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How do you guys feel about Holidays in the Sims?
Dayvon64
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So I was just sitting around at my desk when the thought about celebrating Christmas in the Sims filled me with excitement. I love Christmas because as a kid even when I didn't get much, it felt like literal magic. When I grew up, like almost every adult, I found the magic was gone but recently I realized the magic is still there but I'm just not exposed to it. As a kid you're exposed to so much Christmas related stuff that it's all you ever think about and it gets you excited. The Winter events at school like dances, pre-winter break class parties on the last day, watching the snow fall outside your classroom window. The T.V commercials you see filled with toys, games, and kids being happy. Your favorite T.V shows having their Christmas episodes and seeing reruns of your favorite holiday specials. At the end of the day it's all there just to get you to buy more stuff and what not, but as a kid it just felt like there was this magic in the air.
Now, one of the things I loved to see while watching let's plays is people celebrating Christmas and seeing all the decorations and the story telling surrounding the holidays. It's why I was excited for seasons back when it was coming out, to finally have more family play involving the holidays. Obviously, I'm mostly talking about Christmas, but I do enjoy the aspect of being able to celebrate holidays in general within the games. I feel like the Holiday System was done amazingly, albeit it can feel a bit empty at times. I don't play the Sims that much anymore, but when I used to play I would try and only do holidays around the irl holiday as a way to get into the spirit. Eventually I stopped all together because it was a lot of work. I also noticed that people who play generational based typically don't celebrate their sims holidays every single time because it can feel repetitive which I can understand. I definitely feel like if it was generational for me I wouldn't do it too much because I go all in for holidays like Christmas. I make "Winter Break" Holidays so that the children/teens can be off for the week. I even do Christmas Eve to give the feeling of anticipation. I also make sure to have family dinners that involve close family friends.
So how do you guys feel about holidays in the Sims? Is it something you actively participate in or only sometimes when it fits the story you're telling? Also, for those who play other Sims games, which game do you feel has the best "holiday" gameplay? I know The Sims 4 allows you to have your own traditions and literally shape them how you see fit, but I also know that Sims 3 had festivals that you could participate in with the whole town.
So I was just sitting around at my desk when the thought about celebrating Christmas in the Sims filled me with excitement. I love Christmas because as a kid even when I didn't get much, it felt like literal magic. When I grew up, like almost every adult, I found the magic was gone but recently I realized the magic is still there but I'm just not exposed to it. As a kid you're exposed to so much Christmas related stuff that it's all you ever think about and it gets you excited. The Winter events at school like dances, pre-winter break class parties on the last day, watching the snow fall outside your classroom window. The T.V commercials you see filled with toys, games, and kids being happy. Your favorite T.V shows having their Christmas episodes and seeing reruns of your favorite holiday specials. At the end of the day it's all there just to get you to buy more stuff and what not, but as a kid it just felt like there was this magic in the air.
Now, one of the things I loved to see while watching let's plays is people celebrating Christmas and seeing all the decorations and the story telling surrounding the holidays. It's why I was excited for seasons back when it was coming out, to finally have more family play involving the holidays. Obviously, I'm mostly talking about Christmas, but I do enjoy the aspect of being able to celebrate holidays in general within the games. I feel like the Holiday System was done amazingly, albeit it can feel a bit empty at times. I don't play the Sims that much anymore, but when I used to play I would try and only do holidays around the irl holiday as a way to get into the spirit. Eventually I stopped all together because it was a lot of work. I also noticed that people who play generational based typically don't celebrate their sims holidays every single time because it can feel repetitive which I can understand. I definitely feel like if it was generational for me I wouldn't do it too much because I go all in for holidays like Christmas. I make "Winter Break" Holidays so that the children/teens can be off for the week. I even do Christmas Eve to give the feeling of anticipation. I also make sure to have family dinners that involve close family friends.
So how do you guys feel about holidays in the Sims? Is it something you actively participate in or only sometimes when it fits the story you're telling? Also, for those who play other Sims games, which game do you feel has the best "holiday" gameplay? I know The Sims 4 allows you to have your own traditions and literally shape them how you see fit, but I also know that Sims 3 had festivals that you could participate in with the whole town.
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Also there is so much in the calender now, all those events....even without holidays its so full.
I definitely wish there was more build up to a holiday rather than simmers needing to make any pre-holiday traditions/celebrations into their own holidays. Being able to go see Father Winter and tell him what you want, going shopping, picking out costumes, etc.
although I often lack the time during real holidays since I am either spending time with family or too busy with my own made up irl traditions
I also really hate consumerism
and I lowkey have religion phobia
so I notice those things do sometimes make my irl holidays less magical
but then I remember people be destroying the planet for some plastic decoration and toy nonsense
and buy you things you don't want and
get upset with you if you don't buy them useless things and wrap all those useless things in plastic and dead trees
and that once again I will run into trillion ppl on parking lots eager to tell me about their lord and savior and they won't take no for an answer
and the tv and radio will be 24/7 talking about their lord and savior and the other weird cult worship sounding nonsense messages or weird daddy stuff
but yeah sometimes its fun to play some spooky sims around halloween or visit a vlad during xmas or have a witchy new year or easter or midsummer or whatever
just sometimes too much other stuff to do or the irl holiday things ruins my mood
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I prefer them to the festivals in TS3 - those are good fun, but for my playstyle the holidays in TS4 work better and make more sense for family/friends get-togethers and parties.
What I really don't like is when I just want to ignore the holiday (but not delete it off the calendar) because my Sims are busy with something else or I'm not playing a household that would celebrate that way... But the whole world is decorating and messing up my screenshots (and tastes) and my Sims end up with long sad moodlets that don't make sense because they were busy catering to their own interests.
I would just like to be able to cancel/end the holidays with no moodlet blast. It's so annoying. Like, my Werewolf isn't going to have a meltdown because she didn't buy a lottery ticket, lol.
What I really don't like is when I just want to ignore the holiday (but not delete it off the calendar) because my Sims are busy with something else or I'm not playing a household that would celebrate that way... But the whole world is decorating and messing up my screenshots (and tastes) and my Sims end up with long sad moodlets that don't make sense because they were busy catering to their own interests.
I would just like to be able to cancel/end the holidays with no moodlet blast. It's so annoying. Like, my Werewolf isn't going to have a meltdown because she didn't buy a lottery ticket, lol.
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They just don't match with our way to play. We play real time and celebrate the festivals in the wheel of the year in our own way.
This depends on where the Boys live at the time and what their actual storyline is.
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I also with that we could save out holidays in some ways in the calendar even if we donβt participate with the current household.
I often make my own holidays that suit my saves. Often giving my sims one day a week extra away from work so that we have time to do other things. Also a nice way to save ideas that you would like to do in your save until later. I put up goals for myself. A holiday with a fish symbol and the text lvl 4. Then I have given my sim a challenge to get to lvl for prior to that date. When I reached the goal I delete the reminder holiday since it is no longer needed.
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I play rotationally, and each rotation my sims age about 2 years, and I envision that I am playing a week of their life during that two year period, so every family doesn't celebrate every holiday every time, just whatever their week happens to be. I usually choose the order I am going to play my families in based at least partly on what holidays they'll be celebrating. I like children in the household for Winterfest and Blossomfest, and older parents for Parents Day, and I try to spread it out so every household gets to every holiday over time.
They dont line up with the real world all that often for me. I do happen to be playing summer right now but I probably won't get to my labor day equivalent by the end of this weekend. Then I'll probably get through all of the fall holidays and maybe even Winterfest before the end of September.
I know that you can choose not to attend prom but can you cancel it and book something else that Saturday?
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I used to really decorate up the houses, but then the holidays are over and you have to put up all that decor, even in rl I hate it.
I have to say though, I do delete neighbourhood brawl and talk like a pirate day as soon as I see them on the calendar. They make no sense and just annoy me, lol.
The only problem I have with The Sims 4's take on holidays is that it comes in a checklist format. The Sims 3 is much more limited as in you only have the four holidays, but they fit more naturally into the gameplay, whereas The Sims 4 you have to initiate so much. I want holidays to fit more seamlessly into the game.
I also miss being able to create lots that change with seasons. I await the day when that can happen much more seamlessly as opposed to freezing my The Sims 3 game when the change applies.
In TS4 I have quite a few holidays, most of them are based off of real holidays. I try not to pack the calendar too much because it can turn into more of a chore than a fun variation on some days. Sometimes I struggle to get everything in without it feeling cramped since I play with the shorter 7 day seasons.
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