Even though The Sims 3 was released back in 2009, the features it introduced allowed for endless creativity and possibilities, and because of that, there’s still a large portion of the community that still plays.
Here are 15 reasons why this game was waaay ahead of its time:
1. Huge worlds with beautiful scenery.
Isla Paradiso from The Sims 3 Island Paradise; looks beautiful in the morning!
2. The entire world is your playground!
3. You can fish anywhere…
No need to be on a lookout for fishing spots, as long as there’s water there’s an option to fish!
4. …or swim anywhere.
The entire world is one big swimming pool!
5. But enough of world talk. Did you know that your Sims could wear a bathroom tile pattern for their shirt?
6. Or sit on a chair made entirely out of gold!
Gotta love Create A Style.
7. You mean to tell me that not all lots are flat and that we can edit the terrain? I’m shook.
8. Did you know Ghosts can try for a baby?
Starting a Ghost family is this easy!
9. They’re masters of shortcuts and can pass through literally anything
10. Toddlers. Need I say more?
11. Teens that are shorter from their adults?! What kind of sorcery is this?!?!?!
Is that Bella from Twilight?! Yup, she can be found in Moonlight Falls, from The Sims 3 Supernatural.
12. Ownable AND drivable cars?! I don’t believe this.
13. Grocery shoppin’
14. Swingset swingin’
15. Clipping for coupons – only 2009 kids will know.
This Sim just got a 40% off deal on her next Pedicure at the Spa venue! Score!
Brittpinkiesims created an Event Mod that lets your Sim throw the perfect Prom for your teen Sims!
To install the mod, simply extract the mod .zip file to Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods. Brittpinkiesims also offered her Prom Lot for downloading that you can extract in the Tray folder (Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Tray).
The Mod is packed with new reward items, moodlets and, of course, the new event. It’s made specifically so you can invite only Teen Sims from all the worlds (you don’t have to even meet them in order to invite them).
You can learn more about this mod and download it by clicking the download button below!
You’ve probably been wondering ”What’s taking EA so long to announce EP3?!”. There are multiple factors behind their announcements for The Sims 4, and Lyndsay Pearson and Rachel Franklin explained all of them during Gamescom on their Sims Panel.
The quote down below has been provided by JulyVee:
Of course we as simmers want all the information at once – when will we finally get toddlers, seasons and pets, huh? But after this panel, I’ve realised it’s not that easy. Especially with the team wanting to keep things interesting with new ideas rather than just warm up the usual expansions. But in terms of announcing here are a few key points that show why they don’t announce a pack as soon as it goes into planning.
Things might not work out. If the team realises they have to change important things in the pack due to technical reasons or add other stuff to replace it, many fans might be disappointed. Retracting statements is never good. So they decide to show a pack when it’s clear that no considerable changes have to be made and that things work out the way they are supposed to.
Be able to show stuff. If a pack would be announced just when the sims team starts planning it, there would be nothing to show – no animations, no items, no art. As long as that is the case, it’s just words. So the teams decides to announce packs when they have something real to show us. At this point they also said they don’t want to make fans wait too long between the announcement and the release.
Keeping track. If the team would communicate every step of development to the fans, their heads would be spinning. Since there are so many projects at once it might be hard to keep track. So the policy is quality over quantity.
The perfect timing. This means that, e.g. a tropical island pack would rather be announced and released in the summer rather than winter (though Rachel said it almost never happens that finished packs are held off because of this). It’s also about the feature space on origin – EA has other games too and they have to make sure to find a good time to talk about the sims. So announcing a new expansion when they just launched a new battlefield game might not be a good idea.
The Sims Team’s Lyndsay Pearson and Rachel Franklin attended the Community Lounge at Gamescom where they were able to talk about The Sims 4’s production. They explained the process of developing a certain pack, phases of development, how they choose their pack themes and their announcement strategy.
Down below you’ll find a list of articles / videos of Simmers who attended this Sims Panel and got a chance to write down / record what was happening. We’ll be updating the list as new content related to the Sims Panel gets released.
After the recent leak there’s no doubt that The Sims 4 City Life is happening, but the thing is, we have no idea what this Expansion Pack could bring beyond the City Lifename that we got. Until The Sims Team officially announces The Sims 4 City Life and its features, here are 5 features that we’d like to see in this pack:
1. Apartments
Nope, we’re not talking about penthouse apartments from The Sims 3 Late Night, but rather the fully featured apartments that came with The Sims 2 Apartment Life. They were a perfect addition to The Sims 2 mostly because, just like The Sims 4, you had to go through a loading screen in order to load up a lot. What was great with The Sims 2 Apartment Life is that you could visit / move in up to 4 Households in one lot, giving the lot a feeling of one big happy family!
2. An Active Downtown World
The Sims 3 Late Night brought a beautiful world called Bridgeport. The only problem? It was almost empty, with a small amount of Sims that could only be found in Lounges or Clubs. It’s a really big world, and yet most of the time there are no Sims in sight while you roam around town.
The Sims 4 has the huge potential of bringing a new active Downtown world with lively areas/neighborhoods. Sure, you might experience a loading screen or two, but like the current Neighborhoods and Lots in TS4, the Downtown world could be just as active!
So much space and no Sims in sight! Via sims.wikia.com
3. Fame & Fortune Lifestyle
No pack has brought the Fame & Fortune gameplay aspect better than The Sims 1 Superstar! This Expansion Pack came with a Studio Town, fame score rating system, 2 celebrity awards, usable objects for singing and acting, and even some real-life celebrity names like Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, Marilyn Monroe and more!
With smooth animations and vibrant gameplay, these features would be just perfect for The Sims 4!
4. Reputation System
It’s important what the city thinks of your Sim. Originally introduced in The Sims 2 Apartment Life, the reputation system allowed your Sim to have an easy or hard life, depending on how they treat other Sims while being on community lots. Sims who are publicly nice to other Sims will get benefits such as a job promotion, cheaper objects, and so on, while on the flip side, all of that can work against them, and turn into a negative, if they’re being rude towards other Sims!
Other Sims forming actual opinions about your Sim that will effect your gameplay is just what The Sims 4 City Life could offer to the current emotion features to bring it to the next level!
via sims.wikia.com
5. Vampires
The Sims 4 City Life has an opportunity to continue the tradition of bringing vampires with city-themed Expansion Packs like The Sims 2 Nightlife, and The Sims 3 Late Night. Both packs brought something new to the table: Nightlife focused on traditional vampires that possess typical vampire abilities, such as turning in to bats, while Late Night focused more on the new-age vampires that you’ve seen/read in recent pop culture, such as Interview with the Vampire or the Twilight Book Series.
We only have 2 occult types currently in The Sims 4; Ghosts and Aliens, which were added, and expanded upon, in The Sims 4 Get to Work Expansion. The Sims 4 City Life has the real potential of bringing Vampires into the mix!
UPDATE #2: Things have gotten pretty legal over this leak. Apparently, Sony DADC/Warner (EA distributors in Brazil) have requested the brazilian rating board to hide the Expansion Pack 3 listing from their website. The document down below is the proof:
According to the document above, EA has 30 days (until September 17th) to decide a new date to publish this listing or else the brazilian rating board has all the rights to publish it without their permission.
Also, it was found out that the rating was sent for approval on August 10th:
UPDATE: The listing has been removed from the site mentioned below.
O Sim BR found the listing of The Sims 4 ”Vida na Cidade” which roughly translates to ”City Life”. The sitewhich leaked this information is the official website for video game rating in Brazil. We checked if this listing is real and it sure is still there!
The site also states that City Life was produced in 2016!
If you remember, back in August 2015 we had a survey which listed several Expansion Pack ideas. One of them was Metropolis that had the following description:
Metropolis:
Move into a bustling, modern city! Live in new apartments and penthouses eat food at carts and shop at street markets and immerse your sims in the different cultures of the city by exploring the many diverse neighbourhoods.
It could be very possible that The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff was hinting at the upcoming Expansion Pack with the following CAS assets:
The Sims Team is currently having a really cool promotion where you can get a free object (Grim’s Ghoulish Guitar) by simply registering to their e-mail newsletter.
To get this free object, follow these steps:
Visit the Newsletter page and sign up to your EA account. Make sure you tick the ”Yes, I want to receive emails…” box!
Note: if you’ve already signed up for the Newsletter before it doesn’t matter. Just do as prompted!
You’re ready to rock!
Note: if you keep getting an error message, try clearing your cache or using a different browser!
Your Grim’s Ghoulish Guitar is now waiting for you in your The Sims 4 game!
Is your Sim musically inclined? Can they rock out? Have they been known to shred on occasion? If so, they’ll definitely want to add this axe to their collection. It’s Grim’s Ghoulish Guitar*, and it’s exclusively available to those who sign up for The Sims 4 newsletter. The guitar’s eyes glow, and a cloud of black smoke will appear under your Sim – just like Grim. It’s rockin’!
All you need to do is sign up for emails about The Sims (as well as other EA products, news, events, and promotions) and get Grim’s Ghoulish Guitar. This exclusive in-game The Sims 4 item will help take your Sim’s guitar skills to a rockin’ new level. That’s it! Just sign up here, and this wicked guitar will be added to your game.
Origin is having a sale where you can save up to 75% on certain video games!
In this offer are also included The Sims 4 Base Game which is 60% off, The Sims 4 Expansion Packs which are 50% off and The Sims 4 Game Packs which are 25% off.
The offer ends on 30th of August, meaning that you have plenty of time to get a game you’ve been wanting for so long!
Just when things couldn’t get more interesting, more stuff have been found in The Sims 4 updated Game Files!
Igor_Erefound this guitar just ‘sitting’ withing The Sims 4 1.22 update files. The first thing he discovered was this render:
But that’s not all, he was also able to uncover and unpack the Guitar itself into a special .package, letting you play it for yourself! (You can download it HERE)
Here’s the description of this object that we found:
Grim’s Ghoulish Guitar
Record keeping is never easy, but we, at the Filers for the Dead Files, are happy to know a simple guitar was more than enough for you to sign away your first born. We, and Grim, appreciate your potential deposit, and wish you pleasant days… until we see you again.
Down below you can see all 8 color variants of this Guitar:
We currently have no idea when and how will this Guitar affect the actual gameplay as the modded Guitar currently doesn’t bring any new interactions, but we think this has something to do with the upcoming Event System.
UPDATE #2: More evidence about the new Event has been found! Seems like Jasmine Holiday will return to introduce the new Event System.
Also, we found this icon which seems to be related to the new system:
UPDATE: SimGuruDrake released a statement about the upcoming Event System, confirming that The Sims Team has in fact been working on it.
The team that’s works on engagement features (i.e. The free stuff you get in patches) are doing their job by creating this free content for you
The latest update for The Sims 4 that was released today introduces the ability to customise phone skins. However, there is hints of a new “event” system hidden within the XML code. Back in March, we had the Growfruit challenge with Jasmine Holiday as an event NPC. The latest update has expanded the code that was used with new details.
Events have a new “XP” system. Sims can earn XP and trigger a “Triple Boost Week” which will increase the rate a Sim builds job performance, boosts skills, builds friendships, gains aspiration points, or decreases the rate at which their Needs decay (note: this is still referred to as a “Boost Week” despite actually lowering the decay rate). Sims can only have one reward at a time.
We can expect these new features to be implemented the next time there’s a temporary challenge!
With the latest update for The Sims 4, The Sims Team introduced Smartphone covers! In case you didn’t know, they were first ”teased” with the first Get Together render:
Starting today, you can customize your Smartphone with 19 new covers!
You can find the new customization options under the Phone menu on the top bar of Phone options.
You can change the cover of your Phone whenever you want with just one click of your mouse!
The Sims Team has released a brand new Update for The Sims 4!
To download the latest version of The Sims 4, simply open your Origin program and if the game doesn’t update automatically, right click on The Sims 4 and select ”Update”.
In case you have Mods or Custom Content, the game will automatically disable them for you after first launching The Sims 4 after the update. To re-enable all your Mods and Custom Content, select the Settings option in the Menu and select Settings. Under the”Other” section you’ll find the ”Enable Custom Content and Mods” option. Check it and restart your game in order for it to take effect!
Patch Notes
Update: 08/16/2016 – PC Version 1.22.22.1020 / Mac Version 1.22.22.1220
Happy August Simmers!
We’d like to share a couple of small this and that’s with you…
To start off with, a new…
Sims can now customize their cell phone covers!
Open up your Sims cell phone menu by clicking on the phone in the bottom left (just under your Sims portrait). At the top of the phone menu is a Change Phone Cover Color button. You can choose from over a dozen colors and patterns for your phone to give your Sim that extra bit of flair.
We also have a few issues that were addressed…
General
The blue pattern plaster wall pattern now has a name other than wall_V_Plaster03MPanels_Blue. It now shall be known as Patterned Plaster, the same as all of its brothers and sisters – Patterned Plaster.
You know if it were me, I would have called it Bob, give it some personality, make it an individual, someone who stands out.
“What have you got there on your walls? Is that Patterned Plaster?”
“No. That’s Bob.”
Sims will no longer be woken from sleep to watch a show at the Puppet Theatre or the DJ Booth unless they were specifically called forth by the “Put on Show for…” interaction.
Are you an ‘er’ or ‘re’ type of person?
And, if I may be so bold, what would you show in your theatre or theater?
I’d show 80s SciFi.
The Grand Master Yoda styled look will no longer appear in the list twice for child Sims.
…although, if the Grand Master Yoda wanted to appear twice in the styled looks catalog, who are we to say no.
We fixed an issue where choosing to stop a custom music preview from playing in the options panel, did not actually stop it, but just lowered its volume.
We have, to speak plainly, adjusted the weighting and deformation maps for several Create a Sim assets in order to correct for holes, odd angles, and other visual oddities.
We addressed an issue that could cause Sims to get stuck in a hot tub after choosing to Woohoo, Mess Around, or Try for Baby, if both Sims had low hygiene.
Get To Work
We have un-hidden three objects in the Build catalog: Corporate Fridge Raider Revenue Generating Cooler, Still Ambiguous Lab Case, and the Galvanized Industrial Wall Pipe.
These objects were used on career locations, but were previously unavailable to the home catalog.
Kids Room Stuff
Children looking for discarded toys in the trash will no longer find themselves “discarded.” They should no longer become invisible upon completing the interaction.
We fixed an issue that could result in the collectable Voidcritter cards appearing overly dark in low lit rooms.
Backyard Stuff
We addressed an issue with necklaces clipping into the neck when worn with shirts that were tagged as masculine.
The frog fountain now also includes the sound of water when it is spewing water.
Of particular note, is that there is no option to kiss the frog fountain, despite any hidden desires one might harbor.
Any attempts at kissing the frog fountain will result in no change, for you and the fountain.
It should be advised that if you do desire to kiss a frog, it should only be done if the frog is considered a close family friend, that you have long since been without…perhaps you were on an extended vacation to Fiji, only just now returning to see your beloved frog.
A gentle peck is then acceptable… with their consent of course.
Thank you again for all and everything,
-SimGuruGnome
[Posted on behalf of SimGuruNick who was going to post on behalf of SimGuruDrake while she is in Germany who normally posts on behalf of SimGuruGnome.]
After hintingthat we should expect a new The Sims 4 Update this month, SimGuruDrake confirmed with her ”Excited GIF”that we’ll be getting a new content update this week. In case you’re not familiar with her teasers, SimGuruDrake tends to post excited GIFs on start of each week when a content update is bound to happen.
You should expect this Update to happen on either Tuesday or Thursday if all goes well, as those are the days when The Sims 4 Updates usually release.
The Sims Community is full of talented writers who come up with the most creative stories. Here are 5 Sims Story websites that you should definitely check out, and if you think we missed a few good sites, make sure you link them in the comment section below!
This creative story is about the Bloomers family who come to Newcrest and try to build it from scratch. This legacy comes with 9 Generations and a dozen of chapters for each generation. Each chapter is full of dialogues and content that’ll keep you entertained for hours!
You’ll find a huge variety of stories on MAKPlays’ website. From short stories to stories with over 20 chapters, there’s reading material for every reader out there!
Not only does this site come with 3 different Stories, but you can also find a handful of Tutorials, Information and Resources to create your own Story.
Even though The Sims is not the main focus of this Story Website, a huge portion of it is. You can find 2 Legacy stories and a bunch of Sims Tips in The Sims section of this website.
A Sims 3 Story based on Supernatural occourances. Grab a cup of tea, some snacks and start reading, because with over 60 in-depth Chapters, you’ll find yourself losing the track of time easily!
