It’s been a while since I actually played The Sims 3, and, thinking about it, I don’t know if I’m capable of having a healthy relationship with this game. Every time I get back into it, it takes over everything and I stop doing much else. And I’ve been really productive these past few weeks...
Yesterday, though, I was exhausted and just wanted to unwind a bit. So I thought I’d relax by organizing my cc (for some reason, that’s actually calming to me). But of course, that little break turned into staying up until 3 a.m. I had been doing so well before that.
I think I'll quit for good. I feel like I’ve already done just about everything this game has to offer in terms of playability, and, besides, what I was actually enjoying is tweaking buildings and sims, and downloading CC, but all that just ends up tanking the game’s performance.
It’s wild how much time this game can eat up without you even noticing. And at this point, it doesn’t even feel like fun anymore, just a compulsion. Like I'm stuck in this cycle of tweaking and downloading and troubleshooting, without getting anything back in return.
There’s just so much about it that ends up being frustrating. Like, Open for Business was a great EP, but everything similar in The Sims 3 from the store is lazy, buggy, and never works the way I want it to. The community at tumblr inspires me a lot, but I feel like we play different games lol.
I even caught myself thinking about trying out The Sims 4... but honestly? Maybe I should just play something else entirely.
My last addition to my last save. Placing Mas Juriol in Lago Simiori. Such a great world and an amazing lot. But I never even got around to play with my household there. That kind of says it all, doesn’t it?