I'm about 50/50 on rainbows and cupcakes and dark lives.... hmm. I can say though they aren't very balanced. If they are "dark" they win at being dark and get away with it. If they are rainbow and cupcakes they win at that. Mostly the only rain that falls, falls on NPC's.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
It’s really a mixture some sims lead happy “rainbow and unicorn” lives. These are households I find hard and boring to play. Some lead mundane lives which I oddly enjoy and some lead more difficult lives which I enjoy. I find a good healthy mix keeps me entertained.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
For the most part, I let the mods figure it out but I’ll step in occasionally if I need things to go a certain way for a storyline (good or bad). My sims are not delicate little snowflakes so I don’t try to protect them from life. Sims live, sims die, sometimes they get tossed into the back of a black pickup truck never to be seen again. No sim is safe in my game. But I do have some sims that are lucky and end up living the rainbows and cupcakes lifestyle. Others...not so much.
I pretty much allow my Sims to tell me their story. Sometimes it works out well, and other times … I have had to restart way too many times in the past. In fact with my main save, Erik Cantrell, this is the longest and farthest I've gotten without having to start all over. Phew. But, I do sometimes create an incident or two that can cause some upheaval. In fact, I'm planning something right now. I'm just still on the fence. I don't wish to split Erik's household up, just yet, but his eldest, Jamison, is getting way too friendly with his girlfriend, Ahkiko. She's an orphan, emancipated minor. She has her very own place, not far from the Cantrell residence in Brindleton Bay that she purchased outright using some of her inheritance/life insurance money she received when both of her parents perished and then some additional funds from her elderly grandmother when she died, too. Jamison isn't a gold digger, he's already made close to §10,000 on his own. I almost clicked on the balanced life option, but that's really only sometimes.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
Technically that all fits me as I'll try any mod at least once to avoid going against the rules on that lol, I enjoy having a large variety even if the rainbows come out for most of them.
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All the sims err'day
Typically they start out normal like my group of four university kids. Two chicks and two dudes who I've already figured out who is dating who and how they meet depending on their university. They always fall behind in being able to afford tuition (because I never let them apply or if I do they don't/won't qualify for it next semester) and so then they need to find "alternative" means of earning money whether it's with multiple people in a private setting or by selling "things" ( I use mods that can not be named). From there it's usually a downward spiral of horrible decisions which then lead to tragic endings.
One of my current saves is a bunch of wannabe teenage witches, living in a haunted house that one of them 'inherited.' It doesnt' have much furnishing, and now a soon to be paranormal investigator has moved in with them.
Their neighbours live in a nice, fancy house, with nice, fancy furnishing. I think they've been there for generations... though, the adults are only ever seen at night, and the teens are always having house parties. But they've been having electrical issues, flickering lights and such... And this guy in a black car turned up, and keeps ranting about needing more salt.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
I put in a balanced life because I have different families with different set ups, and play rotationally between them all.
I tend to try and give my Sims a relatively drama free life, but sometimes they are hit with snags. Trying to get my Sims with another Sim, and it not working out depresses them, but that isn't too bad of a snag. Most of the drama comes from my teenage Sims, because parenthood makes them kind of moody, so that is a balanced factor.
I usually create my Sims, and give them long lives, and I do have aging off for the moment. I gave some families teens or kids, with the rest of their kids born in-game, which adds a balanced challenge. Once I get the families where I want them, and on similar pages in life, I plan to turn aging back on, and have the Sims I create age and eventually pass on.
So, not really cupcakes and rainbows, but not exactly dark lives either.
My Sims do have to work for their happiness. For example, I gave one Sim a hoarder house and challenging personality traits, and only let her clean up the house a certain amount each day. Even so, I would consider it a “rainbows and cupcakes” situation, because there is no real drama, and I’m rooting for her to succeed.
I almost voted My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things. but I let my sims decide how their lives go. is more fitting since my game is very whim-driven.
I'm not afraid to let my sims age/die although often I will extend whatever lifespan I'm currently playing on just to have more time with the sims I've grown attached to. (Once modded) I feel like whims can really shape a sim's personality + interests and I'll even change traits to better suit their growing personality. I'm always up for some relationship drama too. One of my complaints is this game is too easy to avoid random deaths. You really gotta try sometimes to make it happen (cowplant, murphy bed, vending machines, fires, etc).
My sims do for the most part have pretty happy lives. Even if something unexpected or bad happens I work to make sure they can make the best of it. I do like the drama a bit but honestly, I just want them to be happy.
I really prefer my Sims to sort of choose their own fate. Which is a little difficult, because I find that many Sims tend to act kind of the same. But I look for nuances in what they gravitate to and if they do something unexpected I enjoy that and will completely go with it. I like when the stories tell themselves and surprise me, which has happened a few times. If a Sim seems to go against my direction, I rethink who they are (or who I thought they are and alter the course to follow their lead. I find that it makes things so much more interesting.
I generally do route for my Sims because I tend to put a lot of thought into them and enjoy them. But if they choose a darker path or an unhappy one, that's just who they are, and I'm fine with that.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
I picked this option since it really depends on the family. My main family lives is a pretty easy, happy life, but mainly they exist for me to explore new packs, features, and skills, and they are all basically ageless super sims, so they their lives tend to be happy and carefree and just filled with fun experiences. However, I love creating sims with complex relationships and backstories to fill up the rest of my world, so I do play a lot of sims with heartache and sadness and just complicated lives as well.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
I probably lean towards happy more often, but I throw challenges in there such as having kids when there's no money, having kids when one parent has the hates children trait, marital problems, and occasional chaos and death caused by some of my less nice occult sims.
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
On the one hand, I tend to quietly play out aspirations for the most part. On the other hand, sometimes I see the situation lining up for a death and I'm just like "hmmmmmmm."
Majority of my sims have chaotic lifestyles depending. If there's an unexpected death I just roll with it. Sims seem prone to catching fire. I don't put them out as they're capable of doing it well..usually
I tend to play 50/50 depending on mood. Its either cheats up the wazoo and living the life of luxury or rags to riches struggling to get by.
It seems a waste to play them living an average normal life coz Im doing that myself IRL!
My sims live a balanced life with some bad and some good things.
Recently they've been trending towards dark, but that's mainly because I'm addicted to the difficulty of Dumpster R2Rs. They pee themselves so much (they cannot for the life of them find toilets with any kind of ease). One accidentally died because I use the "Be Gross... Fart" command sometimes to try to empty their bladder faster, and at that particular moment he ended up peeing himself at the same time as pooping himself, and became mortified and died of embarrassment shortly after that.
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All the sims err'day
Really depends on the sim.
One of my current saves is a bunch of wannabe teenage witches, living in a haunted house that one of them 'inherited.' It doesnt' have much furnishing, and now a soon to be paranormal investigator has moved in with them.
Their neighbours live in a nice, fancy house, with nice, fancy furnishing. I think they've been there for generations... though, the adults are only ever seen at night, and the teens are always having house parties. But they've been having electrical issues, flickering lights and such... And this guy in a black car turned up, and keeps ranting about needing more salt.
Is this dark? Or is this just a super fun save?
I tend to try and give my Sims a relatively drama free life, but sometimes they are hit with snags. Trying to get my Sims with another Sim, and it not working out depresses them, but that isn't too bad of a snag. Most of the drama comes from my teenage Sims, because parenthood makes them kind of moody, so that is a balanced factor.
I usually create my Sims, and give them long lives, and I do have aging off for the moment. I gave some families teens or kids, with the rest of their kids born in-game, which adds a balanced challenge. Once I get the families where I want them, and on similar pages in life, I plan to turn aging back on, and have the Sims I create age and eventually pass on.
So, not really cupcakes and rainbows, but not exactly dark lives either.
I'm not afraid to let my sims age/die although often I will extend whatever lifespan I'm currently playing on just to have more time with the sims I've grown attached to. (Once modded) I feel like whims can really shape a sim's personality + interests and I'll even change traits to better suit their growing personality. I'm always up for some relationship drama too. One of my complaints is this game is too easy to avoid random deaths. You really gotta try sometimes to make it happen (cowplant, murphy bed, vending machines, fires, etc).
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I generally do route for my Sims because I tend to put a lot of thought into them and enjoy them. But if they choose a darker path or an unhappy one, that's just who they are, and I'm fine with that.
It seems a waste to play them living an average normal life coz Im doing that myself IRL!