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

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The Sims 3 is based on The Sims original game and The Sims 2 original game, and contains most features of these.

These features have not existed in any Sims game before:

Seamless neighborhood
- Bicycles
- Time passes on all lots on the same time - in The Sims 2 it was frozen on the home lot as long as Sims visited community lots. To avoid exploitation of this, Sims could not learn skills, or sleep, in community lots. In The Sims 3, Sims can do almost everything regardless of where they are.
Create-A-Sim features:
- Continuous body shapes (muscularity/obesity)
- Footwear
Traits
Variable lifespan
New skills (Guitar, Painting, Writing) and challenges
- Upgrades
- Recipes
- Music sheets
- Different literary genres
Elementary civic buildings
Opportunities
Enhanced job features
- Job performance options
- Raises

Many features introduced in The Sims 2 expansions appear in The Sims 3 base game.

These game features were found in The Sims 2 base game but not in The Sims 3.

These objects (with unique interactions) were found in The Sims 2 but not The Sims 3:

Aspiration rewards - replaced by lifetime happiness rewards
Career reward objects (sandbag, hydroponic garden, obstacle course etc)
Piano - replaced by Guitar
Springboard - though pools remain
Hot tub
Retail objects - cash register, shelves etc
Farstar e3 Telescope - the simple telescope remains
Specialised weight machines - the game now has only one combined weight machine.
Magazines - though specialized books exist
Wedding arch

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 * [[Jewelry]] ([[Bon Voyage]])
 * [[Activity table]] ([[Free Time]])
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 * [[Ceilings]] ([[Apartment Life]])
 * [[Toothbrushing]] (Apartment Life)