Hey! I was wondering what the community's opinions on historical Sims games. I am thinking about creating saves (with no CC and limited packs) that reflect certain historical climates. For example, I've been thinking of redoing Windenberg in the style of England-occupied Ireland (maybe just after or during the Easter Rising of 1916) with families and stories reflecting the time. I know it's extremely niche, but I thought it would be a neat way to explore the backdrops of history through the sims.Would any of you download these saves?If so, which periods of history (limited to what is doable given what the sims offers) would you most like to see?Other thoughts?

@whimreaper What a great idea, it's for sure something I would be interested in! Especially your idea for Windenberg! Oasis Springs could be a Western world like around Wyatt Earp's era. Get Famous will have CAS and possibly objects to support that I think.

I do time travel roleplaying, so I'm into historical themes. One problem though is some random sims could "invade" that era with inappropriate clothing. What I do is change some lots into "Residential" and then move in a group of sims with the right attire. For example, I will convert Wild West Park into a Residential lot. That way, when I zone in on this lot, I'll have sims with cowboy hats and boots.

Personally, I don't really play historical Sims. But I'm sure people who are playing the decades challenge (or similar) will like things like this :)

"DJQ1308;c-16810700" wrote:@whimreaper What a great idea, it's for sure something I would be interested in! Especially your idea for Windenberg! Oasis Springs could be a Western world like around Wyatt Earp's era. Get Famous will have CAS and possibly objects to support that I think.Thanks, @DJQ1308 ! I'm glad to hear you're interested! Also, that's a great idea for Oasis Springs! I may be a bit late getting "Get Famous", however, so it may be an idea for me to store away.

I love historic themes! The Vampires pack is great for a Victorian era, which is one of my favorites. I also really like @DJQ1308 's idea of using Oasis Springs for a Wild West setting. The Fame pack's costumes will definitely help that along, and so will some of the movie sets.Forgotten Hollow would make a great Salem, MA 1692 Puritan town in the midst of the witch hysteria. Newcrest might be a good place to build a 1930s/1940s Art Deco setting using the Vintage Glamour pack and also some stuff from Get Famous when it comes out. :)

Historical Sims Stories and Worlds

sassycotton
7 years ago
I would love to see them all that would be really cool!
annaliese39
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
Great idea, I love historical themes. I'm a Brit with Irish ancestry so anything that reminds me of that is nice to see. I would also love a 17th century France style world with a palace like Versailles - right now I guess Windenburg again would be the only possibility for this. We really need more varied worlds. Victorian era and Medieval would also be fun.
AnimeMama2
7 years ago
Sounds fun! I loved playing Sims Medieval and the expansion pack from Sims 3 that had the Renaissance Faire type stuff.
AlexandraAlllie
7 years ago
"annaliese39;c-16814885" wrote:
Great idea, I love historical themes. I'm a Brit with Irish ancestry so anything that reminds me of that is nice to see. I would also love a 17th century France style world with a palace like Versailles - right now I guess Windenburg again would be the only possibility for this. We really need more varied worlds. Victorian era and Medieval would also be fun.

vampires game pack has a lot of victorian stuff, i build victorian houses all the time, i put them in windenburg or forgotten hollow
whimreaper
7 years ago
"annaliese39;c-16814885" wrote:
Great idea, I love historical themes. I'm a Brit with Irish ancestry so anything that reminds me of that is nice to see. I would also love a 17th century France style world with a palace like Versailles - right now I guess Windenburg again would be the only possibility for this. We really need more varied worlds. Victorian era and Medieval would also be fun.

Epic! Versailles would definitely be a challenge, but I love Roccoco, so thanks for the great idea! It is a shame that there aren't more worlds.
whimreaper
7 years ago
@SimsFinest1 Sure thing! Unfortunately that may be awhile, but I'm definitely working towards it!
Hobbitmama
7 years ago
l love starting with empty worlds and doing 'settler' style worlds, but obviously have an alternative reality where slavery hadn't happened and have a diverse population. The only problem I find is that I get to about 4 or 5 households and run out of steam. I like doing post-apocalyptic/post-alien invasion style ones too. I'm excited about Get Famous, if only for the huge amounts of costumes that'll be coming.I'm definitely going to have to have an empty Windenberg one - right now, in fact! :smiley:
nastyjman
Rising Newcomer
7 years ago
I'm starting a series of entries for my Time Lord Challenge called "Postcards." Here's the first entry: https://sims4timelordchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/11/vincent-van-goghs-residence.html

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Why take a tour when you can actually go to Vincent's home when he was still alive. I advice you to not meddle with his genius, however. Any meddling could be disastrous to the timeline (although I did spill paint on one of his canvas once).

Lot

“Van Gogh House” by arkroogs from The Gallery.
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/74696C540D2811E7819E1519AC7E9642
Use hashtag #vangogh

Household

Download "Vincent Van Gogh" by Tileps household from The Gallery.
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/614DD764F50611E6886866E3E080B4FA
Use hashtag #vangogh

Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/jyuwW7d.jpg
LittlBowBub
7 years ago
I've been rewatching Outlander so would love an 18th century style world.

I would definetly download a historical save, I keep meaning to do one for myself but I lack the patience :joy: I can't seem to find any history type saves around that aren't modern.
grrrlonfire
7 years ago
This is so weird, I actually made a thread about something similar to this the other day. I was wondering if some people wanted to collaborate on a medieval save file. https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/952154/medieval-save-file#latest

I miss the more historical worlds. Yes, there's elements of it in Windenburg and Forgotten Hollow, but *Ariel voice* I want moooore. I was obsessed with Dragon Valley from Sims 3 store and would love something similar.

Side note, does anyone know of any Youtubers who have long running/complete/active historical let's plays? I'd love to hear your recommendations. I love SimpleBliss's amazon challenge series. Something similar to that, perhaps? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTPhdjK2UyixRWZ5OQBxbXg/playlists