I like building the sims' fortune myself, it makes me proud when they become rich. But every so often, I do create a 'rich' family and use motherlode but I do find I get bored easier when I play a rich family..
I play with evolution in mind. I colonize and start everyone in small homes they can afford. Then I watch the world around them evolve as they evolve. If one marries another, I tear down the old house to make room for the newer affordable ones for the next gen. Some will move back into their old homes, others will start fresh.
When I first started my hoods, they looked like this:
Today, it looks like this, but it might not look like this next time I play:
Several homes are still in progress.
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I started off with a founder who lived on a lot with a bed , bbq and toilet facilities (went to the library a lot) and now lots of gens in the family has a big house and 0.75mil in the bank, lots of paintings have been sold and all teens have to get jobs.
I haven't played TS4 much, because, well, the computer broke down. But in TS3 and TS2 I used to start out really poor and then build myself up to the top. In TS2 this took me several generations, in TS3 I could usually kick the Goth's out of the biggest house in 1 generation.
I'm trying to do what I call the minecraft challenge it's so hard, so basically I build a little rundown cottage, and all I bought my sim was a stove, refrigerator a sink and a bed, dresser, and he's going to craft everything else, furniture and mine ore for money.
That's a really good idea for a challenge. I might have to try that since I love Minecraft. Probably getting a woodworking table as soon as possible would bring that Minecraft feel to the game. Good luck with the challenge. Thanks for the tip on trying to find something fun to do in the game next.
It'd would be much more fun if we could actually go caving for ore and we had animals and seasons and maybe supernaturals so crazy mobs could attack but anyway =p
Do you prefer to play a family that has to work their way up or a family that already has everything they want and need? IMO I love to play families that have to work their way up because I actually have goals to accomplish. When I finally get the house I want and reach the top of my career I become bored extremely fast and have to start over with a new family with new traits and careers. Now for the people that enjoy playing the rich families, how do you keep your game fresh and interesting??
I definitely like to play a family that has to work their way up financially. But I've never played a family completely from scratch. I usually pull at least 1 Sim from the Gallery that has maxed out all their skills. So I guess that's cheating to some extent. They may not have a career yet, but it's definitely easier to get money. Every other member of the household, the wife/husband, kids, etc. are being played from scratch with no skills, etc.
I started out having my Sims work their way up, but I quickly got bored so I built a house from scratch and made a rich family. I have done this since Sims 3 and I keep it interesting by using the game to its full expansion. That's why I get bored easily because Sims 3 there were so many expansions and Sims 4 there aren't. But it should get better. I also have Sims switch jobs often.
I'm trying to do what I call the minecraft challenge it's so hard, so basically I build a little rundown cottage, and all I bought my sim was a stove, refrigerator a sink and a bed, dresser, and he's going to craft everything else, furniture and mine ore for money.
You must be an Evil Regal. Couldn't help but notice. I am too.
I used to play poor because I didn't know about cheat codes and it was fun, but now I just motherlode because I find more fun in making my house and all that, and the job thing isn't much fun for me because I only play one or two characters. ^^;
I like to start poor. I usually play for a lot of generations so they don't stay poor. In TS3 they got rich very quickly. In TS4, its a little harder. I like that part. Bills are higher. Promotions are harder.
When I first get a game/expansion I use cheats so I can experience everything it has to offer. Afterwards, though, I usually play a poor sim who has to live in a run down shack. Using money cheats all the time makes the game boring for me.
I do a bit of both, however I guess I mostly start poor with a single sim and do the whole family thing while trying to build skills and reach goals/ careers
If I go rich, its normally because I am in build mode and want to design and decorate and I have a sim in mind for the home.
So far I've always started with poor sims, the other day i just decided to go for an heiress story.
With my main family, I started with nothing and worked my way up. I always work on aspirations and make sure to buy the extra rewards for slower decaying needs. They now have a 500k house and 1,3 mil extra. However, i am not bored somehow. I just got them a new house and I already want to redo half of the upstairs and all the bathrooms xD Having a lot of cc furniture really keeps me busy and always interested.
I do both. However, it all depends on the house. If I've just built to build, then they're filthy rich and free housing cheat gets them my hard work. Sometimes I just want a house with "average possessions" which results in about a $60,000 house. They might work up for that, might not. Now if I feel like making the smallest house I possibly can (or no house at all), then I work them up as a rags to riches/Cinderella story.
I'd say that I usually do a poor to rich play through, but not always.
I like setting it to long lives (skipping baby phase though, because three days is more than enough of that darn crying, lol. Then see how far they can build up their money on a longer lifespan, and see how many generations it'll take it before I get bored with that family
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I start them off middle class, and then their children must work for what they want. I don't know where I got the advice from, but I was told that kids should aspire to be better than their parents. So, I do that with my sims.
I usually have more fun with poor since you got to fight harder for things, its interesting. SADLY a lot of sims games its super easy to get rich, so im glad sims4 actually have bills that sting.
That said, being rich in Sims4 seems silly, since you dont even get to have a dishwasher and need to wash your own stuff by hand like some poor person! :P
I usually have more fun with poor since you got to fight harder for things, its interesting. SADLY a lot of sims games its super easy to get rich, so im glad sims4 actually have bills that sting.
That said, being rich in Sims4 seems silly, since you dont even get to have a dishwasher and need to wash your own stuff by hand like some poor person! :P
There is a dishwasher in the game.
I don't think there was when that person posted. It was patched in.
I always start with poor families, sometimes even with the runaway teen challenge. It's much more fun. At this point in the game, playing with wealthy families isn't very interesting, there is nothing to spend money on..
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I play rich, middle class and poor families. I like having that diversity in the sims world.
When I first started my hoods, they looked like this:
Today, it looks like this, but it might not look like this next time I play:
Several homes are still in progress.
The Straud Family Tree
It'd would be much more fun if we could actually go caving for ore and we had animals and seasons and maybe supernaturals so crazy mobs could attack but anyway =p
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I definitely like to play a family that has to work their way up financially. But I've never played a family completely from scratch. I usually pull at least 1 Sim from the Gallery that has maxed out all their skills. So I guess that's cheating to some extent. They may not have a career yet, but it's definitely easier to get money. Every other member of the household, the wife/husband, kids, etc. are being played from scratch with no skills, etc.
You must be an Evil Regal. Couldn't help but notice. I am too.
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If I go rich, its normally because I am in build mode and want to design and decorate and I have a sim in mind for the home.
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With my main family, I started with nothing and worked my way up. I always work on aspirations and make sure to buy the extra rewards for slower decaying needs. They now have a 500k house and 1,3 mil extra. However, i am not bored somehow. I just got them a new house and I already want to redo half of the upstairs and all the bathrooms xD Having a lot of cc furniture really keeps me busy and always interested.
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I'd say that I usually do a poor to rich play through, but not always.
There is a dishwasher in the game.
I don't think there was when that person posted. It was patched in.