I am really trying my hardest to finish a legacy but it seems that no matter what I do I get to the point where my founder is elderly and I don't want them to die haha. I also probably never finish one because I always try to write a story about it. Have you ever finished one?

They are never really gone even when they die. Keep their graves and you can still socialise with their ghosts.I like the random legacy, but often restart when we get new packs. I also like playing rotationally in my main game. I play the premades to it takes a while for generations to advance.

I have a legacy challenge save in TS4 but it's only gen 3 I think? In another save, on short lifespan, I'm on gen 7 or so (wanted to make it to gen 10 at least once). Overall I prefer rotational play and got kind of bored with both of those. I like breeding sims and I like the beginning where there's a challenge but after that it's not much fun.In TS2 I made it about half way through... It was better there because it was part of my regular play but in TS4 sims gain skills even when you don't play them so challenge needs to be done in a separate save. I've pretty much given up playing legacy style. Eventually there might be a very long family line in my rotation but I'm not aiming for it on a purpose.

I've only just done it though, and not following the 'traditional rules', I made up my own. But I'm on generation 13 of my first legacy family (I only ever got to gen 3 or 4 before this). I think the secret for me has been to try and mix it up a bit in terms of stories and character traits. I usually play the same sims over and over, but this time I've made them all a bit different, or randomised a few things which has kept my interest. I also use the normal life span and 7 day seasons so it feels like each sim life is long enough to do what I need to but speedy enough to not get too attached to each sim :) Now weirdly when I think of playing a different family it feels wrong! So I think I'll be playing this legacy for a while!! :D

Once, in sims 2. Every generation got a new expansion to keep things interesting.

I’ve tried Legacy style play, where I set out with no cheats and the aim of playing through generations many, many times.I have always got to generation three maximum.I’ve had a tonne of fun trying all sorts of Sims. They’ve lived in apartments, they’ve lived in Willow Creek and Oasis Springs; once one Sim literally began with NO home.They’ve had all sorts of jobs/careers and different personalities and styles.I think some of the problems are - I get distracted with new ideas- I get distracted with real life and give up the game, sometimes for months and then I end up starting over when I return- For a long time I didn’t want to let my precious Simmies die- Stories and story blogs are actually hard to maintain- All my Sims to date have ended up being ‘perfect’ parents who raise gorgeous little munchkins and they all want for nothing. Something about that has been too much the same from game to game to make it super appealing to continue with the kiddos (weird, I know)

Have you finished a 10 generation Legacy? (or more)

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desertflower1981
New Spectator
6 years ago
I am just beginning my newest in the middle of Gen 2. I am certainly heartbroken right now over the death of my founding sim. I think a lot has to do with writing a story for it. I love to read other stories too, I am always amazed with the SimLit I find. Here is my thread
CaityTrina
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Initially I always wanted large generations but trees ended up getting broken where ancestors are deleted and replaced with mystery profile.
I had played the not so berry challenge up to gen 10 (blue was a teen), but my game was getting frozen a lot and I started a ts2 save file project so eventually I'll place Blue gen and finish her goals.
SheriSim
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I find it is more fun to play rotationally in my main game as I have all types of families. I play on long life, but have had aging turned off since the beginning. I just don’t want any of my sims to miss out on anything.... lol. It takes so much time to make and download lots for another game, and since I find it hard to take a house and build onto it, and am not a sophisticated builder, I think I would use a different rule in being able to download others homes and being able to move around to different towns if I try to start another legacy. Also, since I don’t use CC or mods, I have to go in and add children to other families for a legacy, I find building up another world a hassle.
GypsyRozLyn
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Yes - did the Not So Berry Legacy Challenge for 10 generations. The only one that ever held my interest enough to be able to do it!
CrazyWriterGirl
6 years ago
I've started one! I'm not playing by the legacy rules, though. I've made up a storyline for them and don't want to be tied down by the rules of a real legacy challenge. Im also playing on LONG lifespan PLUS some added customizations to the lifespans to make them even slightly longer. (Thanks MCCC!) As a result, it's slow going. But I'm trying for 10 generations. Not sure if people would consider me on gen 1 or 2...but...
I started with a couple in the adult life stage with a teenage son. The teenage son is now married with two toddler daughters. The older daughter will be the next heir. I consider the teenage son to be generation one...not his parents. I just wanted to start the storyline with him as a teenager still. So, even though I have grown to love his parents, I consider his daughters to be generation two only. It's been so fun so far. I love playing with giant households. Right now, with mods, I have 10 Sims in the household.
PurrfectMediocre
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
My very first save in the game is still around and well past 10 generations. I didn't really follow traditional legacy rules though. I have been writing out their story for anyone bored enough to read it. :D
nikki_maeve
6 years ago
I haven't finished mine- yet- still on the first generation. Their eldest daughter is only a teen, but I'm excited to see what direction her life goes in since i've just gotten Get Famous :smiley:
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Stardust123;d-956876" wrote:
I am really trying my hardest to finish a legacy but it seems that no matter what I do I get to the point where my founder is elderly and I don't want them to die haha. I also probably never finish one because I always try to write a story about it. Have you ever finished one?

Furthest I got was 15 generations. Was conducting my own experiment.
LoriTSp
Seasoned Veteran
6 years ago
Finished 10 generations ... alphabet legacy and last year, I made it to 100 generations ... though I thought the legacy was messed up because the game glitched ... I was happy none the less.
blueybluesky
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I just started the Not so berry challenge a little bit ago and am only on gen 3 at the moment.

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