How much realness do you try to incorporate into your game?

If you asked me this question when I was playing Sims 3 I would have said, not anything real. My sim was one major super magical modded hybrid. She was a genie fairy and witch hybrid. She didn't even have to lift a single finger to change her baby's diaper, and she used magical charms to take care of everyone's needs. If she liked someone, she didn't go to visit them but used a spell to bring them to her. It was quite funny seeing some of them pop in with only their underwear on. If she didn't like them, she zapped them off to who knows where. If she got any bills, she just turned them into gold and sold off the gold, so no bills.

In Sims 4, my sims are just stuck with the mundane chores to do.

Very little. I don’t really like the time management aspect of the game, which is funny because that’s the entire premise of the game. I usually have some specific thing I’m trying to accomplish, so if anything gets in the way of that, then I just use cheats to get rid of it.

I mean, sims spin around once to change clothes. Ghosts, vampires and aliens roam the streets with impunity. Fruit salad restores youth and bovine-plant hybrids eat people and harvest their life essence. I don't see the appearance of the Mystical Cursor that drags and drops the dirty dishes into the sink or dish washer as much of an affront in that sense.

The only way is realistic for me.

It varies by household. Give my druthers, my play style is very real. When my sims first wake up it's toilet/shower/brush teeth and then brew coffee and make breakfast while they watch the news.

I have 'laundry days' and regularly change their outfits. As they get older I go in to give them graying hair or obviously dyed hair. I often give different members of the family different chores. Like in one family, maybe the son is the sole caretaker of the dog. In another, only the mother does all the cooking.

It really depends on whatever story I have going on in my head.

Definitely not realistic play. I get enough of that in my daily life, lol. I like to create strange and fantastical Sims, fictional characters, supernaturals, etc. In my main save I've got varieties of Vampires, Aliens, Fairies, Elves, eccentrics, my sinister Midnight Carnival group, Penny Dreadfuls, retro eras and others.

I also like to make themed neighborhoods so that the builds and households all have their own place.

In one save I have a world where Vampires pretty much rule over mortals but Oasis Springs is the main (sort of apocalyptic) stronghold of humans where they are building a resistance and training hunters and taking refuge. The sun is stronger there so Vampires don't stand as much of a chance. But the rest of the world is very gothy/Victorian and full of dark builds. I think when I get GF eventually, I'm going to make that an Alien territory and mix it up a little. The flashy lights and modern layout will blend well for that, I think.

I love supernaturals and in the sims 4 it seems that no matter what I do a vampire always manages to sneak into the family tree.

"LiELF;c-16832257" wrote:
Definitely not realistic play. I get enough of that in my daily life, lol.

This right here is me as well. Not that I wouldn't have fun playing realistically, but I have fun doing things that wouldn't happen in real life.

As unrealistic as possible.

I like making sims wash their hands after using the bathroom, or making pregnant sims brush their teeth after fighting morning sickness. Kids and teens always have a backpack and extra books most of them go to bed late when they have a lot of homework ,normal and projects, as they know what happens to their weekend if they get lazy at school. I like when sims go and get things to drink you know mouth gets dry and that's the worst. I let my sims eat whatever they want as I don't waste food if it's 6 am and all you have would be steak left over from dinner that's what you're having.

Aside from that depends on my mood if I add anything more it's not that important to me but it's also fun to add in where I can.