The Sims

[LanaDelEye 376]

Ahhh I have NEVER played The Sims on the computer.... only Sims FreePlay on my phone, but it kinda sucks because sometimes I have to wait like a day or something to finish a certain task. I really want to play it on the computer though (actually, I only have my laptop now, will that be good), and can I buy the game online?

[shady 3,752]

So this thread is kinda dead so I want to resurrect it (pun intented). 

 

The amount of elitism im the sims community is ridiculous. I'm a veteran Sims player literally since elementary school but not anything obsessive. I haven't played it since June but then I binge playing. I play The Sims 2 because my laptop is kinda fucked and I enjoy it the most because I can have a shit ton of CC without the game lagging and being slow. Since I'm an older player I grew up loving the realistic grungy aesthetic of the sims. I'm into alpha content (not the creepy tacky one) and full customization of the worlds so Sims 4's style and uncustomizable world makes me sick. 

 

So, I'm into building a lot more than life mode. I made this cute vinyl/coffee shop in an alpha style. The vinyl records had real album covers  because that's what was available for downloading, but still I used the ones that didn't have photos of real people. The coffee shop part had a menu written in English, so did other signs and he name of the store was in English. That didn't sit right with people and called my lot 'creepy'. What? That's literally how people made before maxis match became popular. I simply don't like my game to look like a bubbly Pixar movie. The majority of games have realistic graphics. 

[shady 3,752]

On 3/20/2021 at 11:44 AM, LanaDelEye said:

Ahhh I have NEVER played The Sims on the computer.... only Sims FreePlay on my phone, but it kinda sucks because sometimes I have to wait like a day or something to finish a certain task. I really want to play it on the computer though (actually, I only have my laptop now, will that be good), and can I buy the game online?

 

I'm sorry you had to play that poor excuse of a Sims game. You can't buy it anywhere, just download it via torrent. I got it on Games4TheWorld. You have tutorials there and in the files and try to Google whatever you find confusing. You have the updated Ultimate Collection version and the original old version. I have the old version because the UC version is too complicated for me to install. 

[SoftwareUpgrade 19,357]

Oooohh, I love The Sims! A good tip for finding hard copies of older sims games would be the thrift store- it's where I found Sims 1 Ultimate? Complete? Whichever one that was, and Sims 2 Holiday Edition!

[rockwellfckingnorman 2,420]

i found sims 3 at a thrift store for like two bucks once…. my serve 

but i’ve played sims 4 for a while (i got it for free when EA did that free giveaway on memorial day a few years ago) but really only used it for videos and things  

[the ocean 67,601]

i only have the sims 4 cause i bought it while it was on sale and i’ve never been able to really get into it

 

i wanna try playing the sims 2 or 3 though because it seems people enjoy those 2 more anyways

[willfoshizzle 1,409]

I had no idea there was a sim page! I’m a big simmer! I’ve wasted all my money on every expansion pack since the first. I jump around and still play all of them 1-4. Simmers have come hard for me on Twitter before for defending the sims 4 but I see pro’s and con’s in all of them. I just like the sims at the end of the day 

[the ocean 67,601]

also i do like the vagina pineapple music from the original sims game

[dollanganger 5,165]

the high school expansion looks good https://www.kinexnews.in/new-sims-4-high-school-years-everything-you-can-do-in-the-new-expansion-pack/

but my terrible laptop can barely even run the base game. and the camera movement is broken too for some reason which pretty much makes it unplayable  💔💔

[house of balloons 12,795]

Just now, dollanganger said:

the high school expansion looks good https://www.kinexnews.in/new-sims-4-high-school-years-everything-you-can-do-in-the-new-expansion-pack/

but my terrible laptop can barely even run the base game. and the camera movement is broken too for some reason which pretty much makes it unplayable  💔💔

are you watching the live stream? there are curved walls 

[dollanganger 5,165]

34 minutes ago, House of Balloons said:

are you watching the live stream? there are curved walls 

no im out at lunch😭😭 i did hear about the walls though. and i need them

[house of balloons 12,795]

17 minutes ago, dollanganger said:

no im out at lunch😭😭 i did hear about the walls though. and i need them

this is the first time i'm genuinely excited abt a new pack  the past ones have been...lukewarm  

[Dark Angel 203,537]

On 2/11/2022 at 4:21 AM, shady said:

So this thread is kinda dead so I want to resurrect it (pun intented). 

 

The amount of elitism im the sims community is ridiculous. I'm a veteran Sims player literally since elementary school but not anything obsessive. I haven't played it since June but then I binge playing. I play The Sims 2 because my laptop is kinda fucked and I enjoy it the most because I can have a shit ton of CC without the game lagging and being slow. Since I'm an older player I grew up loving the realistic grungy aesthetic of the sims. I'm into alpha content (not the creepy tacky one) and full customization of the worlds so Sims 4's style and uncustomizable world makes me sick. 

 

So, I'm into building a lot more than life mode. I made this cute vinyl/coffee shop in an alpha style. The vinyl records had real album covers  because that's what was available for downloading, but still I used the ones that didn't have photos of real people. The coffee shop part had a menu written in English, so did other signs and he name of the store was in English. That didn't sit right with people and called my lot 'creepy'. What? That's literally how people made before maxis match became popular. I simply don't like my game to look like a bubbly Pixar movie. The majority of games have realistic graphics. 

 

i haven’t played the sims 4 in a while but i actually always preferred the “alpha” style of cc over the “maxis” style, the maxis style is just too cartoony & corny for my tastes, i feel like there’s so much more you could do with the alpha cc

[house of balloons 12,795]

7 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

i haven’t played the sims 4 in a while but i actually always preferred the “alpha” style of cc over the “maxis” style, the maxis style is just too cartoony & corny for my tastes, i feel like there’s so much more you could do with the alpha cc

while i try to only use maxis match cc to not standout from npc's, i can never resist alpha eyebrows and lashes 

[dollanganger 5,165]

i usually really dont like maxis match. if it werent for kijiko, praline, and leahlillith all of our sims would be ugly asf 🙏

[SoftwareUpgrade 19,357]

Hm, looks to be useful if you primarily play with families in the sims

[shadesofloveduthenandnow 20,612]

I need to get my computer set back up at my new place so I can play TS2 again 

[Furor Poeticus 16,396]

We're getting sexual orientations in an upcoming update! 

I'm very often critical of TS4 but this is an important and welcome feature 

[American Whore 51,677]

8 minutes ago, Furor Poeticus said:

We're getting sexual orientations in an upcoming update! 

I'm very often critical of TS4 but this is an important and welcome feature 

 

I honestly don't see its usage for me, usually sexual orientation doesn't matter much and you can romance anyone with any sim. I mean, it's good for those who want the representation, but it just makes me wonder if it'll be changing gameplay at all. If not, cool. If so, they can keep it and I'm not updating. 

[house of balloons 12,795]

Just now, Furor Poeticus said:

We're getting sexual orientations in an upcoming update! 

I'm very often critical of TS4 but this is an important and welcome feature 

Right? It only took them 8 years