TEENAGERS COMPARED! Sims 2 vs. Sims 3 vs. Sims 4

[@genericname2747]

My teen sim threw a teen party. The parents came home early. They blamed the teen who DIDN'T throw the party. Good times

[@AxeltheKing1000]

Best parents ever- you teen sim

[@ZcareCrowz]

Similar thing happened to me. I had two teen sims home alone since all the adults were out on vacation. They were supposed to be out for an extra day so my teens decided to throw a party. Little did we know the adults decided to come home early and we didn’t have the time to get everyone out. My evil teen got in trouble while the other got away with no real consequences (this was sims 3 btw)

[@stillfangirlingtoday1468]

RELATABLE

[@genericname2747]

@J LA "You're grounded don't leave this house!" "Mom I need to go to school" "YOU WANT TO GET AN EDUCATION? NO! YOU'RE DOUBLE GROUNDED!"

[@xshortweirdo_x4865]

That happened to me 😭🖐

[@futurecollegedropouts423]

It really seems like the sims team is trying to remove any unpredictability from the game, which is what drew a lot of people to the game in the first place. Being arrested, running away from home... the sims 4 is so vanilla and too easy to influence in my opinion

[@PleasantSims]

I completely agree. It's always felt like there's no spontaneity and no consequences. That's a big part of why it feels so boring!

[@uselessalpaca6777]

My theory is that EA removed all "heavier" and "bad" subjects, in short, things that give bad consequences to make the game more friendly to a younger audience and the advertisers that come with it :)))

[@grcebrnstn9601]

@@uselessalpaca6777 completely agree with that, they definitely have made it more child friendly which is stupid because it was completely fine as it was, jus like real life

[@MesyLittleRaindrops]

I went from Sims 2 to Sims 4 about 4 years ago. I find it really hard to sit through an entire 10 generation legacy challenge because I felt like all Sims were exactly the same and so vanilla.

[@magnus87]

Unfortunately the negative consequences in TS4 almost do not exist. Any problem is easily solved, it would be best to include an option to choose the difficulty of the game.

[@Xblackjckqueen]

wow remember when teens were actual people with hobbies and interests and after school classes and could pull pranks and prom night and driving lessons and had curfews and could run away and could get pimples and had house parties and were THE CORRECT HEIGHT😍😍😍 seems like a dream compared to the crap we’ve got now

[@Twat_Dirt]

And they could get arrested for doing crime 😍

[@Peachynaomi]

That’s one reason why I won’t play sims 4 :/

[@snowpocalypse69]

Most people in real life reach their full adult height by the time they're 13-16, but making teens shorter than adults helps in a gameplay sense by making it easier to distinguish between them at a glance. It should also be said, though, that teens in the Sims 2 also have different facial features than adults. They look noticeably younger regardless of height. It's always really cool to see how their faces change as they age into adults (and then into elders).

[@babygurleatsshickennuggits4201]

I wish there was a height slider

[@Inkedalic3]

@@Peachynaomi sims 4 is pretty good if you just install some mods. Ofc without mods it's bad.

[@chkris6889]

Dustin broke: having his first kiss Brandi: 👀

[@PleasantSims]

😆 😆 😆

[@davidkonevky7372]

Brandi: don't mind me, i'm just watching

[@JhonPittsburg]

Comparisons in a nutshell: Sims 2 has some cool things, Sims 3 has some other cool things and Sims 4 doesn't have shit

[@Vermin404]

Lol more like sims 4 has the looks but not the depth or gameplay!

[@JhonPittsburg]

@@Vermin404 Honestly when it comes to teenagers in particular Sims 4 doesn't even have the looks

[@Vermin404]

@@JhonPittsburg true, i dont get why they are skinnier? Like less curves i get, but they just look like slenderman...

[@Inkedalic3]

@@Vermin404 yeah, I'd like a sim game with features from sims 2 and sims 3 but the cas and build mode of sims 4

[@Vermin404]

@@Inkedalic3 that would be a amazing!

[@rahmel2009]

I love how everyone’s going all crazy about: “OMG BETTER SKINTONES” and you’re just here making a video on the de-evolution of teens in this franchise.

[@PleasantSims]

Lol. To be fair, my skin tones videos is coming tomorrow. But teen comparison was definitely my priority!

[@rahmel2009]

This was a long overdue update. Yes while I’m glad that EA did that it took them six years. Black simmers have been talking about this since *launch.* yet it took white simmers (and popular ones) at that to amplify these voices.

[@astrobot702]

Oh for real!! The vanilla pallet is gross.. Modders have totally run circles around vanilla textures already.I use LUUMIA and Praline for that stuff. It however broke the mesh of one of my mods, I'm a bit peeved right now. Mostly useless update...

[@unknown-pr1of]

I love sims 3 and making my teens blow up stuff from ambitions mostly cuz its fun and im bored

[@MischievousMischief]

Let's not thank EA for something that should've been in the basegame at launch. But I admit, the swatches look great. However, gameplay is still bland af.

[@Ghastlyteaparty]

I've had The SIms 4 for 6 years and had no idea teens could exchange promise rings.

[@jessicaisibor6157]

LOL!

[@Mskittenlover12]

I discovered it really early on and was so excited. I was obviously disappointed in not having toddlers at that time and not having an open world or cars but I still saw so much potential for improvement and I loved the promise ring interaction so much, I posted it to the Sims subreddit I was active on at the time(these days I prefer the facebook groups). I was only 15 when The Sims 4 came out and I was definitely more naive. I think I would've have been more critical if I had been an adult when it came out. I still look back at my old reddit posts once in a while and still see that old promise ring post.

[@Klondike877]

Ahah, I had no idea either!

[@MI4HH]

LOLZ!

[@KCH55]

I forgot about that freature

[@QuinnsIdeas]

It hilarious how the sims 4 is the most expensive game with the least content and it doesn't even work.

[@dundee6402]

And it's boring af

[@kaimikalaniYT]

Fun fact: Sims 3 extra content is around 2000$ with all is them combined. Sims 4 is only 800$ Sims 2 and sims 3 are still the better ones

[@Kelly_C]

not that the sims 3 worked either though

[@teaxandxcupcakes]

@@kaimikalaniYT I mean yeah-- there's a lot of store content, but the sims 3 was pretty fleshed out for having 11 packs coming in at around 220 dollars, as opposed to sims 4 and the fucking nightmare that that is

[@Vladimira92]

@@kaimikalaniYT Most of the stuff of the store doesn't really add gameplay. There's no need to spend 2000$ to have fun in The Sims 3, the expansions are more than enough content.

[@Roxie1255]

Something we need is more consequences. Without them everything is pointless. My teen sim stayed out past curfew, strolled in the house and her parents didnt even react. Not even an upset moodlet. I had to switch to her mom and choose whether to punish or do nothing. I’m all for giving players more control but I miss the parents actually reacting to bad behavior or poor grades. I miss after school activities for my teens. I miss having them ask permission to go out or them sneaking out. I guess without cars,police and open world it wouldn’t matter. The least they can do is give us more after school activities that actually carry over to adulthood.

[@merchantfan]

Yeah- personally in Sims 5 I'm hoping when they do the curfew they consider if the teen is actually with family. In 3 I had teens pulled over and arrested by the cops as they were about to drive home with their parents from a family party. In 4 I had a teen go visit his older sister with his mom and he started losing responsibility as they went home. Maybe if they're in a group with an adult family member it shouldn't count against them?

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

@@merchantfan I feel they should allow us to determine if curfew is a thing or not. Because in a lot of places Curfew is a thing enforced by families not the Police.

[@mrsanonymous414]

Honestly, I liked feeling like my sims were little independent people that I just managed. Not lifeless dolls.

[@horse14t]

I honestly hate having to do everything manually DX I like a bit of unpredictability and surprise interactions and stuff in my games!

[@Klondike877]

That would have been cool to have more reactions from the parents yes, without having to do it, but its still neat that you can do it, especially since it brings some consequences into relationship and also responsability points etc... I love the parenthood system, and now I realize its not too difficult to get bad traits from it, and its actually fun, the bad and good resulting traits defenitely helps having sims with more depth. Of course this is the sims 4, so depth is never has it should be, but its an interesting feature from parenthood, and also fun for parents, since you can basically control your child, just with the parents.

[@_niyabella]

The most drama I've had in the sims was at a sims 3 teen party. Had my sim, Ethan's, parents go away so he could throw a teen party. I invited his girlfriend and a couple of his friends over. Everyone gets there and a couple of sim hours later, Ethan catches his girlfriend flirting with his best friend; unbeknownst to me NRAAS story progression had them as romantic interests before I had Ethan start dating her. Ethan autonomously catches her cheating, gets the betrayed moodlet, and because he has the over-emotional trait he starts freaking out lol. He autonomously goes to fight his best friend, then slaps his girlfriend lmao. And, apparently with UL, rebound kisses show up if your sim is betrayed. I tried to do that with another teen at the party and he got rejected (ironically he's currently married to him and they adopted a child). After the party was busted by the police, I had him go to his girlfriend's house and leave a flaming bag of poo on her front porch and throw eggs at his best friend's house. TLDR; Sims 3 is superior in so many ways when it comes to teens and TS4 could never.

[@relash1345]

This sounds so much fun! I really really love that unexpected things in Sims 3. It makes the Sims feel like everyone is different and unique and everyone has the potential to create their own story.

[@_niyabella]

​@@relash1345 It is! I took a breather from the sims 4 after snowy escape released and playing the Sims 3 is so refreshing! I miss how things weren't so manual and sims would do things on their own accord. Even before I knew about NRAAS, it was still fun to play because the expansions came with so much content.

[@relash1345]

@@_niyabella agreed! I played the Sims 4 a few times in the past, but for me its pretty boring. Hate the cartonn look, gameplay is boring as hell and nothing happened that bothered me at all. Sadly. Thats why i love Sims 2 and 3 so much. Its so much deep story and detail. The gameplay is literally unbeatable for me in terms of fun.

[@hour-economist646]

I miss having fun while playing sims :( that honestly sounds so fun and wild. I would play sims 3 in a heartbeat if it wasn't so laggy and buggy

[@hciapetus1251]

@@hour-economist646 - are you okay with using mods to play Sims 3? I ask cause I know a few that should help with the lag. Also editing the graphics both in-game and on the computer will help make S3 playable.

[@RozettaVyper]

"Mess Around" is just a term for "have sex" so I don't think that was an oversight. Devs definitely intended it to mean that, they just didn't want to outright say it. Teens do have sex in reality so at least that part is realistic I guess.

[@damnbabygirl8926]

Yeah, “mess around” is just a less scandalous way of saying woohoo. I think it makes sense since you aren’t ~technically~ supposed to show teens having sex in video games although it does occur in real life

[@taethetical]

I mean the name literally means dry humping, that’s why they come out of the bed with clothes on, instead of in their PJs

[@RozettaVyper]

@@taethetical I never heard of that. Growing up, it was always slang for full sex. "You've been messing around with that woman? You dog" or "don't mess around with him. You'll catch something". Never meant dry humping. The devs didn't include them coming out with pajamas because that would be **too much**. Plus to avoid parent simmers complaining to EA despite the game having a rating of T.

[@taethetical]

@@RozettaVyper they’re not going to portray teens having sex, because that would be borderline child pornography.. therefore messing around literally translates to doing it but with clothes on, that’s why teens cannot get pregnant, and come out with clothes on because they haven’t done anything too extravagant.

[@RozettaVyper]

@@taethetical I know. That's why I said it would be going too far to show them getting out of bed with pajamas on. Only implication is the term "mess around" which you would have to have grown up in the 90's, early 2000's or born in the 2000's to know the old slang. I hear no one else say "mess around" anymore.

[@srdjangavrilovic3232]

Sim 2 & 3 are superior while Sims 4 is just like ok teens are not relevant at all... Also i love lecturing in the Sims 2! I really hate how the Sims turned from family oriented game to a build simulator

[@xbjrrtc]

Build and party simulator

[@aspirationfailure6100]

I agree!

[@CallmeGG87]

totally Agree.

[@MischievousMischief]

Yeah 💯. Teens are not relevand and young adult, adult and senior are all the same except the different skin shader. LAME AF. Sims 4 is seriously just a gorgeous game for builders but beyond that you can't do shit because basegame gameplay is sooo bland.

[@ashlynweber530]

👏👏👏

[@silvananoir]

Just finished a couple hours of Sims 3. Played with my teen girl Claire. She and her boyfriend slow dance near a bonfire and had their first kiss. I took all the pictures. Stuff like that made me go back to the Sims 3, I didn't have to find a mod to give them that moment. They then got caught up in the moment made out, and Claire ended up getting home past curfew and lectured. I love that they had this lovely moment and got busted. This is what drove me back to Sims 3.

[@desertrose1226]

Which expansions give slow dance and bonfires? I want all those sims 3 packs! Just look so interesting!!

[@silvananoir]

@@desertrose1226 Slow dances came with seasons and bonfires I believe were university. I will say that Sims 3 slow dances aren't as in depth as the ones in Sims 2. But at least it's there.

[@fatoundoye5581]

@@desertrose1226 literally my sim and his romantic interest at the time snuck out after curfew to the cemetery, had their first kiss and became steady (while it was dead winter). The cops showed up busted them and he got lectured and grounded. The same night he tried to sneak out with his brother to France and got busted again. Good times :)

[@steinaf]

I detest the huge jump in Sims 4, this is why they added the lifestage under the Sims' names because a lot of Simmers mistake Teens to Adults.

[@lannamcf]

I always could tell who were teens and who were adults just by looking. Its the young adults and adults that I couldn't.

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

I actually mistook teens and adults in 3 more. Not even joking when I played ITF I tried dating Asher Dunes and didn't realize he was a teen for a few Simdays. I then pursued his brother Auden after that realization. While in 4 I knew while hovering over them.

[@steinaf]

@@fenrisvermundr2516 I either go for a married Sim (unintentionally) or make two Sims fall for each other in Sims 3 so yea. Their fashion sense is kind of a giveaway too. I think that's what most of the Simmers who does LP forget to do in 4 (hover), you can see the horror on their faces when they realize the Sim they want to flirt with are teens 🤭

[@lukas2.036]

The first time I've played The Sims 4 I made my young adult sim interact with another Sim, after seeing some missing interactions I figured out that sim was a teenager...

[@zelenxa]

Also if a sims 3 teenager ages up to a young adult, that romantic relationship they have with teenagers will save for 14 days! (Or whatever your lifespan is) Giving teenagers time to age up and reunite with their loved one!

[@fridge_rabbit7989]

What is more funny, this young adult can send to his teenage boyfriend/girlfriend Woohooty text, and it actually works 😎 So sim couple cannot flirt or kiss but they can woohoo 😂 SIMS LOGIC

[@zebimicio5204]

@@fridge_rabbit7989 for legal reasons they can't do that XD

[@happyhello1000]

Even the pranks the teens could do in sims 3 have variety, egging houses, ding dong ditch, flaming poop bag and they could even prank their school. I also love that there's a chance they could get caught and get grounded by their parents.

[@Tre_stories]

@Monica Taylor I had this glitch too I had to fully reset them

[@Roxie1255]

This is why I love open worlds for that ability to ding dong ditch and leave flaming poo and go joyriding and get caught. I barely do anything with my teens because I can’t stand sitting through multiple loading screens. I know TS3 had a long loading screen but once it was done it was done lol.

[@zyxcba3155]

I recently had a teen that had after school detention for a week when the janitor caught her flooding the skill.

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

However when they're grounded they get punished for going to School, and if they don't go they get punished.

[@hour-economist646]

I really love the grounded feature. it brings so much realism. I only hate it when I go on vacation and bring my family to a resort, teens somehow still get caught by the police after 10 despite being in the hotel and they get forced to go home? Also they can't go to school for some reason lol.

[@alvarovaladao918]

The teenagers in the sims 2 really were teenagers 😻🇧🇷

[@PleasantSims]

Yeah, they did teenagers so well in TS2!

[@susactivities_]

No matter the video there will always be Brazilians lol

[@aspirationfailure6100]

I agree!

[@julliamixtro]

ora ora, parece te temos um br aqui

[@janetsdrawstation]

@@susactivities_ YES OM

[@mega_master_official]

This makes me want a generations themed pack even more. xD

[@PleasantSims]

Me too! I feel there's a lot of potential there. I just hope if we get one, they give it the attention it deserves.

[@Johanna77777-z]

They probably think they already have it to us with parenthood. Or we might get "teen stuff" with ONE feature and some clothes.

[@Devilchild-6]

I feel like at this point if sims4 got a generation's pack itd still be lack luster sadly. Buy the pack like every other to make the game fun and then after the first couple times playing itd be boring again 😔😔💔

[@zyxcba3155]

Unrealized potential is a theme for the sims 4 though, which is what makes the game so frustrating. I hope that next EP is proper generations, but I’m worried that they’ll cut up kid/teen content into individual EPs to make more money.

[@uselessalpaca6777]

It makes me wish for a whole new game 🤡

[@psychoPilgrim36]

I love how much you can customize lifespans in the sims 3. I always play on the long lifespan in every game because i wanna feel like i got enough time with my sims, but i HATE how long the kid and toddler lifespan is in the sims 4 and theres no way to change it besides manually aging them up, but then you have to do that to all the other kids too and its just annoying

[@merchantfan]

Yeah- I'm glad I figured out the option on MCCC to alter those- I find the elder and adult lifespans to be too short on average lifespan, probably bc they were calculated before they made toddlers. Even family oriented sims rarely show any interest in having kids as young adults and by the time kids reach their teens their parents are likely elders and grandparents rarely get to meet their grandchildren. I really wish there was a mild 'older adult' stage in between elder and adult since they get decrepit really fast. You can half simulate it by dyeing their hair but it's still a bit off and not official.

[@RB-yt6rx]

sims 4 loves to Tell you something is happening instead of show anything. its all meters, progress bars, little icons that say X thing is happening. but nothing actually happens to the sims and they dont actually do anything. it just gives you progress reports

[@PleasantSims]

That's a very good point. We need the animations of the characters actually acting out the behaviors they're supposed to have!

[@miraonthewall5284]

LMFAO it’s funny bc it’s true..... 😞

[@forsims3642]

You're literally the best Sims Tuber right now

[@PleasantSims]

Aww, thank you so much!

[@forsims3642]

Are there any lag fix mods for The Sims 2? My game is always lagging.

[@astrobot702]

Yeah GrayStillPlays is playing another game right now. LGR is incognito and Claire is Claire...lol

[@shira4442]

yea they’re all game changers now sucking up to ea. not to mention disregarding anything that is not sims 4 which makes their content sooo boring

[@r.s.fletcher7066]

F a c t s

[@lassoroot]

I wish teens looked more like kids. It's kind of jarring since they look exactly like young adults after being so tiny and cute! I also wish there were more sassy interactions exclusive to teens or more sibling interactions like tattling on each other or something. I think it'd be cool to have consequences for being mean to your sibling in front of your parent, like if your parent sim is in the room they could punish their child for teasing their sibling or getting in an argument or something

[@zebimicio5204]

Kind of a bad idea since teens and young adults often overlap eahother in appearance. If anything they should make adults looked more... mature i guess.

[@alexf225]

@@zebimicio5204 Depends. If there are 14 years old they look more like kids, when they are 17, more like young adults. However it's weird when you have a child who become 2 times higher "teenager".

[@zebimicio5204]

@@alexf225 12-15 year olds should look more like teens in the sims3 while 16-20 year olds should look like the teens in the sims 4 imo. At least we have foundation on how a revised age group would look like.

[@jalapeno1119]

I really wish there was a tween life stage. It could be short, but it would be so cool. Like a slightly taller kid who gets acne constantly and is constantly changing moods.

[@hotcheerios.]

@@jalapeno1119 yeah i said the same like have middle aged

[@Sunnydai]

Another feature i loved about sims 3 teens is that you can send them to boarding school ! especially when playing households with alot of sims you can just send the children and teens away lol

[@crissa5120]

everytime you do these comparison videos, i get more disappointed in the sims 4

[@PleasantSims]

Same.

[@LexieProductionsx3]

I always loved in sims 3 that teens could egg other peoples' houses!

[@al3220]

Teenagers in TS4 pretty much looks slapped on after they realized they can't make it mandatory to be online and multiplayer. It's basically a stripped down version of adulthood.

[@miraonthewall5284]

Spot on. I doubt life stages were even intended to be in the game, that’s why every life stage besides child looks exactly the same.

[@Kyvach]

They're making the sims 5 multi-player xD

[@ravenID429]

@@Kyvachgoodbye money🤣 They never learn

[@Evelyn-rn2ne]

Notice with the sims 4 she says “if you have____” when explaining game play for teens. I hate how in order to have a semi interesting game you need to have packs :/

[@LateDogFoodYT]

To be fair, to do the majority of stuff for teens in TS3 you would need Generations

[@davidkonevky7372]

I mean, 90% of the sims 3 stuff she mentioned only comes with generations

[@SimsAllAround]

@@LateDogFoodYT True, but that's at least one pack, and not multiple

[@robert_bbiii]

Sims 2 level of realism - parents walking in on you when you're trying to make out with someone.

[@martamjb4020]

Generations was great. Pulling pranks was so much fun! I always pranked everyone in my hood no matter who it was. I live vicariously through my sims as I would have never done that lol goody two shoes

[@PleasantSims]

LOL! I love the pranks too!!

[@TrisTrisTris]

I still can't get over how teens are the same height as adults in the sims 4.

[@PleasantSims]

Drives me crazy!!

[@riggamorrischan]

I always assume in the sims 4 teens are like 17/18 years old when I wish they were like 15/16

[@_niyabella]

@@LeighPlays783 idk, there are teenagers that are taller than me irl. Which is why I feel like there should be height sliders in TS5.

[@alyssa444]

@@_niyabella in my opinion sims 5 isnt necessary when sims 4 is still broken (my game had never crashed until that new patch and ive had sims 4 for so long) My brother's game doesn't crash, it just got rid of every menu and control for some reason. Sorry for the rant, but sims 4 needs to be fixed to actually work before we get a sims 5.

[@_niyabella]

@@alyssa444 forgot to include IF they make one. It’s wishful thinking but I hope TS5 is just a remastered Sims 2 with some aspects of TS3 and TS4. There’s SO much potential but EA keeps cock blocking them. That or I hope Paralives is a huge success.

[@tripleabattery2914]

I just got a Sims 4 ad..... 🧐 I already got your mistake sis what else u want

[@PleasantSims]

😆 😆 😆

[@purpleteardropss]

hahaha

[@yonna9560]

I didn't even buy the sims 4 I got it for Christmas 💀 despite me saying I didn't want it

[@aHamBroth]

A “hobo sack” is technically called a Bindle if I remember correctly Edit: I remembered correctly

[@pierre9706]

Liked for the remember

[@emilyw4955]

Sims 3 is my favorite the teens had so much to do!!

[@PleasantSims]

Same! Although Sims 2 is my favorite game overall, I think Sims 3 had the best content for teens!

[@ashleymariah95]

Whenever I play in sunset valley and after a few in game weeks of playing, I get a notification that Parker and Ethan are dating lol. I don’t know if it is setup like that but they usually end up with each other or with some other sims, it is quite funny.

[@PleasantSims]

Lol! I love that so much!

[@RosyB982]

In my game Ethan always ends up with Bebe Hart, while Parker lands with a different girl every time and always cheats on his wife. Never had them being gays with story progression, but after this video can’t stop myself from wanting them to be together 😅

[@Mskittenlover12]

In my save, although I have aging turned off, it was turned for a little bit and Parker aged up to young adult during that time. He flirted with my sim, Alysia when she went to his house for a party and ended up causing her boyfriend, who was Leighton Sekemoto to break up with her a few days later. He must have seen the flirting. I honestly still don't know how he found out and I play an unmodded game(only when I play 3) because mods keep crashing my game on my old ass 5 year old laptop. So this autonomous flirting and break up happened in a completely vanilla game and that is insane to me because Sims 4 would never. At least...the random break up part.

[@NawiTheCore]

I think TS3 did teens best. I do miss some of the features from TS2 (acne, sneaking out), but overall teenagers are much better in 3 with the Generations EP: prom, driving lessons, extra curricular activities and competitions, teen parties, booby traps and vandalism, mood swings, field trips, boarding schools, etc, etc...

[@kajawolinska4565]

Teens can also sneak out in Sims 3:)

[@anv9956]

yes only when they are punished i think

[@MrMarinus18]

I still think there was room for improvement, mainly that you influence how they grow up more indirectly. That if you raise them well they will get positive traits and if you raise them up badly they get negative traits.

[@kaleighc2200]

It's sad that whenever you upload one of these comparison vids I already know the Sims 4 is going to be the worst one. I've barely even played Sims 2 but I can guarantee it has so much more depth than anything EA is giving us now.

[@PleasantSims]

The Sims 4 wins at CAS and B/B mode for me. So far, that's been the only case. It just loses at every aspect of gameplay so far.

[@annabellebanna5349]

I love playing teenagers, and the fact that The SIms 4 barely has any teenage gameplay features really upsets me. Thank you for bringing my attention back to The SIms 2 & 3, Cindy.

[@1607hannah1]

I wish the Sims 4 teens did have different heights, if I'm playing a Romance Sim the number of times I've been like 'Ooh they're beautiful/handsome/cute/etc' clicked on them for the romance interactions option only to be all 'Oh crap, nope, abort! That's a teen! Whoops!' is just ridiculous. Like give them some acne or different clothing options, so I can at least have a chance!

[@EmSArcade]

Man, I was NOT prepared for what Arlo Bunch looked like as a teen! 😂

[@soviahhkdl7975]

He evolved into Ethan Hawke in Moon Knight

[@Trunksette]

You forgot in sims 3 if your teen really angers their parents they'll get grounded! They're forbidden to leave the house but if they behave well (do chores, act friendly, do their homework etc.) the parent will autonomously lift the grounding. You can also choose manually to have a parent let a grounded teen "off the hook"

[@MPPlays]

There is so much in TS3 for teens that I completely forgot about! And I play the game everyday! Goes to show how lack luster the sims 4 is compared to it's predecessors.

[@mega_master_official]

Personally I don't mind teenagers being the same height as adults in 4, I just wish they had more stuff to do like in generations. ;-;

[@PleasantSims]

I could easily overlook the height thing if they had more content for teens too!

[@The_Ultimate_Faker]

Besides, I was the same height as a lot of adult women at age 13 (5'5") and although I know not every teen grew that fast, the majority I knew were as tall as their parents in 7th grade barring three of them.

[@hunterlawrence3573]

Same

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

@@The_Ultimate_Faker Alot of the guys I went to school with were taller than half of the faculty.

[@zebimicio5204]

@@The_Ultimate_Faker I always wanted a height slider for the sims franchise. More so for growing sims who is on a growth spurt! IN fact I had a friend who didn't started growing tall until he was around 15!

[@exlibrisas]

Again, as I watch videos of Sims 4 I come to the same conclusion: Sims 4 is so limited at base that they can't program anything more substantial into the game. This is what you get when EA wants to make online or/and mobile Sims game, they change their minds, but Sims team is forced to work with what they have because scratching old and starting new would cost so much more for EA. Just a few traits, no in depth systems, reused animations, surface level of improvements and no substantial new stuff... They programmed themselves in a corner with the limited Sims 4 base. I have no doubt it is like that. And since EA wants to milk Sims 4 for a few more years... We have to deal with what we have.

[@casuallygrim9539]

yay! i really love these comparisons! nice to see that i'm not the only one who likes overanalyzing sims games lol.

[@PleasantSims]

LoL! Same! Thank you for watching!

[@Khevor]

I personally loved playing teens in Sims 3. Most of my playtime was devoted to just playing teens in Sims 3. However, I also really loved Sims 3 University (coupled with werewolves from Supernatural made for some interesting interactions) - especially the weird science project in the yard that had various effects, but I digress. You showed me things I didn't even know existed in this video (slumber parties in Sims 2 - I rarely threw parties so this is the first time I had ever seen that and the sleeping bag thing is hilarious and strangely adorable LOL) and I had no idea about setting curfew in the Sims 3. I just counted my lucky stars my teens weren't going to be arrested if I stayed out late (which I did all the time to interact with ghosts in the graveyard).

[@rubennadevi]

My favourite has to be Sims 2. Sneaking out, getting caught by the police, getting scolded by parents for poor grades, not being let to hang out, and running away from home. As a former teenager, sounds about right.

[@asp1re530]

Are we going to ignore the toddler sneaking out at 3:40?

[@PleasantSims]

I am! LOL

[@DEJAHOT14]

I notice that too. I’m like the toddler is the real rebel here.

[@GarbageCannot]

Beau wanted to go with his big brother!

[@zyxcba3155]

Sims 2 had far stronger base game teens, but with Generations, Sims 3 teens are best. I actually do think Sims 4 will give us additional teen content at some point, so I guess we’ll see how it stacks up then, but my hopes are pretty low.

[@Kyvach]

Your comment was a year ago and so far the sims 4 devs have done nothing extra for the teens. Only the modders have.

[@tinuvielx]

@@Kyvach well, it's been 5 months and now we have high school years

[@dymondsouthmoor1841]

@@tinuvielx High School years is trash and broken lmao

[@tinuvielx]

@@dymondsouthmoor1841 honestly at this point idgaf about the sims 4 or its packs, the sims 4 in general is annoying and boring to play.

[@aspirationfailure6100]

I think sims 2/3 did teens best! Sims 2 teens get pimples if their hygiene is low (correct me if I’m wrong with that) and they can sneak out and run away if they have a bad relationship with others! Sims 3 teens can go to prom, do pranks and so much more! I know parent hood added stuff to teens but it’s just bad compared to sims 2/3 and they just look like grown adults and can do most stuff adults do 😐. Btw I saw your post were Dustin died 😆

[@PleasantSims]

Lol! He didn't want to be used anymore!

[@CarlDillynson]

Oh my god, I was laughing out loud *hard* at Brandi Broke wandering around closely behind Dustin while he and Angela had their first kiss haha.

[@hiii8832]

Blonde dude: **on phone* Hey, wanna sneak out? Brandi next to him in a chair: UhM!? ;-;

[@m.n.2971]

I think in the sims3 teens can also mess around but only on rabbit hole buildings, like when they go to the movies (and I know they don't have clothes on for that because once mine were caught by an employer in the supply closet and promptly left the cinema naked...)

[@sadgirlchanel.]

The Sims 3 teens are top tier. I have so much fun playing with them. The Sims 2 teens are my second choice. One thing you missed about The Sims 4 teens are they can get grounded and have technology, friends, etc taken away.

[@scunitommy]

They can? How? I’ve never had that option before, do you need the pack?

[@scunitommy]

Talking about sims 4 by the way ^

[@scunitommy]

@Baisale36 _ ah thanks for telling me! A couple days ago I got the pack so I’ll keep a look out for that :)

[@scunitommy]

@Baisale36 _ I have some mods as well! Like extreme violence and ones like that, after playing the sims 4 on PlayStation ever since it came out until I got a pc recently the game definitely is more fun with mods, though the base game can be fun too

[@rainbow_slayz]

I prefer sims 2 teens, mostly because most of the sims 3 teen things come with generations

[@birdie5029]

I remember Mortimer always growing up to be such a cute teen. He was my favorite back in TS3!

[@JETWTF]

Sims 3 teens are the better ones, Nothing like sending them to leave a flaming bag of poop on the neighbors doorstep lol.

[@CaffeineDeprivation]

Pranks teens in Sims 3 can pull aren't limited to just their own households either. You can ding-dong-ditch neighbors, throw eggs, leave flaming bags and set stink bombs (with the chemistry set) You can even sneak into the school to wreak havoc!

[@Rowglow]

In the sims 4, the teens do this funny walk style when their in a mood, they like drag their feet and just walk like they gave up lol... But sims 4 teens are REALLY disappointing. Sims 3 teens were the greatest

[@wavesjd0pe]

The Sims 4 have teenagers? Wow.

[@PleasantSims]

Lol. I was shocked!

[@fransilva4162]

The Sims 4 have Sims? 😰

[@vixxie_kpop]

I had a slumber party for my child sim and one slept in a bathroom, one slept outside & two boys originally slept in the entry but then moved to outside. My sim just slept in the living room the most hilarious stuff. I'll need to throw one for one of my teens lol

[@adrivoid5376]

I also love how sims 2 had a teen stuff pack- leaning into three teen subcultures and it was good objects toon! Sims 2 teens really felt like teens, they needed their parent’s permission to do things, and their wants fit their age. Sims 3 teens had curfew, and with generations had prom and mood swings and afterschool clubs. Very real. Sims 4 teens are just mini adults even with parenthood

[@laelaps5246]

I've played TS3 for hours and hours and i keep on finding new things i didn't know you could do!

[@RainbowMilk1996]

Teenagers are the most fun in Sims 3. Sims 2 is second, only cause there's no prom.

[@jbrown5955]

Idk if I like sims 3 or 2 teens better! Sims 4 “teens” could use some more content in my opinion, though. Also, one of my fav ts3 teen feature is dreams. Like how you can have them dream about going on a date, I think making a friend, being valedictorian or being prom king/Queen. And the fact if it’s a good dream, it increases your chances of doing that is just so fun!

[@christopher1044]

Sims 2 is always my favorite😜❤️

[@PleasantSims]

I love teens in Sims 2 also! 💙

[@thetwogilrs]

i LOVE your comparison videos!!

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you!!

[@fortywithaU]

As a TS3 and TS4 player, I can confirm that TS4 teens are basically adults that have to go to school and can't have emotional deaths lol

[@explosiveexplosivo7703]

This is 1 of the many reasons Iwhy I just ordered the sims 2 lol

[@PleasantSims]

Sims 2 is so much fun!

[@sarahlacey2326]

I just repurchased the games I lost and weren’t installing anymore and it’s being blocked by administrator and every tip I’ve found online isn’t working to install them

[@Pollicina_db]

@@sarahlacey2326 Just go to the Retrogames site and download sims 2 from there. Everything is legal if you insist on that.

[@ScaredyKari]

@@sarahlacey2326 This was my issue as well! I watched every single video and googled this issue for months until I finally just logged into the Administrator account on my computer and downloaded my discs from there. So far all of my expansions have worked except for my Double Deluxe disc. But eBay had a normal Deluxe disc so now I'm able to play on Windows 10.

[@sarahlacey2326]

ScaredyKari my laptop only has the one account and it’s the administrator I went and checked to make sure but it’s still not working even my university that I’ve already installed more than once on my laptop all of a sundown doesn’t work

[@thisisquentinmoyer]

OMG I LOVE the kitchen and dining room at 18:30 giving me 70s vibes

[@dundee6402]

The Bunch family are based off the Brady Bunch, a very popular 70s sitcom.

[@indeboss]

Some more fun things about teens in TS3: 1. They can get grounded for several days for their pranks (don't remember if for bad grades as well) and they can make it up by cleaning around the house or something else 2. They can pull pranks at school or other people's houses (throw eggs, TP, etc.) 3. They can pull pranks automatically

Compare Toddlers in all games, because I really think Sims 4 made toddlers the best. Even though I like sims 3 the best, I need to give credit wherecredit is due.

[@warrickgirl37]

Sims 4 was pretty disappointing but I’ll give them credit for the fleshed out toddlers. They really did it best, I think it was worth not having them in the game for two years

[@LilyGrace1990]

Agreed, Sims 3 teens are the best. My only complaint is that they can't sneak out without getting caught. Let them get away with it sometimes!

[@ingrid9635]

My favorite thing to do with teens is throwing eggs at someone's house in sims 3

[@JackSawyerIsTheBest]

My evil teens' favorite activity. I love how they keep rolling wishes for it or do it autonomously. Once I was playing a family and paused, wondering where the hell was the evil teen, supposedly walking back from school. Shoulda been home already.. And lo and behold he was egging his nemesis' house! Police came and he got busted, brought home and lectured by his dad :p Good times. Another time I caught him autonomously TPing his school, this time he got a fine IIRC.

[@desertrose1226]

@@JackSawyerIsTheBest omg that’s so funny 😆 I just love sims 3 families!

[@tjg813]

I would love a combination of sims 2 and sims 3 teen content. There’s not much for teens and they’re pretty boring. I’ve even made teen exclusive clubs from Get Together to try and make them interesting. There’s just so little for them. 😒 I know teens were never supposed to be a part of sims 4, but I wish that when they changed the game and decided to include them that they took a little more time to actually make them worth playing. It’s a shame that this game started out as YA and up in the mmo version. Even though they added kids and teens they didn’t give them anything to do, so it’s like you are just waiting to age them up.

[@juliadesouza6674]

I love that in the sims 2 they get super happy about having good grades and go tell their parents, and if they have bad grades they get angry and step on them.

[@exlibrisas]

Generation themed expansion should be the first expansion to come out in any new Sims game. Change my mind.

[@bernardomenin171]

Tell me i wasn't the only one that sense her enthusiasm dropped when she reached the sims 4

[@beeleysims]

Sims 2 teens are the best imo! It seems like the developers thought of everything.

[@PleasantSims]

Love teens in The Sims 2! They're so much fun to play!

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

Will Wright was still devleoping Sims then. He stuck around for Sims 3 basegame then left...no wonder Sims 4 is a mess

[@beeleysims]

@@stuffwithsoph8264 oh wow, that timing explains a lot.

[@plantyrae]

ALEXANDER'S FACE IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN HE AGED UP! omg that got me so good, I would have spit out my drink if I had one edit: btw way to go Cindy! everytime I click your newest video your subs just keep going up!!

[@BooDotBoo]

This will probably be the only time I say this, but Sims 3 has Sims 2 beat with teens, but only because of the generations pack. Like, you can go to proms, learn to drive, have mood swing, and such and that really hit it out of the park. Sims 4 teens barely even look like teens (because they look like adults and I can never tell which is why by just looking, which annoys me) and they have very little to do. Sims 2 teens had their little extras and the cut scenes made the life stage more magical. So, for me, it's Sims 3>Sims 2> Sims 4. If they would have kept improving on Sims teens in Sims 4, they would have been amazing.

[@envillusion3255]

Omg Cindy you’re almost at 50K I remember watching during your first play through of pleasentview. I’m so proud of your progress and can’t wait for the future!

[@ayatonic]

It's sad because there are things done really well in Sims 4 (toddlers, vampires, etc) but teens have always been so neglected. Parenthood was a good start, but I've been hoping we'll get more expansion on them for years now. They're almost not even worth playing for me these days, since they're so similar to young adults but have the annoyance of going to school lmao. It makes me sad! They are my favorite lifestage in the older games.

[@davidkonevky7372]

We gotta be fair, sims 3 teens by themselves aren't that different to adults and only get interesting with generations on. HOWEVER, the fact that generations is even a thing is already an improvement over sims 4. Sims 4 has had a lifespan of 6 YEARS and there's no sign of generations.

[@laylaveil]

they tried to do sum generations thing with the parenthood game pack but it's really boring and it doesn't add much to the game

[@agrippinafofanova4891]

My Sims are ALWAYS having those additional traits, especially Manners and Responsibility. I try directly to do something different, but they are always friendly to reach other and do the dishes. 😪

[@lannamcf]

Yeah whenever I play it my teens usually get 3 positive traits. I'm not even trying to get that.

[@anv9956]

@@lannamcf i feel like it should be the opposite. when you dont even try they should have bad traits

[@ericksaint6437]

@@anv9956 YESS

[@opeixenemo]

i miss the sims 3 so much, all ages were so much fun to play i could spend my entire life in that game

[@arahman56]

From my playthroughs, the Character Values seem very much to be a Childhood-focused thing that teens also get. Which means that there's a wide variety of actions to max them out in Childhood, lot of which are either not available as teens, or no longer affect the Values meter.

[@Viniciusvill]

Cindy, the option to exchange promess rings does not work because of the MC Command Center Mod in vanilla game the option appears when the friendship and romance bars are full. 💍❤️

[@angelab12510]

That sucks, glad to know what mod does it!

[@Viniciusvill]

@@angelab12510 You're welcome ☺️☺️

[@CharlieBookFanatic]

Why does it do that and hasn't it been fixed?

[@giupondchester1273]

This video really put it into perspective! Literally why do i keep playing ts4 😐 it's lacking so much compared to the previous games.

[@warrickgirl37]

It’s funny in the sims 4 if you are out with your family before curfew is about to start and you have pets in your house. The pet will text you telling you to come home so you aren’t out past curfew.

[@shr00mski]

ever since sims 4 came out, i always had a huge issue with the way ts4 made "teens" look and act; they are just a carbon copy of adults and young adults, it's gross and creepy tbh. i've been waiting for somebody to speak up about this issue, thank you for making this video!

[@desertrose1226]

It’s horrible but reflects the times adults treat teens like full adults nowadays !!!

[@zebimicio5204]

@@desertrose1226 I disagree on you with that. If anything adults treats teens more like kids than ever nowadays. Back then, heck not even that far back (around early to mid 2010s or so) I see teens who were treated like "adults" more often than i see now.

[@freyafrettchen3808]

I think most are only treating teens as kids when they share an opinion that's different from theirs or something that doesn't fit their mindset. "Oh you're just a kid, you wouldn't understand." But if it's about school/work/responsibility for things that are done, teens are treated as adults. It's like combining the bad parts of being a kid and the bad parts of being an adult.

[@miraonthewall5284]

Omg I said it was creepy too! Not weird but CREEPY.

[@ravenID429]

…creepy?🙄 Try lazy

[@StudioAurrowe]

The reason you can't find the option to half of the time is because one of the mods interacting with that part of the layout is blocking it from popping up because you have the proposal option. It's one of your mods interfering with it.

[@AkireraStraberri3]

I can bring my teens to a bar and order drinks no questions asked in the sims 4 xD No one bats an eye at these teens chilling at a bar full of adults

[@dontbesav]

i love these kind of videos. it really brings to surface the differences between each game & it’s always great to look back at ts2 & ts3 :)

[@rainame7467]

In sims 3 the teens can also get grounded and then sneak out! ts3 has so many teen-exclusive actions its easy to even forget some lol, the sims 4 could never

[@slangsjnnn]

i swear this is one of the best sims series atm

[@bungeefox7085]

The way the enthusiasm in her voice just LEFT when sims 4 popped up...

[@IMBOBDOLEBEETCHES89]

I absolutely LOVE your comparison videos between the different Sims games! I completely forgot what an amazing game Sims 2 was and actually wound up reinstalling it after your video on the differences in jealousy. Keep up the amazing work!! Also, p.s., your hair is adorbs :D

[@lannamcf]

They all have their strong points. I liked that in Sims 2 they could ask for permission to go out, or even sneak out (wish that was in Parenthood. It would tie in nicely with curfew). It sounds like a lot of the interactions in Sims 3 came with the Generations expansion pack, but they sound cool. I like in 4 that teens are the same height as adults, but thinner (this is much more realistic), but I do wish there was more interactions for them. I heard that teens were left out of the last survey, maybe they're working on a pack specifically for them.

[@bees9409]

It’s so nice to see how happy you sound when talking about the sims 2 and 3. It really sounds like you care about the game and it’s really nice to hear you talking about it.

[@revostepify]

Ugh I LOOOVE these comparison videos! Hope to see a university one in the future 👀👀👀

[@mcdonnas377]

10:07 there is actually a mod that features job interviews and it's kinda neat

[@PleasantSims]

Yes, I use this mod sometimes! :)