PCGH ran CPU benchmarks with The Sims 3. Accordingly an Intel Q6600 or AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE is enough to play the game smoothly at high settings. Furthermore a graphics card like a Radeon HD 3870 or Geforce 9600 GT is enough to run The Sims 3 easily if the processor is fast enough.
With an expensive backlog of DLC that it struggles to run on modern hardware, The Sims 3 deserves revisiting.
They all deserve a remaster, alongside the Sims City games. Sims 3 in particular should be looked at more only cause of how hot it makes PC's.
A voice actor for The Sims spoke about his experiences doing voice work for the game's fictional Simlish language, and how there was no dictionary for them
The Sims franchise has been a part of my life ever since the first game came out. It was one of two games I camped outside of a store for, the other one being Black & White.