Is it just me?

I do like the struggle but I'm not much of a rags to riches player. I typically find myself getting bored when my sims' lives aren't dramatic enough.

I don't really do rags to riches that much because I don't like to build as I play

but also yeah I feel like some big mansions can be chore to play/navigate and things are almost more simple at start where you just have like idk tent or little house or something so its more fun

I think there is definitely ways to not end up so darn rich so darn quickly too though

Self imposed restrictions can go a long way. The sim is homeless? Then they probably will not get hired for many jobs and may not have a selling license. Maybe they don't even have a legal ID. Your sim painted a valuable painting? But they are a nobody, so who would buy this? Ten lilies picked last week? Picked in whose garden, may I ask? Hello, police...

In the end no matter how creatively you come up with restrictions, this can only delay the problem, not remove it.

Alternately you could play scenarios where money doesn't play a role at all. My sims go adventuring a lot at the moment, they have 4 million simoleons, but also trust and love issues, so them being rich doesn't matter. I'm involved with their emotions, that is challenge enough.

"Revenwyn;d-1012929" wrote:
But when I feel like a Sims game has lost its challenge anymore I have to start a new game?

I like to start my sims with nothing except like... a hole in the ground and a cot, with a bush for a bathroom. But somehow they all creep up to getting like 500k simoleons and then it's not fun anymore.

Maybe you have figured out the way you most like to play :)