Comparison between The Sims base games: Difference between revisions

|8 Expansion Packs, 9 Stuff Packs

|11 Expansion Packs, 9 Stuff Packs

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!'''[[Adoption]]'''

|Adoption cannot be initiated; option to adopt only appears If there are at least two living adults, regardless of gender. Pets can either be purchased at 70 Elm Street in [[Old town]] or adopted by befriend them while they're Strays.

|Sims can initiate an adoption, but must have §3,000 on hand. Apart from gender, adopted child's age (from baby to child) and name can be given (If the adoption center hadn't taken any child from other household, otherwise the latest taken child will be dropped to the adopting family). The Child will be dropped at 10 AM in the morning after yesterday's call. Pets can be obtained by either adopting a [[stray]], purchasing from the [[pet display case]], or by creating them in [[CAS]] and merging them to an existing family.

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!Aging

|Teens and older have one of 5 [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspirations]] (additional 2 aspirations are added in ''[[Nightlife]]''), which affect their Wants and Fears. Toddlers and children aspire to [[Grow Up]]. Secondary aspirations introduced in ''[[FreeTime]]''.

|Aspirations are replaced with Lifetime Wishes and Lifetime Happiness Points.

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![[Bills]]

|Buildings limited to 2 floors. Basements, foundations and lofts not possible. Basic roof pitch selector.

|Buildings limited to 5 floors, or 4 with foundation. In expansions after ''University'', this can be changed to up to 15 floors (without foundation) using cheats. Buildings with foundation can have basements incorporated into them. Lofts theoretically possible. Roof pitch can be changed (first in the cheat console in ''Pets'', and later ''Mansion and Garden Stuff'', where a roof pitch changer is added). Various roof types like pagoda and dome are added via expansion packs.

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![[Life stage]]s

|6 life stages ([[baby]], [[toddler]], [[child]], [[teen]], [[adult]], [[elder]]. [[Young adult]] stage, added in ''[[University]]'', is optional)

|7 life stages (baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, adult, elder).

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![[Marriage]]

|Family structures are not clearly defined. Marriage does little more than move a Sim into the lot and there is no scope to break up.

|Family structures very clearly defined, including family trees. Marriages and unions (the same-sex equivalent) also defined and can break up, most often triggered through infidelity.

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![[Memories]]

|3 pre-designed neighborhoods ([[Pleasantview]], [[Strangetown]] and [[Veronaville]]) which may be (to some extent) tweaked by the player, and terrains may be imported from [[w:c:simcity:SimCity 4|SimCity 4]]. Additional neighborhoods built from scratch may be created and added to the menu screen. Additional pre-designed neighborhoods that come from other expansion packs are [[Riverblossom Hills]], [[Desiderata Valley]], and [[Belladonna Cove]]. Some expansion packs add the option of attaching sub-neighborhoods, pre-designed or built from scratch, to the main neighborhood. [[Sub-neighborhood]]s include [[College]], [[Downtown (The Sims 2)|Nightlife Destination]], [[Bluewater Village|Shopping District]], and Vacation Destination.

|1 pre-designed world ([[Sunset Valley]]) in retail shipment. Player-created worlds can be created by using [[Create a World]] tool. [[Riverview]] is available for free download. [[Barnacle Bay]], [[Hidden Springs]], [[Lunar Lakes]], [[Lucky Palms]], [[Sunlit Tides]], [[Monte Vista]], [[Aurora Skies]], [[Roaring Heights]], [[Midnight Hollow]], and [[Dragon Valley]] can be bought on the official site; Barnacle Bay, Hidden Springs, Monte Vista, Dragon Valley, and Roaring Heights also have limited hard copy retail releases and are also available as direct downloads from Origin. Additional worlds also come with expansion packs: [[Twinbrook]], [[Bridgeport]], [[Appaloosa Plains]], [[Starlight Shores]], [[Moonlight Falls]] and [[Isla Paradiso]]. Sub-worlds are [[Shang Simla]], [[Champs Les Sims]], and [[Al Simhara]], all for [[adventure]] purposes; [[Sims University]], the university world in the game; and [[Oasis Landing]], a sci-fi futuristic sub-world.

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!Interactive [[NPCs]]

|Only [[Townie]]-type NPCs are interactive. All other NPCs (e.g. maids, social workers, shop clerks, etc.) are not interactive.

|Almost all NPCs are interactive with the exception of a few such as drivers.

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![[Telephone|Phoning]]

|No prank or money calls, but friends and acquaintances may call at random. With ''Nightlife'', Sims that were met in gatherings can tell other Sims about how fun the night was, thus random contacts may call up to ask those Sims out. Sims with less than 2 Nice points can make crank calls.

|Friends may call at random, opportunities also come via phone calls. Teens may pull prank calls if ''Generations'' is installed.

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![[Plumbob]]

|7 skills, 3 toddler skills, 7 secret skills

|10 skills, 4 toddler skills, 10 secret skills. Additionally, 18 skills added from expansion packs and 4 skills added from The Sims 3 Store.

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|Toddlers and older can gain skills

|Children and older can gain skills; toddlers can only learn toddler skills.

|The term is used for the first time. Having WooHoo for the first time will trigger a [[cinematic]] and a [[memory]]. When done in public, Sims will react to it. There is also an interaction called "Try for baby" that is similar, but carries a chance of conceiving of a [[pregnancy]] if it is successful.

|Similar to ''The Sims 2''. Both Sims no longer need to be relaxing on the bed for the interaction to appear. Public WooHoo returns in ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night|Late Night]]''; doing so may give Sims the "Publicly Disgraced" moodlet if they are a [[celebrity]].

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== Differences in Create-A-Sim ==

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! style="width: 25%;" |The Sims

! style="width: 25%;" |The Sims 2

! style="width: 25%;" |The Sims 4

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|Last name is the same for all Sims. Household name is last name of all Sims in the household.

|Same as ''The Sims'', except when creating ''[[University]]'' students. In [[Create a Sim#Create-A-Student|Create-A-Student]], there is the option to give different surnames to each individual Sim in the household.

| style="width: 25%;" |Same as in ''The Sims 3''.

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|Hair color determined by the head style.

|Hair (and eyebrow) color determined by user with a selection of four colors.

|16 hair colors are available in the base game. Hair, Facial hair and Eyebrows can be recolored independently.

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|Sims have light, medium, or dark skin.

|Sims have 4 skin tones ranging from light to dark

|Sims have a range of skin tones with a slider determining exact color, including three natural skin tones and three bizarre colors (red, blue and green). Patches for both ''[[Supernatural]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons|Seasons]]'' later added more skin colors to choose from.

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|Head style and clothes selected by flipping through all available options.

|Hair styles, clothes, etc. selected from a gallery of thumbnails.

|Same as in ''The Sims 2'', except now each clothing item has various color presets.

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|''[[Apartment Life]]'' (apartments)

|''[[Late Night]]'' (penthouses)

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![[Aquarium]]

''[[Unleashed]]'' (small)

|'''Base Game''', ''[[The Sims 2: Pets|Pets]]'', ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life|Apartment Life]]'' (large)

''[[Late Night]]'' (aquarium wall)

''[[My First Pet Stuff]]'' (aquarium table)

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![[Basketball]]

|'''Base Game'''

|[[The Sims 3 Store]]

|''[[City Living]]''

|''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]''

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|''[[Makin' Magic]]''

|None

|''[[Supernatural]]''

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![[Bouncer|Bouncer doors]]

''[[University]]'' (bonfire)

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''[[Outdoor Retreat]]'' (campfire)

 

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!Cellphone / smartphone

|None

|''[[University]]'' (cellphone)

|'''Base Game''' (smartphone)

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|''[[Livin' Large]]''

|''[[Holiday Party Pack]], [[Happy Holiday Stuff]]''

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![[Closet]]

|None

|[[The Sims 3 Store]]

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![[Dance floor]]

|''[[House Party]]''

|''[[Nightlife]]'', ''[[H&M Fashion Stuff]]''

|''[[Get Together]]''

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|''[[Realm of Magic]]''

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|''[[The Sims: House Party|House Party]]''

|None

|''[[The Sims 4: Luxury Party Stuff|Luxury Party Stuff]]''

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|''[[Livin' Large]]''

|''[[Holiday Party Pack]]''

''[[Into the Future]]'' (DigiPlosion)

|''[[City Living]]''

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![[Genie]]

|None

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|'''Base Game'''

|'''Base Game'''

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![[Hotel]] / [[resort]] system

|''[[Island Paradise]]''

|None

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![[Jungle gym]]

|''[[City Living]]''

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|None

|None

'''Base Game''' ([[Comedy]])

 

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![[Murphy bed]]

|''[[Apartment Life]]''

|''[[University Life]]''

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!Ownable [[cars]]

|''[[Late Night]]''

|'''Base Game'''

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![[Pinball machine]]

|None

|'''Base Game '''(career reward)

|'''Base Game'''

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![[Restaurant]] system

|''[[Hot Date]]''

|''[[Dine Out]]''

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|''[[Roaring Heights]]''

|None

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![[Rodent]]

|[[The Sims 3 Store]]

|None

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![[Prop|Stage props]]

|''[[The Sims 3: Seasons|Seasons]] ''

|''[[Island Living]] ''

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![[Swimming pool]]

|''[[Bon Voyage]]''

|''[[World Adventures]]'', ''[[Island Paradise]]''

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![[Vanity|Vanity tables]]

|None

|''[[The Sims 2: University|University]], [[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]], [[Teen Style Stuff]]''

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![[Violin]]

|''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]''

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|None

|'''Base Game'''