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Collection of Creepy Things in The Sims Series
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https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/08/the-sims-2-ds-haunted-creepypasta/
What's funny is that the examples you posited are just obvious "child burning ants with a magnifying glass"-levels of fantasy.
Your statement about it being an advanced device for living out dark and twisted fantasies couldn't be more on-point. A bit more imagination and some working knowledge of the game's AI and mechanics can make some unbelievable outcomes.
As for my scary aspects of the game:
- The "ugly" face from Realm of Magic isn't so much "scary" as it is hard to look at, but I'd count it.
- The paintings from Spooky Stuff (the ones that change faces) can be terrifying when playing into the late hours (especially when the brain gets to that point of "3AM paranoia".
- Finally, ghost children. So rarely do children die in the game, and it's so much so that one could go all 7 years now and have never seen it occur. Due to this, the ghosts of children have an extra layer of uncertainty and dread that they bring with them.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/TheSims
Though one correction to make is about mummy's curse: the thing appearing on the screen when sim is close to death is not a skull, it's mummy's face. That is much more scarier in my opinion as mummy's face is already scary enough (don't you get creeped out too when you stare closely at a mummy's face?).
And the clown box thing is under The Sims 3, which should actually go under The Sims 2 mainly due to the grouchy personality and memory part.
Though there is one thing I'm wondering: does a creepy music really play when a prank call happens? Some say it does. If you have answers, please share, because right now in my experience the answer is no. Well, it may be because I play with music off due to these danger themes.
@Sunflowerkisses, it would be better to ask in one of the existing threads over in The Sims 4 Modding & Custom Content section instead of going around posting in several unrelated threads as that is considered going 'Off Topic'.
Here is a link to The Sims 4 Modding & Custom Content section providing that you're playing TS4.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-modding-and-custom-content
http://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=lisasc360
My stories on this site:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/991317/my-sims-stories/p1?new=1
Agreed. Every burglar music is creepy because it's so sudden.
The Sims 1 with its infamy, The Sims 2 with the one you can sing along with lyrics "Don't love me...", and The Sims 3 with it's sneakiness.
One thing is for sure: it breaks silence. Puts into panic mode. Makes you regret you didn't buy a burglar alarm (if you don't have one) and makes you yell at your sim for not getting up fast enough to call the police.
Yes, you are right. I have also got that same message, which made my sim tense. With scared emotion added, I don't know whether it still makes the sim tense or scared.
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Hey! I'd like to use this image in my iceberg chart's side images.
Is this OK? If not, let me know as soon as possible.
No worries. The last comment isn't over 2 years old. Plus it is never too late to revive this thread. Who knows what more have come?
It has happened to a lot of players, usually with needs-based stuff...
Great for spooky builds. You just need a way to get it (and that's with a witch).
I never played TS1, but that game does have some savage content in it. I read a post a while back when a then-child recalled playing TS1 late at night with a friend and the burglar music sounded and they screamed.
My contribution to this list is murphy beds in TS2. A sim can die if the bed falls on him or her. Yikes! I wonder what the devs were thinking on that one.
They were probably thinking that fun requires some element of suspense and surprise. Something they since forgot.
Kids invent fun/scary games like "Bloody Mary" and "Light as a Feather/Stiff as a Board" and love to tell and hear campfire stories because without chills, there aren't many thrills.
I loved those mysterious menacing phone messages, but was disappointed when. I started suspecting that's all theg were and nothing actually happened because of them. Or did it...? 🤔 maybe "they" who were coming,,were swarms of roaches?
I didn't find the glitched buzzing flies sound in the kitchen scary, but they were really annoying and made a good sound effect for making it seem as if there must be something to attract flies, somewhere in the house...hidden where no one could see it...
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Oh that still happens in TS4.
And in TS3.
Just in The Sims 2, it is really rare compared to the next games: you need less than 5 levels in Body skill and -70 or less mood (in other words, the mood bar must be in really deep red) and even then there's 5% chance of it happening. Compared to The Sims 3 (where Murphy bed can crush at any time and does not always kill) and The Sims 4 (where Murphy beds stop killing once it is fully upgraded), The Sims 2's Murphy Beds are actually the safest in the series.
Some tips to avoid the death:
A quick read for those who are interested. https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Murphy_bed