When I looked at videos the Sims 2 and Sims 3 look very similar. I'd like to get the Sims 3, but at the same time I have all my Sims 2 expansion packs (there are like 6 expansion packs). If I were to get the Sims 3 would they basically be like having the Sims 2 with all it's expansion packs? Like, can they go on vacations and dates and buy pets and everything in the Sims 3?What's the difference between the Sims 3 and the Sims 2?
no, i think they will have expansion packs for Sims 3.
Here are the differences-
* Seamless Nhood: Your Sim can visit neighbors, parks and shops without a loading screen.
* All the neighboring Sims will live their life and age simultaniously as your Sim (They'll get married, get jobs,etc).
* The game will ship with 1 Neighborhood.
* That Nhood will consist of about 90 different lots. It will contain both Maxis made houses and empty lots.
* Several weeks after the launch, there will be a tool available to create your own Nhoods.
* When the game is out, you can download towns, made by other people.
* All buildings in the Nhood can be interacted with, so no prop buildings.
* There are 2 kinds of buildings; Buildings that you can build yourself and look into, and buildings where your sim disapears into and re-appears after some time.
* These buildings are ploppable; it means that you can just select them from a menu and put it in the Nhood all made and ready.
* Confirmed community places are: Pool, Gym, Park, Bistro, Art gallery, Library, Clothing store, City Hall and Bookstore.
* You can zoom out to see the whole Nhood at once or zoom in to a single Sim.
* You can move a house to a bigger lot.
* The Neighborhood stories and inhabitants will be a prequel to the Sims 1 Neighborhood
* There will be public events, such as music concerts, movie premieres, pool parties, barbecues, etc.
* You can follow your sim in the taxi or car by right clicking their thumbnail.
* Cars disappear when you reach your destination, and they reappear when you leave.
* You must go to the grocery store to buy food.
* You can choose to move to a new lot, and you can either sell your furniture or take it with you.
* There's a community spa where you can get a facial, manicure, pedicure, or massage.
* You can modify both community and residential lots. Some community lots, like parks and swimming pools, can be totally customized. For work places, you can only add few things outside.
* Households can be merged, evicted and splitted.
Sims:
* There are 6 needs in total: Hunger, Social, Bladder, Hygiene, Energy and Fun.
* Sims have Traits. Choose 5 from 65 types like Dreamer, Evil, lucky, etc. These Traits will affect how a Sim behaves towards others and affects their moods, like the mood of an Outdoorsperson will raise when he/she is outside. An evil Sim may slap another Sim.
* Toddler: 2 traits, Child: 3 traits, Teens: 4 traits, Young adult and older: 5 traits.
* They will look after themselves better.
* Fulfilling wishes of a Sim (like the wish to get a big screen tv, getting married,etc), gives you Lifetime Happiness points to buy Lifetime Rewards for your Sims. An example is Steel bladder (never pee again) and Haggler (All your shopping is cheaper).
* There are 32 different Rewards.
* Moodlets instead of a moodbar. If something happens like a marriage, the Sim gets a moodlet. These moodlets will affect your Sims' mood and give abilities like learning faster. An example: Getting fired will get you a long lasting, big impact moodlet, while going to a small party will get them a short, non-dramatic moodlet.
* Hair will not grow but you can 'paint' certain parts of the hair.
* Sims have certain skills like cooking or fishing.
* You can fulfil needs by simply clicking on an icon.
* Instead of fixed interaction (like Talk or Joke), the options are filtered on your current Mood and Traits.
* Certain traits have unique interactions.
* There will be 7 age groups: Baby, Toddler, Child, Teenager, Young adult, Adult, Elder.
* Athletic skill can help Sims stay fitter and even live longer.
* Paintings that a Sim makes, will be unique to each Sim. It's based on its personality and mood.
* You may control how much time a Sim spends on certain tasks like sleeping, fishing etc.
* You can set lifespans to range from 25–1,000 days or turn aging off completely.
* Free Will is on a slider bar. You can choose None, Low, or High.
* Sims don't need ladders to get in or out of the pool but can still drown if you cancel the action from their queue.
* When you are socializing, there is a small pop up that tells you what the other sim is thinking about your 'socializing'. You are irresistable, moving too fast, hilarious, boring, etc.
* Sims can not get hit by cars.
* Every article of clothing is always available to you in the game, and are always recolorable. So no need to 'buy' clothing.
* Every single item you interact with gives your sim a good or bad mood boost depending
A quarter of the question is wrong because I own the game. Its been like around 4/5 months after the release and the only major release is a new neighborhood, a soon to be expansion pack, Store, and Exchange.
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What's the difference between the Sims 3 and the Sims 2?
sims 2 is easier to control but sims 3 has better stuff... they need to combine them to make the most perfect game ever!! %26lt;3
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Actually, there are quite a bit of differences between the sims 2 and the sims 3. The texture of the objects, surroundings and sims is a lot smoother and slightly more detailed. The sims in the sims 3 have specific personality traits, while the sims in the sims 2 don't. The sims in the sims 3 aren't as needy (meaning they do not have to go to the bathroom every 2 seconds lol) The aspire to a lot more things. Also, in the sims 3 the sims can wander about the neighborhood rather than just being stuck on one lot. You are also able to change sims so much easier. The other sims in the neighbourhood will age regardless if you are playing with them or not. They have cars, too. However, there are no pets, vacations, businesses, apartments, etc in the sims 3, so really its an entirely different game than the sims 2.What's the difference between the Sims 3 and the Sims 2?
No vacation or pets. They probably left that out so we will buy any expansions. You can go to community lots with friends or on dates. You can go fishing on the beach which is cool.
I think Sims 3 is cool and fun, but Sims 1 to Sims 2 was a bigger jump.
Sims 3 has
more realistic faces
easy to customise and change colour of clothes. You can take any of the textures (rock, cloth, tiles etc.) and put it on your clothes.
There is some new furniture but overall not that different. You can put the furniture halfway between blocks and rotate 45 degrees
No loading sequences when going around the neighborhood
You can see the places where you work
Lots of new interactions and the aspiration system is different.
Yes they look the same, but there's a new thing in the Sims creator that you can make your own style instead of the base items. There are traits that can help you out alot of the time.
No it would not have pets or vacations, but you will have cars, bikes, and some new things for the house. Yes they can go on dates.
One very cool feature is that you aren't stuck in your house or can't go to school/work with your Sims. The towns are open and you can go to work school or shopping anytime. For teens, they have curfews. It's like 11pm, but if they stay out after that the cops come and bring them home.
Well, as a sims fanatic, i would say that the sims 3 is waaaay better, by graphics and performance. i have yet to buy the sims 3, but by the videos and everything, performance, gameplay, and graphics, have been doubled and maybe tripled from the sims 2 games. if you go on wikipedia, they may have some extras on what the game holds
So far, no ... no vacations or pets in the game (other than a fish bowl) but you can send them to different places like a cemetery, day spa, beach, library, etc. They can go on dates. Clothes are different. You have more options on facial features and such. It is a lot different to me and I have been playing Sims for a long time. I wasn't sure I liked it at first because it is so different but the more I figure out (sometimes the instructions aren't so clear) the more I like it.
I am having one problem though that I can't figure out. If you get it and figure out how can you let me know how to get my Sims characters to marry. I have a guy who has a love interest but I can't seem to get him to propose! Thanks so much!
I used to have 8 expansion/stuff packs for the Sims 2, now I've sold all but 2 of them, and I'm still trying to sell the 2.
I sold of of them because I know once I buy the sims 3, I won't ever play the Sims 2 again.
The game isn't such a big difference like from the sims 1 to the sims 2, but there is still a difference between the two.
Well, not exactly. The sims in The Sims 3 now live in a seamless neighborhood, meaning you can go out into the neighborhood without having to go through one of those annoying loading screens in The Sims 2. Your sims can now go anywhere in the neighborhood they like. Also, The Sims 3 now focuses on bigger ambitions for the sims, not just the regular everyday things we do, like eat, sleep, shower, etc.
Sims 3 is a bit of a step up from sims 2...like with more depth. You have personality traits instead of points and its an open town where your sim can go whenever they want... without any loading screens.
Im sure Ea will bring out some expansion packs eventually maybe mix it up because we hve done pets and vacations all before.
Personally Im torn between the 2. Ilove sims 2 because I have playd it for so long and gotten attatched to my little sims but sims 3 is new and exciting.
Parts of the expansions are integrated into the game such as fishing, etc. However the core of the expansions are missing from the Sims 3 (seasons,pets.)
Overall I would say this Sims 3 is far better that the previous title. There is the open neighborhood with few load screens, and almost unlimited creativity in Create-A-Sim and with object customization.
Hoped that helps:)
the sims 3 has soooo many options. more like too many options. like u click on a person to socialize with and bubbles with options fill the ENTIRE screen. by the time u looked at all the socialization options and pick one the sim has already walked away to do somethin else. sims 2 was more straight to the point and easy. i must say i think i miss my sims 2 lol.
Well let me tell you that the BIGGEST difference is the OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD, where you can go anywhere you want! IT IS SOOOOO MUCH FUN AND YOU CAN KILL PEOPLE and STEAL FROM THEM! AND STEAL THERE HOUSE! but yea, other than that its alright
Better graphics, more choices, practically a more updated version of it. It's not really ALL the expansion packs, not really PETS.
there is a lot of differences, but you should get the sims 3. there will be better EPs that will make it better than the sims 2. =] happy simming.
Sims 3 has no neighborhood loading screens
in the sims 3 you can hecka customize, but there isn't pets or college
No loading screen for the sims 3.
New matching furniture and objects for the sims 3.
The sims 2 has expansion pack.
MUCH MUCH MORE
The Sims 2 was much better! I regret getting the Sims 3...
there are no expansion packs yet and the graphics are better...
Well, Lets see.
The romance factor of the sims has died down allot, more aimed for younger kids, but still there will be people making mods and clothing with "attachments". and on mod the sims3 there is already a nude skin tone available. People just get so bored!!
They have wishes which are a bit like aspirations, but effect a sims mood rather than a aspiration meter. They have traits such as never nude - meaning they will always shower and stuff with clothes on. (usually a swimsuit).
The more wishes you achieved the more points you get so you can purchase things like a free ticket to the cinema or discount groceries and free dinners at resturants, clean up faster, and look after needs better etc.
The Sims 2 Sims look like animated people where the sims 3 sims look a little bit neater and more life like.
The graphics are al little neater but the game suffers from allot of lag.
The Sims 2 is more customizable than The Sims 3 Neighborhood wise and designing Community Lots. Buy Mode for the sims 3 is more complex and possibly better, however there is less modern furniture and is more country/everyday type objects. very rarely would you find something modern. The Sims 2 is more custom content friendly where as the sims 3 is downloaded through the launcher which can be very slow and annoying. The only other option is to do it manually, but you can download a tool from modthesims3 but it can be annoying to use too. Create a sim is alot better but arranging different hair styles for each set of clothing is extremely annoying, and there isnt alot of hair styles to choose from. Trait system is very good, but it can be annoying at times. (sims cant do certain things that others can). Kids can get a part time job, which can help the family alot. build mode is very annoying with all the sparkles and stuff but go to modthesims3 and download a mod to get rid of it. um..., Sims can become famous which you couldn't in the sims 2, however becoming famous is a little hard. *thinking*..., The Sims can go on dates (if you eat outside on the bistro). The Sims 3 is very much inspired by The Sims 2 Pets with the town square and stuff. That is how the sims 3 operates. (in a way). Also community lots seemed inspired from the game "Sim Town" or "Sim City" games. Overall i think the sims 3 is only a tiny bit better, but if you liked customizing shopping centres and stuff, this is not the sims game for you! They cannot have pets, or go on holidays (however they can visit other peoples houses). Dates i think i mentioned. You can go on a date but to see it happen you click on the bistro and click eat outside). Then you can see the date! The Sims3 pets expansion has been confirmed. But ea have said there wont be many expansion packs.
No there is alot more than what you see in the expansions, however there are alot of the core items from the sims 2 expansions missing.
UNIVERSITY - Young adults are there but no university.
NIGHTLIFE- There are cars, and you can go on dates in the bistro (outside only if you want to see them). But there is no nightclubs etc. But you can play around with the lighting so your whole house looks Green or Pink etc.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS - There are shops but the places you can shop at are very limited gameplay wise. If you wanted to buy a book or the groceries you walk into a building and click what you want from a list and come out again.) If you choose to have your date inside, the same thing happens. (You disappear and your hunger goes up, the you come out again.) Also some new downtown places include the sports stadium (where if you are famous you can perform a concert). The cinema where you can watch movies with your family (you can also perform there). Have no space for a pool? There are two new funk community pools available. Like fishing, there are plenty of places to fish, including the beach). Like reading, read at the library, or buy a book from the book store. Like shopping, go to the Local Shopping Mart and buy ingredients for cooking, or somes things for around the home). Baby on the way? you can give birth at the hospital. (like normal people rather than do it in the middle of a shopping center or something like in the sims 2). There are milatary bases and science labs and, well i think you get the point!!
PETS- There are no pets, however the country type furniture that you can get from that expansion seems to have stayed for the sims 3. No PETS (yet)
H%26amp;M FASHION STUFF - Even though this wasn't a proper expansion, it could be considered one. In this pack you could become a famous model. (aka a celebrity). You can in the sims 3 but its mainly for the music industry. There are also some really fashionable clothing in The SIms 3 which has a similar style to the clothes in the sims 2 H%26amp;M.
BON VOYAGE- The only thing from bon voyage in the sims 3 is the beach. Apart from that, nothing else.
SEASONS - Fishing is the only thing that springs to mind. However if you choose the "loves outdoor trait", you may be pushed toward the garden like seasons did!
FREE TIME - Yes sims can have hobbies. But there is no flashing of a sim when it does something!
APARTMENT LIFE - There seems to be a few apartment like buildings around but not like of those in the sims 2 A.L.
You can create which like character (Green skin , pointy nose etc). But nothing magical. You can also create vampire like creatures, with a few clothes to match!!)
Well i hope that was an average summary.
MY VOTE:
The Sims2 - ******** 1/2
The SIms3 - ********* 1/2
Hope this helped. (sorry i typed so much!!)
From Jack
the sims 3 graphics are kind of worse than the sims 2. but you can pick ot traits like humor and favorite food and stuff like that. i dont think there is much of a clothes selection in sims 3. you can go to cemetaries and spas,but the game is hard to figure out,im struggling with it, i paid $50 for it and it was kind of a waste, you cant have pets,there are no vacations,there arent any seasons so its basicly buying the original sims all over again.i reccommend not buying it.
no pets or vacation yet but everything else is the same and some
