The Sims™ 3

Do not buy this. EA has ceased support for the game, and it simply no longer functions most of the time. I spent hours trying workarounds, nothing works. The game simply won't load worlds anymore, for no discernible reason. It is unplayable.

As of now, not compatible with Windows 11 anymore. It's shameful, that they wouldn't keep their former flagship compatible, but then it was to be expected as they dragged along plenty of bugs since release. I's a shame, because Sims 3 likely is the largest and most complete Sims, but then EA is not a good company - and never been - and likely never will be.

Симсу через несколько лет будет 20. В нее до сих пор играют тысячи людей. Но ЕА (весьма уважаемая контора, которую мы, конечно же, не будет как-то оскорблять) забила огромный болт на свое детище. Куча багов, ошибок, вылетов - и это только верхушка айсберга всех проблем. Вместо того, чтобы хоть иногда, раз в несколько лет дропать обновление на часть, которая любима многими больше, чем четвертка, весьма уважаемая контора будет делать свою последнюю игрулю серии бесплатной (это же так круто, сидеть в постоянных загрузках, иметь маленький городок и минимум возможностей) и как конвейер печатать для нее десятки допов, в которых будет О МОЙ БОГ комплект из двух нарядов и ААААВТОМОБИИИЛЬ. Эта банка из под шпрот не способна вытянуть новые технологии, поэтому что? Поэтому это ваша проблема, =ТЕРПИТЕ= Если вы думаете, покупать лицуху или качать где-то в интернетике - выбирайте второе. Сбережете себе нервы и деньги.

The Sims 3 is one of my favorite and most played games of all time. With that being said, I cannot recommend purchasing it in its current state. The game is incompatible with current hardware due to multiple issues. There is a detailed guide that you can easily find via Google, Reddit, or the community page on Steam, however, the guide is quite lengthy because this is a broken game. It's unacceptable that this game is being sold in its current state. It needs a comprehensive patch. That probably will never happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if EA re-released it, similarly to what they've done with the first two games in the series. If you are very patient and determined to play the Sims 3, I would recommend waiting for a sale. Be prepared to set aside at least an hour to get this game running on modern hardware. The guide you want to follow is "The Sims 3 Performance & Bug Fix Guide 2026." If you're thinking about buying this game in its current state, I would look that guide up and ask yourself if you're willing to do all that to play it. All of my criticism aside, I think it is worth the time and effort because this game is a sandbox that provides virtually infinite playtime. Granted, I know next to nothing about programming or game development, but I just don't understand how some older games work fine on modern hardware, yet many other games require lengthy workarounds and community guides to play. Games are not cheap, and I think most of us can agree that they are a form of art. It's easy to watch old films or read old books, but it can be a serious pain to play older games. They should be easily playable for people who pay for them. It's just a shame to me. If developers and publishers are not willing to continually optimize games or develop them with longevity in mind, they should at least release them for free when they get to this state.

我想我并不会玩模拟人生。我从不打mod，也不会编故事，每次打开游戏不是捏一个海王就是捏一个天才，寿命拉到最大，青年期也拉到最大，种族到了三之后也不选人类了，不是仙子就是幽灵，因为不容易死，目标就是在游戏里赢赢赢爽爽爽然后基本在人物期结束之前就腻了，然后A掉，直到下一次生活中攒满了压力再重开一档新的。 我这个玩法挺无聊的说实话，玩完一般都会感觉非常空虚，一种激情燃尽之后的反胃。因为我也没有好好的去深挖什么内容，也没有做什么挑战，所以尽管234（34的时长主要在盗版）加起来应该玩了几百个小时了，但是对这个游戏还是没有什么深入的了解，跟别人聊起来的时候总是支支吾吾搪塞过去。我感觉自己像个渣男。 今天也是久违地打开了。这次的契机是想要一个卫浴分离的浴室，而且我想买个烘干机。因为住在四家合租的、一厨一卫的房子里，所以有人洗澡我就不能上厕所。因为衣服就晾在床的旁边睡觉时能感到阵阵湿气，所以我想买一台烘干机。然而这些都是不可能实现的，因为合租的房子连客厅都改装成了卧室，所以烘干机是没有地方可以放的。这些事不分昼夜地纠缠着我。我会想浴室要放在厕所旁边还是离远一点。如果没有热水可以用来便后冲洗，那是不是要买一个智能马桶。浴室里还要不要放洗手池？是买一个一人用的普通浴缸呢，还是买一个大的按摩浴缸呢？你们都玩过二的话应该知道那个可以放在室外的按摩浴缸吧，用法可以很邪恶。淋浴器要放在浴缸的上头，还是放在浴缸的外头？我想是得放在外头的，不然淋浴的时候脚滑怎么办，嗑在浴缸上死亡率好像挺高的。我的烘干机要和洗衣机摞在一起吗？我看他们都是这么放的。可是它们的震动不会彼此伤害吗？或许其实人家两个机器之间是有架子的，我下次应当仔细看一下。隔壁的男生好像在打王者，一惊一乍的，我想买些隔音棉。买隔音棉的话需要把这个柜子挪开才能贴在墙上，但是我跟他的门只有一米之遥，在墙上贴这些可能根本没什么用……它们就这样纠缠我。 然后我打开了模拟人生建了九小时房子。水都没喝上一口，现在嗓子里面感觉有东西在拽。 太爽了。 我把房子建在极光天空镇市区附近第二大的一片空地上。正在居民区的边缘。我可以开车去图书馆和大学，只有两条街。对面是三栋已经住好人家的房子，与我家隔街相望，但我特意往远挪了一下垃圾桶和心想，省得到时候取信尴尬。我的新房子三室两卫，一个客用一个主卧用，后者做了卫浴分离，主卧和客卧隔得足够远，一个大客厅可以放下一整座乐队，一个影音室放了全部种类的游戏机、最贵的音响和等墙高的家庭影院，还有一间宠物房，一间健身房和三个不同的工作室。房子带一个巨大的露台，分成烧烤野餐区，观星区和按摩浴缸区（放了音响大屏电视和饮料冰箱，这里外人禁入哦）。洗衣机和烘干机都放在外面了，省得吵到我。从露台下楼梯进入侧院，可以看到泳池和秋千，还有一座防空屋，里面通往一个面积约为房子四分之一的地下室，但是设施齐备可以支持两个人加宠物的完整生活）。前院建了一座车库，一层是一辆汽车和两辆机车，二层是平顶用柱子撑起了一个亭，魔法扫帚停放在这里，这样骑上它们就能从二楼直接起飞（虽然模拟小人好像是贴地飞行的不过都能飞了谁飞那么矮啊）。 最后盖上房顶一看，乱七八糟丑爆了。但是依然很爽。 或许这个游戏我就只会这么玩。唉。 什么时候能有自己的房子啊。

My absolute favorite Sims game (on PC) despite the lag and the guides you have to follow just to get it to run well. Unfortunately I had to refund it because of launcher issues I was having. Still a 10/10

So, like me, you got fed up with Sims 4's bs and decided to move somewhere else. Lemme tell you, it is worth it. It took me a while to get used to it again, but when I did, I remembered why I played this game so much in the first place. It's so much fun. Lots of things to do, to explore, and everything feels DIFFERENT, in opposition to Sims 4, where your sim is always happy because there is a pretty painting on the wall that makes them SUPER CHIPPER even after a miserable divorce. If you don't have it already I highly suggest [b]waiting for a nice promo[/b] though. Don't give them too much money. If you already paid for it, GO AHEAD. Enjoy it. Have fun. The sims are a little bit weird compared to those beautiful cartoon-like sims from Sims 4, but this game is not about CAS and BB like sims 4 is, it's about GAMEPLAY. And that's what makes it SO GOOD. I must say, however, it does require a few tweaks to run smoothly, specially with modern graphics cards. Look up how to make it recognise your graphics card and you'll be thoroughly happy. Enjoy.

I have almost 1k hours on the EA app but I recently made the switch to Steam. With the right fixes, I can play this game for hours even with only 3 expansion packs. I would say EA needs to remaster this but they'd just mess it up. It's not perfect but it's a damn good time!

I love the sims 3 so much and im devastated. Ive tried...and tried...and tried to get the game to work on my new laptop but it wont. Ive bought it on the EA app and steam and neither work. If i try to launch the launcher it will work but once in the launcher and i hit play...it wont open. It crashes. But if i launch it through the files it will open up the game but when i go to create a world it says "A serious error has occurred while loading 'Moonlight Falls.world'. It is strongly reccomended that you restart the application." And ive tried...everything i can think of and its just not happening. T^T

[h2]An absolute technical trainwreck that EA still has the audacity to charge hundreds of dollars for.[/h2] Don't get me wrong — this game is a masterpiece and (maybe) even the peak of the entire franchise. Its open-world mechanic is legendary, the customization is unmatched, and it rightfully earned its iconic, cult-classic status. But today, making it work requires jumping through an endless series of technical hoops. So, why skip buying this anywhere: [list] [*]Lag festival: Runs like garbage even without any DLCs. With them? Enjoy your $400 slideshow. [*]Constant frame drops: Even on a high-end PC, the game stutters and drops FPS like crazy. [*]Modern CPU? Forget it: It straight up crashes on launch unless you manually mod the game's .exe file. [*]Task Manager gymnastics: If you don't patch it, your only other option is to speedrun Task Manager to change CPU affinity before the executable kills itself. [*]Config file nightmare: Get ready to dig into old .ini files and manually edit values just to make the game recognize a modern GPU. [*]Community-made life support: You are forced to download, install, and troubleshoot a dozen community mods just to fix core game bugs and memory leaks. [*]Insane pricing: $20 for a broken 2009 base game, plus another $380 for 19 overpriced DLCs. [/list] It’s literal abandonware. EA completely ghosted this game but still keeps their hands in your pockets. Do not buy. Save your money and acquire this classic through other, more reasonable means online.