The Sims 3 came out in 2009 when I was 5 years old. 3 years later, it was ours. Year after year, my sister and I collected the expansion packs to add more gameplay and loads more fun.
When we were younger, we would only be allowed two hours per weekend to play it, so we made the most of it. I remember one time when she made our Sims-grandpa drink a rejuvenating potion (thank you Supernatural expansion pack) and made him get re-married to a robot. I was fuming, I don’t think I played the Sims for a full month after that. But where else could that exciting incredulous story have happened?
Since then, I had grasped onto the endless possibilities of the Sims and could not part ways.
Now I do appreciate the Sims 4 for its diversity in packs as well as in hairstyles but the nostalgia of the Sims 3 will never be beat.
You want the most horrific memories of the 2010s outfits? It has it all, lowest-waisted jeans ever made included. You want a glitch to make your sims be bald no matter how much hair you give them? Yes, you are right, it happens more than you’d think. You want your sims to continually pass out for lack of sleep but refuse to get in a bed which ultimately leads to its demise? Yup, you guessed it, the Sims 3 provides only the best services.
If anything goes wrong in real life, we can always live out our dreams in the Sims 3...
Recently, having had sales (another major plus, because no one buys it anymore), we purchased the expansion pack University Life. My entire flat now exists in the Sims and we all have our dream jobs (my friend Tasha became a psychic). If anything goes wrong in real life, we can always live out our dreams in the Sims 3 with a reminder that nothing is ever truly perfect and bad fashion is timeless.
Now, could the picture-perfect Sims 4 provide you that kind of service? Though I genuinely have no idea, I highly doubt it.