Comparison between The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3: Late Night

The Sims: Hot Date, The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3: Late Night are expansion packs with largely the same scope, but some difference. This is a comparison between the latter two.

Features in both

• Bars
• Vampires (living by night)
• Half-wall
• Wall speaker
• Outing

Features in Nightlife

Here are some features that were in Nightlife, but were not in Late Night.

• Dating (returns in The Sims 3: Generations)
• Slow Dance (returns in The Sims 3: Seasons)
• The Downtown sub-neighborhood and the ability to attach more downtowns for a main neighborhood
• Bowling (returns in The Sims 3: University Life)
• Restaurant system (includes restaurant NPCs such as the host, waiters and the sous chef)
• Coffee stand and barista NPC (it was introduced in University but was carried on to Nightlife) (returns in The Sims 3: University Life)
• DJ booth and DJ (re-introduced in The Sims 3: Showtime)
• ElectroDance Sphere (re-introduced in The Sims 3: Showtime)
• Karaoke Machine (re-introduced in The Sims 3: Showtime)
• Photo booth (re-introduced in The Sims 3: Showtime)
• Vampire coffin (Replaced by Altar)
• Fury
• Contacts
• Smustle (returns in The Sims 3: Supernatural)
• Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs
• Chemistry

In The Sims 2, private cars were first introduced in Nightlife, but in The Sims 3 they exist from the base game.

Features in Late Night

Here are some features introduced by Late Night, but not found in Nightlife.

• Actor career (corresponding to Show Business career in The Sims 2: University)
• Mixology
• Penthouse (similar to Apartments in The Sims 2: Apartment Life)
• Subway
• VIP sections
• Neighborhood called Bridgeport not Downtown, and not a sub-region.
• NPC parties

Objects

• Arcade games (in The Sims 2, The Sims 2: University)
• Bass and Drums (in The Sims 2: University)
• Curved swimming pools (in The Sims 2: Seasons)
• Elevators (in The Sims 2: Open for Business)
• FX machine
• Bubble Bar (some similarities to the bubble blower in The Sims 2: University)

NPCs

• Bouncer
• Butler (in The Sims 2: Apartment Life)
• Celebrity (in The Sims: Superstar)
• Paparazzi (in The Sims: Superstar)

Features in The Sims 3: Late Night and The Sims 2 base game

• Hot Tub
• Piano (Late Night also features a portable keyboard)

See also

• Comparison between The Sims base games
• Comparison between The Sims and The Sims 2
• Comparison between The Sims 2 and The Sims 3
• Comparison between The Sims 3 and The Sims Medieval
• Comparison between The Sims 2: Bon Voyage and The Sims 3: World Adventures
• Comparison between The Sims 2: Open for Business and The Sims 3: Ambitions
• Comparison between The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 3: Pets
• Comparison between The Sims 2: Seasons and The Sims 3: Seasons
• Comparison between The Sims 2: University and The Sims 3: University Life