I am back to playing The Sims 3
Okay, so I have been out of the Sims for a while because I couldn't get the Sims 3 to work with my new Windows 10 PC that I built in 2020.
I tried playing The Sims 4 but it just felt so empty compared to the Sims 3 and the life phase didn't really feel that different from each other so there was no sense of progress. Maybe the Sims 4 gets better with the expansion packs, but I don;t have the money to buy all of those.
I finally figured out how to get the Sims 3 working on Windows 10 so now I am back to playing it and I have to say it feels like a breath of fresh air, it is also nice to be playing it on a PC where loading my game doesn't take 45 minutes, I am not joking that is how long it use to take on my old PC not it is done in about thirty seconds.
For what may be the first time ever I am playing the game completely straight, no cheat codes, no trying to wreck my sims' lives, and only using mods that fix game bugs and offer quality of life improvements and I have to say I am having a lot of fun and it is very rewarding to play this way.
My PC specs.
Windows 7 64 bit,AMD FX 4300 quad core processor, 8 gigs DDR3 ram, 1 gig Geforce 9500 graphics card, patch 1.67.2
Every time I reinstall the game I run it clean without any CC, not even the store bought stuff so it isn't CC or mods that cause me trouble.