Which Sims game is the best?

@LadysimPlayer8

Thank you. I just couldn't figure out what career that thing accompanied. Now I know. I don't think I've ever had any of my Sims choose the slacker career, however, considering Charlie's personality, it might be the only career he's suited for, lol (he's the grumpy, grouchy kid of the family. Everyone's always encouraging him to be more outgoing and NICE)

Oh man, poor Petey! He got so socially deprived that the bunny guy showed up and had to cheer him up and got slapped at first for his troubles!

And at least two of the kids have accidentally skipped school at least once this week. Petey being the first! There goes his chances of getting into Private School! (that's one of his repeat aspirations). Any suggestions on how to succeed in getting the kids in private school? I tried once back when I first started playing the game and FAILED miserably at getting the kid in! I also seem to have trouble giving successful parties.

@SataiDelennn
Before you invite the Headmaster over (he comes at 5pm): -
1. Clean the house - everything must be spick and span - no toilets, sinks, baths, counters can be dirty.
2. All garden plants need to be trimmed or insert some new plants for kerb appeal.
3. One of your adult Sims should have a high Cooking Skill (preferably 8 skill points or more). This Sim is best to start preparing dinner just after 4.30pm so it is ready when the Headmaster arrives. If you have the Season's Expansion Pack installed, you Sim can prepare the meal prior to the Headmaster's visit and place in the fridge to be served as leftovers.
4. The Sim with the most charisma should be chosen to greet the Headmaster and entertain.
5. This Sim should schmooze about school; give tour of four of the best rooms in the house (click on the headmaster and "show room") then call for dinner by clicking on the headmaster.

Interesting, thank you! That could be why I always failed in the past, lol.

Joan is in the culinary career and has maxed out her cooking skills, so that's an easy one. The charisma is a bit harder. That would be Byron's area, but I need to work on his charisma level a little more (he's in the Politics career, so he's the best one for that job). With five kids, keeping everything clean will be hard, but I think I can do it. The kids seem to be neat freaks and someone is always cleaning something after the maid leaves for the day, lol. I'd likely need to replace the shrubs or have Petey (can he do that now that he's a teen?) trim the shrubs since I'm still trying to figure out the gardener's schedule.

As you've seen the pics of my house, which would you suggest are the best rooms to show off? I'm guessing that Julie's room would be one of them since that's one of the most decked out of the rooms, and the sitting area could be another. What would be the other two? The library/reading room and the art room? They're small, but clean usually.

@SataiDelennn
I use the ground floor rooms - lounge, study, bathroom and dining room - Headmaster Vince is usually impressed! :)
Pictures with a good environment score of 10 in any of these rooms will help; as will any furniture that not only has comfort but an environment score too. I had Bella play the piano when Augustus showed Vince the lounge - I am sure it helped! :)
Even though your Sim has maxed the Cooking Skill, don't let her make Lobster Thermidor if she hasn't prepared the lower level dishes e.g. Turkey first. There is a high likelihood of the lobster burning if you do! :(
I got my Sim to make Turkey and got 45/50 for the meal element. Even if you select a meal that less cooking skills are needed to make it, because your Sim has maxed the Cooking Skill, a good score will be given by the Headmaster.
Good luck with entertaining the Headmaster! :)
P.S. Save your game just before 4.30pm, so if things go wrong (I hope they don't!), you can exit to the neighbourhood without saving and have another try at entertaining the Headmaster. :)

Thank you, LadysimPlayer8! I am as always, grateful for you insight and ideas! I wish I could choose insightful and awesome for you, but the system only lets me choose one! I guess I'll go with the Art Room, the bathroom (should I remove the baby potty temporarily?) the reading room, and the sitting room. The reading room and sitting room are usually spotless, and I did choose comfortable furniture, and tried to decorate the walls to match. They're small rooms, but comfortable. My sims tend to choose to nap sometimes on the sofa in the reading room when they remember it's there, lol. Same with the sitting room. Yeah, I have not had Joan make lobster thermidor more than once so far, but she has made turkey, so I'll go with the turkey. And she makes the lower level meals all the time, either for herself or for her family when I make her do it, lol.

I'm still going to try and wait until I can get them all in better moods before I invite the headmaster over, though. Also, do the rest of the family (besides Joan, Byron, and Petey) have to have dinner with the headmaster, or can I hide them somewhere in the rest of the house? lol.

@SataiDelennn
Have you now entertained the Headmaster?
If not, I would remove the baby potty into the nursery on a temporary basis and let the household members who nap in the reading and sitting rooms not to on this occasion. If possible, instruct them to do homework, work on skills, play piano or chess - I think the Headmaster will be more impressed. :)
I would also have a couple of household members have a meal with the parents and Headmaster. The "chatty" ones can add to the schmooze score. When I play the Broke family entertaining the Headmaster, Brandi makes the meal and has a high cooking skill but I usually let Beau the son do the tour and talk with the Headmaster. There are few rooms to show in this house, so I generally put a fence/gate round the house and show the garden, then three rooms inside the house but not Brandi's bedroom - he doesn't like it! :)

im sorry to derail this thread but im not able to post new threads on the forum yet...I need help installing the sims 1 complete collection..i installed it but every time I click to play it a message pops up that says "fatal error" the default graphics card doesn't support thousands of colors. Exit now" could someone please try to help me or direct me to where I could get help... I really wanna play the sims 1

It's a tough one between Sims 2 and Sims 3 for me. Ahh I can't choose, they're equally the best sims games to me for different reasons!

The Sims 3 :smile:

For the time it was released (base game), I'll say TS2. It was a huge leap forward for the series and I still play it occasionally. But overall, for long-term play value, I'll say TS3 since that's where I spend most of my simming time. The huge open worlds and Create-a-Style were and still are great.

The original The Sims was a groundbreaking game yet I never played it much because I found it clunky. I haven't bought TS4 and have no intention of doing so; I've played it and think it's a hot mess.