How do you play The Sims?
I create families very much like the family I wanted, the family I (and all kids) deserved. It's cathartic and fun. But then again, I also throw in the bully here and there to torment those families, ...
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@starrling33 Thank you for sharing! Cathartic is definitely a really good way to describe playing ts4
I play in a variety of ways. In one save, I unleash my inner serial killer and definitely play god. In another save, I complete challenges on difficult level. In a few saves, I just build worlds in different ways and populate them with sims I never have the time to play.
In my favorite save, I put my simself and populated the world with a mix of interesting normal characters and complete weirdos. My simself adopted 23 stray dogs, got abducted by aliens 4 times, had 17 children, ran a restaurant, fell in love with a vampire whose day job was gardening, and then cloned myself 12 times so I could fall in love with all the other wacky characters without cheating on my one true love, the vampire formerly known as Howly Bloodlust (He wears a top hat and I think it's really hot. Been trying to get my irl bf to wear one)
My favorite part about the sims is that it's NOT online. There is no one else playing with you, making snide comments about how you play. You play by yourself for yourself, judgement free. EA is considering making TS5 online and to me, that would undermine the entire reason why I play. They want to bring in competition, but I'd rather have collaboration. I love the forums and the gallery. Everyone is so sweet. There are a few bad eggs here and there, but for the most part, the sims community is very supportive. After all, where else can you be a rocket scientist, actor, professional guitar player, and have 100 children? The game has given people the ability to live out their dreams without someone looking over their shoulder saying that's not cool or that's ugly. It makes me a little scared for the future direction of the sims' franchise, but if the community stays supportive and kind, it'll all be good.
I think the sims is the ultimate sandbox game. It's something I've been looking for my whole life (I started playing last year). I've always wanted to build castles and restaurants and run a vet clinic or live on a farm with a dozen dogs. It really lets me unleash my inner creativity, my inner storyteller, and my inner weirdo that I don't let a whole lot of people see. I use TS4 as an outlet for all of this and I never share it with anyone else in my life. It's just for me.
I play in a variety of ways. In one save, I unleash my inner serial killer and definitely play god. In another save, I complete challenges on difficult level. In a few saves, I just build worlds in different ways and populate them with sims I never have the time to play.
In my favorite save, I put my simself and populated the world with a mix of interesting normal characters and complete weirdos. My simself adopted 23 stray dogs, got abducted by aliens 4 times, had 17 children, ran a restaurant, fell in love with a vampire whose day job was gardening, and then cloned myself 12 times so I could fall in love with all the other wacky characters without cheating on my one true love, the vampire formerly known as Howly Bloodlust (He wears a top hat and I think it's really hot. Been trying to get my irl bf to wear one)
My favorite part about the sims is that it's NOT online. There is no one else playing with you, making snide comments about how you play. You play by yourself for yourself, judgement free. EA is considering making TS5 online and to me, that would undermine the entire reason why I play. They want to bring in competition, but I'd rather have collaboration. I love the forums and the gallery. Everyone is so sweet. There are a few bad eggs here and there, but for the most part, the sims community is very supportive. After all, where else can you be a rocket scientist, actor, professional guitar player, and have 100 children? The game has given people the ability to live out their dreams without someone looking over their shoulder saying that's not cool or that's ugly. It makes me a little scared for the future direction of the sims' franchise, but if the community stays supportive and kind, it'll all be good.
I think the sims is the ultimate sandbox game. It's something I've been looking for my whole life (I started playing last year). I've always wanted to build castles and restaurants and run a vet clinic or live on a farm with a dozen dogs. It really lets me unleash my inner creativity, my inner storyteller, and my inner weirdo that I don't let a whole lot of people see. I use TS4 as an outlet for all of this and I never share it with anyone else in my life. It's just for me.
