WORLD CREATION COMPARED! Sims 1 vs. Sims 2 vs. Sims 3 vs. Sims 4

[@dayneandrew2639]

"I created the mountains and painted them." -God

[@PleasantSims]

😆 😆 😆

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

"You see that mountain? You can climb on it." - Godd Howard

[@tmf866]

Frederick Law Olmstead is a man who designed parks including Central Park in NYC and several parks in the Boston area. When he was elderly he lived in a nursing home. The nurses found him looking out the window and saying "I created all this!" so they assumed he had a god delusion and treated him as a crazy person. It wasn't until later that they learned that outside the window was a park he had designed, so he literally *had* created all that.

[@LPPB]

@@tmf866 that is amazing I hope that's true

[@whosevamp]

@@tmf866 I’m actually in the Boston area I would love to check that out

[@officialsarac0]

basically sims1: lives up to its reputation def customizable sims2: user friendly super fun def improvement sims3: beefy boy hard to learn harder to master but damn good results sims4: laughing stock a joke

[@ellenorjenns3035]

Hit the nail on the head 😂💀

[@amapotatoe2833]

@@ellenorjenns3035 lmao 😭😭😭😆😆😆

[@ambycarr1695]

It makes me sad that so many people didn’t get to fully fall in love with the Sims 2

[@PleasantSims]

I feel exactly the same. I'll keep trying to open their eyes! HAHA

[@2000foxygirl]

Sims 2 is great. But sims 3 will always have my heart personally! I enjoy both tho

[@AxeGaijin]

I did fall in love with Sims 2, head over heels! But then Sims 3 came along and just like a middle-class middle-aged man I traded in for the new model.... Of course when Sims 4 came along, I immediately saw her for the vapid air headed gold digger she is and avoided her at all cost. Still happily together with Sims 3 :)

[@gabrielteixeira9345]

I love it but I cant play it anymore! I launch it but the body limitations, the placing objects in 90/90 degrees only and the graphics really put me off nowadays :(

[@霊像子]

The problem is, even though I would LOVE to play Sims 2 again, it's not available ANYWHERE in 2021, only if you buy a CD player (if you have a modern laptop) and get the physical copies. :( So I'm sticking to Sims 3 (which I love too!)

[@MiotaLee]

Guys, "kids", you have no idea what it was like to be a sims fan when the sims 2 was announced. It was effin' magical. I'm cry

[@ShamuManta]

🎶na na na na new generation!

[@kittipooki]

All i want for in life is to find what i felt while installing the sims 2 for the first time again

[@shelby8101]

Yes!! It was so amazing 🤩

[@nannybells]

yeah, i couldn't even believe the videos

[@alicjaz2771]

I remember that! I had a magazine with screenshots from the game, including cas, I kept browsing it and I brought it to school to show my friends

[@kobosta]

Sims 2 definitely was more "user friendly" but I think we can all agree how revolutionary the CAW tool was for TS3 (even with all of its bugs)

[@PleasantSims]

Yes, you're absolutely right! I like Sims 2 because it's easier, but Sims 3 CAW was much more advanced!

[@snowpocalypse69]

Yes! Pretty much my biggest complaint with hood customization in TS2 is the lack of terrain paint. You're telling me this entire neighborhood has a uniform unbroken grassy ground cover? And the downtown/concrete terrain is kind of a clumsy and unappealing way to represent urban areas using an engine that was designed only to portray suburban areas. Big cities still have foliage! And I'm not sure if this is any different in TS3 CAW but I wish there was a way to have a lot that isn't directly on a street, or even to change the size and shape of the street. It's weird that even downtown, none of the streets have more than 2 lanes.

[@jesaea]

@@snowpocalypse69 sadly roads, street and lane can be only edit in Sim City 4 and only with a new template, but you can edit the terrain with a cheat (i Don't remember it right now) that allows you to raise up or lower the terrain in order to create mountains for example!

[@kariissmol9172]

Sims 3 is the angsty middle child paling in comparison to it's older sibling. Complex, soul sucking, barely runs without problem, but we love it. Sims 4 xlcan go back home

[@jake-amirblumenfeldwitz6068]

@@snowpocalypse69 you dont have to even have streets in sims 3, you can place lots anywhere thats routable terrain :)

[@love-soba]

God I miss Sims 2 & 3 😭😭😭 If only EA would optimise these gems

[@zyxcba3155]

Take sims 2 graphics/CAS +sims 3 customization + sims 2 gameplay and I would be happy.

[@madisnzz]

@@zyxcba3155 also i really loved the sims 4 cas and build mode, dunno if it’s just me.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

@Nyxaluna when i play a new game in sims 3 the first thing i always do is remove 30% of the lots, lots i will never use anyway, but it helps alot with long term performace of thegame. sims3 maps are slighty too big to my liking, but we can customize the world till it becomes what we want :D

[@MagnumPatrol]

@@madisnzz the only thing I don’t like about build mode in sims 4 is not having round pools.. makes zero sense when the previous games have those options.

[@zyxcba3155]

Yeah, I actually meant sims 4 graphics and CAS. CAS, BB mode and environmental graphics are superior in 4. I know for sims some people don’t like the cartoony look, but I actually do, I I just think it needs to be a little more stylized.

[@idk_who2320]

Sims 3 caw is complicated but we all love her don’t we?

[@sullysullivan1187]

The Community made some really cool worlds. 1.Setra 2.Mayfield Springs And much more. The Sims 3 is the complete package when in decides to run well.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

even if it is complicated and difficult for people, other simmers can use it to make beautiful worlds to download. its the option of being there, being available is the big point here

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

@@sullysullivan1187 or New York and Mermaidia Still hard to find a Japan metropolis world, except unfinish Bankeshima and too big to load Tokyo.

[@exlibrisas]

@@sullysullivan1187 Alpine County!

[@antitheticaldreamgirl]

@@sullysullivan1187 my sim reality has some really beautiful worlds as well (e.g. storybrook county, evansdale county, etc.)

[@Marticore]

The "setdressing" is so annoying to me. Sims 4 neighborhoods are divided into districts which are kind of like little separate worlds. You can't see anything that should technically be in the nearest area. Example: The Magnolia Blossom Park is placed right at the opposite of the four community lots (bar, museum etc.), but all you see around the park at zoom-out are... mountains. It makes NO sense!

[@PleasantSims]

You are so right about that! I really dislike that part too!!

[@ellenorjenns3035]

I am an avid Sims 2 supremacist and very proud of it, but there is a part of me that wishes that I could actually understand how to use sims 3's CAW tool 😂

[@PleasantSims]

It took a lot of patience to learn it, but it was well worth it!!

[@elli3352]

Same, it is so frustrating lol

[@giomks9046]

i believe in sims 2 supremacy

[@petrnovak7235]

@@PleasantSims It surely was. You gave us one of the best Sims 3 custom world with your Pleasantview recreation. And this comes from someone who prefered Strangetown back in Sims 2 ;-)

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

@@PleasantSims but i think thats also the thing with sims 4, even if the sims3 CAW is difficult to use, the option to make your world is there, with sims4 we do not even have the option

[@satines6045]

Sims 2 & 3 are the a gem in any way, love them so much.

[@lance9249]

Sims 3 downfall at least for pc is its stuck with 32bit but if they ever change that I'm buying the expansions I did not get and building like crazy.

[@adrianaramos4888]

The Sims 2 really said anything you want, you got it

[@darkchocolate9349]

Sims 4: oh you want it? Ur gonna have to wait another 7 years! Sorry not sorry

[@swaggydragon]

sims 2 spoiled us like a rich dad who has a single daughter and buys her everything

[@yellowcatmonkey]

@@darkchocolate9349yeah " ..and when we finally give it to you, for additional pay that is equivalent to a whole new game of course, it will suck like you couldn't imagine"😸

[@FeefelisWatchingYou]

I think the sims 2 is the most user friendly one, but the sims 3's is definitely more detailed

[@PleasantSims]

Yes, you're absolutely right!!

[@callmeobsequious]

Every time Cindy talks about The Sims 2 she just absolutely lights up and it makes me so happy 🥺

[@anton_7xg]

Imagine if there was an option to change the style of the set-dressing in the Sims 4. Like if you want to have a buch of modern condos you can switch the Set dressing to look like modern condos. That would be awesome! And you could still have a consistent town where everything fits together.

[@PleasantSims]

I would love that!!

[@rawmilk905]

We got that a bit with Eco Lifestyle. Through gameplay you can swap out assets with the N.A.P.s "Modern Development" (corporate greenwash vibe) or "Green Initiative" (more flora) but it would be much nicer to have something like that in all neighborhoods and not tied to some dubious gameplay mechanic.

[@vanyadolly]

World building is part of why I love TS2 the most. You can come up with any kind of world you can think of and make it work. Any theme or time period. Integrated hoods, your own economy, self-sustainability down to the clothes your sims wear, and no one is going to zoom by on out-of-place cars or have cellphones if you don't want them to.

[@PleasantSims]

Agreed! I love making worlds in Sims 2 so much!

[@laelaps5246]

I really love ts3, and everything about it's wold creation. But i really wish i could just... erase all the "time travelers" in my ancient rome neighborhood 😅

[@88kayleigh]

This is a good point, TS2’s world building also makes historical games so much easier! It adds customisation possibilities even beyond the physical world itself!

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

i love the interconnection with simcity

[@acottonsock]

12:44 “the sims 4 is kinda like going back to the sims 1” seems like a pretty fair conclusion based on the rest of the game 🥴

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

and sometimes its more like sims 0.5

[@dundee6402]

The Sims 1 had cabs, busses and carpools. In the Sims 4, they just vanish into thin air when they go to work, school and teleport wherever they travel. So even that is a stepback...

[@lance9249]

Well almost like Sims 1 at least Sims 1 worlds grew with the expansions not remaining the same forever

[@leahdavis9434]

@@dundee6402 but then again in the sims 1 base game children didn't age and you couldn't leave your lot

[@thatboringone7851]

Eh... The Sims 4 has better sim creation (other than for personality) and building, but the gameplay value and variety is totally missing compared to original The Sims. In that aspect The Sims is much, much better than The Sims 4 imho.

[@justaperson724]

This channel has recently made me interested in trying out Sims 2 and honestly I'm SO addicted to it now. I like how it's more challenging than 4

[@PleasantSims]

So glad to hear it!!

[@fernanda5487]

wait how did you get it to work?

[@isadora5826]

@@fernanda5487 Aaaargh 🏴‍☠️🦜

[@lance9249]

Share your secrets how did you get it working?

[@fernanda5487]

@@isadora5826 I tried but it really doesn't wann run, Im so jealous of u TT! Live the life of my dreams, bestie!

[@caiofariasrosa]

Yes! Comparison is back! I love this series

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you! Me too!!

[@petrnovak7235]

@@PleasantSims I love this series too. What about comparing cheats (not romatic cheating, you already did great job on that one, I mean game cheats here). How powerful they are, how easy to use they are, how much you can do and change with them etc. I am sure you got the point.

[@kimorox813]

Can we appreciate the fact that the Sims 2 allows you to create a whole world made of concrete?

[@tilda4572]

God the Sims 2 music is *iconic*

[@kamilem.6947]

I recently downloaded sims 2 inspired by your rotational play of knutley. I made my own world and I am having so much fun slowly filling it. I always loved the city, the urban environment, so the fact that I can build apartment buildings, then apartment buildings with working bars or coffee shops on the first floor (with mods but it does work), then have each lot being close to each other, making a high density district, downloaded some skyscrapers and decorative buildings that have their windows light up at night so the horizon actually looks like we're in a city, I mean... I'm just having so much joy with that precious little town of mine. It has been so long since I jumped back into sims 4 and the main reason is because I get overwhelmed. I just want to play the game, but for some reason I feel like I am pressured to be a "content creator" there, to direct my characters, think of storylines, to take screenshots as "evidence" so that there would be a slight memory of their lifes... I have explored most if not all sims 4 features and they're just emotionless animations, those sims have nothing to them unless I work as a director story creator, which gets tiring... I don't want to think of a plot, I want my sims to create a plot. Then playing sims 2 like you do, wants-based, I keep getting surprised - like on one glance we have just a few aspirations and some personality points, but somehow each and every sim is not only different, but acts differently too! They want different things, they are afraid of different things, sometimes I may have a plot in my head, but then the sim I'm playing is like "nope, this is my life" and I am just so entertained, I feel actually relaxed. Like the fact that I have a sim, who wants to be popular, but he isn't very nice or attractive so most other sims dislike him and gag when they see him, while he is oblivious and being outgoing he is just pointing finger guns to everyone being like "oh hey, hey whats up bro, yo" to anyone who he passes by, ignoring that they are puking from his existence, is just such an energy I can't. Sorry for a long comment. But yeah, sims 4 suks, sims 2 is totes adorbs

[@TheMya1988]

Awesome comment❣

[@ladynoluck]

Even more with Sims 2 is subneighborhoods!! You can truly make an expansive and unique world. The neighborhood customization is honestly a major reason why I am so sad they don’t sell the Sims 2 anymore 😭

[@jufolooks]

ikr!! You can just expand the whole world and have as many downtowns and business districts until the game just can't take it anymore 😂😂

[@mharizsaifuddin7059]

Isnt the Sims 2 now a freeware ?

[@ladynoluck]

@@mharizsaifuddin7059 not anymore. I missed when they did that, unfortunately. You can get it other places 👀 but I don’t want to get it that way (I’m a baby about that stuff).

[@Volzotran]

But what's the point when It's not even an open world (regarding game play)

[@SuperSimmerGal]

@@Volzotran Some of us don't need that (open world) to have fun. 🙂

[@NinjaCakkey]

We went from intense immersion in our towns with the sims 3, to totally isolated in our neighborhoods in sims 4.

[@nightrider_]

You can place lots anywhere in sims 3 as long as it fits. It doesn't have to be by the road.

[@PleasantSims]

Yes, you are correct! I just personally always put them by the road!

[@nightrider_]

@@PleasantSims I mentioned this because I just love building a shack in the forest for my loner sims 😂

[@michae2703]

My only problem with lots in Sims 3 is that, sometimes, it's kinda hard to place them... For example, the lot fits, but the game keeps telling me I'm trying to place it ON the road, when I'm not. Then I move it two inches to the side and bang, perfect spot!... But it's not connected to the sidewalk and it drives me crazy 😩

[@jesaea]

@@michae2703 try holding alt button while placing an empty lot! Usually it fixes this problem

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Sometimes it “fits” but does atrocious unfixable things to the terrain around it. There was a spot I wanted to put a ranch, but it turned into a nightmare so I gave up. I actually appreciate the Sims 2 lots being road associated, lol. I gave up on placing lots in Sims 3.

[@tjg813]

I have a ton of respect for the people making worlds for sims 3. I tried it once and gave up in frustration. Roads and sidewalks were so hard to connect properly, at least it was for me. I gave up on trying to make my own and just downloaded cool stuff other people made. They are heroes! 😆 I didn’t have the patience to learn, so they deserve all the awards!

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

but thats one of the points, we simmers have the option to build the world, even if its a diccifult option, we have the option, with sims 4 we dont even have the option. even if ea things the sims 4 world tool is too difficult, there will be soms simmers that will learn to use it and make the most beautiful worlds ever made

[@exlibrisas]

I don't know, connecting roads are quite easy. Finding move boxes to some objects can be tricky, though. Still, it's not as hard as you might think. I strongly recommend using big screen, not just a laptop display. Because navigating in CAW becomes a chore once UI takes up all the space. And a good mouse is a must. Because if you use small cheap mouse, your hand starts cramping up while placing all those trees and plants.

[@noork5782]

i would say sims 2 is the most convenient but sims 3 is easily the best tool

[@PleasantSims]

Yes, I think you're right! I like Sims 2 better because it's easier, but Sims 3 CAW is far more robust!

[@GrimatOcarina]

Arnie has created a world creation tool for the sims 4, once again showing that CC/Mod creators are fixing the sims 4

[@andrewdupuis1151]

i tryed it first time few days ago

[@AnaBeatriz-qf2ye]

I stg Cindy, I grew up with TS3 and with your content, I decided to give a chance to TS2. Needless to say, one year later I am OBSESSED with this game. Thank you so much for preaching about TS2, never stop doing what do you do!

[@rawmilk905]

In The (original) Sims, you could have far more than just the four neighborhood saves, it just required copying/adding renumbered folders to the save directory.

[@PleasantSims]

Oh! That's awesome!!

[@rawmilk905]

Likewise, in The Sims 4, you can store as many saves as disk space will allow, each with different edited lots. Just use clear and strict naming conventions if you don't want to confuse them.

[@JenMaxon]

Do you know, I don't remember it being 4 - I thought it was 7. Maybe I got copies without realising it!

[@rawmilk905]

@@JenMaxon Maybe it depends how many packs are installed? I know at least Livin' Large came with its own separate save, as opposed to packs like Hot Date, Vacation, Superstar, Makin' Magic that added their own subhoods to every save, and Unleashed which made the main map bigger.

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@rawmilk905It’s kinda different though. In Sims 1 it was added to the neighborhood list of your main game while it was actively open. But you can’t like have populated newcrest and blank map newcrest open in the same play session as it’s a completely separate save. You could also do that in Sims 3 btw which natively allows multiple saves so you could bulldoze everything and save the maps blank, then open up a different save and have everything back. I still think Sims 2 makes it the most organic to add just an additional world you made to the selection screen, but it didn’t natively have save files so you’d have to save your neighborhood files, move them to a new folder, and boot the game back up to start fresh and manually swap them out or whatever if you wanted multiple saves. But since the worlds don’t overlap anyway, I never felt the need to. The way it natively handles enclosed worlds was fine. And in theory I could have a mega hood (combo of all the worlds) as just one of the selections on the main map screen and still have say vanilla strangetown accessible from the main menu screen in the same save file.

[@aspirationfailure6100]

Sims 2 has to be my favorite since you can easily make your on own hood,sims, and lots and play it out however you want. Sims 3’s create a world is very confusing to me so it’s a lot harder for me to make worlds

[@PleasantSims]

I agree! Sims 3 is more robust, but a LOT harder to use! Sims 2 is the best IMO because of it's ease of use.

[@erickarma8995]

But Sims 2 has less features than TS3

[@aspirationfailure6100]

@@erickarma8995 I like the detailed fun gameplay of sims 2 more than sims 3 but I still love sims 3 so “less features” doesn’t matter to me and my comment had nothing to do with saying which game had more or less features

[@dundee6402]

You still need Simcity 4 to make the neighborhoods you created in the Sims 2 actually functional, and I really dislike world creation with Simcity 4 because of the lack of return button. I prefer the Sims 3 tool as it's fully functional on its own. No need for another pesky game that gets in the way!

[@aspirationfailure6100]

@@dundee6402 you can use neighborhood templates to

[@DeeDeeKingdom]

I forgot all about Sim City 4 & Sims 2 being linked; it worked the other way round, because you could put Sims 2 houses into SC4, but they weren't playable. Sims 2 is the best.

[@PedanticPig]

You could also take sims from the Sims 1 and put them in SimCity 4, meaning you could technically have sims from both the first two Sims games living in the same exact neighborhood (albeit in different games).

[@dundee6402]

@@PedanticPig Yes, and the SimCity 4 even features Bella Goth and Bob Newbie and other townies from the Sims 1 you follow around in your city!

[@dizzydiddle123]

Some people make straight up works of ART with CAW, it's wild

[@lance9249]

Oh yeah the talent in the Sims community is pretty amazing

[@terribleeyesshining]

Looking at the Sims 1, 2 and 3 is making me nostalgic for games I never even played

[@PleasantSims]

LoL! You should play them now!

[@jamesavery3727]

If you need help getting Sims 2 setup and feel comfortable downloading from reputable sites that everyone uses (since it's abandonware and EA refuses to give us the ability to purchase the game), please let me know! I can point you to many helpful tutorials that will get the game up and running flawlessly!

[@terribleeyesshining]

@@jamesavery3727 honestly just post the links so anyone who sees this can download them. Even if I don’t, others might benefit, so feel free :)

[@sophieluvsummer]

@@terribleeyesshining If you have a Mac, you can buy the Sims 2 from the Mac App store! I think its called the Super Collection and it comes with some of the packs (it has at least the travel one and the retail one). I've played it a bunch and it works pretty well! I just don't know how to mod it but there might be ways to do it.

[@terribleeyesshining]

@@sophieluvsummer I don't, but thank you! :)

[@noski1240]

Although I'm a big fan of TS3 for its customizability, the TS2 world creator is just so simple and beautiful it's impossible not to love!

[@anton_7xg]

Even though I'm a sims 3 fan. Sims 2 did it best!

[@PleasantSims]

Agreed!

[@thomaszloi9444]

Can't judge s3 though imagine how many information is that, game would die from memory weight

[@dundee6402]

I prefer Sims 3 for world creation. The CaW program is fully free. While with the Sims 2 you need Simcity 4 to make the worlds fully functional. And omg is Simcity 4 frustrating when it comes to world creation.

[@zedth2]

There were also playable/buildable/house lots in The Sims 1 Makin Magic town!! I'm also real happy you included the Sims 1 in this.

[@PleasantSims]

Oh, you're right!! I forgot about Magic Town!

[@alliem9404]

This "comparing X in the different Sims games" series of yours is one of my favorite types of videos you make ❤️ I've been playing Sims since I was a wee child and Sims 2 came out basically on my 13th birthday... These are such a fun nostalgia trip.

[@userjoao]

The cool thing about older games is that you could literally build worlds in any space-time that you can imagine. Theres a world being currently created for Sims 3 called Uranesia. It’s basically an alien utopian kingdom with no roads and medieval-esque architecture, sprawling vegetation, complex geology and absolutely full of intricate detail. The sky’s the limit.

[@the_wolfkissed6067]

World creation in The Sims 2 is simply the best for me. I know that it's kind of limited in comparison with The Sims 3, but I don't really mind! Great video, Cindy.

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you! And I like Sims 2 the best too!

[@MiotaLee]

To me, a 'create a world' -tool would RADICALLY change the amount of time I spend actually playing ts4

[@grilledcheese5000]

Sims 3 CAW isn't the most intuitive but God is it addictive once you get the hang of it. I swear I go through phases of just making things in CAW instead of playing the actual game sometimes

[@marishlo]

Another thing that made Sims 2 world-building fantastic was that when Seasons came out, you could set the seasons to each world, and didn't need to have 4 different seasons! You could have a place that was summer or winter all year long, which is much more realistic to some areas of the world

[@roosel_]

Thank god for all the talented Sims 3 CAW builders out there for giving us so many beautiful worlds to download because it took me so long just to create one and it wasn't even good 😂

[@brigeem5022]

Oh god I completely blocked out Sims 3 Create a World, I definitely tried to learn it back in the day and quickly gave up 😩 Sims 2 definitely reigns supreme here, with Sims 3 very close behind. Love this series! Keep up the good work, Cindy 💞

[@zufner]

I found your channel while ago and I'm obssesed. You do so much for us, you do all the research, you have your website which is extremely helpful and your super realistic gameplays are amazing. Thank you so much for all of your content, it brings me joy everyday.

[@PleasantSims]

Aww, thank you so much!! 💙

[@caiofariasrosa]

I remember my first custon hood in TS2, "Sim's paradise" but unfortunatelly i corrupt this hood because when i was creating i delete sims, delete custom skins, eyes, delete family bins, just because i never wear about corruption. Now i know what is it

[@PleasantSims]

It's easy to do if you don't know about it!

[@gothgirl034]

I tried the CAW tool once. It was too confusing, I quickly went back to Sims 2....I think that's a pattern for me. New sims game making you annoyed/sad? Run back to Sims 2. 😂 Edited for spelling

[@ivettedevin788]

I loved building shopping centres in the sims 2. It was magical for my teen mind.

[@officialsarac0]

Sims 3 is the GOAT at least in my eyes literally just give it some optimization and graphics upgrade and bam perfect sims game no more ever needed

[@officialsarac0]

Sims 3 biggest issue is the fact it will kill PCs lmao

[@officialsarac0]

Sims 3: PC slayer remastered 👍👍👌

[@Khlonna]

I miss the older versions of The Sims

[@digitalbrinjen3245]

Would love to see a create a world utility for Sims 4. Tip I've found useful: When building, if you're required to add an item you don't want there, build a basement without stairs and put the items in the basement. Game can't tell the difference, then just pretend the unwanted items never existed.

[@Aimehpeh]

The nostalgia is so strong!

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you so much for watching Aimehpeh! 💙

[@weskershades]

For me personally: TS2 because it's more user-friendly. For creativity: TS3 definitely, I had so many amazing worlds like people made Dubai and New York City and many other beautiful life-like worlds. Sadly I don't think it's possible for TS4 to add this because of the way the maps are :/ unless they were to do it in the same way the T.O.O.L mod works. I think we can only hope that in TS5 they realise the mistake they made and give us back our ability to create our own worlds!!

[@weskershades]

Sorry Cindy I deleted my other comment and saw you replied to it just now XD my timing smh. I deleted it because I had more thoughts about everything.

[@CottageHills]

Sims 2 today can be almost unrecognisable. Players have really made it their own. A true sandbox game.

[@mrplumbob95]

I'm definitely voting for Sims 2, I love the possibility of the full neighborhood customization but making a new neighborhood from scratch may be a bit frustrating at times xd It's obvious that ts2 is your fav sims game as you're talking with so much passion about it

[@dynatipetra]

Sims 2 is the only game I did that, didnt even know it was possible in the sims 3 🙊 I love your content!! ❤

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you so much for watching Polly Noot! 💙

[@gumzybubble9939]

I am absolutely loving your new Sims 2 Lets Play, I want more episodes so badd! but I enjoy these videos too but right now I'm obsessed with the Lets Play haha. Whatever you do though I'd gladly watch :)

[@melaniegreenwald2452]

This is amazing! Sims 2 truly has the best world creation! I would love to see you compare skill building or aspirations from different sims games👀

[@EmilyObsessive]

Great video Cindy! I would love to see a video of you explaining how to do a Sims 2 startup cheat file and how you set up the shortcuts?

[@PleasantSims]

It's on my list of ideas!!

[@EmilyObsessive]

@@PleasantSims Yes! Good to hear!

[@Hendrik_McSims]

Yay! Finally a new comparison! I always love to see how the games changed over time.

[@PleasantSims]

Me too! These are really fun!

[@2000foxygirl]

Sims 2’s is much more user friendly and more usable for the average player but sims 3’s is definitely amazing and revolutionary in its own way. Both are such amazing games. Sims 4 is such a disappointment

[@MHS-us1qv]

Sims 1 has a lot of empty lots to work with, Sims 2 has a lot of lots and a lot of features, Sims 3 has a lot of things to learn in order to create your lots, and Sims 4 has A Lot and a lot of restrictions! That's a lot of bullshit!

[@PleasantSims]

😆 😆 😆

[@lucym7843]

I remember trying to create a world in sims 2 and being so intimidated by it. I’m not a builder whatsoever. In sims 3 I really enjoyed adding community venues and didn’t miss the lack of create a world.

[@Simmerdownidc]

These comparison vids are what originally got me hooked on your channel ❤

[@PleasantSims]

Thanks for watching Jam! I've got more coming in the future!

[@alwaysme_t]

Also thanks Cindy, I missed the comparison series and it's fun to see what the creators thought of doing and optimizing for each installment of the franchise

[@amandadewitt9531]

I really love your comparison videos, as a lifelong sims player having played all installations of the game I like reflecting on how each one is different :)

[@YellowNinja]

Great video Cindy! Ome teensy thing though, in sims 3 lots can be placed regardless if their near a road or not.

[@rachelgilbert708]

I love your comparison videos! I think you're very fair and do a great job covering all the different features.

[@nataliarobles572]

If I could change ANYTHING in the Sims 4 it would be the ability to create our own worlds. I loved creating a single sim in a completely empty post apocalypse style world and creating a neighborhood from zero, slowly adding technology. It was so much fun :c

[@madisnzz]

sims 2 cutscenes make me feel so much without even knowing the sims and that’s why i like it so much

[@kiwiciara]

I adore this series, I'm just one of those people that LOVES really informative videos like this. Please just tell me absolutely everything about every Sims game ever because I haven't learned it all in the last 20 years

[@theprinceofprofessors]

Another thing with the Sims 2: once you have your custom neighbourhood, you can expand that into any number of neighbourhoods by adding downtowns, shopping districts, and universities. Since custom downtowns are very customisable you can basically use them as additional towns - I have five (or six?) downtowns connected to my neighbourhood as different towns or villages where my Sims can live or go shopping or whatever. It's a lot of fun to see where they will end up living! Like, someone might live in an apartment in the big city for awhile after university and then buy a house in their hometown, someone else might fall in love with someone from another town and choose to settle down there... There are just so many possibilities! I've always been hesitant to the Sims 4 due to the different ways the worlds work... Watching this, I don't think I could ever enjoy playing it like I enjoy TS2 because like you, I LOVE creating and expanding on my own worlds!

[@gabrielteixeira9345]

Yeah, it feels amputated. I’m really about the gameplay but even I miss being able to customize/build my own worlds. They should at least give us more worlds every quarter or something. Marcelo’s idea is great too...

[@mercedessettle7824]

The creator of the "Brookeheughts" aka "open world" mod is working on a mod for people to make their own custom open worlds in Sims 4

[@Violetshy5]

Wow! That's impressive. Modders are really carrying the Sims 4 on their backs

[@StoryGirl83]

That’s what I was coming on to say. I believe his name is Arnie. I hope she can see your comment.

[@exlibrisas]

@@StoryGirl83 His work is extraordinary!

[@Space0fox]

@@Violetshy5 That's kinda sad.. We should demand a game that don't need mods...

[@sarah0315-]

I never knew this much about the Sims 2, my favourite sims game. Thanks for the video!

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you for watching!! 💙

[@asdfmason]

Maybe it's just me but I loved how there were trees on the empty lots in s1 when u loaded them

[@Mel-wq7op]

I love comparison series too. Watching this I felt a need for a little Sims 3 mini world build series hehe. Thank you for your videos 🙂

[@PleasantSims]

You're welcome 😊

[@That_OtherGuy95]

I'm back on the sims 2 after taking a break from any of the games, but after watching this video I might have to download your sims 3 world and try it out

[@kld6]

I’m currently working on two personal sims 3 worlds for my self, it took me 5 months just to learn how to find anything and use tools in the sims 3 caw but I was lucky enough to run across nice people on KZbin and tumblr to get quick cheat tips on building a world by scrap fast!💕💖

[@PleasantSims]

It takes a while to learn, but it's SO worth it!

[@kld6]

Pleasant Sims yesss I’m currently making a small medieval world and it feels so good to see your world come to live!😊💕

[@sarahjanny6914]

I'm playing The Sims 3 in the world called São Paten and it's HUGE. I can't even imagine how many hours the creator spent making that world, but it's perfect. There are so many houses, apartments, community lots... It's amazing.

[@blkqueenk2717]

I remember there was a way to create custom maps on TS2 using SimCity 4. By far the best sims game

[@sydneyanne92]

4:11 yes, the world creation is magic

[@marionw1143]

I love Sims 3 because of the worlds but the CAW is REALLY confusing. And I hope that we’re getting a comparison series that would be great!

[@PleasantSims]

I agree! The CAW tool is very confusing and intimidating to use! It's not user-friendly AT ALL. BTW, I already have a comparison series you can check out here: kzbin.info/aero/PL7QwYWIaBs6FJYSpjkDEgiTx6HVgm89bv :)

[@kld6]

Yeah it took me 5 months to learn how to use it 😅😭 I didn’t even get to start on my world until after 6 months lol

[@marionw1143]

@@PleasantSims oh thx I will watch the series

[@marionw1143]

@@kld6 I can’t even use it at all. They say that I have to buy the last expansion to use it like ?!?!

[@kld6]

Marion W huh that shouldn’t be right I started using the caw tool when I only had sims 3 base game last year and recently I finally expansion pack and it still works🤔 that is so weird did you download the right version

[@BooDotBoo]

I love these comparison videos. It reminds us how much was in the game before, how much charm and magic they had, and how it has changed in good or bad ways. I play Sims 2 and 3 right now, but wish I could get Sims 1 to play. That one I have the most trouble with, but I'm not bothered; I enjoy watching others play it.

[@CeruleanMirage]

The Sims 4 world tools remind me of the dad from The Lego movie, how he wanted all the city stuff to be in the city, all the fantasy stuff to be in the fantasy, etc and did not like any new ideas that weren't his

[@FMisFidomom]

In Sims 1 you could add up to neighbourhood 99 (from Unleashed onward). You could replace any lot with 1 of 2 hidden oversized lots by simply copying and renaming the oversized lot to the lot number you wanted to replace. On a loaded lot you could edit map and add more buildable grid squares to the lot. Mind you, oversized and custom edited lots looked a bit weird on the neighbourhood map view, afterward. You could replace the neighbourhood map with a custom one to accommodate this but the replacement would apply to all current and future neighbourhoods for as long as the new map was in your game. There was also a user created external tool called Lot Manager that allowed us to copy any lot, residential or community including vacation lots and magic town lots and place any number of copies of it in every neighbourhood you wanted. So if I built a community lot that I really liked I could copy and place it in every neighbourhood (instead of building it from scratch, again). Without the Lot Manager this can be done manually by copying the lot from the neighbourhood files and overwriting/pasting that lot in other neighborhood folders but it is very tedious. Sadly, Windows 10 will not let Lot Manager interact with The Sims files. Lot Manager can see all your neighbourhoods and show you what the lots look like and it can copy them but it can't overwrite anything (but if you try it doesn't give any error message; the changes simply don't take once you load up the game). I still use it to view & copy lots and then use the tedious method of making changes. Oh, you could also edit neighbourhoods without closing the game, as long as the one you were editing wasn't the one loaded on your screen. For being first in the franchise, I think Sims 1 was pretty great. Sims 3 CAW sounds awesome but daunting. Sims 2 has the best overall and user friendly options, I think. Sims 4 is just puzzling; for a game that really hypes it's build buy mode, it makes no sense at all to have such limited lot options and no way to expand existing worlds or create anything new or even just have multiple versions of worlds like even Sims 1 had. Sims 4 sure is pretty, though. I'm glad you made this video, Cindy. As long as they are still doing things with Sims 4, there's hope they can add/offer us something in the way of better options for world builds. Squeaky wheel gets the oil and all that so thanks for squeaking, lol. I second your squeak! ~FM :)

[@kamilem.6947]

I never knew about these possibilities that could have been done in the SIMS 1??? Like hello? Here we though we took steps back in the evolution, but this is completely an extinction! I know one modder tried to make an open world type in the sims 4, but the world just happens in 1 lot so you are still limited as you have to play with just one household in that lot. The fact that even such a good moder can't edit the game files in a way sims 1 gave the ability to do just shows how CAW of any kind was just crossed out when developing sims 4.

[@GodReadingCrafts]

It's worth noting that in the sims 3 you can freely place lots and they don't have to be at the road. I love downloading custom worlds in sims 3 because you can get worlds that incorporate all the expansion packs. Shoutout to mysimsrealty 🙂

[@kitniec4540]

I read comments from die hard sims 4 fans about how the sims3 worlds feel too big. It’s kind of like how a child tells you that their parents love them very much, when in reality their parents are abusing them and telling them the outside world is worse then the people in the house beating the 💩 out of them. Sorry about the downtrodden comment, was scrolling through people’s comments and a comment of a comment jumped out at me. Love your comparison videos I grew up playing sims 2 and then simletplays 3 when it came out, it took me over 5 years to get sims 4 and I only got it because it was so cheap on steam and most of the KZbin letsplay where on sims 4.

[@nannybells]

i remember downloading CAW when it came out and spending hours on it even though i had no idea what i was doing lol

[@MrsMeeseeks]

How is the map bigger in the sims 1 than in the sims 4?!

[@oougahersharr]

I have only ever played Sims 4 and one time played Sims Medieval. Thus, i am unfamiliar with world building and such. I often play in Newcrest so I can create my own neighborhood and ignore "set dressing" around me. I guess if it was available, I might use world building . . . but since I haven't even experimented with the terrain features in Sims 4, I doubt I would be too worried about it too soon. That said, I can see how Simmers can want their own style worlds, etc. and would be most attracted to Sims 2 or Sims 3.

[@simpossimpibleglover3507]

Thanks for another great video. I am not sure how much experience you have with the sims 3 custom worlds but there are so many masterpieces out there other than Simsrealty ones. Uranesia, Boroughsburg, Praaven, Tokyosou, E-Seoul, Mont Saint Michel, Al Medina and Eastlands.. and so on.... Maybe these big worlds dont really suit your play style but it would be good to visit them sometimes and play around for your twitch streams or short LP series when you need some fresh air. They are just jaw-dropping...

[@mima7774]

i would be completely fine if ea made the entire sims 2 again but with better graphics and multitasking i would 100% buy it

[@PleasantSims]

I would SO buy that too!!

[@_JS__]

I love your comparison videos! They make me so nostalgic.

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you so much for watching J S! 💙

[@sellkiies1730]

The world costumization was one of my favorite features in the sims 2/3. I loved to make my own little neighborhood, build houses, create my own storyline everytime I would be bored of the in game worlds. I never understood the SimCity 4 feature but there was a forum where people could ask for someone to make a certain terrain on it and later download it (:

[@hkazu63]

Seeing this while I’m building my own set of custom worlds in The Sims 2, ugh, I love this game so much and I feel so sorry for the kids who’ve never played it.

[@larapotgieter9203]

The Sims 2 world tools are by far the best. My favourite way to play the game is to create everything from scratch and build everything to my own tastes and story ideas. I'm trying my best to make a playable save in Sims 4 but I always get frustrated and burned out by how limiting the Sims 4 is in general. Back in Sims 3 days I never bothered with CAW but I'm actually interested to try after seeing this video!

[@nemanjakuc9513]

I JUST WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO! And now i have time to watch these good videos 🥳

[@PleasantSims]

Thank you for watching! 💙

[@simsterka]

Omg, I am always so proud on Sims 2. Like “go my love! Go!” 😭❤️ It’s the best game in everything and I can’t even describe how much I love it.

[@PleasantSims]

SAME!

[@danielklimesch2070]

Oh my gosh, Your testing Eggland map was my first custom neighbourhood many years ago. Hmmm memories and nostalgia :)