Sims1 Junkie - excited about Sims3?

[Toria69]

Hi all, I'm new here, but I just wanted to add my thought and feelings about Sims1 Sims2 and the arrival of Sims3.... and it would be interesting to know how you feel about it too.....

ME:
Well, I have played Sims1 since the beginning, and I have built my community over the years (about 8 years to be precise) and love my sim creations like they were my own children and ‘me’ living the life I would love in reality.

A few of my friends ridicule me for being a Sims1 addict . They are Sims2 players and they say that it is boring and limited, unlike Sims2…. But I never quite understood what the big deal was with Sims2.

I bought the Sims 2 when it launched a few years ago, and to be honest I never really got to grips with it. I was so used to just downloading items and hacked objects and using cheats from the internet and building homes, stores, parks and restaurants like crazy for my Sim1’s that Sims2 seemed really complicated without any of these extras.

Maybe I was being a bit thick , but I couldn’t even afford to buy a refrigerator for my house let alone even feed my Sims if I had bought one and so, after 4 hours of stressing out, I put the disk back in the box, stuck it on my shelf and basically it’s gathered dust there ever since! So it was back to the Sims1 for me!

Now, after so many years playing it, I kind of understand that it is pretty limited in the game, once you’ve built your dream house, got great friends, trained all your pets, been on vacation several hundred times, married a few times killing at least 3 of your ex-husbands, had one of your children carted off to military camp, harvested your millionth carrot and toadification spelled all your nasty neighbours while eating your 100th fairy cake there’s not much else to do……

So, I am excitedly awaiting the launch of Sims 3 in February.

I have to say that it looks great. It looks brilliantly created and more real life than ever before. I am looking forward to buying it and hopefully sticking with it for as long as the Sims1 has entertained me.

Are you looking forward to it – fellow Sims1 gamers??

Thanks
Tor

[Naenia]

not really...seemed interesting at first...now it just doesnt. it seems..too real

sims 1 was the best, even looked the best i rekon...so paranormal, a bit creepy in areas and just unusual....sims 2 had very little of that and i felt their expansion packs didnt have a great deal of content in them, if they had more stuff in them it would have been better....but the eps botherd me...i understand people might not want magic in their game, so they dont go ant get it...but the game needed the hobby ep in the base game...as well. people have hobbies

there were some eps i liked being eps, giving off new things to see and play with but there were others that really needed to be in base game

sims 1 also had this but not so much...i liked it better, much better.

[Becky]

I was a huge fan of The Sims - and when I first saw The Sims 2, I thought the same of that as I do now for The Sims 3. I was quite happy playing with my family - always the same one, can't actually remember the name but I had my Superstar (I created him and progressed up the ladder myself - no marrying other Superstars!), with his wife (Celebrity, I believe), and their child. The Sims 2 held no interest for me until around the time that I bought the preview disc.

However, after playing around on Bodyshop, I was totally hooked. I made whole families on there, fascinated by all of the different age groups and options available. I bought The Sims 2 on release date - it was a little confusing at first (especially as I skipped the tutorials It took me months to work out how to place a roof!) - but I got the hang of it. Haven't looked back since. I definitely prefer it to The Sims, although, I do enjoy playing the original game now and again.

I was quite excited about The Sims 3, but now I just don't see the appeal. I hate the way that everything looks. It's so plastic and.. fake. I don't plan on buying it on release date, but if a preview disc is available (with a The Sims 3 version of Bodyshop, perhaps) I'll buy it without a second thought. I'm not quite sure I'm ready to stop playing The Sims 2 yet, after getting so hooked to my Legacy family, but who knows.
In short - not particularly excited about The Sims 3, but in my experience, this can change pretty quickly.

[Anthony]

Lol Becky Plastic and Fake! I love it. It looks nice and vibrant. =) Def getting it. Ive already preoderer it Im so sad!

[chella]

I am a sims1 fan for 5 years now. Sims 2 didn't grab me so I never bought into it. But I viewed a trailer for sims3 and it seems much more detailed and it is sparking my interest. But sims1 will always be number 1!

[margaretann]

hi could you help me my daughter gave me some sims games for my pc and the first one i can not fully install as i keep putting in the serial number but it keeps saying wrong number i have tryed it a few times

[EAUK_Aurora]

Hi there

You will need to contact EA Support and ask for their assistance with the serial number. The link is at the very top of the forum or there are contact details in the games manual.

[Loes]

I found my original sims games and installed it! It was so much fun, and when I told my brother he was like: "Mhh... k whatever." ( he plays the sims 2 ) and when I told my boyfriend he was like: "Ok.. why? Why would you play the sims 1 if you can play the sims 2??"
But well, it was pretty cool. Altough I do think the sims 2 has a lot of improvement, and I have no doubt that the sims 3 will even top that. I can't wait for the sims 3 either.