How do you create drama in The Sims 4?
So..... I had been making families for ages now and after one genaration I get bored with playing them until I realized that there is not much happening. They always live in a "happily ever after life...
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"Sha2520032003;c-16503943" wrote:
For me, I kind of get an idea in my head or a story that I want to tell & I set the tone & then let the game drive what happens. Like in my Not So Berry Legacy Challenge Save, I'm in generation 3. My heir, Juniper's husband was cheating with her aunt, Saskia. Juniper's mom, Soren, caught them....& so I had her go to Saskia's apartment & confront her. Soren & Saskia got into it:Spoilerhttps://i.imgur.com/a49SwQS.png
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Saskia was a NPC so I wasn't controlling her. I had Soren go into the city, & somehow Saskia caught the stove on fire & died.Spoilerhttps://i.imgur.com/TWwVrFa.png
Soren never told Juniper about her husband's cheating considering Saskia's death. Soren ended up dying from hysteria & so I was fully into generation 3 at this point. Juniper's husband, Jagger was at the club & Saskia's ghost was there every time. Jagger started getting whims to get engaged & get married to Saskia....so I pretended that this was his true love. Juniper ended up finding out about Jagger & Saskia as she caught him cheating at the club....& went up to him & slapped him:Spoilerhttps://i.imgur.com/56cqKm3.png
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Juniper & Jagger are now divorced & I moved out Jagger. Even though I'm playing NSB & there's specific rules for the heir (Juniper)....I turned aging off & rotated to Jagger. I had him get all the ingredients to make ambrosia so he could bring back the love of his life!
I didn't plan on ever divorcing Juniper & Jagger as they were friends since childhood, grew up together, married, & had 5 kids:Spoilerhttps://i.imgur.com/mYIH1Dm.png
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But Jagger kept getting these whims to marry Saskia....so I decided to roll with that. I thought it might be fun to bring her back to life as I've only brought a Sim back to life once, which was years ago.
Sorry my post was so long! I usually get an idea in my head, like Soren confronting her sister Saskia....& I let the game drive everything else. I had no idea she would die or that her ghost would keep showing up everywhere the husband went. But I used that messy drama to tell a story.
I never had a backstory in my head, Cheating is something that I am trying to, but that randomness of death by fire and hysteria is fun. Are you using mods? I never got death by laughter until I use cheats.
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