Is vanilla Sims 4 better than vanilla Sims 3?

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[Hold these kitties]

if you mean the sims 3 - the full game with every dlc, no f***** way

[Xautos]

Ts3 and Ts4 have their own strong and weak points and it's hard to give an answer.

Examples:
- Ts3 has big worlds, where as Ts4 has smaller neighbourhoods in any big world.
- Ts4 has better graphics and far better sim customisation compared to the lookalike sims in ts3.
- Ts3 has the colour wheel while Ts4 has specific swatches on each item in cas.
- Ts4 runs a lot better on modern machinery when it switched to 64bit and Ts3 can not because it is 32bit, meaning a high frequency single core processor works best with older graphics cards.

You'll have to figure that our for yourself which is better because i doubt you'll get a uniform answer from any simmer on the subject, and some will always prefer one over the other for whatever reason as well.

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Originally posted by Xautos:

Ts3 and Ts4 have their own strong and weak points and it's hard to give an answer.

Examples:
- Ts3 has big worlds, where as Ts4 has smaller neighbourhoods in any big world.
- Ts4 has better graphics and far better sim customisation compared to the lookalike sims in ts3.
- Ts3 has the colour wheel while Ts4 has specific swatches on each item in cas.
- Ts4 runs a lot better on modern machinery when it switched to 64bit and Ts3 can not because it is 32bit, meaning a high frequency single core processor works best with older graphics cards.

You'll have to figure that our for yourself which is better because i doubt you'll get a uniform answer from any simmer on the subject, and some will always prefer one over the other for whatever reason as well.

Thanks very much

[pauldevonport73]

I prefer 4 for the building aspect and think the Sims look much better and it runs better but i do miss the worlds sims 3 had to offer sometimes I think it depends on what you are looking for from each game 4 edges it for me

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Originally posted by pauldevonport73:

I prefer 4 for the building aspect and think the Sims look much better and it runs better but i do miss the worlds sims 3 had to offer sometimes I think it depends on what you are looking for from each game 4 edges it for me

[City Builder]

Originally posted by pauldevonport73:

I prefer 4 for the building aspect and think the Sims look much better and it runs better but i do miss the worlds sims 3 had to offer sometimes I think it depends on what you are looking for from each game 4 edges it for me

Exactly, I really miss the open large user created worlds. I personally hate the "neighborhoods" in TS4 and the loading screens moving between them. I really liked being able to see everything a world contained instead of initially having to guess which neighborhood came with pets to find a vet or the lack of available empty lots to build on which really sucks.

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Originally posted by City Builder:

Originally posted by pauldevonport73:

I prefer 4 for the building aspect and think the Sims look much better and it runs better but i do miss the worlds sims 3 had to offer sometimes I think it depends on what you are looking for from each game 4 edges it for me

Exactly, I really miss the open large user created worlds. I personally hate the "neighborhoods" in TS4 and the loading screens moving between them. I really liked being able to see everything a world contained instead of initially having to guess which neighborhood came with pets to find a vet or the lack of available empty lots to build on which really sucks.

@c@

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Originally posted by exolae:

Vanilla as in no cc, mods or dlc, then sims 3 all the way

Wow thanks

[=CrimsoN=]

Sims 3 has more bang for buck, that's for sure. Assuming you can run it. Completely open-world is its greatest advantage. You can also fully customize your world or even create your own worlds with the Create-A-World Tool. A lot of custom modded worlds exist that are superior to EA's worlds. Everything is practically seamless. Only loading screen you get is when you start the game. After that it's all open world without loading screens.

Sims 4 runs better though and I personally prefer the appearance of the Sims in the Sims 4 compared to the pudding like appearance of the Sims in the Sims 3. I think the Sims 4 look closer to how the Sims used to look in the Sims 2 and Sims 1. Sims 3, Sims have an uncanny valley kind of look. Graphics wise, the Sims 4 wins easily. Although the Sims 3 can still look gorgeous at times.

[SportyHeadShot]

hmm since I play TS3 for the open world and user created neighborhoods and worlds and ability to travel to other countries and tropical islands it sounds as if TS4 definitely isn't for me.

perhaps someone could mod it to become more open world, I always liked being able to walk into different neighborhoods with my sims or walk from one neighborhood and into town to visit strip malls and art museums or just chill in the city park

[Xautos]

TS4 has a mod for one open world, but the creator doesn't seemed to of maintained it in the public. It might be a different case if the creator has pay walled it behind that silly Patreon service.