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* [[Activity table]] ([[Free Time]]): [[Toddler]]s no longer gain regular skills, but certain activities can give skills as they grow up.
 
* [[Activity table]] ([[Free Time]]): [[Toddler]]s no longer gain regular skills, but certain activities can give skills as they grow up.
 
* [[Bug catching]] (Free Time): See [[collecting]].
 
* [[Bug catching]] (Free Time): See [[collecting]].
* [[Ceilings]] ([[Apartment Life]]): As it was featured in ''The Sims 1'' base game.
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* [[Ceilings]] ([[Apartment Life]])
* [[Toothbrushing]] (Apartment Life)
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* [[Toothbrushing]] (Apartment Life): As it was featured in ''The Sims 1'' base game.
 
* [[Playground]] structures (Apartment Life)
 
* [[Playground]] structures (Apartment Life)
   

Revision as of 12:19, 21 September 2009

The Sims 3 is based on The Sims original game and The Sims 2 original game, and contains most features of these.

Completely new features

These features have not existed in any game in The Sims series before:

  • Seamless neighborhood
    • Bicycles
    • Time passes on all lots on the same time - in The Sims 2 it was frozen on the home lot as long as Sims visited community lots. To avoid exploitation of this, Sims could not learn skills, or sleep, in community lots. In The Sims 3, Sims can do almost everything regardless of where they are.
    • Ability to visit other homes
    • Story progression - non-active households evolve during gameplay
  • Create-A-Sim features:
  • Traits
  • Moodlets
  • Create A Style
  • Ability to adjust lifespan or turn off aging
  • New skills (Guitar, Painting, Writing) and challenges
    • Upgrades
    • Recipes
    • Music sheets
    • Different literary genres
  • "Rabbit holes" - elementary, opaque civic buildings
  • Opportunities
  • Enhanced job features
    • Job performance options
    • Dynamic performance criteria (skills, co-workers, assignments)
    • Raises

The Sims 2 expansion features in The Sims 3

Many features introduced in The Sims 2 expansions appear in The Sims 3 base game, to some extent.

Lost features

These game features were found in The Sims 2 base game but not in The Sims 3.

Lost NPCs

Lost objects

These objects (with unique interactions) were found in The Sims 2 but not The Sims 3:

See also