I always thought chefs choice was random, I didn’t realize it was their favorite foods. The best part is that even though I didn’t know that was the case, I’m not surprised because that’s the kind of subtle detail that I’ve come to expect in every aspect of the Sims 2.
Same, and I recently learned that sims can make a ‘hidden’ meal (holiday roast) when they buy the cornucopia and place it in their house!! How did i never know this?!
@@cassidycambron1714 Ohh, so that's why it didn't work! I always thought it was poorly coded because the holiday roast is available in prepare meal groups but if you click on it it just cancels and nothing happens. I'll try putting a cornucopia next time!
So, you're saying I could assign a dislike of "Purple" for a sim in The Sims 4, and then dress that sim entirely in purple and have them live in a purple house and swim in a purple pool and eat only purple foods... and... they... won't... care? AT ALL?
I understand that they include that for the new career but someif not most of the gameplay thay I've watch, the client doesn't say their fav color, so it's almost useless. They should've added food or fav channel instead
There was so much thought put into older sims games and it’s sad that sims 4 is just like “🤭How dare you want this game to have gameplay! Be grateful that these features do nothing and have no effect!”
Why does everything the Sims 4 team do seem half assed? 😂 it’s like they have this great idea to make the game better, plan it all out, exaggerate how amazing it’s going to be, and then implement the most surface level, basic version of those ideas. Honestly, if the sims 4 was going to release quality, substance-filled expansion packs like we had in previous games, it would take a lot longer than a couple months between each pack. I think they just don’t have enough time to flesh out these ideas and add more detail to the gameplay. If we actually got good packs, they’d take a year or two AT LEAST to complete them before releasing them to the public. I guess the impatient players that demand new stuff are getting what they’re asking for :/
My thought is they pitch the idea to the higher ups at EA ans they tell them trim it down or that it will cost too much. I’m not a Sims 4 apologist but from watching others videos on the history of Maxis and EA and how EA didn’t even want to Toilets in the game I wouldn’t be surprised if they are constantly told to split it up or stay under budget. Summer Erin has a great video on a former Sims employee sharing some behind the scenes info about their time at EA/Maxis.
To be fair, I actually think likes/dislikes are pretty good. Not great, but it isn’t a complete failure. I just hope they patch in hobbies that they missed in existing packs, and that’s a small enough addition that I do think it’ll happen.
The problem is that The Sims 4 was rushed. The base game wasn't done properly from the start. Sims 1-2 were passion projects so a lot of care was put into them, Sims 3 was a Sims introduction internationally. By this time Sims had picked up significantly internationally. Sims 4, is now an established brand so it's now more about money honestly. This has proven to be a major failure as the devoted Sims community expected the same level of care as before. Now they're trying to quickly add things that should have been there from base.
@@zyxcba3155 Even if I personally think the game feels rushed, or almost like an unfinished beta, doesn’t make it a bad game, of course. I was born the same year the sims 2 was released, my first introduction to the sims was The sims 3 pets on ps3 😂 and I was still pretty young when I started playing the sims 4, I was only 12 in 2016, when I got the game. But I’ve been introduced to the sims 2 and more of the sims 3 through Pleasant Sims, and honestly it just made me sad how little the sims 4 has when it comes to content, compared to the older ones. I mean kids can do cartwheels in the sims 2! You’d never see an idea like that put into the sims 4. OG Sims and Sims 2 were definitely passion projects, even if you read the story behind how they came up with the simlish language, they put a lot of thought, creativity, and work into it. To me Sims 4 is another representation of Gen Z appeal, like the remakes of the Disney movies. Reruns of the same old stuff, but this time it’s slightly worse in some ways😂 Honestly, if we’re gonna have a new life simulation game, we should just leave the sims franchise a rest and make new type of life simulation thing similar to the sims. That’s why I have more faith in Paralives than the sims 5.
I really wouldn't say TS3 didn't have a hobby system. The way I see it hobbies were incorporated into skills rather then being a completely separate mechanic. In TS3 skill's were overhauled so that they were more specific (ie splitting creativity into painting, writing and, the diffrent instruments) and covered a much wider range of activities. Increasing skills will unlock new interactions and abilities just as increasing enthusiasm in 2 does. On top of that their are also the skill challenges which gives sims more to work towards them simply maxing a skill. Diffrent sims will have wishes to learn/advance diffrent skills depending on their traits and LTW and in my experience the more a sim practices a skill the more they become interested in that activity. So in that way it does very much feel like the sims develop interests in certain hobbies.
@@SolisIlanga True, but I like Sims 3's moodlet system because negative moodlets are ALWAYS in their thoughts, even with all the positive moodlets they may have (like death, they'll cry over it until it's gone), unlike Sims 4 where the good ones might bury the bad at the worst times.
@@SimsAllAround but still, sims 4 calculates the bad ones, just like sims 3. And try using Meaningful Stories from roburky, a mod. It will make emotions be extremely well made, and add a lot of personality to your sims
@@MemoriesLP I know, but the difference is that negative moodlets always affect Sims 3 sims, they don't always affect Sims 4 ones unless it overrides all the good ones And I do use MS XD
I don’t ever put radios in my sims 4, plus the music is annoying to me hah. But in sims 2 I always have radios and my sims dance but they dance to my fav station - college rock 😈🤣
@@existenz_1 I was trying to look up all the songs on my phone the other day 😂 and they have pocket full of sunshine on what? The pop station? And it reminds me of that movie Easy A 🤣
EA really decided to make favourite colours mean something in the *LAST EXPANSION* for Sims 3? I feel like someone probably said, "You know... this feature should probably have a purpose, right?" in the design meeting.
Some things you missed about the Sims 3: (Great video tho!) Color: if your Sims favorite color is Pink & they are in the Rockstar career, they will get a pink limo. However Hot Pink won’t work, only Pink. Music: Sims who are not Party Animals can only smustle(?) dance to their favorite music genre. However Party Animals can smustle dance to any genre of music. Plus the moodlet for listening to music will be bumped up. Food: If your sim has befriended someone, they will sometimes get the wish to find out what their favorite food is and cook it for them. They will also get a bumped up moodlet for eating their favorite food. Also I had no idea about the ITF stuff and how Sims disliked the opposite color... really cool.
23:00 I don't understand why you want a hobbie system in The Sims 3 when there's already one built in in the base game through traits and skills. Sims can talk about their favorite activities, can use the computer to research about their favorite activities, you unlock new interactions such as "Tinker" or "Revive Plants" depending on your traits or skill levels, there are books you can read to level up a skill, there are challenges and oppportunities for each skill, etc. The only thing that's missing is a secret club.
By that logic, Sims 4 offered basically the same before the likes/dislikes patch already, too .. there too, certain traits give skill boosts/increase skill gain, higher skill levels in any skill unlock new socials about the skill and you can read books/research skills on the computer etc, and skill based aspirations also often give skill based reward traits. But being skilled in sth shouldn't be treated the same as that being your hobby, imo. Like.. being "good" at sth doesn't necessarily mean you gravitate towards doing it in your leisure time, and enjoying sth in your free time doesn't mean you want to be "skilled" in that area (e.g. art - I can be enthusiastic about sculpture and then want to discuss and learn *about* it without wanting to be a decent *at* sculpting myself)
@@organicstorm i mean, in the s3 Sims will be pulled towards enhancing their skills through their wants, which mainly correlate with their lifetime wish/traits & skills they’ve already worked on before. The skills journal also adds a whole layer of gameplay, albeit user-directed, that can really accentuate which “skills” your Sims like as “hobbies”. Functionally, there’s not much more that could be added to the Sims 3 to give them hobbies. I especially like that this means in ts3 Sims can have multiple natural hobbies, rather than being predestined for only 1.
@@pearldiver6949 you can get points in every hobby in the sims 2, not just the predestined one. the predestined one is just gained faster but not by enough to matter. each hobby is just a category in the sims 2, meaning you can give them a ton of different hobbies that fall under that category. much more than 5, which is the most you could get in the sims 3 by choosing traits bookworm or green thumb. another bonus point is you dont have to waste a whole trait on "this sim likes this hobby". sims in the sims 2 get to enjoy all those hobbies while still keeping their separate personality points.
Yeah, before I knew what the chef's choice was, eating used to be an all day affair. I used to pause the game just so I could catch their thought bubbles to order each individuals sims orders, and if I didn't catch it right away I would wait until they popped up again. We always learn something new everyday:)
In the Sims 3 if you have Into the Future installed and you place the synthesizer on a community lot, sims can click on the table and order their favorite food straight from the menu and the waiter will serve it. I've also noticed that if you have leftovers in the fridge that include their favorites, they tend to autonomously grab their favorite above any other food available.
The only flaw in the Sims 2 is that you can't really "choose" what you want, especially the favorite dishes. Sims 4's good point is developing likes & dislikes through times but it's still flawed because it lacks gameplay and animation ...
@@jesaea Yeah it gives them personalities and somewhat stories. But I'm glad we can change tho cause sometimes I want to control everything, but in the Sims 4 we have to do this all the time 😩
@@yoanncroft lol that's exactly why I sometimes use mods, it happens that I have three family members with nature as one true hobby and I need to change that lol
@@MagnumPatrol yes Cindy explains that in the video but well zodiac signs... Don't really show the truth 😅😅 for that the Sims 4 are "better" we can choose "hobbies" and more than just one but when it comes to gameplay, TS2 has more to offer
@@Ilivepuppys less personality, just hobbies. in ts3 to have a natural hobby you had to sacrifice a personality trait to add a hobby (like book worm or something).
It was perfect for its time and all EA had to do was expand on it.. like how they did in sims 3.. but then they wanted to be like Rock* and milk that cash cow with sims 4 💀 and not even give us the same amount of content.. so I guess they are actually worse than rock*
I can't believe it's been so many years and the sims 2 & 3 never stop to amaze me. The amount of detail and thought that the devs put in these games really was incredible. This is how life simulators should be. That's why i don't care about the graphics of older games bc i know for sure that the gameplay is worth it and when you're actually enjoying a game you won't even care about graphics. This is why when i started playing the sims 2 & 3 i could never go back to the sims 4, you really feel a difference.
I was today years old when I learned that hobbies in Sims 2 were related to their personalities, and that favourite foods were a thing. Such and old game, such an old love, and I'm still learning things about it ❤️
It always makes me laugh in the Sims 2 when two Sims with different interests or hobbies 'Discuss interests' or 'Talk about hobby' and one of them starts yawning or sticking their fingers in their ears to drown out the other sim 😂😂
@@georginal7973 omg yes! Like if I have a sim attracted to another sim and I have them talk about one of their hobbies and the other sim doesn’t like it.. it’s like hmm okay onto the next then 😂 it’s hard to recover when they don’t have interests in common as well and always argue 😂😭💀 Ah good ole consequences in the game 👏 gotta love it Has anyone tried that in sims 4? Does the same thing happen? Or do sims just stand there and nod like usual with still a positive to their relationship.. blah
@@MagnumPatrol I wouldn't know, I've actually never once played the Sims 4 😅 I played 2&3 as they were released and was excited for 4 but it left a bad taste in my mouth when they left out toddlers and pools when it was released and I've just heard lots of negative things since so I'm yet to take the plunge 😭 That's why I love these comparison videos, I still like following updates for the Sims 4 but just not sure if I wanna buy it yet
Success for Sims 5 should include EA asking Cindy to please help. Sims 2 + Sims 3= Sims 5, right? 2+3=5? PLEASE???? Can this math please work? Cindy save Sims 5!!!!!
No let's hope the don't make another Sims game aka Sims 5.. just remaster/optimize Sims 2 and 3. Just like any other game company nowadays they did alot remaster their old game, some become better and some become worse
How is the Sims 2 even real. How does a game that old have so much content and depth. I never really had the chance to play it at length when it came out. Amazing
In Sims 4, the missing certain hobbies like Fabrication (Candle Making) [Both are in the same category] and Reading are tied into traits. If that's included in the Likes and Dislikes, it will probably make the trait useless and obsolete. I wonder that could be the reason why it's not in the activity category.
Cynthia really said "dance is love, dance is life" but I never knew about the favourite food in sims 2!! I love these videos - I learn so much each time despite playing this game franchise for 15 years!
The fact that the liked activities in Sims 4 is based on skills, and that not all of the skills are available, screams laziness to me. Why would you not just include every skill as a liked/disliked activity??
Its unbelievable that this video took almost half of its length overviewing the sims 2 favorites... thats why i LOVE the sims 2!!! the best game on the sims franchise.... PERIOD!!! EA should see this video and take some notes. Superb video Cindy.
I love how I always learn something new about the sims 2 and 3 with your videos, and I have played them a lot but I have no idea those thoughts bubbles were that 😂
I didn't know that in sims 2 the sims have favourite foods until i watch your videos and now i pay attention to my sims to take notes of their favorite food. 🍓🍋🍍🍎🍐🍏🍞🧀🍖🍗🍔🍟🍕🌮🌭🍝🍛🍜🍲🍰
Your videos have made me want to try out The Sims 2 so bad! As a player who's first introduction to the franchise was Sims 4, your videos are so eye opening on just how much it's lacking. Thank you for another great and informative Sims video!
If I could change things in the Sims 2, I would only improve CAS, which is really lacking. After going back from TS3 and 4 it feels like a downgrade. But the gameplay is the best! If you try it out I recommend Mod the Sims for safe CC, they have everything.
Please do! My intro into the game was The Sims 3, but because it was so laggy on my low tech PC, I decided to try out 2 and 4. I definitely found Sims 2 more suited to my playing style. If you're more interested in creating dynamic storylines or personable characters than decorating, and won't mind the time loop that happens when going to other lots, I highly recommend Sims 2. 😊
It’s just so funny that The Sims 4 team didn’t think the whole game through before they released it. For example, in the sims 2 it was so in depth with hobbies from the get go, but in the sims 4 the only reason they added “likes & dislikes” was because home decorator (or whatever it is) had an aspect that needed it, so they just decided, after the game had been released for 7 years, to include likes and dislikes lol.
My sims favourite drink was water...its very bugged like dude your at a club get DRUNK! I can't drink in real life so I need you too so I can live it out!
As usual, TS4 seems to drop the ball when it comes to adding new features to the game. While I appreciate, the likes/dislikes/favorites system, it still seems pretty hollow overall. I thought it was going to add new layers of depth to the Sims themselves, but it just didn’t quite get the job done.
I think Sims 3 did it best with it being noticeable enough that it adds more depth to sims while being subtle enough that it is not made explicitly clear without looking at their simology panel. Sims 2 would have won because it would add yet another layer of depth to your sim. Unfortunately I think it was poorly executed especially for wants based players. With high enthusiasm no matter what the sims personality or aspiration is they start only getting hobby wants. I was unfortunate enough to have my sim be maxed out in 2 hobbies (Arts and Crafts and Film and Literature) and 100% of the time they always had the wants to paint a masterpiece and sell a great novel. Once completed: the want would roll the same want again. Every morning my sim would wake up wanting to blog and talk about their hobby. I even tried getting a mod that disables the talk and blog hobby wants but they were just replaced with other stuff such as watch a movie. There is just no room for personality and aspiration related wants. In the end I had to get a mod that disables the enthusiasm system entirely. What a shame.
Sims 2 does the favorites justice. So much details. I wish that secret hobby lots and club memberships continued on for the rest of The Simms franchise 😞 welp I’m downloading sims 2 again!
I remember having the hardest time trying to figure out how to have a book club in TS2 hahaha. You have to discuss a book with a sim near you and you can invite other sims to do so. It was actually really nice. The sims 2 has soooo much! It truly was ahead of its time.
@@MagnumPatrol if I remember correctly yes. You click on the book and you click discuss with and select a sim in the house. I had my sim do it at college so I was using her roommates but they would never stick around long enough 😆. I feel like inviting friends over with similar interests will give better results as they will stick around longer.
Sims 2 version of a hobby is so deep. Unlike sims 4, there is an actual difference between a skill (an experience) and a passion (a drive to do something). Just like in real life: i cook pretty good, my skill would be like 6-7, but i don't have a passion to do it, and i have a passion for writing even though i have much less experience in this field, maybe like 3-4. I like how in sims 2 your hobby actually depends on personality and interests, not purely on things you force your sim to do.
I don't know if it's your mood in this or different editing or what but I enjoyed this video even more than I usually do, it felt so lighthearted, keep up the good work Cindy!
Most of the times I'm a The Sims 2 advocate but this time I will have to choose The Sims 4. I actually dislike the hobby system in TS2, for various reasons: - It's extremely intrusive unless you have a bunch of mods: the hobby instructors barge into your house at the worst times and the memories that come with the lots just add more junk to an already overflowing memory system; they added telemarketing, which is something I hate in real life and hate in the game as well; the sims keep rolling hobby wants, which keep them from having actually interesting ones; both the glow and the noise that they make when they enter the zone are annoying. - The system they use to choose the predetermined hobby doesn't make any sense: why would someone who is shy and nice be into tinkering? Why do you need to be serious to be into music and dance? - The hobbies sometimes are too broad, I don't some of my ballet dancers to be addicted to the drum set, or elderly chess players to play videogame all the time. - They could've totally reworked the interest system (which only really affects conversation), but in TS2 they had the same problem they have in TS4 where they just add new systems instead of expanding the older ones (just like they added talent badges instead of expanding the very few skills the game has); I also prefer TS4 color system over TS3 just because I hate when I'm making a Sim or a room over and then I make something too spiceberry instead of violet or too irish green instead of regular green. I would enjoy more colors, it they are really different from the ones we already got (like beige, or teal, or violet), but there's no need to have 20 colors when many of them look so similar. I really miss some activities (I would add cleaning to your list, just to make sims who hate or love doing chores) and autonomy, but besides that I really like the system. Also, having a clothing style category would be a great addition that I always wanted to see in the game. With all that said, even though I really liked TS4's system in theory, the game is still unplayable because of all the issues you always point out (mainly emotions, autonomy, personality and wants/fears), so to me the Likes and Dislikes are like the icing on top of a turd.💁♂️
a mix between 2 and 3 would have been great, as i very much so prefer to pick hobbies and interests myself with my pre-planned sims and having them do stuff that goes against their backstories just because of their personality is a bit of a throw off :( sporty sims should be allowed to be shy or grumpy, ya know? or an active one be into science! however i like the idea of secret lots and being able to build up towards a goal and exporing the hobby/likes further. i think 4 has a good base but isnt really there yet, still falls a bit short in some places but they at least have a rection to things they like/dislike. i actually wish you could pick a dislike in sims 3 as well, like having them hate salads, as it makes it a little more balanced instead of it being the opposite color type deal.
Ah, the Free Time expansion. I still remember sending my sim to Aspiration Laboratories only to watch all the other science enthusiasts turn into a fight club while my sim works on his interest. Strange Town truly is a strange town.
I’d like to add something you do in a lot of your let’s plays about sims 2 favorites .. or at least their likes.. so when you makeover a sim in the mirror and they look at themselves they’ll either be happy about it, clap crazily and love it or make a gag reflex indicating they hate their new look. And if they want to change their clothes a want pops up. I just thought that was a cool feature 😅 it just adds to the personality more to me Oh and objects too like paintings and decor they can check out and they’ll let you know if they hate it or not. With sims 2 you actually watched your sims.. you didn’t need moodlets.
Your comment reminded me of the new game I started in Sims 2. I moved my Sim into her new house, and the first thing she checked out was the rug in the kitchen. I now know what she needs to save up for and replace. 😁
Thanks Cindy - lifelong player of Sims 2 but yet again learned more. This is random but in Sims 3 I always found that if a Sim went autonomously to cook, they'd 95% choose the veggie option of all the foods. Veggie Spaghetti, Tofu Dogs, Veggie Dim Sum, etc. At the point where I saw they'd cook something and joked to myself that it can't be the veggie one again - it was! t makes me wonder whether there's some inbuilt algorithm by a devoted vegetarian - no shade, I'm one myself! :)
TS2 still there, imposing superiority when it came out 20 years ago... it’s crazy how much thought went behind each details and aspects of the game it still baffles me
Sims 3 is best version of the game since it allows you more freedom to choose and interests and traits are more relevant to the gameplay. Although Sims 2 has great features as well that I miss in Sims 4. It's a shame Sims 4 don't develop features from the previous versions considering technology isn't as limited as it was in 2004 and 2009. Why can't EA add fears, non reciprocal friendships (non reciprocal sentiments was already a big step), personality/ interest sliders, confort and environment needs, individual bios, create a style (or a colour wheel)?
At the 5 minute mark when you pronounced etcetera correctly it was soooooo satisfying. I want to be your friend. Heheh sorry I am tired... Loved the video! You always remind me of how outstanding TS2 was
iirc, that one is actually the only food with a preference - among the hidden traits, there's "likes fruitcake" and "dislikes fruitcake" (might be named a bit different, it's been a while since i looked at the hidden traits). they can also be right-handed or left-handed, which isn't exactly a 'favorite' irl but is kind of similar.
Apparently, someone who set beds to the Sims' favorite color saw them being autonomously drawn to those beds without setting the "Set Bed Ownership" thing. I thought that was pretty cool.
I half remember in a stream they talked about kid being able to get crazy about their favourite colour? I'm sad to realize the actual value of favorite color in the game, thanks for the amazingly complete video :)
*knocks on door** "Hey, heard you were interested in Music and Dance...I'm your new music instructor...wanna dance?" **sims start furiously woohooing**
My favorite is sims 2. Although it has less categories than 3 and 4, the hobby system is so expansive, so in depth and completely overhauls how you play the game, so it is 100% my favorite and want it back so badly. Plus, the secret lots amount to 10, which relative to sims 4 standards is a complete world added. For sims 3 I find it a huge disappointment, they have pretty much 0 impact and even impacts that are there are so low they’re barely noticeable. Sims 4 is in the middle, some disappointments and some things I like. I’m really hoping that they add more hobbies and skills, but I like that they have multiple likes and dislikes; I also am happy that the way your sim interacts with the world impacts wherever they have a like or dislike, rather than what I expected, which is them deciding at random what they like/dislike regardless of how they feel. And finally, I like that they’re impacted by doing a liked or disliked activity. Disappointed by lack of hobbies, but I’m actually not giving up hope that they’ll patch in non-skill hobbies. Also it’s tied into a broken system, but without mods there’s no hope for that. So my order is 2, then 4 and then 3.
TS3 doesn't have a hobby system because the traits take care of that, basically. TS4's doesn't because they don't even do stuff they autonomously like.
My gosh I absolutely LOVE TS2. Once I figured out traits influenced the hobbies I'd spend hours on that game creating new sims with different personalities to try and get different hobbies. And all the little notes I had written down in notebooks to refer back to later was unreal. What an awesome game!
I did not have access to a computer for the first through third games, but I did have the Sims two on my DS, and then through high school I played the mobile FreePlay game, so I really had no idea that the game could go as detailed as it is in the Sims two and three! When I first started watching you I was really questioning how you could stand the graphics alone, but I think I totally get it now!
Lol, I feel so silly commenting about the traits and hobby relation on your other video when you literally go over it here 🤣 I should have known you're the queen of sims 2
I enjoy your content so much :) I love your gameplay rules for the sims 2 and it has made the game so much more fun for me. The thing that I always found hilarious in the sims 2 is the grilled cheese aspiration lol
One of my sims in Sims 2 had the cuisine hobby and she went to the secret lot... Soon everyone there started hating each other and having fights which was hilarious to watch as my sim was just there to cook lol
This is an amazing video! So many things I didn’t know about Sims2 hobbies! (I didn’t know about the instructor giving tips). I would really love for you to make a series about what it included in each expansion pack or a “which sims 2 expansion packs should you buy”. I think a lot of new Sims 2 players overlook some of these later (but amazing) expansion packs because it’s so hard to find them on eBay.
Loved seeing you play around with the Kim family. They're one of my favorite EP-added families to play (although I can never settle on which neighborhood to plop them in).
I think the favorite color is supposed to affect your sim's mood if they're in a room decorated with that color. A sim who hates the color pink for example, might get a negative moodlet from being in a room with many pink decorations.
That is not the case. Not sure which game you're referring to? But it doesn't happen in Sims 3 OR Sims 4. :( ETA: At least in Sims 4 I haven't seen it and I've experimented with rooms decorated with the Sims disliked colors. It's possible it was intended, but for some reason is not working?
the gurus said favorite colors don’t effect anything in game. they tried to have it do that but felt like it was just cluttering things up with extra buffs and the emotions system is already off balance as it is. so right now favorite colors are just for players to work off of if they want. sims don’t get any moodlets
I didn't even think to consider One True Hobby as a likes/dislikes system! That's such a smart comparison! I will admit that I like to temper my FreeTime gameplay elements with a LOT of mods ;)
In the sims 3, sims will also sometimes get the wish to cook their partners/friends favorite food. I always found that adorable !
Yes me too lol
That is so cute!
I've never seen that!! That's so cute what rhdj
Me too! Also, you can bring a plate or drink to a family, friend, or lover. I found it adorable
I first read that as "Sims will cook their partners/friends"
I've been playing sims 2 since it came out and didn't know about the favourite foods. Excuse me while I have an existential crisis...
It's not common knowledge unless you know it's there!
I always thought chefs choice was random, I didn’t realize it was their favorite foods. The best part is that even though I didn’t know that was the case, I’m not surprised because that’s the kind of subtle detail that I’ve come to expect in every aspect of the Sims 2.
Knew but not to this extent lol
Same, and I recently learned that sims can make a ‘hidden’ meal (holiday roast) when they buy the cornucopia and place it in their house!! How did i never know this?!
@@cassidycambron1714 Ohh, so that's why it didn't work! I always thought it was poorly coded because the holiday roast is available in prepare meal groups but if you click on it it just cancels and nothing happens. I'll try putting a cornucopia next time!
In The Sims 3, the "good meal" moodlet is slightly higher than other foods of the same quality if the sim eats their favourite food.
So, you're saying I could assign a dislike of "Purple" for a sim in The Sims 4, and then dress that sim entirely in purple and have them live in a purple house and swim in a purple pool and eat only purple foods... and... they... won't... care? AT ALL?
Yup
I understand that they include that for the new career but someif not most of the gameplay thay I've watch, the client doesn't say their fav color, so it's almost useless. They should've added food or fav channel instead
thats like the entire point of sims 4
you'd think they could implement it since color palette/wheel is no longer a thing
That mean maybe Purple Guy might not actually liked purple
There was so much thought put into older sims games and it’s sad that sims 4 is just like
“🤭How dare you want this game to have gameplay! Be grateful that these features do nothing and have no effect!”
What really upsets me is that they charge the same price
Oh when they woohooed on that couch while some random guy watched them tickled the hell out of me LOL
Me too! Really caught me off guard! Lol
Why does everything the Sims 4 team do seem half assed? 😂 it’s like they have this great idea to make the game better, plan it all out, exaggerate how amazing it’s going to be, and then implement the most surface level, basic version of those ideas.
Honestly, if the sims 4 was going to release quality, substance-filled expansion packs like we had in previous games, it would take a lot longer than a couple months between each pack. I think they just don’t have enough time to flesh out these ideas and add more detail to the gameplay. If we actually got good packs, they’d take a year or two AT LEAST to complete them before releasing them to the public. I guess the impatient players that demand new stuff are getting what they’re asking for :/
My thought is they pitch the idea to the higher ups at EA ans they tell them trim it down or that it will cost too much. I’m not a Sims 4 apologist but from watching others videos on the history of Maxis and EA and how EA didn’t even want to Toilets in the game I wouldn’t be surprised if they are constantly told to split it up or stay under budget.
Summer Erin has a great video on a former Sims employee sharing some behind the scenes info about their time at EA/Maxis.
To be fair, I actually think likes/dislikes are pretty good. Not great, but it isn’t a complete failure. I just hope they patch in hobbies that they missed in existing packs, and that’s a small enough addition that I do think it’ll happen.
@@zyxcba3155 Totally agree. I do think it’s small enough to be done. What would be great is if they do it before the next EP is released.
The problem is that The Sims 4 was rushed. The base game wasn't done properly from the start. Sims 1-2 were passion projects so a lot of care was put into them, Sims 3 was a Sims introduction internationally. By this time Sims had picked up significantly internationally. Sims 4, is now an established brand so it's now more about money honestly. This has proven to be a major failure as the devoted Sims community expected the same level of care as before. Now they're trying to quickly add things that should have been there from base.
@@zyxcba3155 Even if I personally think the game feels rushed, or almost like an unfinished beta, doesn’t make it a bad game, of course. I was born the same year the sims 2 was released, my first introduction to the sims was The sims 3 pets on ps3 😂 and I was still pretty young when I started playing the sims 4, I was only 12 in 2016, when I got the game.
But I’ve been introduced to the sims 2 and more of the sims 3 through Pleasant Sims, and honestly it just made me sad how little the sims 4 has when it comes to content, compared to the older ones. I mean kids can do cartwheels in the sims 2! You’d never see an idea like that put into the sims 4.
OG Sims and Sims 2 were definitely passion projects, even if you read the story behind how they came up with the simlish language, they put a lot of thought, creativity, and work into it. To me Sims 4 is another representation of Gen Z appeal, like the remakes of the Disney movies. Reruns of the same old stuff, but this time it’s slightly worse in some ways😂
Honestly, if we’re gonna have a new life simulation game, we should just leave the sims franchise a rest and make new type of life simulation thing similar to the sims. That’s why I have more faith in Paralives than the sims 5.
I like the hobby system in the sims 2 but it's really frustrating when dumb hobby wants are clogging all four slots. :/
I use mods to reduce hobby wants and try to get my Sims to college for more want slots. :)
I really wouldn't say TS3 didn't have a hobby system. The way I see it hobbies were incorporated into skills rather then being a completely separate mechanic. In TS3 skill's were overhauled so that they were more specific (ie splitting creativity into painting, writing and, the diffrent instruments) and covered a much wider range of activities. Increasing skills will unlock new interactions and abilities just as increasing enthusiasm in 2 does. On top of that their are also the skill challenges which gives sims more to work towards them simply maxing a skill.
Diffrent sims will have wishes to learn/advance diffrent skills depending on their traits and LTW and in my experience the more a sim practices a skill the more they become interested in that activity. So in that way it does very much feel like the sims develop interests in certain hobbies.
@@SolisIlanga True, but I like Sims 3's moodlet system because negative moodlets are ALWAYS in their thoughts, even with all the positive moodlets they may have (like death, they'll cry over it until it's gone), unlike Sims 4 where the good ones might bury the bad at the worst times.
@@SimsAllAround but still, sims 4 calculates the bad ones, just like sims 3.
And try using Meaningful Stories from roburky, a mod. It will make emotions be extremely well made, and add a lot of personality to your sims
@@MemoriesLP I know, but the difference is that negative moodlets always affect Sims 3 sims, they don't always affect Sims 4 ones unless it overrides all the good ones
And I do use MS XD
I think dancing autonomy is just too strong in the Sims 4, my sim still kept dancing autonomously despite disliking it
I don’t ever put radios in my sims 4, plus the music is annoying to me hah. But in sims 2 I always have radios and my sims dance but they dance to my fav station - college rock 😈🤣
@@MagnumPatrol college rock is my favorite too lol
@@existenz_1 I was trying to look up all the songs on my phone the other day 😂 and they have pocket full of sunshine on what? The pop station? And it reminds me of that movie Easy A 🤣
EA really decided to make favourite colours mean something in the *LAST EXPANSION* for Sims 3?
I feel like someone probably said, "You know... this feature should probably have a purpose, right?" in the design meeting.
Some things you missed about the Sims 3:
(Great video tho!)
Color: if your Sims favorite color is Pink & they are in the Rockstar career, they will get a pink limo. However Hot Pink won’t work, only Pink.
Music: Sims who are not Party Animals can only smustle(?) dance to their favorite music genre. However Party Animals can smustle dance to any genre of music. Plus the moodlet for listening to music will be bumped up.
Food: If your sim has befriended someone, they will sometimes get the wish to find out what their favorite food is and cook it for them. They will also get a bumped up moodlet for eating their favorite food.
Also I had no idea about the ITF stuff and how Sims disliked the opposite color... really cool.
23:00 I don't understand why you want a hobbie system in The Sims 3 when there's already one built in in the base game through traits and skills. Sims can talk about their favorite activities, can use the computer to research about their favorite activities, you unlock new interactions such as "Tinker" or "Revive Plants" depending on your traits or skill levels, there are books you can read to level up a skill, there are challenges and oppportunities for each skill, etc. The only thing that's missing is a secret club.
By that logic, Sims 4 offered basically the same before the likes/dislikes patch already, too .. there too, certain traits give skill boosts/increase skill gain, higher skill levels in any skill unlock new socials about the skill and you can read books/research skills on the computer etc, and skill based aspirations also often give skill based reward traits. But being skilled in sth shouldn't be treated the same as that being your hobby, imo. Like.. being "good" at sth doesn't necessarily mean you gravitate towards doing it in your leisure time, and enjoying sth in your free time doesn't mean you want to be "skilled" in that area (e.g. art - I can be enthusiastic about sculpture and then want to discuss and learn *about* it without wanting to be a decent *at* sculpting myself)
Those aren't hobbies.
@@organicstorm i mean, in the s3 Sims will be pulled towards enhancing their skills through their wants, which mainly correlate with their lifetime wish/traits & skills they’ve already worked on before. The skills journal also adds a whole layer of gameplay, albeit user-directed, that can really accentuate which “skills” your Sims like as “hobbies”. Functionally, there’s not much more that could be added to the Sims 3 to give them hobbies. I especially like that this means in ts3 Sims can have multiple natural hobbies, rather than being predestined for only 1.
@@pearldiver6949 you can get points in every hobby in the sims 2, not just the predestined one. the predestined one is just gained faster but not by enough to matter. each hobby is just a category in the sims 2, meaning you can give them a ton of different hobbies that fall under that category. much more than 5, which is the most you could get in the sims 3 by choosing traits bookworm or green thumb. another bonus point is you dont have to waste a whole trait on "this sim likes this hobby". sims in the sims 2 get to enjoy all those hobbies while still keeping their separate personality points.
@@Ilivepuppys theyre close enough, and a lot of the skills are hobbies irl
I never know that we can discover the favorite food of a sim! Probably because I don't go too much to Downtown.
I use downtown a lot for dinner dates and even I didn’t know. I thought the food bubble was just what they were craving today
I used downtown so much, there was something about it that felt magical and special. To this day nightlife is my favorite pack from any of the sims.
I always thought Chef's Choice was random! I typically choose it because I don't want to spend the entire date eating lol
Yeah, before I knew what the chef's choice was, eating used to be an all day affair. I used to pause the game just so I could catch their thought bubbles to order each individuals sims orders, and if I didn't catch it right away I would wait until they popped up again. We always learn something new everyday:)
@@mywatchdoesmath4669 That's what I've been doing 🙃
Pretty sure in the Sims 3 when they eat their favorite food the get that great meal moodlet with the picture of the sandwich
No, it doesn't give them the moodlet. That's dependent on cooking skill/ingredients. But it does boost the moodlet!
It has a cute animation though. They are clapping hands and are happy because of their favorite food
Wow, never knew that it was possible to find out so much new after playing these games for almost a decade...
Thank you for your great videos, Cindy!
Thank you for watching! 💙
More than 14 years of playing Sims 2, but still I am discovering new things and secrets every now and then.
While Sims 4 expansions and packs can have everything discovered in a few minutes to an hour if that.
In the Sims 3 if you have Into the Future installed and you place the synthesizer on a community lot, sims can click on the table and order their favorite food straight from the menu and the waiter will serve it. I've also noticed that if you have leftovers in the fridge that include their favorites, they tend to autonomously grab their favorite above any other food available.
The only flaw in the Sims 2 is that you can't really "choose" what you want, especially the favorite dishes. Sims 4's good point is developing likes & dislikes through times but it's still flawed because it lacks gameplay and animation ...
Yeah that's the only flaw, luckly there are mods which fix this. But I found this fun, it seems like my Sims choose themselves!
@@jesaea Yeah it gives them personalities and somewhat stories. But I'm glad we can change tho cause sometimes I want to control everything, but in the Sims 4 we have to do this all the time 😩
@@yoanncroft lol that's exactly why I sometimes use mods, it happens that I have three family members with nature as one true hobby and I need to change that lol
With sims 2 there is that chart you can look at to see what their favorite hobby will be based off their zodiac personality thing which is pretty cool
@@MagnumPatrol yes Cindy explains that in the video but well zodiac signs... Don't really show the truth 😅😅 for that the Sims 4 are "better" we can choose "hobbies" and more than just one but when it comes to gameplay, TS2 has more to offer
The Sims 2 really did it well. The reason why it wasn't so deep in The Sims 3 was because we had traits so...
Yeah, at least the traits more or less worked in the hobby system because they'd wish or do those things on their own. TS4 still needs to fix that.
Yeah true, like music lover and such. More traits more personality
@@Ilivepuppys less personality, just hobbies. in ts3 to have a natural hobby you had to sacrifice a personality trait to add a hobby (like book worm or something).
@@NaraKwonPoD yes but what I said goes, more traits more personality. I play all sims games and even sims 4 is fun with the more trait mod
The fact that the Sims 4 still can’t get it right even though it is more technologically advanced than the Sims 2 irritates my soul
Sims 2 had competent people making it.
@@lance9249 and is a Passion Project
Sims 2 really was ahead of its time
It was perfect for its time and all EA had to do was expand on it.. like how they did in sims 3.. but then they wanted to be like Rock* and milk that cash cow with sims 4 💀 and not even give us the same amount of content.. so I guess they are actually worse than rock*
It has a lot of ambition, but seriously a LOT
It's crazy how much thought and care was put in the gameplay systems in TS2. It was so ahead of its time
I can't believe it's been so many years and the sims 2 & 3 never stop to amaze me. The amount of detail and thought that the devs put in these games really was incredible. This is how life simulators should be. That's why i don't care about the graphics of older games bc i know for sure that the gameplay is worth it and when you're actually enjoying a game you won't even care about graphics. This is why when i started playing the sims 2 & 3 i could never go back to the sims 4, you really feel a difference.
Ah, the army of my Sims, all of which were into Tinkering.. those were the days lol
You could say, about Jamie, that HOT (PINK) DRINKS REALLY GET HER GOING!
I was today years old when I learned that hobbies in Sims 2 were related to their personalities, and that favourite foods were a thing. Such and old game, such an old love, and I'm still learning things about it ❤️
I think you could also say that Sims in The Sims 2 have "favorite conversation topics" with their interests!
Yes, that's true!!
It always makes me laugh in the Sims 2 when two Sims with different interests or hobbies 'Discuss interests' or 'Talk about hobby' and one of them starts yawning or sticking their fingers in their ears to drown out the other sim 😂😂
@@georginal7973 Lol! That's so true. When I saw that I was like, excuse me! that is so rude!
@@georginal7973 omg yes! Like if I have a sim attracted to another sim and I have them talk about one of their hobbies and the other sim doesn’t like it.. it’s like hmm okay onto the next then 😂 it’s hard to recover when they don’t have interests in common as well and always argue 😂😭💀
Ah good ole consequences in the game 👏 gotta love it
Has anyone tried that in sims 4? Does the same thing happen? Or do sims just stand there and nod like usual with still a positive to their relationship.. blah
@@MagnumPatrol I wouldn't know, I've actually never once played the Sims 4 😅 I played 2&3 as they were released and was excited for 4 but it left a bad taste in my mouth when they left out toddlers and pools when it was released and I've just heard lots of negative things since so I'm yet to take the plunge 😭 That's why I love these comparison videos, I still like following updates for the Sims 4 but just not sure if I wanna buy it yet
I like that in Sims 3 you get a positive moodlet from being in the room with a radio playing their favorite genre.
Ahh personality, something the sims 4 lacks🙄
Only need to spend 16 hours dancing for that tense moodlet to win over happy environment
Success for Sims 5 should include EA asking Cindy to please help. Sims 2 + Sims 3= Sims 5, right? 2+3=5? PLEASE???? Can this math please work? Cindy save Sims 5!!!!!
Let's hope they don't make Sims 5 a multiplayer mobile game like the rumors are saying......
No let's hope the don't make another Sims game aka Sims 5.. just remaster/optimize Sims 2 and 3.
Just like any other game company nowadays they did alot remaster their old game, some become better and some become worse
Aaaand this aged like milk. What else where we expecting from EA 💀.
How is the Sims 2 even real. How does a game that old have so much content and depth.
I never really had the chance to play it at length when it came out. Amazing
In Sims 4, the missing certain hobbies like Fabrication (Candle Making) [Both are in the same category] and Reading are tied into traits. If that's included in the Likes and Dislikes, it will probably make the trait useless and obsolete. I wonder that could be the reason why it's not in the activity category.
Sims 2 free time will always be my favorite pack!!
Mine too! Love it so much! Well, I think it might be tied with OFB for me!
Its a really good pack but Open for Business will never be topped it did retail perfectly
Cynthia really said "dance is love, dance is life" but I never knew about the favourite food in sims 2!! I love these videos - I learn so much each time despite playing this game franchise for 15 years!
Man, the sims 3's moodlets were so good
The fact that the liked activities in Sims 4 is based on skills, and that not all of the skills are available, screams laziness to me. Why would you not just include every skill as a liked/disliked activity??
Its unbelievable that this video took almost half of its length overviewing the sims 2 favorites... thats why i LOVE the sims 2!!! the best game on the sims franchise.... PERIOD!!! EA should see this video and take some notes. Superb video Cindy.
I love how I always learn something new about the sims 2 and 3 with your videos, and I have played them a lot but I have no idea those thoughts bubbles were that 😂
I love your attitude in all these videos there’s just something about the way you talk that calms me down❤️
They do actually get a moodlet for eating their favorite food in the sims 3! It's a stronger version of the "good meal" one. :)
« Somebody shut this baby up! » 😂 right at the end lol 😂
I didn't know that in sims 2 the sims have favourite foods until i watch your videos and now i pay attention to my sims to take notes of their favorite food. 🍓🍋🍍🍎🍐🍏🍞🧀🍖🍗🍔🍟🍕🌮🌭🍝🍛🍜🍲🍰
I love the details you touch on when comparing each Sims game. Its insightful because I missed out on 3.
Note: the colors also now apply to the spa day refresh! They will get a negative moodlet if you do a mani/pedi in a color they dislike
yay my favorite type of videos from you!
Thank you for watching! 💙
Sims 2 is very thorough, it goes beyond in every aspect.
Your videos have made me want to try out The Sims 2 so bad! As a player who's first introduction to the franchise was Sims 4, your videos are so eye opening on just how much it's lacking. Thank you for another great and informative Sims video!
If I could change things in the Sims 2, I would only improve CAS, which is really lacking. After going back from TS3 and 4 it feels like a downgrade.
But the gameplay is the best!
If you try it out I recommend Mod the Sims for safe CC, they have everything.
Please do! My intro into the game was The Sims 3, but because it was so laggy on my low tech PC, I decided to try out 2 and 4. I definitely found Sims 2 more suited to my playing style. If you're more interested in creating dynamic storylines or personable characters than decorating, and won't mind the time loop that happens when going to other lots, I highly recommend Sims 2. 😊
It would be smart to combine the good parts of previous games to make Sims 4 better. It would be smart. 😐
It always shocks me how ahead of it’s time The Sims 2 was!
It’s just so funny that The Sims 4 team didn’t think the whole game through before they released it.
For example, in the sims 2 it was so in depth with hobbies from the get go, but in the sims 4 the only reason they added “likes & dislikes” was because home decorator (or whatever it is) had an aspect that needed it, so they just decided, after the game had been released for 7 years, to include likes and dislikes lol.
You missed sims 4 favorite drinks! I think they've been around since it launched but idk if they actually do anything
They give a happy moodlet
My sims favourite drink was water...its very bugged like dude your at a club get DRUNK! I can't drink in real life so I need you too so I can live it out!
How do you get a fav drink
@@brielle8204 1. Go to a bar.
2. Order Favourite drink.
As usual, TS4 seems to drop the ball when it comes to adding new features to the game. While I appreciate, the likes/dislikes/favorites system, it still seems pretty hollow overall. I thought it was going to add new layers of depth to the Sims themselves, but it just didn’t quite get the job done.
I think Sims 3 did it best with it being noticeable enough that it adds more depth to sims while being subtle enough that it is not made explicitly clear without looking at their simology panel. Sims 2 would have won because it would add yet another layer of depth to your sim. Unfortunately I think it was poorly executed especially for wants based players. With high enthusiasm no matter what the sims personality or aspiration is they start only getting hobby wants. I was unfortunate enough to have my sim be maxed out in 2 hobbies (Arts and Crafts and Film and Literature) and 100% of the time they always had the wants to paint a masterpiece and sell a great novel. Once completed: the want would roll the same want again. Every morning my sim would wake up wanting to blog and talk about their hobby. I even tried getting a mod that disables the talk and blog hobby wants but they were just replaced with other stuff such as watch a movie. There is just no room for personality and aspiration related wants. In the end I had to get a mod that disables the enthusiasm system entirely. What a shame.
Sims 2 does the favorites justice. So much details. I wish that secret hobby lots and club memberships continued on for the rest of The Simms franchise 😞 welp I’m downloading sims 2 again!
I remember having the hardest time trying to figure out how to have a book club in TS2 hahaha. You have to discuss a book with a sim near you and you can invite other sims to do so. It was actually really nice. The sims 2 has soooo much! It truly was ahead of its time.
I didn’t even know this >.< so what that sim has to have a book in hand and then you discuss it?
@@MagnumPatrol if I remember correctly yes. You click on the book and you click discuss with and select a sim in the house. I had my sim do it at college so I was using her roommates but they would never stick around long enough 😆. I feel like inviting friends over with similar interests will give better results as they will stick around longer.
Thanks for explaining the hobbies feature from the sims 2, I swear to god I never understood this feature in this game, like, at all.
Sims 2 version of a hobby is so deep. Unlike sims 4, there is an actual difference between a skill (an experience) and a passion (a drive to do something). Just like in real life: i cook pretty good, my skill would be like 6-7, but i don't have a passion to do it, and i have a passion for writing even though i have much less experience in this field, maybe like 3-4. I like how in sims 2 your hobby actually depends on personality and interests, not purely on things you force your sim to do.
Sims 2 and 3 are such classics ❤️ both such amazing games
Wow, the sims 2 was soooo in depth, I love it!
I don't know if it's your mood in this or different editing or what but I enjoyed this video even more than I usually do, it felt so lighthearted, keep up the good work Cindy!
whenever you make these videos i always think ‘now you know damn well the sims 2 does it best’ 😭😭 i still absolutely adore these videos though !
Most of the times I'm a The Sims 2 advocate but this time I will have to choose The Sims 4. I actually dislike the hobby system in TS2, for various reasons:
- It's extremely intrusive unless you have a bunch of mods: the hobby instructors barge into your house at the worst times and the memories that come with the lots just add more junk to an already overflowing memory system; they added telemarketing, which is something I hate in real life and hate in the game as well; the sims keep rolling hobby wants, which keep them from having actually interesting ones; both the glow and the noise that they make when they enter the zone are annoying.
- The system they use to choose the predetermined hobby doesn't make any sense: why would someone who is shy and nice be into tinkering? Why do you need to be serious to be into music and dance?
- The hobbies sometimes are too broad, I don't some of my ballet dancers to be addicted to the drum set, or elderly chess players to play videogame all the time.
- They could've totally reworked the interest system (which only really affects conversation), but in TS2 they had the same problem they have in TS4 where they just add new systems instead of expanding the older ones (just like they added talent badges instead of expanding the very few skills the game has);
I also prefer TS4 color system over TS3 just because I hate when I'm making a Sim or a room over and then I make something too spiceberry instead of violet or too irish green instead of regular green. I would enjoy more colors, it they are really different from the ones we already got (like beige, or teal, or violet), but there's no need to have 20 colors when many of them look so similar.
I really miss some activities (I would add cleaning to your list, just to make sims who hate or love doing chores) and autonomy, but besides that I really like the system. Also, having a clothing style category would be a great addition that I always wanted to see in the game.
With all that said, even though I really liked TS4's system in theory, the game is still unplayable because of all the issues you always point out (mainly emotions, autonomy, personality and wants/fears), so to me the Likes and Dislikes are like the icing on top of a turd.💁♂️
a mix between 2 and 3 would have been great, as i very much so prefer to pick hobbies and interests myself with my pre-planned sims and having them do stuff that goes against their backstories just because of their personality is a bit of a throw off :( sporty sims should be allowed to be shy or grumpy, ya know? or an active one be into science! however i like the idea of secret lots and being able to build up towards a goal and exporing the hobby/likes further. i think 4 has a good base but isnt really there yet, still falls a bit short in some places but they at least have a rection to things they like/dislike. i actually wish you could pick a dislike in sims 3 as well, like having them hate salads, as it makes it a little more balanced instead of it being the opposite color type deal.
I honestly love your videos now that you don’t wear wigs. You just look and feel more vibrant
Ah, the Free Time expansion. I still remember sending my sim to Aspiration Laboratories only to watch all the other science enthusiasts turn into a fight club while my sim works on his interest.
Strange Town truly is a strange town.
I’d like to add something you do in a lot of your let’s plays about sims 2 favorites .. or at least their likes.. so when you makeover a sim in the mirror and they look at themselves they’ll either be happy about it, clap crazily and love it or make a gag reflex indicating they hate their new look. And if they want to change their clothes a want pops up.
I just thought that was a cool feature 😅 it just adds to the personality more to me
Oh and objects too like paintings and decor they can check out and they’ll let you know if they hate it or not. With sims 2 you actually watched your sims.. you didn’t need moodlets.
Your comment reminded me of the new game I started in Sims 2. I moved my Sim into her new house, and the first thing she checked out was the rug in the kitchen. I now know what she needs to save up for and replace. 😁
Thanks Cindy - lifelong player of Sims 2 but yet again learned more.
This is random but in Sims 3 I always found that if a Sim went autonomously to cook, they'd 95% choose the veggie option of all the foods. Veggie Spaghetti, Tofu Dogs, Veggie Dim Sum, etc. At the point where I saw they'd cook something and joked to myself that it can't be the veggie one again - it was! t makes me wonder whether there's some inbuilt algorithm by a devoted vegetarian - no shade, I'm one myself! :)
Try to put any non-veggies ingredients in their refrigerator I guess.
TS2 still there, imposing superiority when it came out 20 years ago... it’s crazy how much thought went behind each details and aspects of the game it still baffles me
Yassss. She’s back at it again! Love your vids queen.
😊 thank you
Sims 2 was just amazing. Seriously was another level with the details they included
Sims 3 is best version of the game since it allows you more freedom to choose and interests and traits are more relevant to the gameplay. Although Sims 2 has great features as well that I miss in Sims 4.
It's a shame Sims 4 don't develop features from the previous versions considering technology isn't as limited as it was in 2004 and 2009. Why can't EA add fears, non reciprocal friendships (non reciprocal sentiments was already a big step), personality/ interest sliders, confort and environment needs, individual bios, create a style (or a colour wheel)?
My heart gets a little fuller each time Cindy makes that laugh in a video at 6:40 idk it makes happier
Wow, literally didn't know about TS2's food one xD Hobbies I did know, at least!
GIRL WE LOVE THE SIMS 2 LETS PLAYS, THE PEOPLE WANT MORE ♥️
At the 5 minute mark when you pronounced etcetera correctly it was soooooo satisfying. I want to be your friend. Heheh sorry I am tired...
Loved the video! You always remind me of how outstanding TS2 was
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Wow! I can't believe I never knew about all these hidden Sims 2 systems! They're incredible! Thank you so much for explaining it all ❤️
You forgot that sims can have hidden food preferences in sims 4 as well like fruitcake
iirc, that one is actually the only food with a preference - among the hidden traits, there's "likes fruitcake" and "dislikes fruitcake" (might be named a bit different, it's been a while since i looked at the hidden traits). they can also be right-handed or left-handed, which isn't exactly a 'favorite' irl but is kind of similar.
Apparently, someone who set beds to the Sims' favorite color saw them being autonomously drawn to those beds without setting the "Set Bed Ownership" thing. I thought that was pretty cool.
Imagine if sims 4 did all this. We would have to pay for it in separate packs 😂😭
Sims 4 visiting secret hobby lot game pack🤣
I adore this series ❤️🤩
Thank you so much for watching! 💙
Great video Cindy, i always love the comparison ones! Btw your hair looks soooo good, i hope you like it as much as i do :)
I half remember in a stream they talked about kid being able to get crazy about their favourite colour? I'm sad to realize the actual value of favorite color in the game, thanks for the amazingly complete video :)
*knocks on door**
"Hey, heard you were interested in Music and Dance...I'm your new music instructor...wanna dance?"
**sims start furiously woohooing**
My favorite is sims 2. Although it has less categories than 3 and 4, the hobby system is so expansive, so in depth and completely overhauls how you play the game, so it is 100% my favorite and want it back so badly. Plus, the secret lots amount to 10, which relative to sims 4 standards is a complete world added. For sims 3 I find it a huge disappointment, they have pretty much 0 impact and even impacts that are there are so low they’re barely noticeable. Sims 4 is in the middle, some disappointments and some things I like. I’m really hoping that they add more hobbies and skills, but I like that they have multiple likes and dislikes; I also am happy that the way your sim interacts with the world impacts wherever they have a like or dislike, rather than what I expected, which is them deciding at random what they like/dislike regardless of how they feel. And finally, I like that they’re impacted by doing a liked or disliked activity. Disappointed by lack of hobbies, but I’m actually not giving up hope that they’ll patch in non-skill hobbies. Also it’s tied into a broken system, but without mods there’s no hope for that. So my order is 2, then 4 and then 3.
TS3 doesn't have a hobby system because the traits take care of that, basically. TS4's doesn't because they don't even do stuff they autonomously like.
My gosh I absolutely LOVE TS2. Once I figured out traits influenced the hobbies I'd spend hours on that game creating new sims with different personalities to try and get different hobbies. And all the little notes I had written down in notebooks to refer back to later was unreal. What an awesome game!
Me, who has probably over 500 hours of Sims combined and knows all this stuff.
Also me: yes, interesting.
Sims 2 still have surprises!!
I know this is off topic but I would love sleepovers to become a feature in the Sims 4!
I did not have access to a computer for the first through third games, but I did have the Sims two on my DS, and then through high school I played the mobile FreePlay game, so I really had no idea that the game could go as detailed as it is in the Sims two and three! When I first started watching you I was really questioning how you could stand the graphics alone, but I think I totally get it now!
Lol, I feel so silly commenting about the traits and hobby relation on your other video when you literally go over it here 🤣 I should have known you're the queen of sims 2
I absolutely adore your more upbeat Sims content! Thank you!!! It is so hard to find!
I never knew about the favorite food system in TS2 🤯
Great video hope everybody is having a blessed and great day and happy pride month
Thank you for watching Lamont! And you too!
I enjoy your content so much :) I love your gameplay rules for the sims 2 and it has made the game so much more fun for me. The thing that I always found hilarious in the sims 2 is the grilled cheese aspiration lol
One of my sims in Sims 2 had the cuisine hobby and she went to the secret lot... Soon everyone there started hating each other and having fights which was hilarious to watch as my sim was just there to cook lol
This is an amazing video! So many things I didn’t know about Sims2 hobbies! (I didn’t know about the instructor giving tips). I would really love for you to make a series about what it included in each expansion pack or a “which sims 2 expansion packs should you buy”. I think a lot of new Sims 2 players overlook some of these later (but amazing) expansion packs because it’s so hard to find them on eBay.
Loved seeing you play around with the Kim family. They're one of my favorite EP-added families to play (although I can never settle on which neighborhood to plop them in).
I think the favorite color is supposed to affect your sim's mood if they're in a room decorated with that color. A sim who hates the color pink for example, might get a negative moodlet from being in a room with many pink decorations.
That is not the case. Not sure which game you're referring to? But it doesn't happen in Sims 3 OR Sims 4. :(
ETA: At least in Sims 4 I haven't seen it and I've experimented with rooms decorated with the Sims disliked colors. It's possible it was intended, but for some reason is not working?
the gurus said favorite colors don’t effect anything in game. they tried to have it do that but felt like it was just cluttering things up with extra buffs and the emotions system is already off balance as it is. so right now favorite colors are just for players to work off of if they want. sims don’t get any moodlets
I didn't even think to consider One True Hobby as a likes/dislikes system! That's such a smart comparison! I will admit that I like to temper my FreeTime gameplay elements with a LOT of mods ;)