After reading about certain simmers that regularly play saves they've made ages ago, I got curious. How long do you guys typically play your saves for? What's the longest save you've ever had? And if you play other Sims games besides the Sims 2, which game do you find the easiest to keep playing for long amounts of time?
As for me, while I try to play save files for a long time, I almost always end up starting over again. I really like the idea of playing a neighborhood that has grown over generations, but I can never seem to make it work.
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I seem to lose interest once the children arrive.
I've also never been able to last long rotating through a neighborhood. I have tried at least 4 times with Pleasantview. 3 times with my own town, Troll Valley.
I love playing them but I always get to the children and lose interest. Even cute kids. :sigh:
Edit: Oh, wait this is a TS2 thread sorry. Should I delete this?
No need to delete, they asked about which game so you're good.
No, no, you're fine! It happens to the best of us. Plus, it gave me a good laugh. 😁 I struggle with that in the Sims 3 as well. Supposedly there's a NRAS mod that makes it easier, but I haven't had the time to fiddle around with it yet.
I'm glad to hear it isn't just me! I believe this is my...what, 3rd time starting Pleasantview over? 😅 I can't even get my Sims to the child stage. My neighborhood has a massive baby boom and I suddenly lose all desire to play because keeping up with the little gremlins is hard! 😭
My first BDC was about 3 years, although that savefile wasn't one I could keep playing for any reason other than corruption.
See my Sims 3 studio for latest progress.
It took me a minute to realize what game you were playing and were worried you had corrupted your game - you can't have relationships with ghosts in Sims 2 like you can in Sims 3 or Sims 4.
Yes! You understand! As much as I love the Sims 2, I find it can be quite tiring trying to progress storylines because everything happens so slowly. Even if a household gets married, dies, or has children it doesn't feel like I've done much because the other households are still waiting to be played. I've gotten quite far in my Sims 3 saves just by switching to a new family and seeing what they've accomplished while I've been away, so it never gets old for me. 😅
Woah, more than ten years?!?! 😨 I admire your dedication! That must be really cool to have a save file last that long! And your own neighborhood too! I've always wanted to dabble in neighborhood building, but it all seems so...overwhelming haha! 😅