Single Sims are boring
I see all the time how people play with one YA SIM and go through and do everything in the game, explore the town, etc., and I can't do that. So how Sims are SO BORING to me. There is nothing to do. I...
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I'm mostly a single sim player too. The style I can't play is legacies. I can't play families for longer than short spurts (like a week or so on rotation). The real saving grace playing families is how frickin cute the toddlers are. I can get excited about the thought of playing families and have all these ideas and even enjoy it for awhile but it mostly ends up that I'm micromanaging tasks for them, pausing all the time to switch around. I'm just not challenge or time management drawn to playing the sims and that's what it always feels like I'm doing eventually. Can be fun for a little while but I don't want to live there.
On a single sim. They can do what they want when they want. Works better if they don't go to work but even if they do it can work really well. They want to go on vacation with the two days off they have? Boom.. no need to coordinate, they go... they can even invite someone. I know I can play it where one sim just goes and leaves everyone behind but then lol .. they just want to keep on going. I also usually play with the "always welcome" bought trait. With this they either invade others homes to cause havoc or help them out.. depending how I'm playing. They could just go to work on a serial romance or friendship aspiration... or they could go to clog toilets.. or they could go and use all their skill stuff or mentor family members. Sometimes I go into build mode while there and change around the houses where the other sims live.. mostly giving them better stuff.
With a single sim I can make full use of clubs how I want too. They can even sleep during club gatherings and I don't have to take care of the other sims at all. I can also create other story lines depending on the sim I'm playing (often using clubs). Fight clubs, romance clubs, dinner clubs, pub clubs, nerd clubs (helps to build a rocketship faster that's for sure) ect... Currently I'm working towards setting up a club to replace all the rich premade guys in the game with their superior clones (yes I know it's just another sim.. could just keep the first one) but it's fun to me because it becomes a story.
I do often have one other sim in the household that is a helper to my main or first sim (usually with the clean trait). I usually end up getting attached to them though so have to end up moving them out and giving them their own life in the end... especially after my main sim has done most of what they set out to do. I still almost consider this playing with a single sim though because the focus is on the main one.
If my sim decides to have children in their household ..they nanny and butler up... it's still a lot of switching but my sim isn't completely drained just watching and caring for a toddler (although some days can be like that).
We all play the way we like. There's nothing wrong with any play style that brings someone fun or satisfaction.
I have to add the one thing I don't understand about people that put down playing a single sim is they always seem to assume it's a "party" sim. Weird to me.
On a single sim. They can do what they want when they want. Works better if they don't go to work but even if they do it can work really well. They want to go on vacation with the two days off they have? Boom.. no need to coordinate, they go... they can even invite someone. I know I can play it where one sim just goes and leaves everyone behind but then lol .. they just want to keep on going. I also usually play with the "always welcome" bought trait. With this they either invade others homes to cause havoc or help them out.. depending how I'm playing. They could just go to work on a serial romance or friendship aspiration... or they could go to clog toilets.. or they could go and use all their skill stuff or mentor family members. Sometimes I go into build mode while there and change around the houses where the other sims live.. mostly giving them better stuff.
With a single sim I can make full use of clubs how I want too. They can even sleep during club gatherings and I don't have to take care of the other sims at all. I can also create other story lines depending on the sim I'm playing (often using clubs). Fight clubs, romance clubs, dinner clubs, pub clubs, nerd clubs (helps to build a rocketship faster that's for sure) ect... Currently I'm working towards setting up a club to replace all the rich premade guys in the game with their superior clones (yes I know it's just another sim.. could just keep the first one) but it's fun to me because it becomes a story.
I do often have one other sim in the household that is a helper to my main or first sim (usually with the clean trait). I usually end up getting attached to them though so have to end up moving them out and giving them their own life in the end... especially after my main sim has done most of what they set out to do. I still almost consider this playing with a single sim though because the focus is on the main one.
If my sim decides to have children in their household ..they nanny and butler up... it's still a lot of switching but my sim isn't completely drained just watching and caring for a toddler (although some days can be like that).
We all play the way we like. There's nothing wrong with any play style that brings someone fun or satisfaction.
I have to add the one thing I don't understand about people that put down playing a single sim is they always seem to assume it's a "party" sim. Weird to me.
