Insight on ‘Apartments’ in The Sims 3 Late Night
Sims 3 Nieuws picked up on SimGuruNita’s post about ‘apartments’ in The Sims 3 Late Night. Here’s what she had to share with us:
We do not have apartments in the same way Apartment Life had an apartment. Your Sims are able to live in high rise like structures, some luxurious, some a bit more middle class. In them, your Sims are limited in how and where they can build (like an apartment). There’s a lobby downstairs with a callbox and elevator. You may see other Sims move in and out, but your active Sims are the ONLY ones who really live there.
We focused on the coolest part of living in an apartment – the view, the limited space, the elevator entrance, but do not have complex gameplay built around communal living.
Thank you Sims 3 Nieuws for pointing this out 
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about 1 year ago
so far with sims 3 ive been alittle disappointed… i expected it to hav at least most of the great features of sims 2 wen really it doesnt or at least it will in the future like placeable lots etc. another thing that disappointed me was how u cant go INTO most community lots… of course i hav gotten used to it but it was still a let down. for a long time ive been wishing for apartments, and ive heard something bout them being in late night but i also heard that the so called “apartments” are actualy just penthouse lofts that only hav one family in them… if thats true that will be a HUGE disappointment. also i hav a sad feeling that the high rise buildings arent buildings at all but just “objects” if thats true then it will just be another sad let down that just makes me want to go back to sims2 even with its so so graphics (compareed to sims 3)and i hav to add that today i actualy went back to play sims 2 because i missed its… amazing difference. i must say ea ur hurting the sims and its players… from wat ive heard im not the only one with this thought… please make huge differences by studying the greatness of the last sims and seeing were u went wrong with sims 3… even tho sims 3 is a good game im not saying it isnt but there are huge differences from the other sims that are hard to give up.
about 1 year ago
It should have the “communal living” aspect – as if you live in an apartment – you do deal with your neighbors…a lot, it seems.
about 1 year ago
Honestly, I get what your all saying. Both side’s are right, they have missed a lot of things that Sim’s 2 had. What I always miss when I play Sims 3 is probably the small cutscene’s and that little memories pannel. But there are also a lot of good things that you can enjoy when it comes to Sims 3 as well. You can go places (though you may complain that you can’t go in them) the system isn’t as slow and doesn’t crash like it did for Sims 2 (for me at least) there are new clothes, I enjoy the personality option, and the graphics. The graphics are great. There are always good side’s to the bad one’s and bad one’s to the good one’s. So lets just try and look for the good one’s. I am honestly looking forward to the vampire’s and new career options, though you may argue that it is RPGish. But, guys, lets be honest. EA doesn’t care anymore. They SHOULD try and bring everything and more into one (which I hope they will do) but they just don’t care. We’re the old players that stay faithfull to Sims even though we’re/you guys are furious with them because we’re the old one’s. They are now trying to bring in the new players and make even more of a profit with showing new players amazing things. And lets be honest, even though you all hate it, hate being ripped off like this after being so faithfull, you can’t help but continue buying it because you hope that maybe it will be good. Best thing to do guys? All stop buying the game’s/expansions, and they’ll start feeling the sudden change in profit if enough people join in, and will begin to ask fellow gamers what happened and you can tell them all the same answers. Its not the same as before. But personally, I’m looking forward to this, sure its changed, but with you guys being so upset its hurting what I was looking so much foward too. Good luck, and I hope we do see a change, but I still love all the systems even this one. Even with the many differences there are good things about it too that you have to look for. Don’t look for the things that are different, but the things that you enjoy and are happy with
about 1 year ago
i must say i enjoy the sims3 and so up set people are complaining about what you’ve missed from sim2 i think you should give EA a break because sim3 only came out this year and there is probably more to come so give them a break ! im so happy with the sim3 , and everything about it =]
about 1 year ago
sierously how the heck do i make an apartment so i can have people live there
about 1 year ago
The thing I’m most disappointed about tbh is that my sims don’t have time to do anything! Before anything else EA seriously needs to sort out the time issue – by the time my sims have got to the bars/nightclubs it’s nearly closed – I end up using cheats to max their needs all the time cos otherwise there’s not time for anything else! One of the other things I miss is the building part. I don’t think I would go back to TS2, purely because of the way the neighbourhood is done, where there’s no loading. But I miss watching my sims eat out – when they do go out to bars, there’s no other sims there – even hotspots! Hopefully patches will fix this
overall like LN, but think it shouldn’t have tried to cram two ideas (Nightlife and AL) together – it’s just meant that less time is spent makng them really good.
about 1 year ago
well I have felt like sarah and I just could bring myself to get used to those graphics now that I have been playin TS3 I have late night and your right there is never anyone at the clubs but me I need up dancing buy myself most of the time. In TS2 the club was always packed
the really need to fix this
about 1 year ago
Alright guys, I understand that many of you are dissappointed with the Sims 3 so far. But let’s remember, did Sims 2 have apartments the first year it came out? Did it have animals the first month it came out? Did it have seasons the first day it came out? No. It took periods of time for things like those to be added in as expansion facts. In Sims 2 Nightlife they didn’t have apartments (they came out when Sims 2 Apartment Life was released), so why should we be critisiczing the Sims 3 Late Night for not having aparments? Making expansions and adding new places and things to the game takes a lot of time and money. The company that has been making Sims 3 games has been making them faster because their fans want them out faster. And when they do come out, the fans are upset because their not “good” when the company didn’t have as much time to make them and improve them as much because their fans want games out fast. Seriously, I’m sure the company that makes these games will improve the game over time and will improve it a lot. But honestly, we have to be patience and be grateful with what the Sims 3 has offered us now.
about 1 year ago
TS3 is extremely well done, especially with the addition of the Late Night expansion. However, I, like many others, feel that the High-Rise buildings should be more related to the Apartment-style buildings from TS2. Of course, Late Night definitely adds a lot more things into the game, so it’s not like I have much of a complaint at all. I’m extremely happy with it all and will just be waiting to be able to build a nice apartment complex when the time comes, which I’m sure it will sooner or later. And sadly, EA is just another gaming company that falls in with the rest, where they become more concerned with the immediate profit from the game instead of spending the extra few months on making sure everything is ready and playable. But hey, money is money, and that’s the reason they do it…
So, here’s to waiting for more expansions. (Also waiting for another one for Spore.)
about 1 year ago
I AGREE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO HAVE APARTMENTS/LOFTS HIGH RISES ,BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT ONLY ONE FAMILY CAN ONLY LIVE IN IT…I WISH IT WAS A LIL MORE LIKE SIMS 2 SEEMS LIKE WE R GOING BACK A LIL
about 8 months ago
awsome