Playstyle Ideas?

"SimTrippy;c-17114390" wrote:
You're welcome, enjoy! :D I personally also like the orphanage best, it's super fun, especially if you like supernaturals. Also check out her build, I think it's super pretty and totally fitting to this type of story (even though I deleted quite a few plants and stuff to make it a bit lighter to run).

I greatly enjoy supernaturals, so this is a great idea to try once the new EP comes out and we get Mermaids. I'll be sure to check out the build as well. :D

"Bloosmoo;c-17114614" wrote:
I like the orphanage challenge too, but I also do daft things in my game such as a pet rehoming center and rehome the pets when they have learned all their tricks. Another thing I do is a save where I try and turn as many sims as I can into vampires, while only allowing the aliens to breed so the population is all sorts of funky lavenders blues and greens. I like to make a house full of adults and do like a Big Brother challenge too and have silly little back stories for what is happening and why it's happening. I'm aiming when Realm of Magic comes out to make Willow Creek into some kind of monster ville putting characters like The Munsters, The Addams Family, Edward Scissorhands, Ted Bundy in it and seeing how that goes. You could start a save where you age all the premades down to kids and see how they turn out, I had great fun doing that with the various back stories. This might all seem a bit tame when you think about what other simmers get up to, but it keeps me amused on days where I can't get off the sofa :)

While I prefer TS4 pets as opposed to TS3 pers (primarily because they can't be controlled), I'll admit the pet rehoming idea doesn't appeal to me much. Maybe one day. A save where all Sims are vampires and aliens sounds pretty fun, though. I'll definitely consider that. Aging down all the premades, though... that could have some amusing potential.

"Akl500P;c-17114650" wrote:
One tip I have is to have multiple different types of saves. It helps me to keep each save with a different theme or challenge with it so it doesn’t get boring. Like for the new EP I will be doing an off the grid rags to riches because I know I can get some seriously fun and unique gameplay out of it. I’ve always wanted to do rags to riches but have never tried it. The island and off the grid lot trait make a perfect combo for it I think. I also slowly go through each new pack instead of rushing to try it all. I still don’t have a five star celeb, I’ve never owned a vet but have a sim who I plan on owning one, I haven’t done doctor or detective career, I’ve never owned a retail store, I haven’t done a lot with jungle adventures, and the list will keep going. It keeps me playing and enjoying the game because I’m always trying something new or discovering things I didn't know existed.

Here are my current challenges/fun saves and a challenge I want to do at some point:

1. Legacy challenge: self explanatory I’m sure but playing with families through generations is my favorite. I also never use money cheats with any family, it helps for sure. I’m currently in generation 3. It’s a common one I know but I personally randomize traits and aspirations to keep things interesting.
2.100 baby challenge: this is really a big and hard challenge. I have four tots right now and am losing my mind, but it’s a fun save for sure. My sim is at the beginning and has very little money right now which is also super hard. It’s again a common challenge but is really fun.
3. Evil vampire: I never play occult’s or evil sims so why not combine the two ?. That sim is already a bit crazy and I love her.
4. Not so berry challenge: new thing I want to try. Seems like a lot of fun because it pushes you as the player to do things you haven’t done before.

I just always try and mix it up. That’s the best advice I can give. Keep your saves different and try new challenges. It keeps the game fun for me. I love the game anyway but I take less breaks than ever playing like this :).

The celeb was fun to max out. It's amusing when every Sim on the lot swoons over yours, so I've been thinking about doing it again sometime. Rags to Riches... that'll be a step out of my comfort zone. I've never been a "Rags" type of player. Could be good for me. And perhaps I should stop bum-rushing content whenever it releases. That is a problem for me.

Legacy challenge, I won't do anytime soon as mentioned before. 100 babies... I love TS4 toddlers, but there are times I get extremely fustrated with them. It's to the point where I refuse to keep high chairs in my Sim's house anymore. We'll have to see about that one. The Evil idea, I'll mention a bit later. :) And the "Not so berry" challenge... never heard of it. Guess I'll be Googling that one.

"QueenSnapdragon;c-17114747" wrote:
I am currently doing the legacy challenge but I am also in the middle of the 100 baby challenge and Supersim challenge. The only one I've actually completed is the "movin on up challenge." This is where you move from apartment to apartment trying to get to the penthouse- if you google it you'll find the rules. I really want to try the decades style legacy or the eras one. I've also been thinking about doing a "disaster game" but it's something I made up but isn't a fully formed idea. I think I'll take the time to put it together and post it as soon as I'm allowed to post on the forums.

Oooh, please share the disaster one when you can. That sounds awesome. Never heard of the Supersim challenge, though.

"sunblond;c-17114815" wrote:
I used to start with a single young adult all the time, but that got repetitive. I can't do challenges, too many arbitrary rules for me to follow. Plus, I love my mods, most of them are just small mods, they just amend or get rid of things I find annoying or repetitive. Faster eating and drinking, faster showers and baths, no school goals, faster homework, for example

So, in my current game, I started with 3 separate households. All in living in different worlds and with a bit of a backstory, my goal was to have them connect to each other and/or the premades by marriage or friendship. I'm currently in generation 2.

Although I don't do challenges, I did like the idea of an orphanage. So in one game I put down a big house (link below) and found/made a childless adult couple to run it. My goal was to have some of the kids get adopted by premades or townies I created and follow their lives, while others would grow up there and go out on their own for me to play.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/738C105F2FEE11E480718FF12688DE2F?category=lots&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=downloads&time=all&searchquery=Maxis&max=50&maxis=false

XD I'm clearly a lot different. I enjoy setting rules in my life-simulator games, it helps keep things more focused on what I enjoy. The idea of having multiple households become connected sounds very intriguing. I may try that out.

"RavenSpit;c-17114871" wrote:
If you are used to playing normal or "nice" sims, change it up:

Make an evil family or club and just go all out with being evil!
Honestly I hardly ever play truely evil sims but when I do, it's so much fun, tormenting the worlds.
For example my evil doers had high aspirations becoming a crime boss, becoming mayor etc. basically everyone had to become somebody with power/influence.
Vampires come in handy for that but they're not needed.
Build venues with the mean vibe and grody traits, restaurants with the grody trait are especially wonderfull >:)
Make a family/ household with only bad mannered sims, lazy, mean, evil, erratic and so forth.
The goal won't be to turn children into wonderful adults but the opposite, they should get all the negative traits from parenthood when they turn into young adults.

Build themed venues where you have to use sims (their skills) to fill them up, for example, I am currently building a museum for the abstract art so I have my painter sims paint abstract paintings like crazy till I got ALL of them plus the quality has to be at least excellent (gonna do this for other painting styles as well).

For me it's the mix of building and playing that really does the trick to keep me interested and always finding new things to do, or old things to do differently.
Sometimes I have a specific idea for a venue but no played sims that would fit as visitors, so I create new sims that would go there and the other way arround.

I have sims collecting only what fits them, for example "spooky" sims only want the spooky fish in their fishtanks and for some of them you'd need quite a high fishing skill (anglerfish), my "nature"witch really needed the treefish, same thing.

But I never do everything with the same sim, hmmm...maybe if I ever want a "Supersim" so to speak, but it would bore me cuz there is no point for me, my sims all have their own characters by which I decide what they do, it's more diverse and more fun for me.
And I also have all my households know each other, for now they are all friendly, since my recent game has no evil sims yet but that will soon change (evil mermaids!).

Anyway, I don't know if this helped, maybe hopefully...just do what you like, it's a sandbox game after all ;)

You know, I was just starting to go for the idea of making my Sim an absolutely terrible person. I did make him a semi-good person, but now I want him to be the kind of guy you wish was dead. He steals, he hurts others, he intimidates them, etc. I think bringing a lot of chaos to the game would entertain me greatly, so that's what I've been doing ever since last night, especially with the help of certain mods. Becoming mayor, though. Is that a mod or a career?

The thing is, I WOULD do everything with the same Sim. I'm the kind of player who will create one Sim and have him do everything and always use him forever. To have the Sim world revolve around him. For example, the supernatural orphanage idea. My main Sim is going to run it. The military idea. My Sim will be a part of it. That's what primarily appeals to me. I suppose I could do a legacy challenge, but just have my main Sim NOT die and have him outlive all his children and fill the game with said children. That would be tons of fun for me.

Building evil venues sounds like a fantastic idea to me. That helps a lot. I don't think my Sim could own them, though like you could in TS3. Which annoys me a bit.

Something I have wanted to try but haven't yet is to set up two identical saves and play a young adult sim whose life starts the same in each but like the movie sliding doors something radically different happens in one of the saves and then play through to see how different the sims life ends up in both saves.

"AHolyToilet;c-17114945" wrote:
Becoming mayor, though. Is that a mod or a career?

sorry I meant president, it's a path of the politician career.
My sims never got that far though, unfortunately that savefile broke before I really could explore it (so I don't know how well it goes with mean/evil sims), think I am gonna try that again soon, I soo want an evil politician.

Well if one sim doing it all is what you like, go for it, to each their own :smile:

I also tend to focus on particular Sims and never let them die haha I like to play families through generations, but my founders outlives them all. I just don't have the same amount of involvement when playing Sims born in game. You need to set all those outfits and they never look quite as good, then they die really fast, I'm too lazy for that.

Have you tried going after the collections? It's 1000x harder than just maxing the skills or related aspirations. I'm trying to complete all of them with my supersims alien family, they really take it seriously the mission of exploring our planet :p it's a mindless grind, but I find it relaxing and for sure will keep your sim occupied while the rest of the family goes their own way.

"AHolyToilet;c-17114918" wrote:

"SimTrippy;c-17114390" wrote:
You're welcome, enjoy! :D I personally also like the orphanage best, it's super fun, especially if you like supernaturals. Also check out her build, I think it's super pretty and totally fitting to this type of story (even though I deleted quite a few plants and stuff to make it a bit lighter to run).

I greatly enjoy supernaturals, so this is a great idea to try once the new EP comes out and we get Mermaids. I'll be sure to check out the build as well. :D

Haha me too! And they're a really great bunch. Really liking aliens a lot better now. I love that they can take over other sim's feelings, that's a neat trick. I just wish they could also empathize with children but well. But their little colors vibes are super pretty and, this alien sim at least, I kind of play as a very soft-natured empath who just wants to find her real place in the world, but that's not an easy thing to do surrounded by a bunch of supernatural misfits. She gets along with the kids though. I even like them all so much that out of the 6 orphans, 2 have completed their aspirations (I have never had kids or teens complete an aspiration :joy:), 2 have completed everything until they need to "become an adult" to continue (I will count this as done), 1 only has to brew an additional emotion potion and one still has to publish a few books. This is just a super fun & engaging way to play with all kinds of supernaturals at once. I am also looking forward to add a mermaid :smiley:

Anyhoo, if you play it, let me know if you enjoy it!

ETA: Also! The kids from the orphanage are my first kids ever with clearly negative childhood traits. Hype!