. it's like a minute only. i would literally have to wait about 4 minutes in the sims 4 for a loading screen 

[Bloodflowers.]

15 hours ago, poki said:

Sims 4 launch was an absolute disaster. LGR however was able to see that Outdoor Retreat, Get to Work and Get Together were very solid DLCs (especially Outdoor Retreat for $20 compared to Sims 2/3's $20 cosmetic DLCs) held back by a rushed base game. LGR actually called Get Together one of the best Sims expansions ever made.

 

The upside to the load screens was that these said expansions had absolutely zero rabbit holes. Get to Work is beefy but the fact we can't create our own custom worlds really holds it back. 

 

In the last few years Maxis shifted gears and now most DLCs are riddled with rabbit holes, reused code and a focus on cosmetic stuff youtubers can fawn over. If University came out instead of Get Together in 2015, every class would be fully viewable like Sims 3. That's a guarantee based on the 2015 DLCs. 

 

They do sales all the time and I have no doubt sometime in the next 2 years we'll see major DLCs go on sale for 75% off. So I say if you didn't dip in yet, may as well wait for those inevitable sales. Vampires is extremely good tho. Truly a new standard of what a supernatural life state in The Sims can be.

 

As for InZoi...I'll wait to see what happens come early access. 

 

Sims 3's development was hell for the devs. In Sims 4 live streams from 2015-2018 they would constantly throw jokes on how much crunch and communication issues they had. There's a lot of behind the scenes reasons why Sims 4 from the get-go was envisioned as smaller scope. 

 

10 euros for expansions and 2-5 euros for some stuff packs and I am fine with it

 

I would get City Living, Seasons, Pets, Growing Together, Get Together, Snowy Escape, University and High School.... maaaaaybe Get to Work and Eco Lifestyle 

 

For stuff packs, I would need one of those pets things and family toddler things that should've come with Pets/Growing Together but whatever

 

 

3 hours ago, SupremeGoddess said:

the best thing is that the loading screen time isn't even bad. it's like a minute only. i would literally have to wait about 4 minutes in the sims 4 for a loading screen 

 

Wait, really?? 4 minutes? How is that possible? I played it briefly and it only took a few seconds, I thought Sims 4 loaded faster than Sims 2. Maybe you've been playing too long and have a lot of data stored or perhaps some of the expansion packs caused a lot of data to process? 

 

[SupremeGoddess]

30 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

10 euros for expansions and 2-5 euros for some stuff packs and I am fine with it

 

I would get City Living, Seasons, Pets, Growing Together, Get Together, Snowy Escape, University and High School.... maaaaaybe Get to Work and Eco Lifestyle 

 

For stuff packs, I would need one of those pets things and family toddler things that should've come with Pets/Growing Together but whatever

 

 

 

Wait, really?? 4 minutes? How is that possible? I played it briefly and it only took a few seconds, I thought Sims 4 loaded faster than Sims 2. Maybe you've been playing too long and have a lot of data stored or perhaps some of the expansion packs caused a lot of data to process? 

 

absolutely not. the sims 4 has the worst loading time of all the games and it's what drove most of the fans insane all around. although it's true my computer isn't the best anymore, it ran sims 4 base perfectly fine. but then the more expansion packs the worse it got and the thing is you can't play the sims 4 without expansions. the game is already boring with them, without them it's a mess. and since a lot of the expansions needed heavy patches because they were always so buggy, it just constantly made everything worse. i have a friend who has a gaming pc and runs the game fast, but even after a while his game starts to get slower. and you shouldn't always need to constantly clean up caches. that's bad programming 

[Bloodflowers.]

5 hours ago, SupremeGoddess said:

absolutely not. the sims 4 has the worst loading time of all the games and it's what drove most of the fans insane all around. although it's true my computer isn't the best anymore, it ran sims 4 base perfectly fine. but then the more expansion packs the worse it got and the thing is you can't play the sims 4 without expansions. the game is already boring with them, without them it's a mess. and since a lot of the expansions needed heavy patches because they were always so buggy, it just constantly made everything worse. i have a friend who has a gaming pc and runs the game fast, but even after a while his game starts to get slower. and you shouldn't always need to constantly clean up caches. that's bad programming 

 

Well guess I am getting Sims 3 complete collection while I wait for Sims 4 to finish it's run so I can download Sims 4 Ultimate Collection for free somewhere so I can play a buggy game without wasting any penny on a broken mess.

 

 

Just kidding hihihi 

 

But anyways... Praying they start working on Sims 5 IMMEDIATELY and fix all those bugs on the base game alone. I mean, when you add all these different expansion packs, it makes sense it will clash with other data in their coding from other packs and mismatches. Even Sims 2 had bugs, but nothing that would crash the game. The less expansion packs that offer more things, the better it is for your game not to break!

 

The fact we got new Sims franchise every 4 to 5 years, but now...

 

Edited December 18, 2024 by Bloodflowers.

[Bloodflowers.]

 

WaiT.

 

This game pack thingy kinda eats

 

It's very original! I will be adding this to my list of packs I will buy if I decide to get Sims 4 next year! 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

On 12/18/2024 at 1:19 AM, poki said:

They do sales all the time and I have no doubt sometime in the next 2 years we'll see major DLCs go on sale for 75% off. So I say if you didn't dip in yet, may as well wait for those inevitable sales. Vampires is extremely good tho. Truly a new standard of what a supernatural life state in The Sims can be.

 

I just noticed Seasons is currently 60% off and is on sale for 16 bucks which is still too much, like I said earlier, I am not wasting over 10 euros for a expansion in this economy 

 

 

How often are these packs getting cheap sales and what is the lowest they got till now? Like stuff pack, expansions and this new game stuff deal?

 

As for vampires, I don't like supernatural stuff. I prefer realism. I also don't wanna get Sims 3 Supernatural but I also want to download worlds from other Simmers so I figure I would need it in order to get full complete functioning world

 

Also Lovestruck sounds like s**t but I love the world and appartments that come with it,so I figure if I can buy it for cheap price, I will but since it's still newer game, I don't see that happening anytime soon either. Same with Snowy Escape, that is the only vacation-ish pack I find appealing, but overall vacation packs aren't my thing either but I love snowboarding and overall Japan aesthetics 

 

[PokiTails]

1 hour ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

I just noticed Seasons is currently 60% off and is on sale for 16 bucks which is still too much, like I said earlier, I am not wasting over 10 euros for a expansion in this economy 

 

 

How often are these packs getting cheap sales and what is the lowest they got till now? Like stuff pack, expansions and this new game stuff deal?

 

As for vampires, I don't like supernatural stuff. I prefer realism. I also don't wanna get Sims 3 Supernatural but I also want to download worlds from other Simmers so I figure I would need it in order to get full complete functioning world

 

Also Lovestruck sounds like s**t but I love the world and appartments that come with it,so I figure if I can buy it for cheap price, I will but since it's still newer game, I don't see that happening anytime soon either. Same with Snowy Escape, that is the only vacation-ish pack I find appealing, but overall vacation packs aren't my thing either but I love snowboarding and overall Japan aesthetics 

 

Usually every 3 months they do sales, normally 25%-50%. 

 

Sims 4 Seasons is...well, it doesn't have a world, smallest Build/Buy collection out of all the $40 USD expansions and they haven't added any new holiday traditions since 2018 (there's 40 total). It was fun back in 2018 but I can't say it really adds much to sims' life stories. Like LGR said about Sims 2 Pets, "this video ended about everything other than the pets". 

 

Snowy Escape is low key a really well rounded DLC that gives me a lot of Sims 1 vibes. If you don't conform to the lifestyle your sims develop, they will actually be miserable. The new job has extreme work hours. Also has exclusive sentiments sims can develop. Sentiments are crazy, just like Sims 2 Fury system.