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.
- Ability to visit other homes
- Story progression - non-active households evolve during gameplay
Create-A-Sim features:
- Continuous body shapes (muscularity/obesity) and skin colors
- Footwear
Traits
Moodlets
Ability to adjust lifespan or turn off aging
New skills (Guitar, Painting, Writing) and challenges
- Upgrades
- Recipes
- Music sheets
- Different literary genres
"Rabbit holes" - elementary, opaque 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, to some extent.

Young adults (University) - a regular life stage
Mobile phones (University) - free for each Sim
Guitar (University) - a portable acoustic guitar
Treadmill (University)
Private cars (Nightlife)
Personal inventory (Nightlife) - now limited to vehicles and portable objects
Fish tanks (Pets) - can be used for caught fish
Gardening (Seasons) - expanded
Fishing (Seasons) - expanded
Storing and eating leftovers (Seasons)
Jewelry (Bon Voyage) - though many kinds of jewelry (such as face piercings) are left out
Walking between lots (Bon Voyage)
Activity table (Free Time) - though Toddlers cannot gain skills anymore
Bug catching (Free Time)
Ceilings (Apartment Life)
Toothbrushing (Apartment Life)
Playground structures (Apartment Life)

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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 * [[Young adult]]s ([[University]]) - a regular life stage
 * [[Mobile phone]]s (University) - free for each Sim
-* [[Guitar]] (University) - portable acoustic guitar
+* [[Guitar]] (University) - a portable acoustic guitar
 * [[Treadmill]] (University)
 * [[Car|Private cars]] ([[Nightlife]])
-* [[Inventory|Personal inventory]] (Nightlife) - though limited to vehicles and portable objects
+* [[Inventory|Personal inventory]] (Nightlife) - now limited to vehicles and portable objects
 * [[Fish tank]]s ([[Pets]]) - can be used for caught fish
 * [[Gardening]] ([[Seasons]]) - expanded
 * [[Fishing]] (Seasons) - expanded
 * Storing and eating [[leftovers]] (Seasons)
-* [[Jewelry]] ([[Bon Voyage]]) - though many kinds of jewelry (such as face piercings) were left out
+* [[Jewelry]] ([[Bon Voyage]]) - though many kinds of jewelry (such as face piercings) are left out
 * [[Walking]] between lots ([[Bon Voyage]])
 * [[Activity table]] ([[Free Time]]) - though [[Toddler]]s cannot gain skills anymore