So...What Happened to The Sims 4? | Part One: A Firm Foundation

[@AsmaraTV]

It's been much longer than a week lmao, but PART TWO IS HERE! I REPEAT: PART TWO IS HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4TclpVrh9OKjsk ❤️

[@romeekraats448]

really like the video and the information is really good!! I never played the sims 1 and 2 but you made me understand the gameplay it has so well!

[@anononnymouse2795]

Great video essay 😌💖

[@patrickhaffey2181]

I was hyped to play this when I downloaded it about a year ago and it crashed during creating my first character lol long story short it crashed so often I don't even play anymore 😥

[@nylaamourrr]

don’t forget to subscribe to her. she has 11k with 110K views. please sub to her. this is hard work

[@scottbest9581]

Gv?????@@romeekraats448

[@starzzzy22]

The Sims 2 and 3 were games where you built a storyline but the game (even the base game) ALWAYS threw you curveballs. It was fun. The Sims 4 needs to be modded to get similar results.

[@MewDenise]

I find it weird that their selling words were "emotions" and "smarter" but they are all blank slates that forget someone cheating on them in 2 seconds

[@davidkonevky7372]

it's ironic how the games that didn't even put "emotions" as their main selling point have a deeper and more impactful emotion system that actually shaped your sims lives (aka moodlets, turn ons and turn offs, and wants and fears, etc)

[@uilliamunknown4844]

Yes Sims 2 is limited compared to Sims 3 and 4. However Sims 2 just had a certain heart and spunk. You can tell the creators had fun and love the game they created.

[@aimeem.h5909]

Absolutely! If they brought out the sims 2 again with sims 4 animation it would be amazing! Apart from the animals in the sims 3....then it would be perfect

[@ladynoluck]

And the neighborhood customization and the ability to truly build interesting stories (and the great built-in ones, too!) 😭

[@randombrokeperson]

@@ladynoluck I honestly feel like Sims 4 should have been had the Sims 2 with TS3's (improved) CASt, story progression and open world, and TS4's builder and CAS system. That would be a legendary game. 2/18/21, 9:24p

[@alicesacco9329]

Sims 2 is a pleasure to play despite the outdated graphic.

[@Meso504]

Yea, the Sims 2 is much more creative and expansive. I definitely prefer Open for Business and Vacation packs in this version. You could even build real hotels. The biggest set back to me is the Sims don't age simultaneously and there's no color wheel. And I also like CAW from Sims 3.

[@IsomerMashups]

- The sims have no personality (no autonomy, no wants to drive your own imagination, traits do nothing). - Enemies don't really exist. No matter what you do, other sims will like you. - Lack of unpredictability. Fires are rare and easy to fix, death is uncommon, losing relationships is impossible, kids can stay home alone. - There are only two life stages: toddler and adult. Children were an obvious afterthought, and teens don't even exist - they're just slightly skinnier adults. - The ability to change aspirations makes it so every sim does the same things in the same order to hit the easiest milestones. - The aspirations are mostly just tutorials for certain types of gameplay (usually a pack, career, or skill), and the milestones lock you into completing the same tasks in the same order every time. - The AI for townies is so bad that it's immersion-breaking. They don't act like people. - The emotions are an exploitable gimmick, so the game is mostly basic emotion management. - Climbing the ranks of a career is far too easy. Basically, the issue is that the sims have no personality or goals, and everything that happens is completely and effortlessly within your control at all times.

[@magda2193]

try sims one the complete pack

[@IsomerMashups]

@@magda2193 Nah. Sims 2.

[@Nyxthebat04]

Honestly, I like most of these about the game, except the immersion breaking townies.

[@purplerain3688]

They made step back in 4, from the sims 3. If the sims 3 wouldn't be so poorly optimized i'd play it instead.

[@karisima6060]

Sims 2 is the best game in the franchise just for the gameplay aspect. Sims 2 didn’t need an open world and a bunch of silly emotions to make it good. The love, detail, and dedication that went into the game is what made it be such an exciting game to play. You never knew what was going to happen. There were actually challenges to achieving your goals. Relationships actually felt meaningful. Its sad what the sims has turned into.

[@Blackdaisies]

I loved the Sims 3, honestly. With Sims 4 build and CAS tools, Sims 3 would be the perfect Sims game, IMO. My big problem with it is that it runs badly, and despite the open world, community lots were hardly ever populated. I'd take a Sim to a club, and maybe there was one other Sim there. Also I wasn't a big fan of how the non-modded Sims looked and how they were animated.

[@micahcook2408]

Yeah EA needed to optimize it. Which they kind of did for the upcoming 64 bit version of Sims 3.

[@filipeeeeeeeee5615]

Actually the empty lots are supposed to have people there, when your sim goes to a lot and stays there for while, other sims in the town are directed to go to that lot by the game. However, if you ever playing the sims 3 in low to medium-end pc you know how long it takes to other sims to do stuff, they even take time to change their clothes. Take a look at the university graduation at the stadium, the sims stand there all wanting to enter the rabbithole but they have to change clothes first and with all of them wanting to do the same it overwhelms the game and it lags, a lot. But like I said that happens with a low-end pc, because these actions have to do with the processing power of your computer. I used to play the sims 3 on my laptop some years ago, but then I changed to a really good desktop with lots o processing power, and it made HUGE difference, when I send my sims to a club for exemple, other sims do manage to go there, sometimes depending on the log I get more then 10 sims there (which in my old computer would never happen). Although this feature is in the game, it’s not noticeable unless you have a very powerful computer, and if otherwise you’ll get empty lots, which is unfair.

[@llondriga]

I wonder if a mix between the neighborhoods from Sims 4 and open world from Sims 3 would be that sweet spot where you can move around without lagging. It annoys me so much when my sim lives next to a park, you can see every plant and bench but it looks empty and you can’t put a foot on it without a loading screen 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@micahcook2408]

Lara GM that and also EA needs to stop making big worlds that come with base game that are rushed. Sims 3 Worlds had routing issues that were fixed by players in a 2.0 custom version. I just don’t understand lmao

[@CherryJuli]

I hated the Sims 3 and I’m a Sims player since day 1. The Sims 2 is the best sim game as far as gameplay goes,

[@vixxie_kpop]

Fun fact: If your sim in TS3 turns on a radio/stereo, the music channel would be their favorite kind of music.

[@chillfactory9000]

damn, no wonder i heard indie so much

[@vixxie_kpop]

@@chillfactory9000 LOL

[@princessoflimitingreagents]

OMG you just blew my mind!!! Pre-sims 4 games have that attention to detail that makes us love them so much more💕

[@vixxie_kpop]

@@princessoflimitingreagents It's why I dropped Sims 4 for 3, it feels more alive & has that attention to detail that makes it feel like it isn't just simulated pixels on a screen. I currently have been playing with a family for around a year and I have 6 generations and multiple children.

[@lenaleewalker7704]

yes this explains my hate for children music..

[@OceanHedgehog]

Fun fact about TS2 personality: just as personality affects gameplay, gameplay could affect personality. If you manually tell your Sim to do something, like clean up dishes or clean the home, over time the Sim will become neater. It was very organic.

[@Sonjayu]

Ok, so Sims 3 is my favourite but that one tweet "Sims 2 - life simulator, Sims 3 - lag simulator" made me laugh out loud.

[@JanJan4Infinity]

Beautiful piece on the Sims franchise. If ever another Sims series comes out EA NEEDS to bring (no matter how much they gotta beg) Will Wright back Period.

[@AsmaraTV]

Thank you! It's definitely difficult to carry on a great series without the original team or creator. I'm not sure if Will Wright will ever come back because granted, he's the one who left lol, but I hope at the very least, EA takes into consideration what the community is saying and carefully examines where The Sims 4 truly went wrong- and not do that with the next game. 😅

[@MrHelronde]

@@AsmaraTV Will didn't left. EA bought all the franchise and fired him from his own game. But that's another topic.

[@princessmanitari4993]

@@MrHelronde owh lord that's insane

[@preshyp]

@@MrHelronde Wright did leave but mainly because he had no control over his games anymore and EA did not make his job an easier.

[@MrHelronde]

@@preshyp +1

[@TheMotherofTacos]

I want Sims 5 to just be Sims 2 in Sims 4's skin and the OG Sims soundtrack. That jazzy, sprightly music was the absolute best. I *still* catch myself humming parts from time to time. :3

[@llondriga]

Really catchy music and perfect to listen on loop. Mall Rat is such a bop 👏🏼

[@tballin92]

Yes. Yes. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@olliieb9449]

I BLAST. I mean BLAST the Sims 2 Latin playlist when I'm cleaning.

[@CureSmileful]

I would love sims 2 look but more polygons

[@LindaZoheetik]

I have no idea why but I find myself randomly singing the sims1 vacation tunes at times.

[@NawiTheCore]

Favorite color is actually used in Into the Future. If you take a shower using the sonic shower set to your Sim's favorite color, you get a special moodlet and increase hygiene faster. If you drink a beverage from the drink synthesizer that matches your Sim's favorite color, you also get a special moodlet.

[@gothboithick]

i also read that your sim is more drawn to objects that are their favorite color if its the exact hex code.

[@jaysinxminer420]

sims 2 and 3 are definitely better than 4. i've even spent more time going back and playing sims 1 spin offs on ps2 more than sims 4. what would be perfect in my opinion is a mesh between 2 and 3, with building and cas options of 4. i love sims, and i had fun with sims 4 but i found myself getting bored a lot quicker and not going back as frequently. awesome video btw, well thought out. :)

[@OBiGem]

This was so well researched. Can't wait to see you continue the discussion with the sims 4!

[@MissMani]

I was waiting on you to watch! Glad u did!

[@prasaddhuri5243]

@@MissMani post q yolk do xaq

[@oljamedvedjeva3763]

The sims 2 had 39 lifetime wants(LTW), which corresponded with the aspirations. So for example a sim with a family aspiration could have a LTW of marrying off 6 children, or of having a golden anniversary etc. Sims with Romance aspiration were inclined to have a LTW of woohooing with 20 different sims and so on. As for the attraction system, turn-ons and turn-offs were not the only factor. Interest point, zodiac signs and aspirations were also taken into account. This also gave a player this element of surprise, where you could never be sure, which sims your sim would find attractive. Every extreme of the personality points would unlock hidden automatic interactions, that couldn't be accessed otherwise. For example, very neat sims would automatically clean their windows, where as extremely sloppy sims could rummage through their own and their neighbors' trash and eat food out of it. Extremely grouchy sims would steal you paper or kick over your trash can, just for fun 😂 Sims 2 also had favorite foods assigned for each sim, but this was kinda hidden. The only way to find out what food is their favorite, would be to send them to the restaurant and see their thought bubble when they were ready to order. If you were to choose "Chef's choice", every sim at the table would get the food they had in their respective thought bubbles. Anyways, sorry for the rant. I really enjoyed your analysis and will be watching the next part also x

[@MayLina]

yeees, sims 2 has so many hidden gems which makes it soooo wonderful

[@雪恵-n6k]

@@MayLina yep, the details are just superb! I remember if you want your teen sim to be able to go into a boarding school (??? Or a fancy high school...? I honestly dont perfectly remember), you'd have to invite the headmaster over and impress them. And details like these makes the sims more alive, ya know

[@雪恵-n6k]

Like honestly you don't even need that much mods in Sims 2, compared to Sims 3 (and worse, sims 4) in order to fill the gaps

[@queengirly2769]

Rf

[@Tiana_Tea_Leaves]

I've played the Sims since the first one and I remember the first thing that had me adore the Sims 3 was the first time I played I sent my child Sim to say hello to the neighbours, and there wasn't a load screen. Then the neighbours also had a child so I had them play tag, and I just watched in awe as they ran across the two property lines playing with each other. I thought it was the coolest thing ever

[@thefinkeyfam]

I’ve been playing the sims franchise since I was like 6 or 8 lmaoo. The Sims 4 is, without a doubt, the worst installment. I can’t wait for Paralives!

[@thefinkeyfam]

Ahhh, watching this is making me miss Sims 1 soooo bad 😭 I lived for the game intro every time!

[@TheBibirules]

Which one is your favorite?

[@janetshabani-qu7hq]

In my opinion I disagree I love the sims 4 its so nice

[@zyxcba3155]

One thing I will say that wasn’t mentioned here is that Sims 2 had lifetime wants like the sims 3; it is kind of hidden in the UI, you can’t pick your sims lifetime wish without a whole process of cheats and doesn’t affect the wants/fears like the general aspirations do, but these specific lifetime goals are still there! Overall this such a well-thought out, insightful and fantastic video that covers so many perspectives that the players have of the franchise that is able to go in depth on the pros and cons of each of the first 3 games without exhibiting a blatant bias toward any particular one. Also I love your hair!

[@AsmaraTV]

I didn't know Sims 2 had that lifetime wish feature! That's good to know. Thanks for filling me in! Also, thank you for the compliments and kind words! 💕

[@meganrogers3244]

29:50 "Few Exceptions" it's okay you can say 'Katy Perry's Sweet Treats'

[@lordneojacks]

worst than the ET game

[@janellcharm]

@@lordneojacks I really thought that ET game was a fever dream because I forgot my brother had that “game” 😭😂

[@i-like-potatoes1129]

Hahaha

[@davidkonevky7372]

This game has lost the spirit from it's original counterparts. The sims was originally an architecture simulator, and sims weren't even part of the experience. But Will Wright noticed from a lot of research that architecture has a lot of "function over form" and that architecture molds itself from the people that use it. So Will Wright noticed that the only way for him to make this a full fletched game was if he made actual people to live, use the house, and then mold the house depending on the circumstance. And after that realization, he noticed that the gameplay should be prioritized over the construction of a house. And he used this philosophy through all the games he made and their expansion (sims 1, sims 2, and sims 3 even tho he only made the base game) But the sims 4 is a particular case. This game was made to be a completely different game, a game where you would basically have one main sim that represented you and this sim would meet with different people through an online neighborhood, meaning they had to put an emphasis on making your sims and style stand out. Making this game form over function, something SO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT TO WHAT THE OTHER SIMS GAMES HAD. And it backfired horribly when they realized that spending all of their time making a game that breaks the sims formula will only make the fanbase mad, specially after the simcity online fiasco. So they literally had to dig for SCRAPS to make this game slightly resemble what the older games were before the release date until... the day came. Lacking gameplay, almost nonexistent depth when it comes to a sim's personality, loss of the spark that this franchise once had, etc. They tried to play with fire, and unfortunately, they burned

[@Hom-n3z]

Sims 2 is an “OG” favorite; those who put in a lot of time in sims 1; were blown away by sims 2 . It was literally revolutionary for day one simmers. Sims 2 is when sim movies and series came into play ! The customization , the mods , the graphics . Everything was perfect . Sims 3 was great too . But sims 2 was so amazing , because it was such a great successor for the original . It’s hard to continue to be better than the last.

[@JovanLatte]

Absolutely agree. I remember smiling for days when sims 2 first came out just getting to know the game and kept repeating wow omg wowwww

[@FairyBogFather]

well said

[@dynastythinksalot]

I stand by the Sims 2 TO THIS DAY it will always be my favorite and just holds a special place in my heart.

[@JovanLatte]

Amen!

[@letsplaynay9936]

Sims 4 seems so... flat. Idk the character customization is nice but the gameplay gets dull and boring really quickly.

[@karimbekhtaoui1083]

CréE

[@rachel-sarah7046]

The 1 dislike is EA

[@princessmanitari4993]

4 now, all EA directors

[@thesims2university]

18 now..

[@randombrokeperson]

@@thesims2university Every Sims Guru and forum mod lol

[@thesims2university]

@@randombrokeperson yes

[@everylittlebreeze]

Me too

[@MyScorpion42]

32:30 I've always found the "too much customization" argument to be such an egotistical argument. The Sims 3 provides default designs with all the clothes and furniture; what does it matter to those people if there's a button that allows those inclined to do more?

[@felmargego2534]

Yeah like, they can just ignore those customization features.

[@CureSmileful]

exactly no one is forced to edit every piece

[@Greyfeathers30]

There is truly something fundamentally wrong with Sims 4.

[@buffysummers5828]

The Sims 2 is my favorite; and I think the reason why was in a sense it felt like self insert fan fiction. You couldn’t play the Sims 2 without interacting and memorizing the stories of the Goth family and the Langgraab’s. You really cared for all of the NPC’s, they weren’t just randomly generated Sims. I remember always wishing I was the popular girl in school, I was a introverted bookwarm, in the Sims you really got to live out your ideal fantasy life. You can still do that in the Sims 4 but you never feel attached to the NPC’s; everything just feels randomly generated even when you see the same NPC’s every single time.

[@geekerellauwu]

Such a well done video essay on the sims! loved it

[@AsmaraTV]

Thank you so much! 💕

[@Jessiebt]

Honey-child you are cute as a button...lol You remind me of my Granddaughter, who we both still enjoy The Sims 2 & 3. I enjoyed this video, you do have a lot of good points....I sometimes play Sims 4 and I like them, but I don't know....do you think they may have run off the rails a bit....Can we say Glitchy...

[@kitnkitn3902]

you seem like such a neato grandparent. Your granddaughter is so fortunate to have a good sims buddy. :D

[@angiebyrne6249]

This is so wholesome

[@ThisFatFunnyLife]

This was amazing and gave me such d'angelo wallace vibes which we sorely need imo in The Sims community. I’m very much looking forward to part 2 and checking out more of your channel!

[@crem2121]

Omggggg yes I thought of D'Angelo right away but this is definitely more my speed with conversations around gaming. I'm so happy to have found this channel

[@areebah2528]

lmaooo i thought of him too

[@becca8514]

same haha I love how calmly and eloquently she talks... it makes the video so much easier to watch. d’Angelo does the same. I love them both

[@balthorpayne]

Having played 1-3, I thought 3 was an amazing evolution of the series and they would improve upon that. Many simmers said something to the effect of "No more open world as it doesn't run well." That was 100% on EA/Maxis for not optimizing well. That game was saved by mods like NRAAS. Sims 4 was an incredible regression in so many ways, I still have not played it once to this day.

[@MarianSims]

I found this video from twitter and it is so well done💕🥺!! You did an amazing job! Like you I didn’t start playing the sims until the third installment but even then I think the sims 4 is extremely lackluster. I’m so happy I found this video and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts about the sims 4. Great video!! (I love to see fellow Black girls doing amazing, especially in gaming 🤗😍)

[@lizfay3859]

HOW TF DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 8K VIEWS?!?!?!?! This is one of the most complete and comprehensive video I've seen on The Sims franchise. This video literally made me want to want to purchase the sims 1/2/3

[@TheeAntisocialXxtrovert]

They need to hire modders and cc creators.

[@FairyBogFather]

I wish they would :/ But they know that the modders and cc creators will continue to create outstanding stuff for free

[@garfieldboi524]

sims 4 cas trans inclusive aspects + sims 3 open world, cas (including lifetime wishes) + sims 2 turn offs/turn ons, in depth life stages, + drama + memories = ultimate sims 5 experience

[@asmrtpop2676]

not just trans inclusive, it is infertility inclusive. HOWEVER sims 4 does code masculine as male and feminine as female... body type shouldn’t be called masculine or feminine, that’s messed up.

[@garfieldboi524]

@@asmrtpop2676 couldn’t agree more. that definitely bothered me during cas, and I really hope they don’t make that mistake in the sims 5

[@Pigeonwee]

@@asmrtpop2676 Tbh as a trans person I think it's okay. I think adding a third option that's more along the non-binary side for gender would be great, but the masculine and feminine part is fine imo, I just wish we could pick female for example, and then be able to pick masculine as your body frame. Maybe in the future the first Sim they give you could be non-binary, and you work it out from there.

[@charlesman8722]

@@asmrtpop2676 I mean there are only two sexes. Nothing messed up about it, but do go off.

[@Brandon-1996]

@@asmrtpop2676 Well..... I might disagree with progressive people on a ton of issues, but I don't mind gay or trans lefties having... their own game, their own comfortable space to escape to. I don't like how people treat them as emotionally fragile, though, like the outside world needs to be covered in bubblewrap to protect them from people who disagree with them. When you say that the masculine/feminine thing is "messed-up", I suppose you would favor an "X / Y", or "XX / XY". So be it, I don't particularly care if that's what Sims 5 becomes. But, given that it's sort of an everyday term, are you offended by the concept of gender? Even a loose concept?

[@tez0397]

great video, i’ve been playing sims since i was a young boy and it’s crazy to see how i grew up with all the games.

[@AsmaraTV]

Wow! I definitely learned a lot about the franchise while doing the research for this video. It's interesting to see how each game has evolved over the years!

[@SM-bp6kz]

I wish we had the graphics of 4 with everything else from 3

[@vampiresca]

Great video and references! I stopped playing TS4 some years ago and went back to TS2 and 3, have not regretted a bit. Even now, years later after heavily playing those, I have discovered stuff I had no idea I could do!! There's so many things to explore and things that don't go according to plan at all. TS2 is still my fav, Sims feel special there. I also go back to TS1 but mostly for the laughs and kid nostalgia.

[@thousanduniverses]

I nearly cried watching the Sims 1 footage, it gives me such nostalgia! I started playing it with my childhood best friend when we were 7-8 years old, in like 2001. The memories ... This videos is so well put together :)

[@softfishy]

I started playing the sims 2 and have great memories from it. I especially loved the little cutscenes they added in. The sims 3 was my true love though. I loved that game and wish I could still play it. I've played the sims 4 on and off over the years and it really doesnt give me the emotional aspect the others did. Basically, I couldn't care less about the people I make or the neighbors. They all feel the same.

[@genevievemonk1108]

the sims 2 is old but i feel like this game leaves a huge space for player's creativity and imagination. you could literally write biographies of your sims and families AND stories of entire neighborhoods, you had all these little details to it, you had mechanisms that you would discover YEARS after you started playing, you had chemistry dynamic. honestly i can play this game 24/7 and not get bored.

[@jupiter5821]

I still think Sims 1 : Making Magic was my all time favourite

[@ZammyZlaughterzz]

Sims 4 is the only game I have extreme buyers remorse for, I mean I love life simulator games and I use my imagination to play, but this game is so glitchy, and all I have are cas mods and crib overlay mods so I don't think those mess with major files also my game crashed two times and it never done that before, I just stopped playing the sims 4 all together, but I love the franchise :)

[@LateDogFoodYT]

I really enjoyed TS4 when it came out and could spend hours playing it but after a while, I felt that I had learnt everything there was to learn about the game and it just wasn't fun to play anymore.. with the sims 1-3 I'm still learning new things about these games and I've been playing since release. There's just attention to detail that 4 can't offer. It is however the best for build/buy no doubt! Great video, hopping over to part 2!

[@zkw100]

This is sooo good, so professionally, well thought out and researched. Your channel and videos deserves much more attention and views. So glad I saw it through Spring Sims’ tweet.

[@Klondike877]

If two sims had similar interest in the sims 2, you had it easier to built relationship, and if not similar interests, they will talk but might even get a bad outcome... It has been a while since I played but its what I remember of it... and yes you could change their interests with magazines. Good job for the video! Love it!

[@sarahthornton8811]

"embracing black womanhood through gaming creativity and conversation" pause video subscribe

[@AsmaraTV]

Glad that could resonate with you! Welcome to the channel! 💕

[@WikkedTuscany]

My same sentiments and action!

[@ShesPhenom]

Ditto! So happy to have found you!

[@everylittlebreeze]

Oh please no we don’t need this please with everybody stop talking about the colour of skin. It doesn’t matter.

[@snail353]

@@everylittlebreeze racism is still prevalent so i don’t get why you’re triggered over them talking about skin colour instead of being mad at racists... seems kinda sus to me.

[@lostinthelookingglas]

I'm so glad the algorithm helped me find your channel! I wasn't allowed to play any kind of comuper games as a kid, so my first Sims experience was the Sims Freeplay on iphone. I watched a lot of 3 and 4 players on youtube, and eventually downloaded 3 in 2015. It didn't run at all, so I gave up and just watched 4 players until 2020. I still have my laptop from 2010, and I heard so many complaints about 4 being "worse" to make it easier to run that I downloaded it. And it works! I play the Sims 4 Legacy and I love it, but I like to listen to all the discourse about how much better the other games were. I hope that by the time 5 comes out, I'll be able to experience all the cool features that real simmers miss (open world, more traits, unpredictability, etc.)

[@mewette]

I’m so happy I found your channel! I’m binging all of your videos right now. It’s a rainy day and I’m in the middle of a three day weekend, and I’m so happy to have your videos on as some cozy company.

[@diamond5156]

Short answer: everything

[@nirvana-owo]

Ive played from sims 2 to sims 4 since I was like 8. I tried playing the sims 4 and have like 4k hours on it but i rebaught the sims 3 bc i missed it. Now i cant even open the sims 4 bc the sims 3 has it beat so hard.

[@somenitrogenconsumer8859]

4K hours !😱 all I can say is I am astonished.

[@carolbaskin1857]

I have a question what platform do do you play sims 3 on ???

[@nirvana-owo]

@@carolbaskin1857 i have a gaming laptop so its able tk run most things. even then tho it still struggles w sims 3

[@BoringBonesTv]

Woow! I loved everything! It is perfect, engaging, nostalgic and magical. It made me realize things that I never really paid attention to in The Sims 2 and 3 before, and how they are still magical. I play them too much today, but a lot more creating and building, so it was wonderful to see your video! Thanks!!

[@rachellerockel]

Right? So nostalgic. Brings me back to my high school days playing on my mom’s PC and switching off with my siblings because.. one computer lol

[@letsplaynay9936]

@@rachellerockel remember in sims 3 when you can see the activities going on at your neighbor's home and through their window in real time?? Good ole days 🥲

[@kalleighward953]

Honestly, I want more like, personality to my sims. I constantly feel like I make the same sims and the same life despite choosing different personality traits and different career/life choices. I always end up going back to sims 1,2, and 3. I never feel content playing sims 4 unless it's loaded with a heck-ton of mods. Like the chaos mod or life's crisis mod or whatever it's called. I feel like there's never anything enough for babies or toddlers honestly. I miss the open world of sims 3. I want like, the babies we had in sims 2, where you could bathe them, had the changing table, could set them out of the crib, get bottles out of the fridge, that kind of stuff. I feel like in some ways, sims 2 and 3 were more realistic than sims 4. In all, I'm highly disappointed with the sims 4, the only reason I have any of the expansion packs is because my friend and I share my origin account and she buys them because she enjoys the sims 4. I bought the base game and some of the extra stuff. But I also miss in cas, getting to make your own hair colors. I miss the freaking color wheel. This is why if they make a sims 5, unless it makes a bunch of improvements, (like not making us pay 40 dollars for an expansion pack that practically adds nothing and if it does add anything, it's something that should've already been in the game anyways) I more than likely won't buy it. That's why I am so excited for Paralives to come out when it does. I feel like it's going to be so much better than Sims 4 or a possible Sims 5.

[@glanni]

24:00 What I also want to add is that in TS2 the lifetime wish was randomized, and every aspiration had a selection of a few. In TS3 you could select the lifetime wish yourself, which was the Sim's "identity" that replaced the aspiration. That fact also reinforces what you said about TS3 starting the era of more player control and the "tell your own stories" philosophy. But what it also did was make the lifetime wish more important to the game overall. In TS2 you didn't see the lifetime wish unless you hovered over the aspiration symbol and read the text there, which meant that you weren't exposed to it much. Most Sims probably didn't come close to reaching their lifetime wish, and I didn't even know the lifetime wish of most of my Sims I played, most of the time I forgot looking what it was, or didn't care to. And that wasn't even that important, because your Sims' goal was just to lead a happy life and keeping the aspiration bar high, while trying to make it to the end of their life without dying prematurely. It was also really beneficial if the Sims died with a high aspiration level because it meant they were less likely to come back as a ghost to kill your other Sims. All of this was done by serving the aspiration more than the lifetime wish. That one was more like a helpful side quest because your Sim had infinite golden lifetime status and received a lot of aspiration points which you could buy objects for. In TS3 you can't even leave the CAS for anyone above teens without choosing a lifetime wish. In the base game you had a selection of wishes based on your traits or occult status, but in a later patch they added the option to choose any lifetime wish which furthered your ability to make a unique Sim. But that way the game heavily suggested you should finish the lifetime wish, and because you had only one of these challenges per Sim you were inclined to focus your Sims' efforts towards reaching that goal. You again got a lot of aspiration points too. But there was no aspiration level to be infinitely great or something.

[@wangdangatomictango]

Actually, interests were a thing since the Sims 1. It was later expanded upon by the Hot Date expansion. Interests are randomly assigned and can be influenced by buying magazines (This feature was carried over to Sims 2). Sim 1 chemistry was roughly based around things like your interests and horoscope. If you're having a hard time getting two sims to like each other, their interests didn't align. Sims who have nothing in common have a harder time getting along than two sims who do.

[@curtiawright]

As an OG Sim player, this was SUPER informative! Thank you for doing this research :)

[@sewerwitxh]

This gives me so much nostalgia. One thing I noticed is how the goth family is the only continuous thing throughout the entire series of the games. There outfits from OG sims are the exact same all the way up to 4 and I wish they had kept much more than that. Also makes me wonder why that specific family is the only continued one throughout the whole series

[@dustinsmith7259]

You put into words perfectly why I couldn’t go back to Sims 3, while a much more feature packed game, it ran so terribly and I had a decent computer when I played.

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

I have an absolute beef machine that runs Sims 3 "really well" with a mod for recognizing modern gpus, Intro Skip, FPS Limiter, and the full NRAAS suite. Still get slowdown and scantron lines when I pan the screen. Still get slowdown during weather sometimes too.

[@liyanai151]

I love that in the sims 2 you had the option to play a neighborhood with rich lore and drama, or you could make a completely new custom one easily without downloading anything.

[@jiccups4424]

See, the thing is, I started Sims 4 when I was like 12 because I saw my favorite youtubers at the time playing it and having fun. I never knew any of the other sims games before that (yes I know, sad, right?). So, I started playing the sims 4, and since I had never had anything like that, I thought it was super fun and didn’t know what I was missing with the other 3 games. Now, I’ve bought all the expansion packs for the sims 4 and I’ve put so much time and effort into that game that I think it’s too late to switch to a different game. I’ve gone too deep down the rabbit hole. So... yeah. There’s my sims experience 😕 But I mean... I don’t know what I’m missing so I guess I’m ok with it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@astoldbyneon43]

I'm absolutely stunned by just how well researched and edited this video is for a "small" channel. Really hope to see your channel grow and evolve!

[@Defunctaccount]

had part two recommended to me, and just, thank you for being a true professional and linking part one in the description

[@beautyheaven7527]

I miss the Sims 2-3 🥺😔

[@MsKittyKitty555]

Very good video and great research. One thing I do remember about The Sims 3 is that favorite colors actually had one thing they did. If you got the actual hex code for the favorite color (Carl's guide has a list) and colored furniture (not sure about wallpaper) using that hex code, they would get the nicely decorated buff. It was something I did all the time when I first started a family to make my sims feel a little better when they only had crappy furniture.

[@ItsMeGeorge00]

Um helloo? This video is so well done, the editing, research, narration! Everything was perfect 😍❤️❤️ really looking forward to the next part ❤️

[@GrandmotherAnne]

Well done! In the Sims 2 I have found that directing my Sim to do something trains them to be more likely to do this on thier own. They may a times need reminding, however, (at least in my game) they do not require constant direction.

[@talefey]

I think this is why I like playing on apartment lots and with roommates. More interpersonal drama ^.^

[@alejandragarcia1403]

I have been playing sims 3 for ten years and I still get surprises and new things to do. I don't like the graphics or the clothes, the building mode isn't the best. But 10 years later is still a blast to play, and with mods you can rediscover the game again.

[@deoduar9108]

One thing I wanna mention is that you can create your own worlds and actually start with zero townies in the Sims 2 so what she said around 12:33 doesn't completely hold up... still a great video :)

Can’t believe you only have 500 subscribers. Your video is extremely well edited. New subscriber here! ❤️

[@AsmaraTV]

Thank you so much! Welcome!

[@lerdog]

I love how you mention almost every possible angle and opinion fans have about the topics at hand. And your research was so well done! I loved this! OH, and the cameo by Pleasant Sims was also very nice, she's my favorite simmer.

[@TeaAddict]

I'm still watching this video (and liking it so far!!) - just wanted to make the observation that the "interests" system was also present in The Sims 1 ☺️ Edit addon- The Sims 2 also had lifetime wishes. I'm not sure when it was added or if it was basegame, but hidden in their aspiration bar was a popup that would give you a more individualised lifetime wish, in theme with the overarching aspiration. For example, a popularity aspiration Sim might have the LTW to have 20 best friends, reach the top of the political career or sports career, etc. Still loving your rundown, can't wait to watch part 2 in a bit!

[@miracleminty]

The KZbin algorithm did me good 😌. I’m glad I found your channel!

[@midgematic8659]

Im a fanatic Sims 3 player, especially when I got into the modding community, but this video and subsequent comments did make me want to try out Sims 2! I love this video, amazing job! Also girl, you looking like a snacc 💖✨

[@HanktheDuck]

This is such a good and informative video essay on the Sims franchise! I have always loved playing the Sims and when I got older I grew to love it more learning about the history behind it. I feel as if EA has lost Will's original intention and goals and is now only focusing on more temporary features. I can't wait to see part two!

[@lillustpotion]

I won’t stop playing any of the sims until I find out what happened to Bella Goth!

[@rockablity_hound1716]

The leap from Sims 1 to Sims 2 was like going from hand drawn comics to Pixar.

[@fantasims]

I learned so much from you, thanks!! Don't get me wrong, I agree with the community that gameplay in sims 4 needs to be improved (WE NEED consequences, relationship depth, etc.) - BUT, it is interesting to discover that architecture played a huge role in the creation of the game in the first place - pointing this out since many ppl complain sims 4 is a building simulator game only lol I mean, if build mode wasn't important, then ppl would be ok with playing the game in a white box! I think build/CAS/gameplay are all equally important and should have equal emphasis - just my opinion :)

[@rickalves6104]

I play the sims since i was a child, with 7 or 8 years old... The sims 3 is my favorite forever, the sims 4 is so lame i can't play it anymore! Now my notebook is broken, and i'm missing ts3 so bad :(

[@halodeer]

This production quality omg!!! Keep going :))

[@Monocultured01]

I've never played the sims or heard of the grilled cheese aspiration, but all I can say is that I want that aspiration now. I need more grilled cheese in my life.

[@gothboithick]

your sims clap excitedly before they start eating if its their favorite dish, which is always so cute to me so i try make sure to cook it for them as often as i remember to.

[@janellcharm]

The only reason I still play sims 4 is because of cc and LOTS of mods other than that I would’ve switched to sims 2 and back to 3 if possible

[@sightingsara]

OK but the video quality in this - girl I love it!

[@Anonymous-eo2er]

I found you through the KZbin rising creator. Your videos are so high quality. Keep up the awesome work! You got yourself a new sub

[@vanyadolly]

Loved the video! Very well done. I especially enjoyed hearing the opinion of someone who entered the series a bit later on. I think there's easily a bit of bias towards people who haven't been around from the beginning, but you did a good job on your research and references. I would like to point out that the personality points in TS1 deserve more credit and actually worked a lot like they do in TS2, where their personalities affect how they interact with things and what they're good at. Active sims build body points more easily but their energy drains more quickly, outgoing sims are better at building charisma, etc. Some extremely low or high points include unique interactions or features that wouldn't be available to others. Interests were also in TS1, and I'm not sure if you missed it but lifetime wants were also a part of TS2 since the first expansion. I'm also not quite sure what you meant about being stuck to the TS2 premades (or townies). Many players played in their own custom neighbourhoods without the premade sims or townies, since the game was designed to support that. When it comes to world-building I think TS2 offers the *most* customization since you have more control over what you want your own town to be like. I certainly hope the devs will look backwards when they create the next game. Something between TS2 and TS3 could be the perfect game!

[@chillfactory9000]

this is amazing omg. to be honest i prefer the sims 3 cause its nostalgic and the aesthetic (specifically in the ps3 games) is amazing, its really comforting for me. also ur intro is really pretty!!

[@rosiejune6358]

I feel like the sims 4 tried to add depth to the sim with the new update that adds the option to do a survey to create your sims story. But sims 2 was the best sims when it came to the adding a story to your sim and not having much say. And this video is so well executed and just 😘👌🏽I started on the sims 3 when it first came out but after that I had a game cube and randomly picked out The Sims and i got a obsessed. but I never knew the backstory of how it actually got started and the history behind it

[@mAbby2560]

watching this video as someone who has only played sims 4 for years makes me sad... so much wasted potential it could have been a great game i mean even if i try to make the gameplay more interesting it usually just works for a couple of weeks and then im not i the mood to play for months

[@prosethorns]

Omg that Sims 3 music played and my soul left my body. I didn't realize how much I missed it. As a psychologist, humans WANT randomness. Nothing is random in Sims 4. It's like Stepford Wives sims.

[@madeleinesnyder3942]

a sim city expansion pack for the sims where you can build the city you live in would be so cool! I know you could build towns in the sims 2 and 3, but I feel like a sim city style of that would be so fun

[@akrade9661]

I grew up on Sims 3 and the past year started playing Sims 2 after getting fed up with Sims 4, and WOW Sims 2 gameplay is amazing. The storytelling and lore is peak in that game, the memory system SHOULD RETURN. Sims 3 recycled a lot of Sims 2 gameplay features and animations, so it holds up well there too. Sims 3 expansion packs are top tier with the amount of content they provide, and they're actually worth their price. With the argument that Sims 3 doesn't work, it does, but not for everyone. Sims 4 is beautiful, and the sims are pretty, and the world is pretty, and the build mode is great, but the gameplay is so DRY it sucks the life out of the player. And when I DO try to give it a chance and play it, it takes a whole sim hour for my sim to brush their teeth. The amount of time my sims waste just standing there before they do the task I tell them to is astronomical, and the amount of glitches and annoyances, the game is BROKEN. Sure, TS4 works for more players, but at what cost to gameplay and content? Conclusion: Sims 5 needs the lore, gameplay, and storytelling functions of Sims 2, the open world and expansion pack content of Sims 3, the building and CAS and prettiness of Sims 4, and MORE because a sequel game should ADD to its predecessors WITHOUT stripping game elements and content amounts and STILL be expected to run nicely because its the NEWEST game, hold them to higher standards or they'll keep disappointing because they know they can get away with it.

[@idk_who2320]

We need sims 3 lore and gameplay in sims 5 too

[@Simarchy]

This is so through and ridiculously professional and well done. I can't stop watching!!

[@lmm979]

I am an original Sims player, having played all versions; although, I only played the base game for Sims 1 & 2. I fell in love with Sims 3 and had all of the extra packs. I didn't get Sims 4 until Summer 2020 because I loved Sims 3 so much. I haven't gone back to Sims 3, and have found that I play Sims 4 families longer than I played families in Sims 3. @asmara this is the first time I've watched you. I love your tone and manner in which you deliver the information.

[@copiumforthepeople]

there's so much to do in Sims 3. so much. I played 1000s of hours over the years and I feel like there are still 1000s of hours worth of gameplay fatures I've yet to try out (especially with all of the expansions). You can spend an entire day playing as a stylist styling Sims in your neighborhood lol Actually, I need to have a a little bit of a plan before I play with a household or else I'm way too overwhelmed with all the choices! As obscene as I generally find EA pricing of Sims DLCs, you get what you pay for if you were to buy a SIms 3 expansion for full price.

[@EndBeautifulFriend]

The amount of research and work put into this video is amazing! It's so pleasant to watch and so professional, wow. Great work! I gotta sub :D

[@nesnagoi]

I played Sims Makin'Magic in childhood and in Sims 2 I missed those Teddy bears, flowers and chocolate that you could buy for your sim's friends and lovers in the downtown, i missed incredible music and the details and texture that furniture had.

[@sadgirlchanel.]

Just found you through Twitter. Such a great video! Cant wait for part two

[@ladyviking89]

I was excited for the sims 4 when it was announced I am disappointed with the babies. Babies are not objects. So I went back to the sims 3 and had more fun with the game. The sims 3 has more occults too.

[@bubblepop999]

Not only is this Sims essay pretty insightful and entertaining but I just love your glasses ! I need to know where I can get a pair ugh