Which is a better game with all DLC?
In Sims 2, the neighbourhoods are loaded individually and you move between them individually, so I don't understand that? Even the university/college one had some performance issues and they're each just one map, with you moving between each of the buildings, e.g. the library being separate from the residence. How does enabling all of them slow it down when they're not being used? Even then, the game says you should add at least one expansion for each district of a neighbourhood(e.g., one college, one vacation, one shopping, one downtown, etc.)
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Every time it goes on sale on Steam, I'm tempted to get Sims 3 and some of the more essential DLC.
But I always hold myself back for at least two or three reasons...
A partial reason is that I have it on Origin already (thanks to humble, I think). And that I probably won't invest as much time into it as I'd want to to really get a good experience out of it. (Played it a long while when I first got it, but haven't been back in... years?)
A larger reason is OCD. There's a ton of content, with and without the DLC (there's mods and market content besides, I believe). I usually try to stay away from games that monetize the crap out of every little thing. And it would still be ridiculously expensive to buy just the DLC bits -- especially when some of the DLC packages amount to very little in gameplay changes and are basically just additional object add-ons. And even if you do get them all, you're still going to be missing content, for two reasons. One is that some of the DLC has had its license run out -- you can't get the Katy Perry DLC anymore, on either shop. And secondly, every DLC had additional pre-order exclusive content. You could of course download that content from other unofficial sources, but at that point I start thinking to myself... why not just do that with the rest of it too, and actually have a complete game?
So I end up buying nothing. (And, so far, downloading nothing, but my arguments for not going the download route are very thin at this point, if I ever get back to playing the game.)
I liked them both though, when I did find time to play them. But I'd probably play 3 by default these days.
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Yeah, the DLC you can't get is essentially part of the incomplete experience and I've seen many suggestions to just get everything from an unofficial source, not saying any names.
I mean, it's overpriced anyways, so why try to defend it?
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Any tips on slowdown and long loading times when playing Sims 2? Sims 3 runs perfectly fine. I assume Sims 2 slowdown is because it's an older game and there's apparently some compatibility issues there.
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I'd just stick with sims 2 myself. But I'm also only passively into the sims I weirdly liked the one on gamecube more than the one on pc... never really was able to figure out why that is. I think it might just be that the GC one was multiplayer and I could play it with my brother.
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I found out I had Sims 2 ultimate edition, presumably from Origin's On The House, and I at some point got Sims 3. I've played a bit of Sims 3 base game despite it, y'know, lacking in the longevity department. It also just so happens to be very easy, from what I recall. I've recently been playing Sims 2 Ultimate Edition after I found out I had it, and it's actually pretty fun(and shows where the Sims 3 DLCs generally came from) as a sim game. However, I feel like it is way harder than Sims 3 in terms of managing everything (the mood/aspirations meters, skill development in between constantly juggling the base stats, etc.), but it's still a lot more fun than Sims 3 base game. A big issue I have with it is that it simply runs poor, way worse than Sims 3 to put it bluntly, and so it's kind of a painful grind to play it. Now, the issue here is that not on sale the Sims 3 DLC racks up to OVER 300 DOLLARS. Yeah, so, y'know, DLC bullshit as usual. I'm suddenly stuck with conundrum - Do I at some point buy the overpriced Sims 3 DLC or do I stick with Sims 2, which is a pretty good game despite how it runs? Give me love for the messy rant-like way I wrote this.
From what I've gathered, Sims 3 is an improved upon Sims 2 and is considered better overall, but Sims 2 seems like it's more simulator-like and Sims 3 is more for messing around.
TL;DR Sims 2 all DLC, or Sims 3 all DLC? Which is better?
EDIT: Is Sims 2 DLC worse than Sims 3 base game by anyone's opinions?
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