Gameplay ideas?

An issue for a lot of people is the fact that The Sims can get pretty monotone and repetitive as the days go on. I would suggest playing rotationally if you don't already, having lots of families that are diverse should will you to play more. Perhaps also going out of your comfort zone and creating loads of drama will have you entertained.

I’m currently playing three different worlds. A legacy challenge based on my actual family- currently I’m a toddler and my mom is pregnant with my little brother, a city living family- three sisters all with either children or partners living in a small apartment, and a teenage pregnancy challenge- the teen has had twins (a boy and a girl) and owns a restaurant.

"FurSimsOriginal;c-16101476" wrote:

"catmando830;c-16100477" wrote:

"BethTS4;d-926879" wrote:
So do you guys have any suggestions for a bored player? Any fun things that I should try? I've played a lot of challenges, but I got bored. I started to build up Newcrest (that was my latest project) but now I feel like I need a new way to play the game. :smiley:
What do you do when you get bored with the way you play the game?

I've tried so many things but still get bored quickly. Maybe when we get tropical vacations I won't get bored so easily.

is that a thing? Tropical vacation?

Yeah, it's a thing I keep hoping for. ;)

I'd actually suggest making a single sim, buying the cheapest apartment in San Myshuno, delete everything (bulldoze) INCLUDING walls, then using cheats to remove your money (testingcheats true > money 0 > testingcheats false). You can unfold it however you want, I'd suggest trying to get a bite of the city life, as it can drain some cash in the start. As a fun extra challenge, get your sim pregnant instantly, forcing you to get enough money in 3-5 days to take care of a little one.

If you like playing with mods, I'd suggest mods such as Higher Bills mod, MCCC (Good for story progression) & some I can't remember the name of, that forces you into buying stuffs ingredients first, making simple meals much more expensive.

Also, a legacy challenge based on serial romantics (aspiration not necessary)
Basically, you'll need female heirs or males who can get pregnant/get abducted by aliens. The rules I play with, are quite simple:
- Your sim must never marry another sim.
- Your sim cannot move other sims in
- Your sim can't have several children with the same man (unless twins/triplets obv.)
Basically, you have to raise every simoleon by yourself. I tried myself with having the first child (who became heir) very early, I was lucky that the budget covered for even a tiny room and some toys when she became a toddler.

You could also make a blog or something - some stories and alike. That's fun to make, and people enjoy reading it and seeing pictures from your sims' lives.



Happy simming!

Maybe make a few different sims and focus on their careers? You could make sims with the different active careers and try to max them?

I just built my own Newcrest. I got rid of majority of the characters in the game and created my own. My current family consist of 7 Sims, the largest I've ever played. I have a grandfather/grandmother, their son and daughter, the daughter is single without children, the son is married with 2 daughters. Everyone works or goes to school and we just recently opened a vet clinic. That's 7 aspirations to complete and lots of things to do. Not sure of what type of game play you're seeking.

If I'm gonna be completely honest, when I get bored, I just stop playing for awhile... it usually takes me a few months until I get the desire to begin playing again. In Sims 4, it's very easy to get bored with the game... since the gameplay is often very repetitive (at least that's how I feel about it). I usually wait until a few more packs have been released before I start getting back on. Currently, I haven't even touched this game in over a year because I'm waiting for the next expansion pack (Cats & Dogs wasn't enough to carry me over). However, I'm very excited to get back to playing... especially since I have so many new packs to experience! :smiley: I haven't touched Vintage Glamour, Bowling Night, Fitness, Toddlers, or Laundry Day yet... I also haven't played Vampires, Parenthood, or Jungle Adventure. I've also only touched the surface of Cats & Dogs, so I have yet to actually PLAY that pack... not to mention that there's probably going to be a few more packs before this year's expansion pack, so that's even better! On top of all this, Seasons has been rumored to be the next expansion pack, so I'm mostly waiting for that too! :smile:

So yeah, I usually just put the game on hold for awhile... until I feel like enough content has been released for me to get back into the game. Trust me... if you're really bored with the game, put it on hold for awhile. Just wait for more content to be released. It's honestly worth the wait! When you get back on the game after several months to a year, it really feels like a brand new experience. Especially when there's a bunch of new content to play with.

What I did when I got bored of a save: I started a new one, with a new family. It just has more possibilities because I wasn't as restricted anymore because the old save just had too many families and not enough space for new ones.
What I did then is copying one of my favorite sims from the old save into the library, created a new family for her, gave her a new hairstyle, different clothes, different traits and a new name and it's like when you watch a new tv-show in which you see a character that is portrayed by the same actor like someone in the show you just watched before. It's so interesting to see her with completely different traits, meeting the other sims I created for the new save.

I don’t know your money situation but maybe getting a couple of news packs could help. As one said Parenthood is an amazing pack and really opens up more gameplay options for family play.

Personally, I only play Sims I create for the game. Some of them already have a background, as in my Cantrell family. I developed them to fully flesh out my O/C, see my siggie below. What I wasn't able to do, since my O/C's family were minor characters, was to give them more 'time' in the story. I made Erik Cantrell the second eldest child a Rock Star. Now, that we have GF (and I also use Road to Fame) he's a Rock Star, once again. By focusing on his career and his love-life (which wasn't any better in Sims4 than in Sims3 LOL) I have had a blast.

The other game save is that of my Ancestors, whose lives I already have information on. I love them to pieces and it's fun to play them.

If you don't already love a Sim you're trying to play, that can get boring pretty quickly. Pick a favorite, and invent their story. I shared some of the stuff going on in my game, and it ended up becoming a blog.

Shameless Plug: https://erikcantrellscheckeredlife.blogspot.com/2018/12/chapter-one-cautionary-tale.html

I've had a slight hiatus, unplanned, due to my being a silly nit. Things went from bad to worse when the StrangerVille patch killed my mod. I did learn there was an updated version, but once I downloaded it, turned out my game save was corrupted. Worse, still, was learning my Sim, Erik, was also corrupted. Suffice it to say, I had to restart him from scratch. He's just now back to where he was. I will blog a new chapter once I have a story to tell.