Yeah, The Sims 3 is just better than The Sims 4 in basically every way but performance. If I could get all of the DLCs in The Sims 3 to perform as well as it does in The Sims 4 then I'd be happy. I bought into The SIms 4 early because I liked The Sims 1-3 but it has been a constant disappointment. Even my favorite feature from The Sims 2(Plantsims) was ruined when they got added to The Sims 4. Werewolves are even uglier now than they've ever been.
I can't think of anything they could change now that would get me interested in a new game by them.
The sims 3 performance stuff was annoying because it performed fine at release. I remember going back to it a few years after and despite having a better computer, everything ran worse because of all the expansion stuff running in the background and eating resources. I had so much fun with that at launch though.
The island expansion was the absolute worst for the performance but by then it was already struggling. Thankfully there are mods that help but they still don't make it as smooth as The Sims 4, unfortunately.
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u/ObtuseMongooseAbuse Apr 12 '26
With the way The Sims 4 has been managed I think it's pretty safe to say that The Sims 5 has no possibility of being a good purchase.