Avoiding (ultimately) “cookie cutter” Sims…
Anyone else find their many, many Sims end up much the same as each other? I’m not taking in looks (though to a certain extent that can happen too) but the way they can end up living and reacting t...
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I definitely autopilot toward happily ever after. Even with the way I always randomize traits, it's too easy to fall into success and happiness. This is a major reason why I play challenges so much, it forces me out of the groove. I was playing the Aspiration Legacy Challenge and I had a character who had to complete the Lone Wolf and Public Enemy aspirations. Very different from my default way of playing and I loved it, but it would never occur to me to make a character that goes around terrifying people otherwise.
@WildIrishBanshee your comments about Sims 2 and Sims 4 personality setting reminds me of an episode of Dr. Gluon I watched last year. He took one of his characters from the Sims 4 and recreated him in the Sims 2. The Sims 4 version was a bit of grump (i.e. Hot-Headed trait), so he set him to maximum mean, not realizing how strongly Sims 2 traits impact the game. It was hilarious.
@WildIrishBanshee your comments about Sims 2 and Sims 4 personality setting reminds me of an episode of Dr. Gluon I watched last year. He took one of his characters from the Sims 4 and recreated him in the Sims 2. The Sims 4 version was a bit of grump (i.e. Hot-Headed trait), so he set him to maximum mean, not realizing how strongly Sims 2 traits impact the game. It was hilarious.
