The Sims 3 Island Paradise is the biggest Sims pack I've EVER played!

[@pigpig1938]

Crazy how the sims 4 literally went backwards in most aspects.

[@pigpig1938]

@kenyagirly unfortunately, that was before my time. I did play it once on a PlayStation 2 when I was like 8 lol.

[@TrailBlazer-h8f]

yeah sims 3 is like put all the fun things inside with the price of performance... while the sims 4 is more stable because not open world... but its good enough for me since you can move inside neighbourhood and i kinda rarely explore all the sims 3 map anyway.

[@heath6802]

And Island Living is just the beginning of “Sims 3 did it better”

[@shyviolets]

I was so excited when it was announced. They bragged about how smart the Sims were and how they even had emotions lmfao 😭

[@Vickoosh2011]

And if you compare it with the release version when there weren’t even toddlers, pools or basements and hundreds of other things it’s even worse

[@julie.lallier.doucet]

When I was 13, the first time I've ever played the Sims was with this expansion pack... I remember starting to play in the evening, and was so into the game I didn't realize I never went to bed until when my dad started to get ready for work at 6 AM.

[@nidxfam]

We've all been there lol

[@calmandfree]

I remember when my brother and I got so into assassin creed on the PS 3 that we were strategizing how to kill in a Templar in church and my mum caught us😂😂😂😂. She was so confused.

[@selrox879]

Oh boy. I never get tired or bored.

[@xEnjoyTheMoment]

I've had this same experience way too many times with sims 2 & 3

[@michiTHAyachi]

Wow crazy that parents let their 13 year old stay on electronics all night. (No hate, I love the Sims & could play it for hours too, but as a mom I am amazed 😅😂)

[@slipknot20000000]

Having actual gameplay content in a pack that costs 40€ was something I took for granted when playing TS3

[@gzapray7203]

Yeah because you will know that there would be major changes in your gameplay once you get a hold of TS3's EPs.

[@toobadtobenice]

That's why I'm tryna set up my PC and get back to playing TS3. Everything's on sale rn on steam for cheap...

[@Yorbelize]

How did Maxis go from The Sims 3 to what we have now? I never seen a game franchise regress rather than improve. Sims 3 will always be my favourite, I could play this game for hours

[@jijipoid]

I think it is basically EA wanted sims to cost less, make more money, take less effort and time to create, they also liked to coin being more inclusive to people with crappy computers who refuse to update their 10 year old rigs, or something similar. TS3 was too ambitious for them more or less..

[@zuzanalazarova1018]

CD Project Red kind of did that with Cyberpunk and Rockstar games w/GTA "Defective edition" 😅, I think when something is rushed and pushed, the joy is taken away from people's jobs which they otherwise love, but are under immense stress and pressure, working longer hours and/or underpaid and poorly accommodated for the job (e.g.,TS4 using an engine of a mobile game 🙃; TS3 trying to achieve the impossible, way ahead of its time; Rockstar hiring Grove Street Games for the job etc.). I totally get your point, though. Companies should not go back, but it happens, sadly, the only thing the customers could do is to stop buying the faulty product, which should in return raise the standard; but we don't see that happening, since everyone is buying it and they're profiting...

[@lisal5718]

@@zuzanalazarova1018 The Sims 3 was great but sadly buggy as hell when you had more than one or two packs. The open world and all the Sims that lived there were just to much for most pcs (I think in the end even the You Tubers with their top notch PCs had trouble). Probably one of the reasons why they are so obsessed with performance. The Island pack was an nightmare in itself because all the houses and boats floating around tended to get stuck somehow.

[@davemk9]

We will say the same about Sims 5 compared to Sims 4. That one looks quite harsh

[@AmyClerk996]

@@lisal5718I mean I have 4 packs and my computer isn’t great and I’ve never had trouble apart from slightly longer loading times.

[@akira7w]

True essence of a Satchonsims video 🎉 -"The Sims 4 could never" -"It's just a game, it's not that deep" -"I swear I'm a positive person!" - *cracks a dirty joke* - *that laugh* ❤ As a side note, I love to see the sheer joy people feel while going back to playing TS3. The game is just so full of little details that bring it alive. Also, the chaos. You can have chaos in TS4 but it just doesn't hit the same

[@victoria_m13]

sims4 chaos is annoying. sims3 chaos is entertaining

[@zen_mindset1]

Sims 4 I like better

[@BloodofaFool]

The boat houses and the fact you can move them is incredible

[@vicdelray376]

its insane how backwards sims 4 went with content, I know sims 3 was laggy and glitchy, but I feel like there was a lot of love and content. I was the MOST disappointed in the pets pack, that one is usually my favorite for realism game play.

[@laser__unicorn]

This and World Adventures were my favourite packs. They expanded so much the world in game. I also seems to be one of the few that never had any bugs with it, even with tons of mods, maybe cause my computer was pretty powerful back then.

[@deearr420]

My simself has like 25 children thanks to world adventures

[@aileenc363]

Same, this was my fave and then world adventures. I miss them dearly.🥲

[@leonv1472]

same, i played a save in isla paradiso much longer than i usually did as a kid (bc i wouldn't play generationally) and never had the issues most people did. i was kinda shocked when i heard that it was broken for most people.

[@lydiarose29]

I'm 61 and have played Sims since the beginning. And, honestly, Sims 3 Island Paridise is my fav of all time

[@simscales]

I always see people talking about the sims 3 being better than the sims 4, but I thought they were exaggerating or romanticising their childhood favorite game, but after seeing this I'm actually shocked to my core. Man, this is way better in literally every aspect.

[@christabelle__]

If the majority of people agree on something (something quite rare), odds are...there's truth to it.

[@eizthetics2693]

I'm glad you're enjoying Island Paradise. It's one of my favorite TS3 EP along with Late Night. I love the scuba diving feature of TS3 (the Sims 4 could never) 😅

[@lydiayeonnie]

Going underwater with your sim and having caves to explore fish to catch and meet actual mermaids is insane

[@maxonite]

Sadly the world is broken and kills even my gaming pc

[@klltx2001]

@@maxonite It doesn't kill my laptop and it's a weak 4gb one (I have yet to upgrade it). Do you have any fixes for it done?

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

@@maxonite if ur willing to mod im p sure you can get fixes for it

[@maxonite]

@@klltx2001 i got master controller and such… i still do have to try the houseboat fix though, we’ll see

[@julieminichova]

I see this pack being slammed upon a lot in the community for one reason only and that it glitches so much it's unplayable, which is fair enough. But that aside it's definitely in my top 3 packs for TS3, the amount of gameplay it comes with is unmatched! The diving, the hidden islands you can discover, houseboats, hotels and the world on its own is just so good. Island Living is such a dissapointment in comparison to this pack.

[@thesims3girlie]

completely agree! sims 3 actually gave you what it felt like to live on an island. sims 4 missed soo many marks.

[@angelp.3924]

Yes, it's true, this expansion of The Sims 3 is heavily criticized because of the... ...bugs. But it's also true that there is a mod to completely solve the problem.

[@DuhAnimeProtagonist]

i remember this was my favorite pack. i ALWAYS used the world and had mermaids. my old pc was STRUGGLING but it was so great i didnt care and played for hours LOL

[@H3ll0Jackie]

My laptop would be about to combust and I'd just crack on playing 😅

[@Sara-yl8ug]

I played the sims 3 on a Mac 😂😂

[@elizabethtrudgill3567]

To help with the lag remove some of the large houseboats, move the sims into a free lot on land. This has always helped me.

[@jenniferjones3004]

I used to delete the houseboats and their lots and I had no problems, bearing in mind I was then playing on a laptop.

[@elizabethtrudgill3567]

@@jenniferjones3004 I have only ever played the Sims on a laptop, the lag from Island Paradise was worrying until I saw KZbin comments saying to remove the large houseboats to reduce the lag. Randomly clicking on videos helped me big time.

[@S-Dfan]

Definitely the most ambitious pack for TS3. With all the features that TS3 has, it’s hard not to get bored playing TS4.

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

Ah, this brings back memories. For years I only had three expansion packs and I would always use all three: Ambitions, Seasons, and Island Paradise. You don’t know the meaning of toughness until you find yourself mired in lag in Isla Paradiso while you watch your poor lifeguard sim struggle to save the idiots who are swimming in the middle of a blizzard! 😂

[@sdb9884]

The toilet bathroom is one of the things I miss most about Sims 3. There are some fixes that help with the lag. Not 100%, but definitely better.

[@Tamaldo]

The way you pronounced Archipelago SENT ME 😭😭 An Ar-kih-pelle-ago is a collection of islands within a certain area, such as Hawaii, Southern Greece and even the British Isles

[@zephdo2971]

ah yes. because Southeast Asian does not exist.

[@mollyabowden]

​@@zephdo2971"such as"

[@caligo5060]

oh my god! I forgot how amazing this pack is! I could so imagine the Sims 4 coming out with a "Houseboat"-pack, a "Resort"-pack and an "Underwater"-pack etc. just to make more money... I was so disappointed when diving wasn't possible in Sulani... this is just so sad.

[@_Lavande_]

We can dive in Sulani though if your sims has no fitness skill it might not be possible (I'm not sure)

[@caligo5060]

@@_Lavande_ I mean that there is no underwater world like in the Sims 3 :)

[@akaHmoush]

The sims 3 expansion packs were *chef's kiss* late night, ambitions and island paradise were the best ever! I really miss the sims 3 era i enjoyed it so much when i was a child.

[@ninisdilemma]

great video! just a tip: hotels are not actually rabbit holes, there are other hotels that let you have rooms you can enter and sleep in the bed yourself, it only counts for this sparkly sands hotel ^^

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

Each hotel has a rabbit hole with the cheap accommodations and some more expensive VIP rooms which aren’t rabbit holes. Sadly you cannot make a resort with only VIP rooms.

[@MandPKratz]

@@Ikwigsjoyful I remember disliking just that, that's, having to have the rabbit hole building on my lot. I wanted the resort without the added building, such a crap on y building style. Still, getting that then was better than the stuff we don't have now.

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

@@MandPKratz Heh, I once tried putting the rabbit hole portion underground so no one could actually use it, but I could still have a functioning resort. Sadly, the maintenance people kept managing to get down there, and then getting stuck. I agree that even with the rabbit holes it was better than not having resorts!

[@alauralemieux6782]

I am 100% here for this Lets Play. I would love to see a longer version. So fun to see Island Paradise still being glitchy but still iconic

[@Butterflylady_30]

These little spin off lets plays are just pure gold, love them 🫶🏼

[@dhjjnjhgvfuihnoi]

I was 12 when this pack came out and I was OBSESSED with it. It was my favourite one after seasons

[@LauraMarieAlix]

Keep the sims 3 coming 😍 I absolutely love the straight faced explanation of Shanice Chanice only existing in an alternate timeline 😂

[@nenuphar2305]

I remember getting this pack when it came out. I still play Sims 3 sometimes and I love how many things you can do with island paradise, especially the houseboats and managing own resorts. But I also remember vividly how laggy and buggy it was, like to this day my game always at least crashes once when I am playing with a resort. It's so sad ea never fixed that!

[@anahenriques.]

To give credit where it’s due, the sims (both 3 and 4) make water beautifully.

[@starzz_andre]

Yea but you can’t even get far enough into the sea becuase it idmetially makes you go back

[@denama]

also, ts2 is the only game with water physics! (when you jump in, it actually impacts the water around where you splash, etc)

[@anahenriques.]

@@denama in ts2 most things were to a level none other iterations attempted. Besides water physics, animations were way more detailed, from rain water on the roof to full step animations for sims actions.

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

Honestly this was one of the best packs in the Sims 4. This and late night were my most played. I hate how the EA game changers always over criticised this pack for performance to excuse the emptiness of the Sims 4.

[@isacl1ment]

I'm also playing sims 3 now. So much better, with so much more gameplay it blows my mind. I'm having fun finally with the sims! You just need a couple of mods for stability and you're good to go

[@judialbert1349]

I've had Island Paradise for YEARS and never did much with the islands, except the first one. I had no idea there were quests like World Adventures. Wow! Love this LP.

[@anezkajochman]

If you have a horse and the horse is traveling between islands, the horse will use a taxi boat as well. So swag. Horses do this in Riverview as well across the river.

[@Game_Erica]

I love Island Paradise. I'm so happy that my pc is good enough to run it, because I absolutely love the world

[@plantytaytay9208]

I love the lets plays! My favorite videos from you because your humor when you play these is amazing

[@suan333]

I got few packs at once when i purchased The Sims 3, three years or so ago. I was overwhelmed so i decided to turn off other packs and just focus on one, i really enjoyed this one (and any other ones from TS3)

[@zerkig9058]

Idk why but I didn't experience many bugs with this pack even back in the day it came out and i absolutely loved it! 😍 Oh, the memories...

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

getting back into TS3 and TS2 cuz i am finally able to comprehend and recall in-depth stories and have an attention span after getting out of my depression, and i am ready for the CC frenzy i am about to go on.

[@Julieta920]

I absolutely love this pack, is one of my favourites, idc if it's laggy I love the world and house boats, everything is fantastic ❤❤❤ The Sims 4 could NEVER!

[@hibishh246]

can you please never stop bringing us sims 3 content? thank you

[@Bubblegaze]

Satch can you please do more sims 3 game play videos? I love them so much! Also I can’t believe I’ve spent so much time and money in the sims 4 when the sims 3 is THIS like I’m shocked honestly

[@Waeva777]

I didn't care about island living in the sims 4 even alittle when it came out, never bought it. This island pack in the sims 3 has me flabbergasted, house boats? Swimming under the water? Water taxis? Resorts? The little quests to find new islands? I would have bought this in a heart beat, why have we regressed since the sims 3? Looking forward to the next episode of this little series!

[@thesims3girlie]

ea and steam are having a sale right now if you wanted to fulfill those dreams!!

[@Waeva777]

@@thesims3girlie Thanks for letting me know I'll check it out!

[@BlahBlahBlahBlah69]

My absolute favorite pack. I loved building a hotel. Actually diving. The mermaids, all the boats

[@PasCorrect]

This expansion looks fun for playing rich people. Slowly colonize all the islands and turn them into private property lol

[@mojyoqueen350]

I have only two packs for TS3 - Island Paradise is one of them! I love this pack, it isn't as glitchy as they say and the fun is infinite. I played this game for many years, yet every time I play with this pack I discover something new. And I like mermaids

[@blameitondanny]

For anybody wondering. From what I know, the broken thing about Isla Paradiso was that some of the family have messed up routing, making the world lag like crazy. Unlike sims 4 wedding pack, Isla Paradiso is still playable other than the lag. There is mod to fix the lag already.

[@akaHmoush]

What does routing mean?

[@blameitondanny]

@@akaHmoush Essentially the pathfinding.

[@Hansueli.]

Ooooh the return of Fanny-Mae! She's so iconic. 🤣😍

[@annagreenfield3110]

After playing the sims 4 for so many years you forget how AMAZING and jam packed the sims 3 is

[@sabrinagavini9776]

I loved TS3 island paradise. I have a playthrough of more than 200hs... I collected all secret islands and made hotels in all them, except for one where I move from my house boat to... settle in the Island mansion with the family. Also really fun career the one of watching beach to save people drawning.

[@crystalbuck5990]

There’s actually some simple steps and mods to make 3 run like butter. Even IP. It’s pure bliss!

[@oanafl]

"ARHIPEGALO" I love you Satch 🤣🥰

[@BrokenDollyTV]

THIS WAS MY FAVE IN SIMS 3, I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER WITH OTHER EXPANSIONS... I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHICH OTHERS I HAD. I HAD A RESORT AND I WAS LIVING IT UP. THAT WAS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO!?? SHEESH.... THOSE WERE THE RELAXED, LAID BACK DAYS OF LIVING VICARIOUSLY THRU MY MERMAIDIAN RESORT OWNING HOUSEBOAT DWELLING SIMS.

[@katiekaliber]

OH YE CLEARLY THE RELAXED PART IS GONE NOW SINCE WE JUST SCREAM NOW, GO BACK PLAY RESORTS so we can type without caps again lol

[@MaxineAndrew]

I played the crap out of the lifeguard career! (I even had a mod for it at pools, not just beaches.)

[@susymanoosy]

YES!!! I’m here for this.

[@kikidoll7101]

Wow! Actual gameplay, fancy that.

[@LissyWah]

Really enjoy the island paradise pack! Even just the concept of the moving houseboats blows my mind! My only problem with it is the deep sea caves sometimes bugging out, so don’t often go diving in those and if I physically use that world, then I need to only use maybe 3 or 4 packs, but if I use a different world, I can also select this pack as well as maybe 8 packs or so… and my laptop isn’t a gaming laptop or anything just a regular one lol. But also making the resort was so fun!! Oh man this video makes me wanna play it again!!

[@LissyWah]

Also… I love the all in one bathroom! Such a timesaver! Haha!

[@staceytamara2104]

This was so fun to watch, I cackled the whole video 🤣 please make more! Island paradise was my all time fav sims 3 pack, it’s so cool to see it again

[@TheRoseTable]

Omg this was my FAVORITE pack. There was so much to do!! I had my entire TS3 collection on actual disks (how old fashioned lol) and they stopped working. I had all of the serial numbers so got Origin and plugged in all of the serial numbers and not a single game worked. I lost everything. It was so sad!! That's when I moved to The Sims 4. It had been out for years - I was hesitant to switch to a base game when I had so many packs for TS3 - and was literally stunned at how little there was to do. It doesn't help that I moved into Newcrest, haha. Needless to say, I still think about Island Paradise. You're making me want to bite the bullet and buy TS3 again so I can play it!

[@kthename08]

I was sad when my ts3 games didn't work on origin either, I still have my disc copies

[@Euphoriccc]

The Sims 3 is legendary.

[@EdieBird]

Sims 3 Island Paradise was a BEAST. I loved the diving spots so much. And trying to unlock all those tiny islands that make awful homes! It lags like a bitch though. Sims 4 could have done SO much. Instead, we got a visually beautiful world and not much else. I do like the random chickens running around on the beach.

[@CameronSWhitelaw]

It’s crazy because I preordered this game when I was 13 and I can’t believe it’s already been 10 years, as of last week since it released.

[@sporkle1290]

Alternative title: 'Satch hits on Sims and Sharks for a solid 20 minutes"

[@shawntaylor8869]

i will ALWAYS stand by, sims 4 did the cas and build buy correct. i LOVE EVEYTHING they’ve done w cas and build/buy. but they genuinely lack in gameplay. it’s almost as if they gave us everything to create imagination in our head for the game but nothing to let us execute it

[@thesims3girlie]

yesss I completely agree about the execution part!

[@lydiayeonnie]

In island paradise I always loved finding king triton and making my sims get with him eventho there’s a low chance of finding him underwater lol

[@pachocharoenzo3678]

wait, WHAAAT!?! there's King Triton in the game?!?

[@lydiayeonnie]

@@pachocharoenzo3678 yes!! Its like a rare occasion just like the unicorn but if you’re in one of those underwater spots you can find him and meet him, he has long white hair and I haven’t played in a long time but I’m pretty sure you have a seashell where you can call him to come over afterwards if you’re at the beach

[@BunE22]

I gave up on Sims 4. I may go back to 3. Since most content creators play 4, I unfollowed them. But I will continue to follow Satch. 😊

[@lydiayeonnie]

Omg I’m so happy you finally made a video on this pack !! I always wanted you to make a gameplay of island paradise and into the future, both packs are so big and detailed it’s crazy

[@nidxfam]

OMG SIMS 3 LOOKS SOOOO GOOD

[@imperishablestars33]

Oh, the days when our computers used to sound like a train while playing the Sims, and part of the fun was the intense anxiety everytime it would freeze without saving.

[@eclipses3131]

Yes more sims 3 content! Love this game

[@loveday80x]

Literally loved this pack when I was a kid 🥺🥲

[@mommybat2941]

I LOVEEEE WHEN YOU PLAY THE OLder SIMS GAMESSSSS

[@KCHorner]

I cannot love this enough you made me want to download sims 3 again..that's all.

[@mondmaedle]

Those were the days 🩵🩵🩵 I never had glitches in Island living and always thought upcoming Sims games would be better than Sims3, well...

[@NikkiV.]

❤ I looove island paradise soooo much I’ll spend HOURS online looking up all the routing fixes 😂

[@malinglad3943]

The names of these queens, i can't

[@itliterallysaysyouaresus4762]

i used to be able to play the sims 3 for HOURS it never got boring and packs added so much

[@sherylalto]

this was the best expansion i have ever bought, the map is huge, tons to do, can go underwater, the only downside is my loading time went up to 1 hour.

[@glowtz]

I have fond memories on Island Paradise, it was my first expansion pack. I remember finding King Triton & made my sim have a baby with him. I was disappointed when I moved her back to Sunset Valley & the relationship bar & family tree she had with him are gone

[@miaconstance]

sims 3 videos always make my day better! this one was hilarious too i loved ittt

[@MrPk266]

This video was entertaining af! Thanks! :D

[@shawnarice7374]

I will always love sims3, I miss all the sims3 stuff

[@siskadyason123]

I have not played the sims 3 for years now, so I decided it's time to download it and play it again cause I really miss it, although I'm probably going to struggle playing with it cause I'm so used to the Sims 4.

[@zaczam129]

Yess right when I got my food and you posted. Perfect timing

[@Ineviyath]

From what I remember resorts have hotel buildings that are rabbit holes but you can build VIP rooms that are normal playable rooms. Maybe get the girls some Death Flowers? They can have the dying animations but Grim won't take them, so no need to reload :D Man I wish I could play TS3 again, but not with my half broken potato laptop :(

[@yenbee9211]

Thank you for reminding me of how amazing the sims 3 is. Your content has inspired me to play sims 3 again in like 8 years and I’m so in love with this game all over again (with cc and mods most issues are fixed)

[@KimL1000]

Sims 3 Island Paradise looked good on paper but when it came time to play it there were major issues. After 20 years of playing the Sims the bugs don't surprise me anymore.

[@klltx2001]

Iirc that's because Maxis didn't get to finish the world for it before the release date, thus there's so much sht that's wrong with it and jacks up how one can play it. Which is a shame because IP is the best expansion of the game in my personal opinion.

[@Sergeespaillat]

with some digging and modding, you can make this map playable. The great thing is the features aren’t tied to this world tho, many people created different worlds with all the features of this pack

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

honestly its literally a game of chance as to whether ur computer can run it without trying to die lmao

[@G94-u4c]

@@iwakeupandboomimarat yeah i agree, i just had an average laptop and never had an issue with it when it first came out.

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

@@G94-u4c i remember my brother pirating the game for me on my windows 7 desktop and other than kinda frequent 10 second freezes i never had massive issues with the game but then u see people with full on gaming pc setups that cant run the game, its super weird

[@magnoliarodell6426]

Your let's plays are so entertaining! Can't wait for your next video

[@anaflaviaprovencano9817]

ur the sims 3 gameplay just gives me so much joy

[@crystalmeier6579]

To reduce lag when you play island paradise, don't use alot of other packs/expansions. Just click them off.

[@danielanunez6733]

My game doesn’t freeze so tips for ppl that want to play it. Nrass mods for sure, smooth patch and there’s an island paradise fix where the other house boats won’t move preventing lag and you won’t have to delete them, what causes the lag is them moving (lightings mods to make the graphics better)

[@jadevu904]

The sims 3 maps always looks good and realistic. Everything was perfect

[@jaimeflan]

SIMS FOUR COULD NEVEEER

[@artisticanna5275]

It's tragic that we went from this to what we now have in the sims 4

[@pachocharoenzo3678]

oh my god I love this ❤❤❤❤

[@meganlister3084]

THE SIMS 4 COULD NEVER

[@queendee8355]

Yay! TS3 Let’s Play. ❤ I was about to sleep but a new upload came in, time to postpone sleep. 😂

[@silwin]

My favorite pack after World Adventures!

[@oliviaoverboard]

there's something about the taxi boat is so cute!!!

[@mimcris8481]

I love this pack. ❤

[@tuilosframe4005]

Who's still playing Sims 3 in 2023? Absolutely me too!!

[@idilkaraali]

omg carls sims guide! what a blast from the past

[@christabelle__]

Blast from the past? He was making guides for years into TS4 as well, and has now moved on to making amazing TS4 mods. His Dine Out mod makes that whole pack SO fun!

[@KittyBGaming]

Wait until he finds out about the kraken XD

[@aileenc363]

This is my favorite EP of any sims 🥲🥲