LGR Plays - The Sims (2000)

[@snowmoongames8975]

Why is it, this music, the whistle, and the sounds from this game always make me feel so happy and hopeful.. This was the beginning of a long costly addiction!!

[@LeticiaSPandaMcfly6]

tell me about it!

[@snowmoongames8975]

lol 16 years and too many expansions to count and I am still playing all 4 games... I think they need to incorporate all the good from the 3 games and put into this 4th one.. I miss the music.. I miss the paperboy whistling... from the first game... Sometimes I just go back to Sims 1... lol

[@muticere]

Hearing LGR bemoan the loss of charm in The Sims 3 makes me sad knowing what is to come. Little did he know then that The Sims 3 was filled to bursting with charm compared with The Sims 4... :(

[@helldronez]

imo sims 4 is good when you have the expansion and etc but if you dont you screwed

[@Z0MBIEMED1C]

@@helldronez yea, the expansions all together are 700 dollars

[@redpup6931]

@@helldronez It's just unfortunate that, in my opinion, you need to pay like $200 to do so. And I still prefer the Sims 3, it's got a ridiculous amount of customization without modding.

[@wojakthecrusader1410]

​@@helldronez I know i am late but i remember back when the sims 4 first came out in 2014, i remember alot of old player (myself included) were furious that there are no toddler, pool. What's worse to this day still there are no cars or even carpool.

[@BiancaBunny13]

@@wojakthecrusader1410 The Sims 4 is just beyond saving at this point, in my eyes at least. And I can hardly believe EA basically confirmed there will be YEARS more of The Sims 4. They add more and more to the game, but it never stops feeling lifeless and charmless.

[@LGR]

"I remember when expansion packs were only $40 and celebrity-endorsed stuff packs were only $30! Man, those were the good ol' days..."

[@MissLovebat]

Dear god, I remember the 'Danger' music used to scare the shit out of me when I was younger. Didn't help with the fact that I played late at night, too.

[@handlesrdum]

You have been chosen. They will come soon.

[@lise895]

Same.hahahahaha

[@mattwells5347]

Played this at the age of five and inadvertently destroyed the house or killed my sims because I didn’t know what I was doing.

[@quickattack8989]

@@handlesrdum That message always confused me, lol.

[@Rex_Crackerz]

yeah. I would try to avoid losing my job just because I was afraid of that music. it got the job done!

[@kirstymarsh3999]

The soundtrack for this game is immaculate. The nostalgia is real

[@packleader1215]

Kirsty Marsh I'll listening to Hot Date songs. The only jazz I'll put on repeat

[@danijel-ch2gk]

build mode 4 and 6 :'-)

[@Jolgeable]

Build 6, my fav

[@milkyoni]

Nostalgia? You look 10

[@thomasgraf1986]

Haha, I was laughing so hard, especially at the end. I convinced my parents to buy me this game as a secret plot to have our computer updated. I was still on a P1 166 32MB RAM at the time, which was below the minimum requirements for the game. It still ran, sort of, but my constant moaning about how their gift didn't work quite correctly convinced them to buy the family a new computer a few months later. Muahaha.

[@packleader1215]

I was so sharp with a routine. I could manage a family. 1) Sleep for energy 2) Eat for hunger 3) Shower for hygiene 4) VR Headset for Fun 5) Library to build a skill Speed up to 3x Repeat. Even straight from their job When we got the robot to do stuff for us, it cleaned and prepared the food. Saved me a step in my Sims routine. I miss this original. I'm still have the Expansion Packs. I'm going to re-install them NOW :)

[@Min0uhhh]

My childhood! Back in the day when the internet was dial-up (AOL) and that we couldn't go on the internet and the phone on the same time and I was only allowed 1 hour on the internet. When I couldn't go on the internet no more I'd play The Sims :') many many hours a day :')!

[@muahmuzic]

agreed

[@CharlieTooHuman]

That was my routine as well 😂

[@pr4420]

Why do sims in the sims 1 always throw tantrums when they get out of bed? That always annoyed me.

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

pr44 It’s when you force them to wake up before their sleep meter is filled.

[@ironlion45]

and yet, IRL in 2019, I too do this.

[@sunset_sarsaparilla]

I know, it’s late, buuut... It was because you wake them before they get enough sleep or because they didn’t have enough “active” points in their personality. Sims with 8 points or higher would just pop outta bed.

[@jonnnyvigil3236]

This is probably what God says about me when I wake up grumpy every morning 🤣🤣

[@claired2594]

So that's what happened to Bella Goth... The mystery's been solved a decade later.

[@ktdudeGaming]

I found a copy of the sims complete collection which had everything including all exp packs and it was only £2 in a charity shop and it works perfectly and It comes with four discs to install the complete game with exp packs. :D

[@Gbrille]

Ktdude Lucky you !

[@amybowden5085]

I got that in CEX for £20 back in 2009

[@KaiRubix]

has anyone ever taken the time to read the description of each of the items in the sims?

[@zenon8]

I did.

[@pureicefire]

Yeah, they're kind of funny.

[@pureicefire]

Ha, cool. I thought the "Time Machine" could can eventually build as an inventor in the sims 3 looks like the Tardis.

[@Ali-op9qb]

In the sims4 in the description of the freeze ray it says 60% of the time, it works, every timeXD (a vine if anyone hasn't heard of it before)

[@berryerdat9225]

SimplySims thats an Anchorman reference, actually.

[@weirdotzero7065]

I'm still hoping EA would re-release this on Origin or Gog one day.

[@CrimsonCrypt]

Me too.

[@minimouette]

@@LeeDee5 2 years later and I hope the same. lost hope though so I got a copy of it on the internet for free.

[@danijelujcic8644]

TS3 for 15 €, expansions for 10 € and stuff packs for 5 €.

[@thawkade]

@@danijelujcic8644 That's not what we want though.

[@danijelujcic8644]

@@thawkade I do.

[@zyber9]

I used have so many custom skins for my Sims back in the day. Used to dress 'em up as The Simpsons, Power Rangers, Batman, etc.

[@rilessmiles6590]

I re-watch this video even 11 years later and get fuzzy feelings in my stomach. So great.

[@DarkMoonStarsong]

I love how they incorporated the Sims 1 music in the elevators of Sims 3 Late Night (can't remember if they had the music in the Sims 2 Open for Business elevators) Brings me back, even though I have the complete Sims 1 and 2 collection on my computer.. good times.

[@pfrench2002]

They should put this on origin for free for sims players and you get a code And then it gets leaked and everyone gets the game for free

[@lamarmcneil5655]

I mean considering that they have the Sims 2 collection for such a small price nowadays (or free) and the Sims 1 is no longer sold in stores, I don't see why not.

[@CrimsonCrypt]

I wish they would put it on Origin.

[@tiffanycortez3874]

Memories! my brothers teacher had bought it for him as a secret Santa gift and we played this forever it was always my favorite game as a kid.

[@sheamusmeade2927]

That is the coolest teacher ever.

[@animegirlprincess]

Man over a decade and this video is still a classic! Come back to Sims soon LGR!

[@doncarlin9081]

And I remember Sims Day, every Thursday where Maxis would post news updates and sometimes even a free item to download.

[@MaxineAndrew]

"Burn, baby, burn!" "Yay! At least somebody died..." "If she survives, I freakin' swear I'm gonna kill somebody." I applaud your Sim-oriented sadism.

[@mechanizedmanifesto]

"That whistle will forever be stuck in my head" Why yes, yes it will.

[@Luluque]

You made me laught so hard with the closure and the door. Dude, you're awesome, your videos are better then any stream I saw lately :)

[@zackaronie.b.2709]

Recently treated myself and bought The Sims Complete Collection. Watching this while it installs. The nostalgia is real.

[@LGR]

You don't say. I don't recall there only being ONE correct way to play a sandbox game... in fact, the exact opposite being true is the game's very nature.

[@DocMajor]

Before there were threads on KZbin, lol. Wonder what comment you were replying to

[@emmastoner2379]

freshpajamas same 😂

[@JustAFilmGuy]

I found it: "You not playing it right!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@Redhotsmasher]

You can actually see the gradual decline in charm from Sims to Sims 4 just by looking at the game logos: The Sims has a logo which is also a house. Cute, lovely and full of charm! The Sims 2 didn't have the house but at least got a plumbbob over/on the letter i. The Sims 3 put a giant plumbbob behind the logo instead and at least had a nicely shaded number 3. The Sims 4... They basically wrote "The Sims 4" in a slightly Simsy font and stuck a plumbbob next to it. Feels about as charming as everything I've heard/read about Sims 4 (haven't played it), or in other words, about as charming as the rest of EA these days.

[@AJ_244]

+Redhotsmasher I like the Sims 4...

[@muticere]

+Redhotsmasher Meh, I don't know. I feel like The Sims 3 is what made the game supremely over complicated. It was still fun, but less "charming" than the first two. The Sims 4 scales the game back to the simplicity of the first game and is better for it. Probably the only thing that sucks the charm out is how blatant EA is now with their DLC and money-grubbing ways.

[@LadyMontane]

Yes. The change of font for The Sims 4 logo has definitely made it distant from The Sims 2 & 3, and thus, from the entire franchise. Maybe that's what they were going for, I don't know...

[@kallemick]

Well how do you know its bad if you haven't played it? I actually did play the 48 hour demo and i was really surprised at how much more true and similar it was to the older sims games that i so much enjoyed more than the sims 3... And i actually play the sims 4 over sims 3 today because sims 3 just felt like a heartless knock-off of the sims that tried too hard and failed miserably (Like with the open town but even that they fucked up when there was nothing to do in the town because of the "Rabbit holes")

[@joshdepaola4002]

Redhotsmasher shouldn't you be curing cancer

[@EnterOsaka]

That fire animation kills me omg.

[@kcrose8607]

[@LGR]

Absolutely this. There is no reason for applying wallpaper to have such an awesome composition, but there it is and I love it!

[@LGR]

Because I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive over building them and that takes time to get right. Time is at a premium with these types of videos, because I want to show a lot of stuff and still keep it under 30 minutes or so.

[@PizzaEeta]

The date is January 3rd, 2023. Sims 4 still does not have pool tables after nine years....

[@DoomBunnyKiller00]

I'm drunk as hell watching this at 4:30 A.M. and this is fucking hilarious!

[@LGR]

Stay tuned! Livin' Large is coming next!

[@LStrikeSH]

This almost brought me to tears, all the music and just everything about it. Nostalgia overload. Thank you so much.

[@Leaf321]

Now we know what happened to Bella.

[@GlitchG00D5]

+Dana Cohen She tried to escape from LGR...

[@3rdPersonProductions]

Still a classic game. Thanks for this Sims content LGR! One of us, one of us....

[@shelbygossett2536]

Do you remember Simville that was supposed to come out but it got the axe?

[@leetmoka3482]

I was so excited for that game. I thought it looked a lot like a mixture of SC3K, Sims 1, and Sim Town. I was soooo disappointed when I found out it went from "TBA" to "Cancelled"

[@LGR]

They did, although unfortunately it's not complete. A selection of 15 tracks are available from the game on The Sims Original Video Game Soundtrack released in 2007. Though you can also just open the files in the "Music" folder on the game CD.

[@KuroiNoOu]

The other base games don't seem so barren now. I have no memory of this because I had Deluxe Edition, so I always had Livin' Large preinstalled.

[@DoodMcAwesome]

Major nostalgia trip. The original Sims was one of the first PC games that I really got into.

[@91Metalhead]

picked up this game again recently for the lols, haven't played it since a kid and back then all i really did was cheat, build big-ass houses and kill my sims with fire and latters (or lack there off). Trying to play it legit and reaching the top of a career is so hard. So much more challenging than the newer games. Though, it is quite a pain having to gather 15 friends to get the last promotion. How you would even do this without hot date and public lots is beyond me.

[@phoebealiceh]

Lol I did the exact same stuff when I played as a kid. And yeah even now I don't have the will power to get my sim to the top of their career. Not only is 15 friends a lot to make but I swear it is way harder to actually make friends.

[@91Metalhead]

I did actually get to the top of the Music career, but an annoying feature in the sims 1 is that everyday after work you have a chance to randomly pick a different career track, starting you all over again. So you gotta save every day at work.

[@Azy118]

I remember when I first saw my parents' old Atari games when I was kid, I made fun of the little ping-pong paddles and pixelated games. My son, who is now four, saw this and couldn't believe that I used to play, as he said, "this weird-looking game". And my parents just laughed, and laughed... It makes me wonder what he'd say if I showed him Clay Fighters.

[@Three-kb4ut]

I know this is an old video but I love how after only 24 hours the sim is already broken down into a full-time, stay-at-home raving, babbling lunatic

[@Redhotsmasher]

...there's a guy whose house consists of a bunch of stuff on a lawn calling the police for no reason? What is this, America? :P

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

Oml they used COMIC SANS.

[@FMkirtap]

your content has been with me for so many years its unreal, rewatching this sims series for the nostalgia, love your stuff :D

[@crystalscott8739]

I guess I'm not the only one who got hungry watching my sims eat in this game!

[@MsMalpractice]

The hamster comes with the "living large" expansion!

[@JayBaso]

I miss and love when the sim answers the phone and its some lottery or prize u won !

[@QueenCortex]

Was so pleased when I saw you had uploaded this! Massive nostalgia attack

[@LGR]

Yes, EA bought Maxis in 1997, but they didn't start plastering their logos all over the games they published until about 2002 with their "EA Games - challenge everything" initiative. The first release of The Sims had no EA logo on the front of the box, but later prints did.

[@Ronckie]

Once again, you manage to bring back so many memories for me LGR! Just hearing the o so familiar music.. it makes me weep with nostalgia. I also remember writing the most dramatic and long-ass bio's for my sims when I created them. Awesome video!

[@KellyK]

this game taught me the fastest way to earn money was to befriend the nearest woman, trick her into marriage, have her work out in a room with no doors until she dies, then collect her money. just like real life!

[@jonnnyvigil3236]

Lmaooo 🤣

[@LGR]

I didn't do anything special, I just installed it and it worked. Oddly, no problems at all.

[@Rex_Crackerz]

LGR: "Nostalgia, it does things to me" Me: "Nostalgia, it does things to me"

[@Tams1978]

I'd forgotten how stressful it was to take care of them and to keep them happy (and alive)! Thanks for the blast from the past. :-)

[@bloodcoveredangel27]

just found the deluxe version in the big box with the manual at a local thrift store. it was missing the disc 1 but the store also had the cd cased version with both discs plus also had house party. got all three :) for 3 bucks

[@LGR]

Yes, I forgot it was available on The Sims website! Also in the first or second expansion. I'll have to show it in the next TS1 video.

[@CrimsonCrypt]

The Sims 1 is awesome. I actually think I prefer it to Sims 4. When my laptop is repaired I'm going to re-install it.

[@snowfoxxie]

I miss the old music... brings back so many memories of first playing sims and is a delight just hearing it >.

[@ocass66]

Which is more fun: Sims 1 with all expansions, or Sims 3 without any expansions?

[@coronapapi]

-cop shows up- "What's the emergency??" "I'M NAKED!"

[@nobel11]

This was far more entertaining than I thought it would be.

[@NerevarineKing]

Sims 1 without expansions is like living in some weird capitalist hellscape where you only leave your house to work every single day.

[@ezcozply5883]

LGR is hilarious he makes me laugh every time I see videos.

[@acs197]

One of my favorite 2000 era games. Brings me back every time.

[@ethandondonan87]

I like how you use sarcasm. It's very funny

[@MaxineAndrew]

Your work and genuine amusement has really inspired me when I play Sims. ;D

[@tommynguyen9780]

Rest In Peace Bella Goth 27:34

[@classiccustoms2010]

A Will Wright Dollhouse in the game? Wow, nice little hint at the beta of the game.

[@haleyrogers7121]

I'm 14 and a half now and I started playing this game when I was 6. When I was 10 I finally got the sims 2 and now I'm begging for a new laptop and the sims 3 for Christmas.. And good laptops that are under $500 that play the sims 3 well? My friend had a dell and it worked awesome but she forgets which one it was

[@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb]

You played Sims 3 yet? You're 19 and a half now lol

[@Underground_Valentine]

I played this so much when I was young (considering I was like 5 when it came out). I owned every expansion and loved the shit out of it, so watching this is making me all giddy and nostalgic :)

[@vidcas1711]

I am watching this and I feel like pressing a speed button

[@LGR]

Certainly possible, as I've been getting a ton of requests to do so.

[@laura_jones]

22 years later and still better furniture textures than ts4.

[@cbarnes86]

I'm sure I had no influence whatsoever, but I'm so glad you are reviewing these games. I love to see your take on these games. They were great back in the day.

[@dundee6402]

9:35 Try 10 years without a pooltable with the SIms 4 ;)

[@LucidDream]

Can just imagine being a neighbor to this sim and them looking out their window at him with all his belongings in his yard. lol Our crazy neighbor. I like the simple animations as well, like he set that plate on the grass and then scratched his butt while he's in his pajamas.

[@StephanusTavilrond]

I used to play Sims 1 back in the days - before 2006 - then Sims 2 and Sims 3 too. Never tried Sims 4. Should I try out Sims 1 again? Watching these videos is really tempting me to do so... (I temporarily got back into Sims 3 when seeing all the mods for it, and all the videos people made)

[@StephanusTavilrond]

Yep, whole family played it here too. Me, my mother, my older brother, my younger sister...

[@NobodyImportant69420]

Stephanus Tavilrond I recommend avoiding Sims 4. It actually has fewer features than Sims 3.

[@StephanusTavilrond]

Ugh...

[@NobodyImportant69420]

Stephanus Tavilrond Is there a problem with my previous comment? Have I offended you by mistake?

[@StephanusTavilrond]

No, not at all. The "ugh" was just my response to Sims 4.

[@PeopleGasm]

Aww, nostalgia. I do believe this was one of the first games I ever played.

[@badlorie]

And we still have no pool table in ts4 😭

[@voidokami1427]

It amazing how hearing certain songs brings back memories from years and years ago of simpler/better rimes

[@lucaniiia]

Man, I feel old while watching this. I remember playing the Sims when I was 6 years old and I am 17 now.(My mom introduced it to me as a 'barbie dollhouse game' in which "barbie" *sim* can actually water plants or something xD) I actually missed playing this one mostly because of how 'un-laggy' the game was hahaha. And, well, brings back memories. It makes me sad to think of what happened to Sims 4 for some reasons :/

[@nybiker1]

I was always impressed about the animations with the sims.

[@vnix_5823]

I miss lgr plays

[@teaisloveable]

This would keep me entertained for hours, haha. Looking back it now after seeing more recent Sims games it really is simplistic, but it was (and still is really) a great game. The soundtrack was great too (the music that played in build & buy mode) although I appreciate it more now then I did then. :L

[@himynameisben95]

Since when was the Buy Mode music so sad :'(

[@tinymi103]

"You going to sit in the chair the ugly chair and your going to enjoy that ugly chair because thats all you have" lmbo that was funny!

[@sleepines]

i can't believe i played this XD so awkward now... but the music is 1000000 times better than in sims 3

[@AlixAnime]

thats why i listen to the complete sound track of the sims when i play the sims 3 ;)

[@Soapylion]

I can think of no other game that has so much amazing music for the simplest of things. "Oh hey, we need some music for buy mode and build mode. Not super important or anything, but you know." "LET'S COMPOSE SEVERAL MASTERPIECES."

[@AdrianAprilia]

Back then when this Sims 1 started, Sims 1 gave me the biggest nightmares, I don't know why but whenever my sister was playing it I just had to run away and she be like "What the hell is wrong with her??". They were so skinny and scary lol :) Good to bring back memories.

[@KhariLove]

Are you serious I thought I was the only one. Omg....

[@simsailor860]

sAME

[@TheLukesterGaming]

Ah I remember this channel, I think I watched some various videos from here years ago, and now as I start to watch some of the original Sims' videos, I see that you've uploaded a bunch of stuff covering The Sims and some of its main expansion packs! I'll have to invest in the amount of time it'll take to watch them all, or just watch a couple at anytime I'm on KZbin :P But yeah, seeing all these videos of The Sims makes me want to find all of my own copies so that I can play it again, if only I knew where they were buried in my room :( haha!

[@DayLateGamerWill]

how did u not immediately start building a house?? Thats the FIRST thing I do, EVERYTIME

[@godzillaninja]

LAZY game reviewer!

[@MsAegi]

I love you're doing "lets play" i always enjoyed your reviews! i hope you do the other expansion packs and the sims 2 as well! :)

[@kevinhaakede]

COMIC SANS

[@Brunnen_Gee]

Funny, I was just watching a video about Steven Seagal, and now I'm watching someone play Steven Seagal.

[@RobertFrisburough]

Wow you're a monster

[@Badylird]

The way you laugh, It never gets old.

[@bbomg02]

Man this was the 1st Sims game I played back in 2009 or 2010 I started I was like 7 or 8 so it was GREAT. Except all cheats make me lazy so my skills at keeping their needs up have dropped. But thinking the game being called Dollhouse 1.2.3.and 4 feels strange.

[@popstar01ify]

Thanks for the nostalgia