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I loved that The sims 3 introduced elevators and high rise/penthouses etc, but I think TS2 wins for me solely because it allowed for shared spaces, you could visit your neighbors (and without loading screens) and the system just seemed really thought out.

While Sims 3 lacked a lot on the apartment side, I think it's worth remembering that apartments were an addition to a pack that was based on nightlife and the celebrity system. It wasn't the main focus of the expansion packs, such as Apartment Life or City Living/For Rent

This is the first video of yours that has voice acting! I'm impressed.

There's a cheat in The Sims 2 where you can rent furnished apartments (if they were furnished), and there's even a mod to enable this option permanently if you want to

I actually like how Sims 2 landlords differ from Sims 4 landlords (not property owners). The sims 2 one does stuff like fixing, but also lends a community aspect such as organizing the get together for tenants - however they're also aggressive at chasing you for rent. meanwhile the sims 4 one is purely utilitarian (fixing stuff mostly, no community aspect) but is passive aggressive / throws shade at you for not paying rent. LOL

Even though the For Rent pack is all about apartments, I think it does this pretty badly. At first I thought multifamily lots would make the game more lively, but it didn't. Because 2 or 3 sims go into shared areas and I think the whole point of this pack is shared areas. They do not interact with any objects other than base game objects and do not have autonomy cross pack compability. You have to wait for the loading screen when going to your neighbor, and when you become a landlord, it is very annoying to constantly wait for the loading screen because you have to go to the sims' apartments. Even though Apartment Life was released in 2008, the pack don't have a loading screen to go to your neighbor, and with the current technology in 2023, a much better solution could definitely be found than loading screens, but it seems that it was easier to take the apartment system in City Living as it is and add it to for rent. There is also a social status system in the Sims 2 and your neighbors can change accordingly, but there is no such thing in the Sims 4. In Sims 3, apartments are actually normal lots and only have apartment shell set dressings. However, since it was an open world game and Late Night was a very large pack, I didn't mind it at the time. Bridgeport is a city that looks very beautiful, especially at night. San Myshuno is a very cardboard city. And although I think the Sims 4 has better graphics in interior areas, I think it lags behind the Sims 3 in terms of environmental design and environmental graphics.

I personally like the new voice over, it adds a bit more life to the video👍🏻👍🏻 0:20 Sims 2 really just had the most 2000s German flat in it huh? Its like something directly out of Uncyclopedia... 6:00 Always so nice to see a direct Evolution from Sims 2 to 3, now the flavour text here is different! What even is a by law anyway💀💀

personally, i like the voicing. i use videos like this as background more than anything so its nice to be able to follow along without having to read the subtitles :D

I can't choose between TS2 and TS4 for this. I love how easy it is for TS2 to go visit the neighbors (no loading screens) but I also love the freedom that we get in TS4 and the gameplay associated with the units

Couple of things for Sims 2: 1) You can also use the computer to find a roommate. 2) If there is a grill on the apartment lot, the landlord could grill for the weekend party. Also, the babysitting requests (to apartment neighbors) can be made if you just want to go out on the town, while at work or even a full vacation (they can even be asked to pet sit too). As of yet, no other mainline sims has this feature. In addition, Sims 2 apartments can be as minimal as trailer parks and flop houses (University), or as luxurious as Townhouses and high-rises with penthouse apartments. Plus, the cross pack compatibility just enhances all of this, as you could build luxurious hotels in all your neighborhoods (Bon Voyage), Rental Row Houses, Lobby Restaurants and Clothing Stores (Night Life and OFB), and can place bowling alleys (NL), ice/roller rinks (Seasons), DJ Booths (NL/FT), photo booths (NL), etc. all in common areas. For a nearly 20 year old game, to simply state that versatility of Sims 2 surpasses all the mainline Sims games is an understatement. With mods and CC, Sims 2 looks better than Sims 4, is more optimized than Sims 3 and can replicate either of them on every front. The Sims was the most groundbreaking game, and Sims 2 enhanced nearly every aspect. Sims 2 has the best gameplay, animations, physics, details, cutscenes (the only one of the mainline Sims games to have them), personalities, Lore, event scenarios, and the list goes on... Now that competition is around the corner, Sims 4 is still not making enough of an effort to win back its Sim Veterans; it has long lost its title of "Life Simulator," but rather has further cemented its footing as just an overpriced "DLC Simulator" (Even to have all the features that apartment living has to offer, you need at least 3 of the packs, plus more if you want the features added in with Sims 2 Apartment Life or Sims 3 Late Night). And to end on a better note, it is great to hear your voice, after watching your content for so long, thank you for sharing your voice, it is very nice and calming❣

As a Sims 3 stan I hate that I have to put it in last place 😩 I like that penthouses are pretty imo and that elevators are functional (though slow af) but I hate that you can't visit other sims 😭

All I can say is wow, the neighbors have some real dusty doors if all of that happens from trying to use a crowbar on it

I LOVED THE VOICING, your voice is so soothing!, amazing video as always, thank you!

Despite the loading screens in Sims 4, I have to say I've really been enjoying the open ended flexibility of the rental system in For Rent. I very much enjoy how rental units can be anything, be it apartments, town houses, a room for rent and so on. I've always been a fan of lot traits and challenges for the added dynamics and household maintenance gameplay they introduce, as well as expand the types of environments your sims can live in be it gross and run down to more high end and luxurious. I also have to say in combination with features like clubs, NAPs and eco footprints, the sense of an active community really comes to life in a way that brings me so much joy.

I really love that you narrated this one! I would love to see more videos where you narrate them, it makes it easier to follow! ❤

Aw! What a cute voice! I appreciate you narrating this video. Thank you for what you do!

Was surprisef there was a voice added to it. Not a big fan as I like to read the subs without commentary but I'll give it a chance 😅 Please dont be discouraged tho!! You do have a soothing voice 👍🏽

Great overview as always. Though some corrections I have to make: Roommates come from The Sims 3 University Life and The Sims 4 Discover University. I could almost say that The Sims 2 is the only game where apartments and roommates come from the same pack, but there is one thing you forgot to mention: The Sims 3 University Life also brings apartment lot type to the game (though the only way to see it is by changing lot type in Edit World mode). Though these are more of dorms in home world... The Sims 4 roommates seem to move out randomly, but when they do, you have some time to convince them if your sim has some Research & Debate skill. Plus roommates have unique quirks: some leave notes, some bring food, some may even upgrade your objects. The Sims 2 also have bills and rent separate. Missing rent for 3 days causes it to be added to the bills. Missing bills causes the repo-man to arrive. The Sims 4 For Rent has another thing that can happen (especially if they have broken unit rules or missed rent before): eviction. Should this happen, your sim is given time to pack up their things. During that time, sims can convince property owner to give them a second chance. But after the event, you'll be taken to Manage Worlds where you'll have to pick a new home for your sims. You can move them back into the unit they were evicted from however. Oh, and grace period thing in TS4 For Rent: after set amount of days (usually 7), your sims go into a Grace Period. For tenants, it means that they can move out without needing to pay extra. For property owners, it means that they can change the rent without any consequences. And also, landlords in City Living have more gameplay when your sim lives in an apartment with Needs TLC trait: broken pipes, electrical box, mice, insect infestation, and weird odor also allows you to call landlord over. In addition to rent, low relationship can also prevent the landlord from coming. Plus with City Living, traits neighbors have can also affect how they act. For example, Goofball and Erratic sims may barge in uninvited from time to time, Romantic sims may come over to take a shower, sims who hates children may complain about noise if there are children playing etc. One interesting thing to also mention is how it is to build an apartment from scratch. My overview here is so: The Sims 2: Start from Residential lot, use Unique Separator door (make sure that the side with mat is located outside the unit). Then make sure that every room accessible from the door is fully walled off with walls and fences. After you are done, open the cheat console with Control+Shift+C and type in 'changelotzoning apartmentbase' there. If a notification pops up, revert it back to residential and make changes. Otherwise, you got your own custom apartment! The Sims 3: Choose a Residential type lot (Residential or University Life's apartment). You need to enter these cheats: 'testingcheatsenabled true', 'buydebug on', and 'restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off'. You mostly need to use markers from debug category: with 'Public room marker' you mark common areas you can't build in (outdoors don't need one as it is automatically restricted), with 'Hidden room marker' you mark other sims' units (plus control-shift-clicking on the marker also allows you to set the ambiance sound), and doors between hidden rooms and public rooms can be marked as an NPC door with control-shift-clicking on it and choosing the interaction to make it so (it'll house 1 townie). The Sims 4: With For Rent, simply use the tools Residential Rental lot type provides: mark units by clicking on rooms, set the lot traits for each unit from lot info panel etc. If you want to make more than 6 units, you can use this cheat: 'increaserentalunitcap on'. Though do remember that one save file can have only up to 100 units. When a sim owns the lot, you can set the rent, lease length, and unit rules.

Good for you to trying something new with doing a voice over! Even if it's something you don't stick with in future videos, I'm glad you felt confident enough to even try! As for which game did the best... I think it's hard to choose between 2 and 4. I always enjoy making an apartment lot in 2, and I believe I will also in 4, but I haven't gotten For Rent yet. That also means I personally don't know how I feel yet on the added mechanics, but I think it's nice that it has been expanded more. I do have fun with the TLC apartments in City Living, as you do see the landlord more if you need them to solve those problems for you! I think if I remember correctly that if you call over the landlord too much or maybe have a bad relationship with them that they sometimes won't come, but I could be wrong 😅 Great job on the video!

In Sims 4 Apartments was Introduced in City Living, Eco Lifestyle and For Rent

So the sims team won't put burglars into TS4 but will allow you to break and enter people's apartments and steal things....where's the logic?

I've been waiting for this comparison all my life! Thank you! :)

I've always loved your videos and I was a bit sad that I wasn't able to multitask with them (I usually put a video on my phone to listen to while I cook/clean/draw). And I personally enjoy hearing your voice! I specially like the accent, cadence and the pauses that let my brain rest for a second or two. So I really like the new voice over!!

This video marks the first time you have a voice-over in every Sims evolution video.

Another great comparison video! I've never used apartments in my gameplay, so it was interesting learning about them. And your voiceover definitely was a positive addition! Well done.

I love the voice over aspect!! I actually watch these videos at night in bed to fall asleep to, so i can now close my eyes! 😂 awesome video as always

Nice to hear the voice of the channel!

apartments are so cool i wish they existed

I was waiting for TRP to make a video on this!!! Very thorough and straight on point. Aaaaand as expected, i just miss ts2 :(

I was so confused when I suddenly heard a voice talking to me : o A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

Yup, Sims 2 is the clear winner for this one. They feel more like real life. Sims 4 actually seems to have done a good job. Sims 3 is the clear loser. They're really not much different to buying a regular place, although I will admit I didn't know about the roommate feature. Did that come with Late Night or was that added later? Edit: A pleasant surprise to hear your voice in this one. Keep it up and you'll start sounding more confident.

Thank you for the voiceover 😊 I always love your videos but it was hard to keep reading the captions sometimes. Great work 👍🏽

Thank you very much for the new video! Whenever I see a video from you, I want to play The Sims again. In Sims 2, I like that the landlord hosts gatherings for the tennants. In Sims 4, I like the possibility of snooping around in your neighbors apartments. I also find it funny that the Sims can start a fire to clean the mold but freak out when the see the fire they started lol.

Apartments really suck in the Sims 3 mostly because you cannot choose what apartment your sims will move in and you cannot visit your neighbours within the apartment. If the Sims 4 didn’t have the loading screens when visiting neighbours apartments on the same lot and have functional elevators like it’s predecessors then the Sims 4 would’ve won as the Sims 4 really did good at everything else. The Sims 2 really wins this round as you can visit neighbours apartments without loading screens and you can choose your apartment unlike sims 3 even though you can choose your apartments in the sims 4 too.

I like the voice acting, I usually watch the videos at 2x speed, so sometimes the text goes by too quickly for me to read and still see what’s happening, so the voice being there lets me focus on the footage only.

The apartments in The Sims 3 shows up the main issue of Late Night: if offers a lot of things, but not all of them are well executed in the way they should, so in The Sims 4 you have more gameplay for these things but there's the unfortunate need to pay too much more for that as the features were released in different packs

Thank you for narrating this one!! It makes me be more attentive to what is happening

I loved this with the narration! I think you have a very soothing voice! I've always wished these were narrated because it's perfect for journaling to

Really liked your voice over on this video!

If you have The Sims 3 University Life, you can basically own a lot of apartments for singles

Keep up the awesome work! First time hearing a voice over, and it’s not bad. Although typically I do prefer videos without commentary. That’s just me though. Love your channel!

Your voice is so calming 😍 I love your Sims 4 content!

Finally some voice over! I have attention issues and constantly had to repeat certain parts multiple times because I kept missing the text!

First of all, I gotta make it clear that I applaud your bravery in pushing past your comfort zones to try something new. Perfect is the enemy of good, and I'd love to see you practice this new format if it's something that interests you! That said, though, I need you to know how bad I got jumpscared when I clicked on a channel I've always known to be music and text only and heard someone talking to me 😭😂

I remember when apartments first came out for Sims 2. I created a huge building and moved all my active families at the time to it. For about a moth I was basically playing on a single lot but 4+ different households> Also your voice is lovely, looking forward to more narrated videos =D

I LOVE YOUR VOICE!!!!😭😭😭💔

I'm glad you creating this video for New Year.

Many people praise the sims 2 for the best at gameplay, animation and etc. This apartment feature and gameplay is one of them.

Wow! What the hell? I didn't expect the voice. But I didn't expect to fall in love with that voice either :D Happy New Year! Your input will be saved for generations. I promise. Wow, what a video, dude, just in time!

narrated video 😲I love it

Good video, and you have a beatiful voice, so I'm happy with it, on other items, I hope that Ror Rent release fixes the LE that every Sims week will drop when you live in apartments, I see that often as Deaderpool Support Team member.

That’s you talking, that is cool! It is very calming.

Nice to hear your voice! Great video as always

I'm so glad you voiced it so i could view it on my phone ❤❤

i love the narration! sometimes i put these videos on to help my mind relax before bed and now i can keep listening when i close my eyes lol

honestly really liked your videos much more without the voice acting. It's absolutely great to hear your voice though! just a bit of a scare when i was binging your videos to go to sleep and was jumpscared awake by a voice i didnt recognize 😅

The voice caught me off guard my god! I thought somebody was talking irl but it was the video

Your voice is so relaxing. It gets me asmr

I was actually so shocked to hear a voice. I was so used to never hearing any narration that I thought I was in a different channel lol. I don't think it's bad tho, I liked it. Also The Sims 2 is definitely fav. I also like how you can just break in somebody's house in The Sims 4 like that isn't a crime at all.

i love the voiced-over video style!

You can talk?! Omg you sound great! wll this was a surprise also those camera angles in the introduction of the worlds remind me of Sims 2 so I automatically love it

your voice is so nice!! loved the voiceover on this, it kept me more focused on the content of the video

17:48 Ah yes, my favorite day of the week... "Satruday"

the colourful appartments in sims 2: everyonde have been there

What a fun surprise to hear your voice! Thank you for these great comparison videos

Happy new year 🎉 loved the new version with the voiceover 🤗💜

this whole time subscribed I never knew you had such a pretty voice!

Ooh, voiceovers. Now I can listen to these videos passively while doing other things. Thank you.

If your use a Murphy bed in the Sims 2, you might get a little surprise 😬

First time seeing one of your videos in a long time. Didnt know you have a voice now!

This was so relaxing to listen to, by all means do more narrations

Sims 4 wins for the neighbour interactions, sims 3 wins for the elevator and sims 2 wins for being able to visit neighbors without a loading screen

The voice acting is lovely!

You have an amazing voice! Love your content

_I LOVE YOUR VOICEEE_ _This is really nice because i normally put videos in the background while doing something else (like drawing for example). But i also like reading the subtitles_ _in general, a great video as always!_

I haven’t seen your videos in a long time but I really like the voice over it makes it so much easier to watch

New subscriber here Red, and I've watched quite a few of your videos before hand. I must say, your voice compliments the videos quite well. If anything inflate your ego before recording, become full of yourself, and be more confident in your voice. I think it'll do quite a bit of good. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Neat to include a voiceover with this video! 😊

YOURE SPEAKING NOW????????? WHAT??? THIS IS CRAZY !!! U HAVE AGOOD VOICE

Shoutout to Sims 2 Landlord, the only landlord who earns their rent money

1. Ya voice acting is great and adorable 2. As i love the Sims 3 i think Sims 2 got it good dis rime I Can't wait for more of ya works^^

loved the voice over! your voice is lovely ❤

i’m happy you added your voice! do more ❤

This channel is the most entertaining and I don't understand why. Keep making em, They're quite fun to watch.

I like the idea of you reading the subtitles.

I didn't even know that Sims 2 had apartments.

Welcome back!

Bridgeport, my beloved!! I'll always cherish Sims 3 and it's vastness

@5:40 this is, of course, as a tenant. In real life, tenants can't demolition their apartment because they don't own the property. However, in Sims 2 you can also be the land developer and build apartments and it's a lot of fun.

i really appreciated the voice over

The voice caught me by surprise

i love the voice over!!!

6:00 "You can't even move the windows" Yeah, as it usually is 😆 Should be added that editing exterior walls in Sims 4 looks more like a glitch than a feature since it's wonky AF + you have control over the windows since a veeeery short time, it wasn't a feature of the pack for years!!

OMG SHE SPEAKS. Interesting format change, great vid!

Please do more if these sims videos with the voice added its amazing

Love the voice as I can watch it in bed without having to read the captions! Your videos are awesome btw I'm not sure why I am so interested in the different sims games but its for some reason so fun to just watch how far sims has come over the years!

i loved the narration!!!

Tbh I completely thought you were a boy until now…😅 But that’s ok! You’re still amazing! Your content is still amazing, and your voice is so soothing! I love the new voiceovers :D

I think sims 4 but a combo of sims 2 and 4 would be so cool too