Am I the only one that..

[Vincyjuc89]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??

EA is totally disgusting me right now...I just had to vent..sigh*

signed:
Frustrated Uni student looking for relaxation not robbery

[lisfyre]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
I did - that's why I play Stat Wars:The Old Republic, RIFT and Lord of The Rings Online. I get my "Social" features that way. We don't "TYPE" our convos, we use in-game voice chat or Teamspeak.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
I do - LoTRO and several other free MMORPG's have this feature and I've used it on occasion.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
I've been asking for that since Launch Day 2009.

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
Let me know where to get a copy!!

e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??
I don't know - I refuse to buy an EP that will annoy the hell out of me for 3 items I really want.

[ThomasRiordan]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??

EA is totally disgusting me right now...I just had to vent..sigh*

signed:
Frustrated Uni student looking for relaxation not robbery

a) No you're not alone in that. They've only gotten worst since the induction of memories which were a dumb feature to begin with. All of your Facebook friends don't give a flying fornication that your Sim went to the park today. Sure people on a Sims form might care which is where you should share such stories. Voice chat has been supported for years using various messengers and so has text chat. Sending your Sims to someone else's game just to earn crappy rewards and achievements is just lame. Seriously, even the worst mesher could make a lot of those backdrops they're giving people as "rewards".

b) The EA store is easy enough to avoid. It was kinda expected after the Sims 2 store happened. After all EA's company slogan is hand over your wallet or at least it should be.

c) Yeah everyone wants weather. But given EA's track record when it comes to weather they'll just find a way to fuck it up just like they do with every other feature that sounds cool. This is the company that gave us a nice neighborhood and then had their shitty story progression move half your neighbors out the first week so it was a constant battle to keep the families you actually gave a damn about in the neighborhood and the ones you didn't out of it. I fear weather it just going to be one big lightning striking apocalypse that will wipe out everyone.

d) Again you're not alone in this. The lack of an open world is the only thing that prevents me from going back to Sims 2. It looks decent enough and doesn't run like shit even on a computer that can more than handle it. Not to mention modding was easier and didn't require you modify the core of the game preventing you from using certain mods together. Not to mention the fact that they went back to making babies into turds in blankets. In Sims 2 they were cute, in 3 they're just turds in blankets. If you're going to make it look like a football at least let us throw it like a foot... No that would be a bad idea. ;) The lack of custom music also sucks. We could have it on every station now it's one folder full of noise. Separated by genre was better than having everything from Metallica to Beethoven thrown on the same station.

e) It doesn't have a lot to offer does it. Even the one career that I was actually interested in became boring after about the 5th singing telegram in one day. And it seems when singing karaoke the volume is way louder than the music volume and even the show music is so loud it's obnoxious.

[ani_]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
I don't understand why would you want these stupid social features in any game. Social features in an online-game is fine, but I wouldn't wish FB spamming into any game.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
If you want to spend money on the store, then spend away. Just like if you want to buy a SP or EP. But, EA is not forcing you to do any of the above.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
Same here, I want storms and rain.

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
No, not in a million years. TS2 is a good game, but if you compare content, it's lacking in so many aspects. If you compare Sims, TS2 Sims feel like 2D paper dolls, no depth in character, not even moving eyeballs or a tongue to lick ice-cream with. Not even ice-cream in a matter of fact \o/
Honestly I don't want to live in a world without ice-cream.

I just hope EA would stop pestering us with the newest thing in every EP. Don't give every child an IF doll, stop giving my in-active households pets for adoption. Thankfully all of these EA fails can be turned off via mods so I can play the game the way I want to.

e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??
Haven't plaid it yet. But from what I have seen, there is a lot of content in this EP. From items that have nothing to do with performing, to the performing careers. But until I play I can't really say if it's lame or not.

[dispear]

All I'm going to say is that I wouldn't want a open world remake of Sims 2. I've actually prefered TS3 to TS2 inspite of EA's many mis steps. Different strokes for different blokes, you know.

[Vincyjuc89]

ok I get what you guys are saying about the store and ordinarily store items don't bother me because I play "free to play" mmos but my free to play mmos don't tell me yea you actually get new abilities(spell books etc), and activities(rock climbing etc) only in cash shop so it just sorta grinds my gears when I see that stuff knowing how much I pay for this game and still pay for the expansions not to mention the constant panic that ensues everytime I install an expansion hoping it won't mess my game up somehow or force to do my billionth re-install, have I mentioned my late night disc doesn't work so I have to rely on my wonderfully quick internet to download it every single time I have to reinstall, this is provided that origin is working at that period in time of course...

[Babydoll3133]

I have all the online garbage turned off. Haven't even tried it. The "buy this from our store" in the catalog really surprised and annoyed me - turned that off as well.
I also want weather, but if the code will be as buggy as Showtime is, it won't be fun to play.
I agree to the Sims 2 remake. When I buy a new Sims 3 expansion, I play for a little while, then go right back to Sims 2. I still play that more than 3.

I hear that the next expansion may be about magic. That pretty much sucks because I'm not interested in that either. I don't even play the magic aspect of Sims 2. Vampires could have also
been left out of Sims 3.

What I hate most about Showtime, besides the freezes and that simport thing, is that I can't go to a lot with another sim without it turning into an outing. If I want my sims to go somewhere to play for tips, they are suddenly on a date. That is so stupid. I know there are a few other annoyances that I just can't remember right now. It's too early and I haven't had enough coffee. :)

What I would like to see in 3 would be weather (of course), more harvestable plants (banana trees did come with Showtime - Yay) and maybe the return of Aliens. I liked them. Better than the vampires.

[Fyendiar]

I was on the fence for a long time whether or not I liked TS3 better or worse than TS2. I hated the shop, loathed the whole idea of it, but learned to ignore it almost completely so it doesn't annoy me as much anymore. The social features I just all disabled so I can just ignore them. I am not a fan of moreawesomethanyou since they don't seem to be the kind of people I could hang out with for longer than an hour without slapping them around (they can be so extremely rude on those forums!), but they were quick to find a way to unlock all the rewards from the social features so no problem with that anymore either.
I did want a TS2 remake with an open world and was surprised that TS3 wasn't that exact thing when it came out, but by now I consider TS3 a better game overall.

There are still things I really miss from TS2 though, like the way babies are handled as mentioned before, the getting in and out of car animations and most of all the seasons. Oh and the perv in me is still impatiently waiting for someone to make xxxsims3. :heyhey:

[GnatGoSplat]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
I don't really care about it. I don't use it. It doesn't seem to be slowing down my game or consuming any more resources than it did before, so I don't mind it being there for those who might want to use it.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
I have that turned off as well. Don't use it, and doesn't seem to be slowing anything down so it doesn't bother me.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
Absolutely. I know many would disagree, but I'm one of those people who thought TS3 Base Game should have at least had every feature of the entire TS2 franchise and then built upon that with all new, fresh ideas when it came to EPs and SPs.

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
A few years ago, I would have agreed. Now, TS3 sims have grown on me and I find I can make much better looking sims than I ever could with TS2. I've tried going back a couple times when I've gotten bored of TS3 and found I got bored of TS2 even faster. I just can't enjoy it like I once did. TS3 has its faults, but overall, I prefer it and not just because of the open town.

e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??
I haven't spent much time with it other than to check out the new content, and it does seem like some things are very lazy. One thing that stood out is the female ripped denim shorts looks like nothing more than a texture on the bare legs mesh. Layered dresses also just have painted on layers. Features-wise, it doesn't really seem any more lame to me than past EPs like Ambitions or Generations for example.

What I hate most about Showtime, besides the freezes and that simport thing, is that I can't go to a lot with another sim without it turning into an outing. If I want my sims to go somewhere to play for tips, they are suddenly on a date. That is so stupid. I know there are a few other annoyances that I just can't remember right now. It's too early and I haven't had enough coffee. :)

I think this started well before Showtime. I think the whole outing thing started with LN and its associated patch; an outing turning into a date started with Generations and its associated patch.

[ani_]

[b]
I think this started well before Showtime. I think the whole outing thing started with LN and its associated patch; an outing turning into a date started with Generations and its associated patch.

Another good reason to use awesome, some of these EA game-features are super annoying.

[GnatGoSplat]

Another good reason to use awesome, some of these EA game-features are super annoying.

I use awesome and if I have a sim go to any community lot with someone else (or invite someone over), it still becomes an outing. Romance interactions turn it into a date if there's only 2 sims in the outing.
I'm not seeing that it's a configurable option in awesomemod. It doesn't do this for you?

[bassoon_crazy]

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
Absolutely. I know many would disagree, but I'm one of those people who thought TS3 Base Game should have at least had every feature of the entire TS2 franchise and then built upon that with all new, fresh ideas when it came to EPs and SPs.

If only. That would cut down the tension a great deal.

However, I suppose there are some things that should be base-game and there are others that perhaps should not be. I'd say that something like seasons and weather should be base-game. Why? Because it's so natural. It's as natural as the day-night cycle and as aging.

[Shhh]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game? They don't have to be on Facebook or anything. Just don't have any friends or log off your account in the game. I know what you mean though, The Sims Series should be totally single player games.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
You don't have to buy stuff from them. You could just have the base-game.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)

Yes. I would love weather. Living in a sunny world is terrible. I want winter, I want rain.

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
Not at all, I just wish they could make better Extension Packs. I like the Sims 3, I have Create a Style, better graphics, less loading screens, more realistic worlds (yes, even Sunset Valley!) etc.

e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??
Not tried it yet. It looks pretty lame, but some aspects look OK.

[buxcosim]

Absolutely. I know many would disagree, but I'm one of those people who thought TS3 Base Game should have at least had every feature of the entire TS2 franchise and then built upon that with all new, fresh ideas when it came to EPs and SPs.
However, I suppose there are some things that should be base-game and there are others that perhaps should not be. I'd say that something like seasons and weather should be base-game. Why? Because it's so natural. It's as natural as the day-night cycle and as aging.I fall somewhere in the middle here. I do feel that there were a ton of features from TS2 that should've been preserved in the TS3 basegame - open venues (i.e. no hated rabbitholes; they're not fun), gardening (check!), seasons (if you're keeping gardening, you should be keeping seasons too!), real apartments (especially since the initial TS3 trailers looked like they had mixed-use lots with shops on the ground floor and apartments above) - but I also think for practical (as well as business) reasons that some TS2 features should be reserved for expansion packs - like travel for instance, since it makes sense to start with a single world and then expand it.

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?
I haven't bought SHT yet, but social features will be the first thing to be disabled. I've been playing since the release of TS1 and I play it for the single-player sandbox aspects; social features just don't belong there, so I refuse to use them, and if they ever become mandatory (either TS3 or TS4), that'll end my involvement with the franchise.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??
I disabled the in-game store as soon as I found out about it. I won't buy anything from the store (or any Stuff Packs for that matter!) because I feel that if I'm paying for the game, I'm also paying for the official content developed for the game which should be included with the EP's - the way it used to be in TS1 and early TS2. I'm more than willing to pay for new gameplay features in the EP's, but new furniture, hair, and clothes? They should be included in the purchase price of the EP, not something that I have to pay extra for since they're essentially decorative rather than functional in terms of actual gameplay.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
I'm on the fence about it: As I said above, if they kept gardening for the basegame, I feel that they should have kept seasons as well; on the other hand, I'd rather they streamline their resource management so that I don't have to buy a new computer just to run the weather! My computer isn't brand new, but it plays many other games with much higher requirements than TS3 flawlessly, but TS3 struggles sometimes due to poor resource management, and weather, I fear, would make the game unplayable. If they fix the underlying management problems, then yes, weather would be great. (I shouldn't have to buy a new computer just to run one game when the problem is with the game and not my computer!)

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?
To me, TS3 was an open-world remake of TS2, but it's a remake of the TS2 basegame with a few add-on's from the rest of the series (like gardening). As I mentioned above, I would've prefered that they'd kept more of the features of TS2 in the TS3 basegame and left the other features that don't belong in a basegame (i.e. travel) for the EP's.

e) still cannot swallow just how lame showtime is??
I don't find it lame per se, but I'd rather that Showtime performers and Late Night celebrities had been combined into one EP rather than two. IMO, Late Night should have focused on socializing and clubs and dates (as in TS2: Night Life, or TS1: Hot Date) while Showtime should have contained all of the performing- and celebrity-related stuff (including the bands, which could then have been designed to work with Singers!). In other words, they should've picked a single theme for each expansion pack and stuck with it, so that players could pick and choose the exact gameplay features they want: Hate celebrities? Not a problem; don't buy Showtime, but you can still get the clubs and dates and socialization opportunities from Late Night. I can kind of see why they thought celebrities and clubs go together (and why they included bands as well), but in terms of actual gameplay features, the celebrity system really belongs with Showtime and Singers really belong with bands! (For that matter, vampires, unicorns, and imaginary friends really belong in the upcoming magic/fantasy EP, but that's a whole other can of worms! ;) )

[Orilon]

a)thinks that if I wanted these stupid social features I'd have bought another game?

I agree. I don't want the stupid social features. I refuse to buy Showtime because I don't want the social features, and because the premise is stupid.

b)thinks that if I wanted to spend all my money in a cash shop I would be playing another game??

I also agree. I don't go to the store, and I wish there was a way to disable store content in the game. I don't want to buy a bunch of stuff in the store.

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)

This is where I disagree. I don't want weather in Sims 3. It was a pain in the butt lag wise in Sims 2, and I imagine it would be even more of a pain in the butt lag wise in Sims 3 because of the open world.

d) wishes someone would just remake the sims 2 with an open world and sell it to me and run the risk of EA suing just to make me happy?

I don't want a open world in Sims 2 or 3. It gets annoying waiting for your sime to travel for 1 Sim hour or more just to get anywere.


I wasn't interested in the premise of Showtime and refuse to buy it.

[simsample]

c) is tired of the eternal sunshine(yes I'm a weather wanter)
You've been playing the wrong worlds; the ones I play don't have 'eternal sunshine'!