Taking a break….

I don't say I need a break, I have a good balance between living in real life and playing my game, I only play the sims 4, I would never cancel plans with family and friends to play a game, I've currently been staying at my boyfriends house for 5 nights and I'm staying tonight, when I get home my plan is spending time with the mum, have a cuppa tea and catch up first then I'm going to play my game for 2 hours...2 hours of mayhem ?, its all to do with balance with me, I enjoy playing my game and escape from the real world however I don't forget to live outside of the game, balance is key simmers enjoy your game but make sure you enjoy your life to and spend time with your loved ones

I usually play Minecraft or Stardew Valley when I take a break from Sims 4.

"simgirl1010;c-18187509" wrote:
I'm rarely in the need to take a break camp. I do take breaks to focus on my other interests. Or like now when I'm forced to because of a move. I'm in Maryland and my laptop is in North Carolina. But we'll soon be reunited. ?

I'm right there with you. If I take breaks, sometimes it's during a gaming session, where I'll save, then squish the game using the Windows key on my keyboard. I might take a look at my emails, trying to keep the tide of them stemmed, or I do a bit of genealogy before going back to the game. Today, this morning, I have to take a break to babysit seven of my thirteen grandchildren. :open_mouth: , three-year-old twins, included. My Sims were left on the end of Sunday in my game. I do believe their Second Term starts on Monday, or very soon. Anxious to get back to the Third Term, where I was when I discovered there was no clear way to remove the Festering Grudge Erik's fiancée had against him. :open_mouth: That's no way to head into a marriage.

I can at times feel no interest in running the game, but because I also run my own "game" on my blog/website, with tons of detailed background info, there is always something for me to do without really playing. I probably play the game only half the time I focus on my sims. So, I think it's healthy taking a break from the game and do something totally different, or do some planning or cleaning up in the Screenshots folder, etc. When ding something else, you will probably find new inspiration :)

Yes, I take breaks if the game feels stale or I get bored. I'll go off and do other things or play other games for a while.

I'm getting bored because I can't play my old saves that I miss so much. They still haven't mentioned if the aging bug is ever going to be fixed and I'm afraid to even open any of my old saves. I've been playing just my short lifespan legacy save and as much as I love it I am really getting bored. I've realized that I need many saves with different Sims and play styles/options to keep me entertained.
I'm not taking a break but I'm currently playing only twice a week when I used to play every day. The infamous patch before HSY and the bugs that it caused and also EA's silence about fixing the game killed my fun with Sims 4. :/

curently on a break from the game busy months ahead since its bd months october november then prep for chrismas

I tend to play to the point I'm oversaturated then I need to play a different game or not play games at all. Then I come back to it, usually with a different scenario in mind.

I've been playing my American sitcom save a lot recently, but I feel invested in that one so I definitely don't plan to abandon it, as there is a lot more I want to do. I'll put one of the families through Christmas week with aging off to finish off the current year, then switch them to a 4 week calendar instead of 2, so I can resume from a new point when I'm ready.

I have also been craving the sims in a save I made regarding my book series though, so it might be time to go back to them soon. I spent far too long over the weekend looking for very specific CC for my main character.

In the meantime maybe I'll take a break from gaming, or play some Crusader Kings III.

"Ellupelluellu;c-18188282" wrote:

"Kimmer;c-18188260" wrote:
I'm getting bored because I can't play my old saves that I miss so much. They still haven't mentioned if the aging bug is ever going to be fixed

Yes it is. in patch mentioned above. Later MCCC users still had sort of aging bug, but now it has correct ages too.

Thanks for the info. :)
Somehow I had missed the patch notes about this and I was extra worried because I've seen people mentioning still having problems with the older saves on long lifespan and rotational playing. Maybe I will have a courage to try some of my old saves now.
Even if the aging bug is fixed there is still bugs that need to be taken care of before I can get back to gaming the way I used to.
Also the other thing is that the electricity usage costs so much nowadays that I need to limit the time I spend on my laptop, but that's just a thing that has nothing to do with Sims 4.

I'm not burnt out, I just now have a Syndrome similar to PEPS, waiting for those infants they mentioned. Harder than I thought to play my game farther, when I know darned well, I will roll back to before their first baby is born, so I can take advantage of the new infants. Happily, I have other things I can do with my time. Genealogy, and finishing the editing on my latest book. Yes, I'm still editing. Been spending most of my time playing this fool game. LOL

@HillyBeth So sorry to learn of your loss.