>Sims 4 came out half a decade after this
>Somehow managed to be less complex than the Sims 2
What the fuck happened?
DLC Jews.
>>339579182
Business happened
There will never be a Sims game to surpass 3.
>>339579182
EA realised that their main target demographic for The Sims was housewives who loved Farmville.
As such, they decided to create a game for them to play on their husband's computer when he was at work.
They probably didn't play any other Sim game so they don't care about having an interactive neighbourhood that actually changes or adapts and didn't notice all the missing features.
>>339579442
If The Sims 3 was better optimised and all DLC was available for $100 (being generous here), I'd say it would be one of the greatest games made.
>>339580038
There are optimized free repacks with recompiled dlc files to lessen the load.
these games get more homoerotic each new one
>>339582702
so does the world i guess
complexity ≠ depth
The less complex the game is the better as long as you don't compromise mechanical depth while you're at it
>>339579182
They were originally making Sims 4 an online game, but after what happened with Sim City they completely scrapped it and had to rush out whatever we got with Sims 4.
