In another thread I've seen that many people don't like to give their sims "negative" traits like evil, self-absorbed, mean etc, but I personally think those sims are hella fun. I just noticed that with my main family. The mother is like the nicest person in the whole family, having the good and outgoing traits. The father on the other hand has the evil trait and usually strolls through the neighborhood with his simray and book of chaos to prank everyone he meets and befriending the Grim Reaper while at it. The twin daughters are also really different, with one having the active, romantic and materialistic traits, while her sister is unflirty, hates children and a music lover. I can confidently say that the father and twin 2 are much more fun to play than the goody two shoes mother and twin 1. I just find it really amusing when the father laughs while bad things happen to other sims, or twin 2 instantly becomes angry or uncomfortable when children are just nearby or someone flirts in her direct vicinity. In another family, I also have a sim who is mean and self-absorbed, and it's just fun how she's constantly fishing for compliments and is always so mean to others for whatever reason. It just helps forming their characters so much.
However, it seems like I am in a minority with that. In the "traits you avoid" thread, many people were saying that they avoid negative traits, and I don't really understand why. I've played a huge amount of "good" and "bad" sims, and I undoubtedly prefer to play the latter because they seem to be much more unpredictable, but maybe that's the reason why people don't like them?
Do any of you also like to play sims with negative traits? I'd also love to hear some funny stories as to what your sims have done in your games (maybe I can even get some inspiration for more shenanigans
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Also, they're the only sims that can 'Enrage' a sim by themselves.
I totally forgot about the hot-headed trait and its interactions! I had a hot-headed sim once and the only difference I've noticed is that they often got angry out of nowhere
Oh yes, I avoid the kleptomaniac trait with unplayed sims as well. My sim befriended Lillith Pleasant and I thought about inviting her to his gang, but am kinda hesitant now that I've learned that she is a klepto I still like to have it on my played sims though
I like to build stuff
I don't really use most of the other negative traits like jealous or kleptomaniac... I've tried them and klepto was pretty fun when I wanted to see how much they could steal but then I didn't really want to play with it again. Jealousy is just a pain in the bottom to me.
However, there are many traits that are EXTREMELY negative
if you look close enough. Friendly, Flirty, Good etc.
Hates children sims are fun (and relatable to me ). My sim with the trait has a club with being mean to children as one of their activities
I like to build stuff
That being said I have had some humorous (for me) reactions to those bad traits when I was first starting to play Sims 4. But first I have to mention that the very first Sim I created and is a founder of my main saved game, so to speak has both the clumsy and the now named erratic trait, she is also family oriented. I chose the erratic trait because her story is that she has had and does have mental problems and the clumsy trait because, well, she is clumsy Another Sim that is my favorite has the hot-headed trait and I love it. It suits him to the tee. I really don't consider those 3 traits along with f.i. squeamish, vegetarian, non-committing as a bad trait.
Now, the first time I encountered the hates children trait was in the maid that was first hired by my founder Sim. After one Get to Know, my Sim's hubby found out that she had that trait and I was so startled that the poor lady got the sack on the spot and out on her rear in two shakes of a tail. She didn't even get to finish her choirs. Which is why my game has now 2 maids (well 3rd popped up when Sulani appeared). I also didn't have one Sim get a job because she has the lazy trait and I did stay away from both mean and evil Sims until I decided that one evil Sim would be a perfect spouse for Salim Benali and when the Roomies' new roomie started eating out the trashcans my eyebrows got a bit of an exercise. Now this was before I realised that traits don't really matter and have a negligent impact on Sims lives and personalities. Personally I wish it did have more impact but I do like all traits as it gives me more variety, personality wise.
Oh and a little factoid, the maid with the hates children trait has also the evil trait and non-commitment trait. The poor lady. I really have to add her to my rotation one of these days.
There are traits that I somewhat avoid when giving Sims (either in CAS or when they are growing up) new traits, like unflirty and jealousy, although it was interesting when a newly baked father became jealous when his baby mama payed more attention to the toddler than him and threw a tantrum. I see some interesting story for them in the future. But jealousy can be a pain for the tenseness and the unflirty is challenging when trying to court Sims with that trait. I do just treat Sims with the unflirty trait as asexual and leave them be. Like Raj Rasoya.
But if I encounter them in Sims like pre-mades, NPCs or homeless townies I leave them be even if they become part of a rotational household and I don't let that stop me. If I like a Sim that has those traits they get added regardless.
Agreed. I have a sim with the evil, argumentative and insensitive traits and, if I don't force them, the sim just behaves nicely. Creating a club for evil sims and giving them the infamous club perk is the best way.
Evil sims are 99% of the time nice.
Mean I don't use, Gloomy gets some occasional use, Hot-Headed I use sometimes too.
I won't use negative traits every time, but they do add some flavour to my townies for sure. I'd love to see more negative traits added.
Technophobe, from TS3, was a favourite of mine for elders. It really perfectly replicated my mother calling me to ask "how do you copy and paste" or "how do you change the settings on my phone which is a totally different model to your phone". Elders in TS4 are too good with modern technology. I'd like to see the ability to make them struggle a little.
Can we also just appreciate how the romantic interactions have different names for unflirty sims? Like instead of "ask risque question" it's "ask totally inappropriate question", which kinda made me chuckle a little. It's a trait I really use for the first time now, because I only use it on sims I imagine to be aromantic or aro-ace. I also like that objects with a flirty aura don't have any effect on them.
I like to build stuff
I use other negative traits sometimes, like unflirty (although I don't really see that to be negative), squeamish, and hot-headed. The only ones I avoid are jealous, hates children, and kleptomaniac. Jealous and klepto are just annoying because of how often they get tense, and I avoid hates children because I'm a family player.
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Never forget that it's not only about what trait you have, it's also about what others have.
Case in point - Bella goth has flirty trait and thus she has no issue making her spouse jealous and see nothing wrong with it. In my current game, she cheated on Mortimer, divorced him, remarried, cheated on that guy and got divorced again (praise MCCC).
All because she is a flirt, all because it's way easier to get her to bed (praise certain adult-only mods). I know - mods, but still.
Evil trait makes sims cartoonish. Caricature, a parody IMHO.
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