is the sims 3 REALLY a broken, ugly mess?

🧡my computer is an alienware m17 r3

[pentawa.]

Sims 3 still amazes me. It's the only game that lets you play out insane scenarios like having a home wrecking sim that goes door to door befriending neighbors, entering their homes, eating their food, sleeping in their beds and then woohooing their husbands.

[Vhmvd]

It’s funny that the same people complaining about the sims 3 sims being ugly, have 10GB+ cc to make their sim decent.

[DanielDaSalce]

It’s also crazy to see EA not updating the game to accept new graphics cards and run new windows. Like they’re intentionally pushing people to shell out on the new games when you get much more content on a few packs on 3.

[jhy]

I don't think the sims in 3 look that bad. I prefer it to the overly cartoony look of the sims in 4. Yes, they need a new skin and hair (good god that EA hair) but the overall is fine to me. The Mango Smoothie skinblend is what I use, and its fabulous.
I am a huge fan of CC though and I love shopping for clothes and hairs. You really don't need that much to improve them.

[elvingearmasterirma]

The thing is
You can fiddle and fix the lag issues with sims 3
You can find a bunch of cc skins and lighting fixes for the lights.

You cannot fix the issues of sims 4 with mods. Because the fault lies intrinsicly in the base of it.

[lalalanidani]

TS3 is a laggy hot mess when you're on a gateway desktop, yes. Sadly people didn't give it a chance later on with better devices but in my opinion, TS3 is simming in its purest form as intended.

[Rekowcski]

acottonsock is the MVP when it comes to Sims 3 fixing

[beccaf]

I get why the style might not be to everyone’s taste but I personally love it. A few little texture mods really boost it too! It took a lot to get it to run on my laptop but once I got an actual PC it runs really well! Acottonsocks performance tips and nraas mods are a game changer!!

[hazelbplays]

The Sims 3 is so good.
For me the only downside is the dated fashion, but just as you said - I got quite a bit of CC hair, clothes, makeup, skin and etc and then honestly, it's the best there is. I prefer the more realistic looking graphics like the Sims 3, compared to the cartoon/clay-look from the Sims 4. When I did play Sims 4, I was an Alpha CC stan, but well, sims 4 is too boring.

The sims 3 for the win any day

[GilangMentariHamidy]

I barely have a game-breaking lag in my game since I have newer computer (bought in 2015). I just need couple of important mods to improve the stability. The newer LazyDuchess smooth patch is even a game-changer now because they found a way from the game code to improve the game performance.

The main issue for The Sims 3 was it was too ambitious and was launched in the transitionary era between 32-bit to 64-bit systems. The thing EA did not bother to upgrade TS3 to the 64-bit platform is basically the main culprit. All they needed to do was recompile and have minor bug-fixing on the 64-bit port. Not much of an investment. But you know why they don't do that? Because they want to GATEKEEP people from playing The Sims 3 as they are heavily investing in their milking machine called The Sims 4.

It is their best decision as a corporation, but WORST for the consumer. Because we are forced to play the lackluster quality of a game if we want "stable" game (although I heard TS4 itself is far from stable as well). They knew TS3 was the best of their franchise, but they don't want people's attention to TS4 to be shifted to TS3 if TS3 could run perfectly better on modern computers by upgrading it to the 64-bit platform. Because then they would not be able to run their money-making machine milking people to buy TS4 DLCs anymore.

I secretly hoped that The Sims 3 source code was leaked online in the EA breach last 2021, where FIFA source code was leaked. If it were, I would happily recompile the game code into 64-bit, and I could live happily ever after.

[OhCrapItsTBGP]

I hate when people say "the Sims 3 runs bad and it will melt your PC" they just don't know how to fix it, also I played on the worst PC when I first started playing and it didn't even run that bad smh, and you can make absolutely gorgeous sims in this game if ya give it a little time, I mean look at your sims, they do be looking pretty good.

[selenmolla]

Coincidentally i showed my dad a landscape from sims 3 while my sim was fishing in Dragon Springs (China) and he said "have you seen newer games?they are so realistic"

Felt sad getting shit on but i think S3 is one of the prettiest games i have seen.Pretty outside and inside :) +points for good memories

[elvingearmasterirma]

Sims 3 fashion is... Its a relic of its time. Get cc clothes. And there are a lot of sims 4 to sims 3 conversions

[cloudsurfer]

Seeing you switch easily between lots without a loading screen...I might just go back to playing Sims 3

[thefloronicman]

lazy duchess and a cotton sock are carrying sims 3 on their back

[ViceCityExtra]

No CC user here. I don’t mind the look. And with simler90’s huge core gameplay fix, townies get randomized features so everyone looks different.

Also.. now ALL store content is free. So many people have their own ”stores” where they have all the content for download :P

[milenowska]

i totally agree with all of what you said. i also don't have into the future and i don't feel like i NEED it. and yes, generations, world adventures and ambitions are the best eps for sure. the last two being criminally underrated. i have all the stuff packs and although they dont make a huge difference to the game, a LOT of cool items come with them so i like having them. i'd recommend getting the 70s 80s 90s stuff pack :)

[katebynum]

Growing up and playing the sims 3 on a crappy laptop made me who I am today 😅 I think I owe it to ts3 for making me a patient person, but now that I have a nicer pc, I don't need to be quite as patient!
I think one of the best things about ts3 is that since the graphics start somewhere in the middle, you can tune it to look either cartoony or realistic depending on the style you prefer. Whereas in ts4, I think that it is hard to have a nice alpha look in a cartoony atmosphere, so I think the sims 3 way more versatile in that way, you can have the best of both worlds!
And my favorite expansion of all time is probably seasons. It first introduced festivals into the sims, which now seem like a staple of new ts4 expansions and they try to call it "new gameplay"... 🙄

[jessicake]

I LOVE TS3! I never had major performance issues on my pcs. Not at release, not now. I recently had to delete all my mods because the mods caused major issues that I couldn't even open my biggest legacy family anymore. It was all because of story progression. I now play with the vanilla game since then and it runs perfectly fine again. I always WANT to play with mods so badly but then I remember that these are the resons my game always had some issues and then I end up deleting them again. I also had issues with the new EA app since it came out. Origin always served me and ts3 well but since the EA app I had to uninstall all pf my ts3 content and install it again with the disc. I can't play online or even with wifi devices on anymore because EA trying to get acces to my game makes it crash or it wont even open in the girst place. BUT I got behind it, installed all the discs and now it works perfectly fine again. I cursed EA for weeks for switching to this dumb app before I fixed my problem. My boyfriend asked my why I even want to play ts3 if I have this problem (Lol once in 15 years) I just screamed "BLAME EA, TS3 IS INNOCENT!"😅

So. Performance issues in my game are either the mods fault or EAs fault 😅

Oh and of course the grafic card compatibility has to be there or at least the recognition. But its not too ddifficult to go into the settings and make the graphic card recognize the game.

And I don't think the sims look ugly. They look realistic. I would even go as far as to say I "like" the pudding face 😂

[DM-nclv]

I'm so happy to have found your channel. I love sims 3 content. I'm binging your monte vista series while I play