The Sims 2 Playstyle vs. The Sims 3 Playstyle

"waterywatermelon;c-17848787" wrote:
@NationalPokedex

"NationalPokedex;c-17848758" wrote:
I really like that TS2 has this negative mechanic. It’s present in fears, yes. It’s also present in Skills; Sims can lose Skill points if they don’t work on the corresponding activity.

Eh? Sims can lose skills if they don't work on the corresponding activity? I think this is actually a mod function.

In the Sims 2 game, my Sims only lose skills if they have gone through a job demotion or a random chance card or one of the aspiration rewards. I think if a Sim uses the Thinking Cap with less-than-ideal aspiration level, then that Sim will lose a Skill Point?

Anyway, I don't remember losing a skill based on time alone.

Hmmm maybe that’s what I’m thinking of then. I just remember there being Skill lose in my gameplay, but I also don’t play with mods.


ETA: I went looking this up because I don’t know why my brain would create this memory, and you’re right there is a mod for skill lose via time. But again I never played with mods but somehow it feels like a fever dream lol. Maybe I did watch someone with mods play this once or something.

Anyways there’s still like four other ways to lose skills rather than time which still makes Skill more dynamic.