Random Sim Musings 3-6-23

 

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Been awhile and there's been some stuff going on with Sims 4.  I have no idea where I'm going with this.

First up, THE BABIES ARE FREE FROM THEIR BASSINET PRISONS!  Kinda.  I don't generally play families but I have a few saves populated with lots of families and this will be an addition for them.  It's too soon to be annoyed with them yet.

I watched the live stream a few days ago and while I'm glad the new things are coming with the update and the expansion it's just...  Start this thought over.

The Sims 4 has added a lot over the years.  Lots of things with updates and lots of things with paid content.  And overall it's made a good playing experience (minus broken features and bugs) but it's spread out over so many packs and it can be inconsistent.   Like Selvadorada vs Sulani with culture lore.  Or even with the supernaturals.  Werewolves have lots of content compared to vampires.  Spellcasters fall in the middle since they have the Magic Realm.

Now this brings us to Growing Together.  There's the gameplay from Parenthood (which was not a Sims 3 Generations replacement) .  High School Years also had some family gameplay with the teens.  I see this as more of an add-on than an expansion (perhaps like My First Pet Stuff?) to fill in the holes in the family gameplay that's already there.

In the end I guess it doesn't matter because I'm getting the pack when it comes out and then figure out how to weave it in to my already established saves and probably making new saves because that's what I do.

Go 4th and sim!

 

Lori

#Simmer4Life

Crazy Sims Idea!

 YOU LOOKING FOR DRAMA???!??!? 

Well, you won't find it here.  Actually nobody finds this place. 🤷  The Simming Community is filled with drama...again.  It never really goes away, does it?  Not to mention the history making, life changing events of the last few years.  I'm just weary of everything.

Letting my mind wander into what ifs and this is what I got.  😐

We have scenarios.

We have a residential haunted house lot trait.

We have Strangerville.

We had Jasmine Holiday.  (She's been gone a long time.)

Here's my GRAND IDEA!

Pulling from the Strangerville Mystery, the Haunted House Residential Lot Trait, the limited time scenarios and Jasmine Holiday from the long forgotten challenge events.

I enjoyed the Private Eye career from Sims 3.  I enjoyed Strangerville.  I enjoy the location aspirations.  But once you do them they're done.  I would love to see a limited time event that adds some new gameplay.  

...

Yeah, that's all I got.  It sounded way better in my head than actually putting it into words.  I'm giving myself a 🌟for even making the effort to put something on this blog.

Go 4th and Sim!

Lori

#Simmer4Life

15 Years Ago Today...

So began my obsession with the little pixelated people called Sims.  Not once did I ever think I'd be sticking with something for 15 years and still love it as much as I did that first day.  I couldn't even imagine that there would be not just a 2nd version but now up to a 4th version.  It's gotten me through some tough times.  What fun it is to create this perfect little world where the biggest problem is not making it to the toilet on time!

Going back to SimCity I've been playing some sort of Sim game for over half my life.  Playing video games since I was a teenager which I guess isn't such a big thing nowadays but these were the days of Pong and the Atari 2600.  Moved on to the PC about 1991, discovered SimCity and besides my SNES haven't played much besides Sim games.  I even bought a PS2 just to play The Sims when my computer couldn't handle Sims 1 anymore.

I'll end this here before I got into a Grandpa Simpson like speech.  I just want to say that I am a Simmer for life.  I can see myself playing some version of this game for as long as it's around and as long as I can.  And that's just what I'm going to do right now.  Show my Simmies some loving.

Go 4th and Sim!
Simmer 4 Life!

My 1st Sim

Belle Blu

Named after an M&M.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.  And my birthday!

And of course The Sims!

Go 4th, be bountiful and Sim!