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Favorite sim spin off?
ohmyohmy
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I was wondering what was everyone's favorite sim spin off? 
I loved The Sims Medieval never played Castaway but the gameplay I've seen looked really fun.
I loved The Sims Medieval never played Castaway but the gameplay I've seen looked really fun.
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Since this is a bit of a long one, a TL;DR can be found at the bottom.
The one I definitely wouldn't say is my favourite is the Sims FreePlay, because... well, it's a quote-on-quote "Free-to-play" mobile game.
Then it gets a bit harder. It's hard to pick a favourite, since I think most of these games have some features that make them fun to play in their own way. I
I really liked the Sims Medieval because a lot of its gameplay felt a bit like a "choose your own adventure"-type of game with the quests and there were clear goals for me as a player to complete in order to develop my kingdom and gain access to more sims and - in doing so - more quests (and some of those quests I thought were really entertaining). What did kind of bum me out, though, was the "Sims" label in itself. I'm the type of simmer who likes making a sim and see them get married, have kids and (as cruel as it sounds) die so I can play as their children. Sure, you can have children in TSM, and if your sim dies one of their children will fill their parent's role in your kingdom, but I do miss the aging mechanic in this game. I think as far as my experience with TSM goes, I think it would've been better off if TSM were not labelled a Sims-spin off.
I thought the castaway-themed games were fun in their own right, too. Castaway Stories is more like a story-driven Sims game while both versions of TS2:Castaway focus more on resource management and getting off the island you're trapped on at the start of the game.
Castaway Stories has a nice and sometimes quite funny (you know how Sims-games can be sometimes
TS2:Castaway can be tedious in that sense that you have to go around gathering stuff in order to make any type of progress, but all in all it's really fun to get that feeling of accomplishment when you finally manage to get somewhere (or make new clothes. I don't know why, I just really like making my sim(s) clothes in those games). Other than that, I really like the mini-games (bug-squashing, the spearfishing) in the DS-version and for some peculiar reason I don't know myself I really like watching the hair grow on my sim(s) in the PC-version.
I know this doesn't really answer your question, but I honestly don't think I can choose a favourite. They're all quite good (well, with the exception of FreePlay) and do not disappoint in my opinion.
TL;DR: I don't like FreePlay. I like the rest of the spin offs in their own way and can therefore not choose a favourite.
I wouldn't be surprised if I was lol, so long ago.
Edit: I remember when I played castaway there were earthquakes that would happen if you stayed in one location for too long and they kind of terrified me as a child.
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Castaway games are also great fun.