Who's still playing the Sims 1 from time to time?

I slide back in occasionally when I'm feeling nostalgic. I got the Complete Collection at Goodwill for a quarter a while back so I just boot up that. They really shoved in as much as they possibly could back then haha.

@SPARKY1922 I really hope you get your laptop sorted. I know how frustrating that is! I did watch the live stream and I'm looking forward to City Living. I do like some of the new features like giving people keys to your apartment, the karaoke machine and the bubble blower. I also like that you can leave neighbours notes on the bulletin board and the notes can change depending on your mood! A Guru on Twitter confirmed we have 30 lots in the new world.

I never got to TS1 last night as my PC decided to do an update which took a while. I'm always scared one of these updates is going to cause problems with the sims 1-3. I am going to play one today as I want to work on my neighbourhood a little.

@RadBagel I love the charm of the sims 1. I love the fact that the series has a dark sense of humour which I think started to disappear in later series.

@makinmagic58 Yeah I think all the sims 1 expansions were done incredibly well. So much detail and effort went in.

@Goldbear86

yeah I get a little paranoid with upgrades and changes due to constant hag I have had with things lately-)

I am dying to play I really am if there is no sign of this laptop next week I am asking for my money back as this is beyond the pale I will go buy one myself from somewhere else.. Have you ever been in that position where you are trying to ignore a situation that makes your blood boil and it keeps spilling over when you least expect it :)

I hope for some pics today if you are able and have the time :)

@SPARKY1922 That is awful about your laptop taking so long, by time you get it, the Sims 5 will be out! Sadly I have been there with my old PC when it was being repaired by a well known electronic shop. (Whose customer service was ridiculous but that's another story)

As promised:

I really miss this feature! I would love something like this in the later games!

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She was surprisingly friendly t him and he reciprocated. She even flirted with him and he accepted. Which so far in my neighbourhood is a miracle!

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oooooh @Goldbear86

Thank you so much for posting those pics much appreciated I too like the balance sheet and I could never work out what those phone calls were all about apart from thinking they were creepy like everyone else seems to lol

Great size pics by the way are you using a pic software program as I cannot even get my 2 pics as big as that..

OMG that making friends and loosing them again seconds later is so frustrating same for trying to make romantic relationships. I am sure there are not too many Clifford's in the real world that would be so angry at that kiss :)

If I remember rightly I think the first ever family I made in CAS I thought they were married but they would not sleep in the same bed and it took me a long time ( more than it should have ) before I realized they were not actually married and I had to build up a relationship first which seemed to take forever-)

You are welcome!

The relationships are frustrating, in a way they are realistic- I feel romance was really easy in later iterations. That being said i was quite surprised Lilas attempts at flirting was received, normally if I initiate flirting when the relationship bar is under 30 it's a flat rejection.
She is outgoing and playful which helps I think. When I invited Clifford round a day later they became friends. Whenever he comes around he brings her flowers and fruitcake so I figure he likes her. I'm not too bothered if they become romantic or not. Right now he's just a Sim to keep her social bar filled ;)

One thing I've remembered that frustrated me about the game is the sims really really care about their environment. I couldn't work out why my sim went from having 3 green bars at the front door and somewhere between there and the carpool she would drop down to one green motive bar. Then I realised it was because there was a pee puddle by one of the dogs that hang around her lot. The puddle is on the edge of the lot and I couldn't see it zoomed in, that's what was dropping her motives!

She got fired from being a Cadet because she missed work two days in a row. Lila is now a ticket collector in the circus. I love the sims 1 careers!

The relationships or lack of in CAS is frustrating, it's hard when you start a family because while you can pretend two sims are together it's quite hard to get them together. I've not got any kids in my current neighbourhood as I'm just taking my time and hopefully we will get some born in game.

In some ways because sims don't age it's nice to relax without worrying about running out of time to have career and children which is a struggle I have with the sims 2. It's the hardest game of the series but i like the challenge, nothing is handed to you on a plate.

Believe it or not those pics were taken with my iPad. I just uploaded them as the quality was better than the screen shot as the image was bigger.

Well I've never seen this in later games...

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@Goldbear86

Lol I am not sure how loosing body parts equates to having better charisma-)

Its obvious looking at series 1 that every series since has had a lot of stuff taken out for one reason or another... and while I don't mind tasks within the game I want to be able to play as I like without unlocking this and that and without having to use a mod if I choose-)

I thought watching out for things going wrong when I took my eye of the ball in 2 was difficult to begin with but 1 looks a whole lot worse on that score-)

poor Clifford the social slave , that's another thing on one of the lets play's I was watching they said there wasn't enough sims to make friends with when trying to fulfill job requirement relationships..

An animal puddle caused so much of an environment drop wow I would probably not notice it in-front of the lot never mind at the outer edges :)

Yeah I think its a bit of a bummer that sims cannot be married status in CAS it would make things a lot easier-)

My Sims never age unless I want them to in any series I really get used to the sims/families I like to play and dislike giving them up, I have tons of saves of 3 games with my fav families..

that's a great pic from an iPad and better than the games ones don't you think?

Lol @SPARKY1922

I must admit when that pop up came up, I was thinking what the heck? That's a bit dark! I imagine the charisma point came if she managed to talk the situation down. But I've played too much GTA and seen too many movies and I've not seen many shoot outs resolved with words. But hey ho. :p

I don't like my sims aging either. If I like them that is. My legacy founder in the sims 2 is now an elder and I'm feeling a little sad at the thought of losing her. (I cannot WAIT to send her eldest two boys to the sim bin, I'm not attached to them at all, they are extremely grouchy and sloppy and its not my favourite combination in a large household.

I don't think I've ever lost a sim in the sims 3 to death because I don't stick around with the family long enough. I love the world, its beautiful but my sims themselves I'm not keen on the looks on. My Sims 3 Legacy Founder had three boys and they are exact carbon copies of each other in facial features. There isn't one feature that's different and that really bothers me. (I don't use cc) I do wish they looked a little less "pudding like"

That's one of the reasons I do like the Sims 1 because I know my Sims wont die of old age. They may die of other things if I'm not careful but I'm not thinking about time with them.

I was actually pleasantly surprised when I took Lila downtown, the lot had lots of sims on there.
I'm needing to build up my neighbourhood as I have a Sim in the Superstar Career and her social is always low. She has a room mate and they border on being friends but her roommate is in Politics so works long hours and when she comes home she is too tired to socialise. I'm hoping if I build my neighbourhood she can meet the neighbours and keep her social need up since her roommate isn't really helping.

I'm not a big fan of the Environment score in the Sims 1, they are sooo fussy. Particularly about their gardens. My Sim would get a negative "room" score when standing in her garden as there was no trees or plants. I gave her some flowers and planted a tree and She is still not totally satisfied. She cant afford a fountain or anything too expensive. If it weren't for the fact this impacts on her mood so bad I wouldn't be too bothered.

@Goldbear86

Yeah the humor is much better in 1&2 when political correctness had not overtaken the world and everyone realized hey this is just a game lol

I have also gotten frustrated in many series looking for why the environment bar has dropped what a waste of time-)

When I started playing 2 I loved the way sims either like, dislike or try just try to get on with one another and the facial expressions/body language that go with it and while those relationships can be worked on there is no way those sims are just going to forget their dislikes towards each other instantly.. much more realistic :)

I mean the fact that we are discussing sims and their behaviors in game is really something because if we were talking about other series I doubt we would be having the same discussion-)

I love the downtown and superstar areas in 1 I mean what a laugh exactly how its meant to be, I loved NPC ice cream stand and the sweet shop wow imagine browsing around there for hours-)

I started using mods and CC when the 3 series came to an end and sims can be made to look much better with CC but I think sims 2 sims with CC look stunning I am hoping to achieve some sort of good looking sim when I get to play 1 and ;earn how to play as amazingly there are quite a few sims 1 sites still going out there.

here is one of my fav teen vamps but other 3 players who have really learned the art of face and body sliders do a lot better than me-)

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sims 2 Dina Caliente just one of my many remakes of her-)

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