The Sims 4 Asylum Challenge

"MissElorri;13748102" wrote:
Hi guys! I really want to try this challenge in Hard mode (medium and easy seems toooooo easy.) but i'm curious to know in which age setting you play? Normal or Long?
Is it really hard in Normal lifespan? I always play in Long, but I find that way too easy to complete four aspirations.

My sim's aspiration, mischief, didn't require a job but was social and even raised her fun once she leveled up. That was made a bit more difficult, though, by the fact that she was also a loner. She had the creative trait so she was able to make good aspiration progress, keep things mostly repaired and pay the high bills with paintings. That said, I failed bad when I switched from long to normal lifespan, but throughout my play I also didn't use any artificial mood changers, not even showers, and used the lot requirements from http://sims4challengesrules.blogspot.com regarding the furniture and skill items and restrictions. I think i'd have a chance if i start out again on normal lifespan with non-loner creative sim who has no job requirement.


That said, i also have a clarification question about the aspiration count for @simswithcheese regarding this:

"simswithcheese;12813798" wrote:
@Nicarra60 When I mean Aspiration I mean the Computer Wiz aspiration for example. I'm not talking about completing and entire category of aspirations like completing the entire Knowledge Aspiration set. Originally I did have that in easy mode they have to only complete one aspiration, but I thought that would be too quick so I changed it to two. I will consider changing it back to having to complete one aspiration for Easy, two aspirations for Medium and three aspirations for Hard if it's way too hard to do.

Using the Computer Whiz aspiration as the example, the actual one "Aspiration" is called "Computer Whiz" and within that one aspiration there are four milestones (just as every aspiration has four "Milestones"):
Milestone I: With the Program
Milestone II: Technically Adept
Milestone III: Computer Geek
Milestone IV: Computer Whiz

So when you give the rule for hard mode as "- Complete four aspirations, then you are free!" does that mean complete four "Milestones" under a single aspiration or complete four "Aspirations" which equals sixteen "Milestones"? That distinction will make an enormous difference. :)

After a play-through i know that if the count is four Aspirations/sixteen Milestones, there is no way i'll ever be able to make it on a normal lifespan by adulthood which was what i was aiming for. Also, for me, sixteen Milestones is just too long a game. I'd choose a lower Milestone count with a shorter lifespan for this to keep it fun. Maybe it would help players to have a chart with Milestone count per lifespan choice for each level. I'd find it very helpful.

Thanks for doing this, btw! This is the only serious fun i've had yet on S4! :D