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How Is Everyone Likiing Get Famous?
pepperjax1230
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So far I am having a blast with it. It has made me laugh so many times watching other sims pass out over celebrities. This pack has so much to do. That being said I don’t like the fact that you can get fame with any job you do like my sim is a politician and he can get fame by protesting anywhere in the neighborhood. I feel like it shouldn’t be that easy to gain fame.
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I haven't been this entertained by Sims 4, I think, since I bought it years ago. It felt like playing Sims 2. The acting career is so much fun! The perks! The different agencies! There is so much to do!
I was really afraid that the star system would be like in Sims 3, where you took a breath near people and suddenly you were a three star celebrity, but boy, this is so hard! But like, in a good way! I've been literally playing all day and I'm barely near the second star! I've filmed three commercials, an episode for a tv show, and I'm nowhere near as famous and I assumed I would be, which to be fair is very realistic. The Self-Absorbed trait is amazing, going through your Simstagram feed literally raises your Fun, and I love that. I love all the new events on the calendar. I love that cute 🐸🐸🐸🐸 furry jacket.
I could go on and on, but even with eight hours of gameplay I feel like I barely scratched the surface of this expansion. I really wish I had more criticism to offer you all, like you do, but I just had a lot of fun with this. I went in with low expectations and boy, were they surpassed.
10/10, this is definitely better than My First Pet Stuff.
But world complaints aside, the gameplay is pretty solid. From what I've seen. After two hours I still only managed to do one audition, haven't even seen the set yet and I'm super excited to visit it tonight! So yes, I think there's plenty to do, the fame system is set up well and actually takes effort. Which is great.
Only things I don't like are, again, world size and that bouncers apparently do not autogenerate on your lots when placing a special door. Not sure why? Oh also, don't give the new lot traits to restaurants. Sims won't sit down to eat anymore, they'll just be taking pics of celebrities. Which I don't like either, at all.
Still, the rest was very fun and I'm looking forward to discovering more of the content tonight as I feel I haven't seen much yet at all. Don't even have a single perk lol.
I do notice however that since the expansion my sim is constantly getting ill, sometimes up to 2 or 3 times a day! I need to constantly buy medicine for my sim, but at this point it is crazy and nearly not fun anymore! Did anyone experience this? Any possible fix? :( I don't want to start over this household >.<.
(Also being a passive advocate for the return of Hip-Hop, I love the choice of songs they provided. Especially "IV Jay - Pretty Wings".)
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> I do notice however that since the expansion my sim is constantly getting ill, sometimes up to 2 or 3 times a day! I need to constantly buy medicine for my sim, but at this point it is crazy and nearly not fun anymore! Did anyone experience this? Any possible fix? :( I don't want to start over this household >.<.
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> I actually had that happen before the expansion with one of my sims.
Did you find any solution to this? Would love to hear...
I also like the challenge as it relates to celebrities & fame. I spent my entire night playing trying to get my Sim close to Thorne Bailey. & it literally took me hours. My Sim has that perk where you can meet celebrities a bit easier. But I thought this was any celebs. Nope....there's still no instant friendships with anyone that is higher up in fame than your Sim is. & I love how your Sim can gain fame by being friends or dating a celebrity. That's actually my storyline for my Sim....who initially only wanted Thorne so she could increase her fame. She's friends with tons of celebrities now....& my self-absorbed, snobby Sim....is using whoever she can to climb the ladder. Finally level 2 in fame...which took hours.
I'm not thrilled with the world size...but ehh...that's kind of old news now. But so far....loving the pack.
Im a simmer forever
I agree, it's been a blast so far and I'm loving how detailed everything is. If you don't want your sim to get fame with every job, have him step out of the spotlight so no fame is earned. It does reset fame to zero, however.
If I misunderstood, and what you meant is that too many specific interactions earn fame, I'd have to disagree. After playing for a while, it's clear that although there are many, many interactions that earn fame, they're not equal. For instance, protesting probably earns a tiny bit of fame (unless the sim is already well-known,) while successfully completing an acting gig can earn a ton. I like how the amount earned varies to keep things balanced.
Oops. I added the hottest spot in town (or whatever it's called,) to Chez Lama. I'll see how it goes after a visit there. I actually wouldn't mind sims taking pics or being excited, as that's the reason I added the trait in the first place. I just hope that, eventually, the celebs leave or people calm down enough to eat.
They’ve said since the beginning that all jobs in the game could earn fame. I mean there are such things as famous politicians (maybe not for good reasons but famous nonetheless). And like @IceyJ has mentioned you could always opt out of fame for that particular Sim.
Also my game seems awfully dark. This is DSV around 9:30 AM.
Please let me know if you experience the same thing or not. Actually quite curious, as I really would like my Fountainview Diner to have an exclusive VIP area, but not if celebs just keep hanging out at the venue and everyone keeps getting up to photograph or stare at them.
I admire your patience. I wouldn't be able to laugh it off so easily if I bought the pack and these things were happening to my Sims straight out of the gate.
Coming to the board and reading the "horror" stories is the best part of a new pack release!