Just wondering how you play The Sims 4? Idk if my schedules busier, if I'm getting older or if TS4 just isn't as addictive as TS3 but I can't really play it for an extended amount of time without getting bored so I created a way to play daily that adds fun back to the game.
One thing I love about TS4 is the attention to detail so I play it in real time. For example, Sunday in real life, I'll just play Sunday in my game. So then Monday the next day I'll play Monday in the game which is usually Bill Day. I never fast forward and playing a day is roughly around 40 minutes (more minutes added with decorating, adding Sims, etc.). I reserve Sundays to add a new family to the world as well as a new location. Saturday's are days my Sim can renovate their house. And Wednesdays are reserved for renovating their work site or working to further their career.
I know everyone can't play like this but it's made me get more connected to my Sims and it's made it more fun because I can fine tune everything in their life (my OCD) and pay attention to detail myself. If you want some more information on how to playblike this, let me know as well as letting me know how you play and any suggestions or recommendations!
Happy Simming!
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I keep my game interesting by trying different challenges! More than half the time my new families start with no money and have to gather their way to sucess! The more of a challenge the game is the more time I pump into it.
MC command center has a good time tuning section you may find interesting! I believe once you install the mod you can find it under MCCC settings when you click on the sims PC. I use it to tune my difficulty level!
I'm in the process of doing the Sims 4 drifter challenge and a Legacy challenge that started off as a runaway teen challenge.
Honestly i've played hours and hours this weekend. I think with toddlers being added and vampires a couple of days away my enthusiasm has peaked.
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.I like rotational gameplay (Hoping from one household to another)
.I like developing careers and romantic relationships
. I Love occults, fantasy themes and overall crazy stuff.
.Sometimes i do family play but it is not very often.
.Most of time i let the A.I take over and just come in if i need to avoid complications..some times i cause the complications.
So...to summ up :
When I play, I usually do family oriented gameplay and the inclusion of toddlers helped a ton with that. Similar to a lot of other simmers I like to see families grow and have multiple generations I love big families in The Sims, but not big households...I have been known to bin off a family I'm playing if they unexpectedly have too many children at once lol. I'm also a fan of story telling and whenever I start a new save I like to replace a lot of the pre-made community lots with ones that are more to my liking but still fit with the surroundings and the worlds aesthetics.
If I'm not doing family play I will be doing a challenge (which some of them do sometimes include family play). Ones I have done before are the Runaway Teen Challenge and the Rags To Riches Get To Work edition. I've attempted others like the 100 Baby Challenge and the Perfect Genetics challenge but never finished them.
On a side note, I do have one family that is now at generation 7 on normal life span and I love them enough that I don't want them to age and die when they do. No idea what the difference is. I've just had a difficult time in Sims 4 until recently 'attaching' to my sims. They just didn't feel special. Dont know what changed but for me its clear something has and it was before toddlers went live so it really can't be that. (though I must say toddlers didn't hurt any )
I like this idea! Playing just a little bit each day sounds like a really good way to keep yourself from getting burned out, but also keep you interested in the game still. I may have to try that someday if I find myself starting to get bored with the game.
I usually play when I get the chance, which isn't as often as I'd like. Sometimes I have a hard time getting into the game, while other times I get more obsessed and play it for a really long time. It varies a lot! Usually I play my legacy save.
I love the idea of playing in real time, but I would probably go crazy. I fast forward quite a lot.
I spend a lot of time building skills for their careers as I need to get to the TOP in all the base game careers, capped 4 so far... All but the Violin Skill I have capped so far-- Yay lol.
This is how I play. The first day I don't log into the game generally means I am about to drop it for awhile. I love to play challenges and legacies and will play through as obsessively as possible with the goal to get at least to generation 5, or halfway depending on the challenge. After that point, I will go back and complete it - before that point and I will probably just start over the next time I play.
I really want to play right now but I'm getting my computer fixed on Thursday. When it's fixed I might try and find a healthier schedule, e.g. playing a few hours each weekend or something.
Lmao! Awesome!
My current challenge is to infest my town with aliens so eventually human sims will be the odd ones out, but I'm also doing the legacy challenge I'm also doing a challenge where I create a portrait painting of everyone in my successor families and that gets carried on to the next gen.
And pretending to time travel is easy since you press "M" and just go about anywhere in a snap. I download era-specific lots for scenery.