Sul sul fellow simmers!
The Miller Legacy is my first Legacy Challenge and the way I found to explore the (for me) new The Sims 4 game in the moment I decided to buy it. It's the translation of what I originally posted in Italian
here, and the new chapters are being posted on my blog
here.
With this legacy, I'm basically novelizing what happens when I'm playing my game, introducing as many mysteries and issues to overcome for my sims as I can. For sure, the Miller's are not a family like the others.
I'm not a fan of too strict gaming rules, thus my main rule is just: "reach generation 10 without cheating". This legacy is definitively more story-driven than rules-driven. So I'm not taking track of points in any way, often instead of choosing traits or careers randomly I choose what I think would be funnier for me to play or better for the story progression, I often move the family to new houses (not built by me because I'm a horrible builder) and so forth. In particular, I'm taking a lot of freedom about a certain cat, but also in that case I found a way for doing it without technically being cheating.
As for the heir, I don't follow a strict rule but just choose the one for which I can imagine the best character development and who can give more in terms of story progression. The only rule I'm following in that sense is that I want every heir to be the biological child of the previous heir, because I'm curious to see how the genetics algorithm in TS4 work over a 10 generations span (consider this as a small experiment :P ).
I'm closing this premise here because I don't want to spoil the story, so I wish you a pleasant reading through the most mysterious sides of this game
Generation 1:Chapter 1.1: My name is Stuart Miller, nice to meet you!Chapter 1.2: The FutureSim LabsChapter 1.3: RiddlesChapter 1.4: NachoChapter 1.5: DoubtsChapter 1.6: WinterfestChapter 1.7: New Year, new life!Chapter 1.8: RevelationsChapter 1.9: The cycle of lifeChapter 1.10: What is happening to me?Chapter 1.11: The handbook for little aliensChapter 1.12: MimicryChapter 1.13: ResearchingChapter 1.14: BirthdayChapter 1.15: UnionChapter 1.16: Chasing answersChapter 1.17: Taking offChapter 1.18: Father WinterChapter 1.19: FarewellChapter 1.20: Turning pointChapter 1.21: SixamChapter 1.22: We need a planChapter 1.23: AgreementChapter 1.24: Peace and serenityChapter 1.25: The end of a generationSummary of Generation 1
For keeping the posts of a manageable length, the tables of content for the next generations will appear along the rest of the thread, at these posts:
Generation 2,
Generation 3,
Generation 4,
Generation 5,
Generation 6,
Generation 7,
Generation 8
Comments
The family is growing and getting closer, and (at least in part) the culprit could be... Nacho?
It's a big day for the Miller family, prepare your formal dresses!
The clock is ticking, Stuart has to hurry up with his research...
The felines seem to be giving some headaches to our protagonists, but new discoveries are slowly piling up as well...
It's Winterfest again, time passes so quickly in this game!
What a sad chapter...
Thanks!
What was the aliens' plan all along? Maybe, they could be starting to let out some more details...
This surely is a difficult moment for her, so much new information all at once... Even just understanding what's going on could take a while. Meeting other aliens could be risky somehow, but she is just as curious as her dad is, so...
A little step for Stuart, a big step for the plot advancement...
Lots of new information, all together, is it enough for making a new plan?
Generation 1 is almost over, what could happen at this point?
Generation 1 is approaching its ending, but the setup for the next one is starting already. Will the Millers really manage to enjoy the newfound peace and serenity?
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This is also the last chapter of generation 1, are you ready for new adventures?
Chapter 2.1: New Winterfest
Chapter 2.2: Message
Chapter 2.3: Declaration
Chapter 2.4: End and beginning
Chapter 2.5: Surprises
Chapter 2.6: Pirates rebuttal
Chapter 2.7: The family grows
Chapter 2.8: Three little aliens
Chapter 2.9: Birthdays, many birthdays
Chapter 2.10: The arrival of Mr S.
Chapter 2.11: Bans
Chapter 2.12: Masks
Chapter 2.13: Radical Changes
Chapter 2.14: New Life
Chapter 2.15: The scout group
Chapter 2.16: Erasure
Chapter 2.17: "I better not tell this to my family"
Chapter 2.18: Old Acquaistances
Chapter 2.19: Choices to be understood
Chapter 2.20: Cadets
Chapter 2.21: Misfortune
Chapter 2.22: The fall of Mr S.
Summary of Generation 2
If someone is interested, I would also like to point our that my entry for the MSSSC Feb 2022 features everyone's favorite cat and tells about his mysterious past, if you are curious you can read it here
For how much longer can the peaceful cohabitation between humans and aliens last?
That was almost a sweet chapter, did I really write it? :P
This chapter could be the one in which the generation transition is the most evident... Bitter-sweet, so to speak.
Many things surprised Luna today, yet she finds the time to be thoughtful about her life, the society she is living in and everything.
This is a great turning point for the Miller family, what do the Sixam pirates have in mind?