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pingu632
Rising Novice
5 months ago

How do I get "into" the game?

I figure if I'm creatively challenged ask the creative people.  I keep starting and restarting a world.  I can't seem to get very far before I lose focus and restart.  Any suggestions for getting som...
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  • QuinShay5's avatar
    QuinShay5
    5 months ago

    You can try to do a challenge. There are loads of Sims challenges you can play. You can find them on the forums or a Google search. Challenges will allow you to focus on achieving certain goals so the game doesn't feel so open-ended (if that's where your issue lies). There's also nothing wrong with only focusing on one aspect of the game. You can just build or create Sims or set up screenshots or make SimLit or machinima or whatever strikes your fancy. There's nothing wrong if you're not interested in playing the game "traditionally". I haven't "played" in a casual sense in a long time, but I'm in the game all the time doing challenges and SimLit. If you need a change of atmosphere, try to recreate a specific time-period, or fantasy or sci-fi world. Or make your favorite novel/movie/series/not-sims-game in the game and play some fanfic.

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JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
5 months ago

I agree that having some sort of objective, a story you want to tell, makes it easier. For me, so far, the decades challenge has been fantastic (but then I'm a history buff). I usually have a harder time sticking to the legacy challenges where it's dictated what each generation should do (what if the kid doesn't have a creative bone in them but are supposed to be a painter because the challenge says so?). 

I do like challenges connected to the worlds and careers, so you try as many different aspects of the game as possible. 

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