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
Features in Nightlife not in Late Night
Here are some features that were in Nightlife, but were not in Late Night.
- Slow Dance
- The Downtown sub-neighborhhod and the ability to attach more downtowns for a main neighborhood
- Bowling
- 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)
- DJ booth and DJ
- Photo booth
- Vampire coffin (Replaced by Altar)
- Fury
- Contacts
- Smustle
- 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 not in Nightlife
Here are some features introduced by Late Night 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 (new to the sims)
- 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)