Re: Tell Us About Your Favorite Sims 4 Families
Tell us about your favorite sims and why you like to play them:
The Sullivans
In my main game, my family and their extended family all have §9,999,999 and are genius tech gurus --- start-up geniuses, and all live in the best neighborhood in Newcrest. There are 25 Sullivans, in all --- (three 8-Sim households and one Young Adult from the family moved in with the neighbors on the same block --- spanning from toddler to great-grandparents).
The Sullivans' are a great, loving family who always get along with each other, their extended family and friends. The neighborhood is a wonderful place for them to live – across from their relatives and a few close friends on asphalt abodes. Twin Oracle Point has my version of Mangolia Blossom park. I added a huge fountain, so that’s a great spot to hang out and grill --- when we don’t just go to the place with two types of monkey bars and a grill on the other side of Rippling Flats. The adults and children have maxed most skils in the base game and packs.
The children’s grandma and grandpa make over §1,300/hour as Start-up Geniuses. I have aging off, so all the adults will always be about 21 years-old forever, as well as their great-grandparents and other adult relatives who live across the street. The 2 girls (both genius/whiz kid) will be about 11 and a half forever. They've maxed all possible children's skills and completed all four aspirations, and they have all possible adult skills, such as charisma, piano and violin, and they love to read the first volume of the programming book!
I added 1 toddler, (Anne Cathleen Sullivan) to their relatives' house, and she will always be a toddler with all her toddler skills maxed, as well as an infant who is now a toddler too and working on her skills. They were named after a descendant from the first generation of Sullivans.
my game play style: I was sick of seeing members of the Sullivan family die --- actually, I built a small house for any elders in that family from generations before the 4 generations, which I currently play because I didn’t want to keep seeing them die --- generation after generation. So, I when the “It’s almost [name of Sim’s] time, message came up on the message wall in-game, I would have the family give the elder(s) a “send-off,” party with a meal and hugs, within a few hours of finding out that it was time. Then, I started the whole Potion of Life deal, and finally, I just decided to turn aging off.
Having a routine is key to managing a large household. It was hard to have such a big family, at first, but now, everyone comes home at 3 p.m., has a snack and does homework or work homework (and they help the children with their extra credit on days when they’ve completed their work homework). Then, there’s play time/dinner or an outing. In the morning, there’s shower time and breakfast oatmeal, and sometimes, browsing Simpedia or chess to get focused before work or school.
When I had aging on, I had about 30 generations in the Sullivan family, and they’ve always been tech gurus --- and after awhile always became start-up geniuses. I didn’t like it when their lives ended, and I played so much that there was a new generation a lot. So, I turned aging off. I try to mix it up on their weekends, especially, so I don’t get bored.
