Comparison between The Sims 2 and The Sims 3: Difference between revisions

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** [[Bicycle]]s
** Universal clock synchronized in all lots—in ''The Sims 2'', time was frozen on the home lot as long as Sims visited community lots. To avoid exploitation of this, Sims weren't able to learn skills or sleep on community lots. In ''The Sims 3'', Sims can do almost everything regardless of where they are.
 
** work on different computers
** Ability to visit other homes
** [[Story progression]] - non-active households evolve during gameplay (can be turned on or off)
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* [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|Aspiration]]: Replaced with [[lifetime happiness]].
* [[Slacker]] career
* [[Fears]]: Replaced with negative moodlets.
* [[Underwear]]: Underwear clothing style is part of [[pajamas]].
* [[Private school]]: Reappears as [[Boarding school]] in ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]''.
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* [[Interests]]
* [[Memories]]: Returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]''
* [[Alien]]s, [[alien abduction]], and [[pregnancy|alien pregnancy]]: Aliens and alien abduction returnReturns in ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons]]''.
* Flower beds that require watering and bushes that require trimming
* [[Environment]] and [[comfort]] needs: Replaced by [[moodlets]]
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* [[Body Shop]]
* Crosswords in [[newspaper]]s
* [[Zodiac|Astrological signs]]: Returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]'' and [[The Sims 3/Patch 17|patch 17]].
* Shops (simsSims no longer need to buy food on commercial lots, and The Sims 3 does not have magazines and video games (as an item that can be bought and played on a computer)used. The ability to purchase clothing is reintroduced in ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]'').
* The need to bathe babies and toddlers: Returns with the changing table premium content
* Shops (sims no longer buy food on commercial lots, and The Sims 3 does not have magazines and video games (as an item that can be bought and played on a computer). The ability to purchase clothing is reintroduced in ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]'').
* The picture-in-picture window (also present in ''[[The Sims]]'').
 
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* [[Aspiration reward (The Sims 2)|Aspiration rewards]]: Replaced with [[lifetime reward]]
* [[Career rewards]]
* [[Piano]]: Returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]''
* [[Pinball Machine]]s: Returns as premium content from the Store<ref>[http://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:43459 Pinball machine available at the Store.]</ref>
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* [[Magazine]]s
* [[Wedding arch]]: Returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]''
* [[Changing tablestable]]s: Returns as premium content from the Store
 
===Changes in Animations===