Bored With Sims. Game ideas?

ashleyadorable · May 2012

Well, I'm pretty bored with my families. I've been playing a family with two kids and a newborn and a "camp" I made, but It's getting realllly boring. And none of my other saves are intriguing me...
So I've turned to the community

I don't want something lengthy and real time consuming. I'm looking for something easy, short, and different. I don't care if the ideas are stupid, because it might be entertaining.
So, please throw the ideas of what you found fun out there. I'm willing to try lots of ideas

WoWLynnia · May 2012

Mmm, let's see... Diablo 3 (short and sweet hack and slash), Mass Effect 1-3 (though time consuming, very worth while), and Skyrim (also time consuming, but fun) are some games that I play in my time away from Sims.

I particularly recommend the Mass Effect series (though definitely start with the first one, as they import your saved game for the 2nd and 3rd) if you haven't played it before. Although lengthy, you can put it down at any time and come back to it sometime later. It's generally what I play when I'm not simming, as the 3rd also has multiplayer functionality. It's a lengthy RPG with close-up third person shooter gameplay. Even for those gamers that don't usually play shooters (as I didn't until I started with Mass Effect), the casual difficulty setting can be completed with a decent amount of ease.

djBacardi · May 2012

Civilization V - http://www.civilization5.com/

exotickitten · May 2012

RFlong7's Dice of Fate

asterravos · May 2012

You could create a TV/movie family and play with them. It might get you to try a different play style which will make things interesting again. I mentioned in another thread how it would be fun to recreate the Scooby Doo characters and play with them in the ghost hunter career.

Mikezumi · May 2012

When I can't get to my computer because my family kick me off, I turn to SingStar! Nothing better than belting out Abba numbers to an empty room

ashleyadorable · May 2012

Thanks for all the ideas!
@WowLynnia- Thanks! I'll definitely look into those games. I'm not much of a gamer off the PC but I'll do some research and read reviews. I've heard great things about those.
@djbacardi- Cool! I'll have to look through that site further!
@exotickitten-Good idea, great find! I'll definitely have to download and play with that!
@asterravos- (first I love your avi and siggy!) Unfortunately I d9on't have the ghost hunter career

Don't have Ambitions! But, that is a really good idea! I've actually done that before but the family was really overwhelming. I'll have to find a good family. All the choices I can think of aren't doable on Sims 3 (a.k.a Avengers lmao)

Thanks again for the ideas! Any more?

ashleyadorable · May 2012

Mikezumi wrote:

When I can't get to my computer because my family kick me off, I turn to SingStar! Nothing better than belting out Abba numbers to an empty room

Yeah, you go! Sounds like fun! But I prefer to boost up my Kinect and bust out some moves with Dance Central

Unfortunately my parents are watching movies on the tv hooked up with the kinect, so that isn't an option...plus it's getting late and I don't know if I'd have the energy. Lmao!

Mikezumi · May 2012

ashleyadorable wrote:

Mikezumi wrote:

When I can't get to my computer because my family kick me off, I turn to SingStar! Nothing better than belting out Abba numbers to an empty room

Yeah, you go! Sounds like fun! But I prefer to boost up my Kinect and bust out some moves with Dance Central Unfortunately my parents are watching movies on the tv hooked up with the kinect, so that isn't an option...plus it's getting late and I don't know if I'd have the energy. Lmao!

This sounds like fun too! You need parents like me ... my son says "jump" and I say "how high?"

ashleyadorable · May 2012

Mikezumi wrote:

ashleyadorable wrote:

Mikezumi wrote:

When I can't get to my computer because my family kick me off, I turn to SingStar! Nothing better than belting out Abba numbers to an empty room

Yeah, you go! Sounds like fun! But I prefer to boost up my Kinect and bust out some moves with Dance Central Unfortunately my parents are watching movies on the tv hooked up with the kinect, so that isn't an option...plus it's getting late and I don't know if I'd have the energy. Lmao!

This sounds like fun too! You need parents like me ... my son says "jump" and I say "how high?"

Sounds good to me!

WoWLynnia · May 2012

ashleyadorable wrote:

Thanks for all the ideas!
@WowLynnia- Thanks! I'll definitely look into those games. I'm not much of a gamer off the PC but I'll do some research and read reviews. I've heard great things about those.

No problem ^_^ All three of those are PC games, as well. Mass Effect 1-3 are purchasable through Origin, Skyrim is available on Steam, and Diablo 3 is purchasable through Blizzard's service, Battle.net. Here are some videos about them:

Mass Effect 3 (ESRB Rating: M):
-Cinematic Trailer: http://masseffect.bioware.com/videos/video/0e3fbba503f6511b874bb3bac867c5e2
-Female Gameplay Trailer: http://masseffect.bioware.com/videos/video/5d6f875a5de4b36f2ecb0e7fa5698b09
-Mass Effect 1 Launch Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBpRJ7qgaM
-Main Website: http://masseffect.com/

Diablo 3 (ESRB Rating: M):
-Launch Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0iY2RtzwA
-Gameplay Overview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzmoTOmIidA
-Main Website: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/

Skyrim (ESRB Rating: M):
-Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC6_KbfrfUM&feature=related
-Main Website: http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/

Side note, all three allow you to play female characters as well as males, and Skyrim and Mass Effect allow you to design your appearance.

ashleyadorable · May 2012

WoWLynnia wrote:

ashleyadorable wrote:

Thanks for all the ideas!
@WowLynnia- Thanks! I'll definitely look into those games. I'm not much of a gamer off the PC but I'll do some research and read reviews. I've heard great things about those.

No problem ^_^ All three of those are PC games, as well. Mass Effect 1-3 are purchasable through Origin, Skyrim is available on Steam, and Diablo 3 is purchasable through Blizzard's service, Battle.net. Here are some videos about them:

Mass Effect 3 (ESRB Rating: M):
-Cinematic Trailer: http://masseffect.bioware.com/videos/video/0e3fbba503f6511b874bb3bac867c5e2
-Female Gameplay Trailer: http://masseffect.bioware.com/videos/video/5d6f875a5de4b36f2ecb0e7fa5698b09
-Mass Effect 1 Launch Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBpRJ7qgaM
-Main Website: http://masseffect.com/

Diablo 3 (ESRB Rating: M):
-Launch Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0iY2RtzwA
-Gameplay Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzmoTOmIidA
-Main Website: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/

Skyrim (ESRB Rating: M):
-Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC6_KbfrfUM&feature=related
-Main Website: http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/

Side note, all three allow you to play female characters as well as males, and Skyrim and Mass Effect allow you to design your appearance.

Thanks for the links ^.^ :oops: I had no idea they were on the PC. That's great, I really will have to look at those. Thanks so much! Hehe hopefully I am "M" enough. Lol.

WoWLynnia · May 2012

ashleyadorable wrote:

Thanks for the links ^.^ :oops: I had no idea they were on the PC. That's great, I really will have to look at those. Thanks so much! Hehe hopefully I am "M" enough. Lol.

Haha, no problem.

The only reason I put the ratings on there is so that the forum moderators wouldn't get upset that I was linking to mature content on a site for teen rated game. :XD:

ltd2mp87 · May 2012

tropico 4

you play a dictator that has to develop island countries. its silly and fun.

SumoB · May 2012

djBacardi wrote:

Civilization V - http://www.civilization5.com/

Definitely this!

Oh, and: Total War Shogun 2

TotalEpicness · September 2013

well u cud try sumthin im about to try if u want in CAS make a couple then twin toddlers that look EXACTLY alike. then follow their wishes and wen they become YA, see how different they are from each other.. or if they have grown apart :shock: with all the lifetime happiness points ya got just go down the list

KATENESS · September 2013

TotalEpicness wrote:

well u cud try sumthin im about to try if u want in CAS make a couple then twin toddlers that look EXACTLY alike. then follow their wishes and wen they become YA, see how different they are from each other.. or if they have grown apart :shock: with all the lifetime happiness points ya got just go down the list

That sounds fun! What do you do for their traits? Would you give them the same exact traits or different ones? And is it kind of like a Wishacy where you just let them do what they want to do?

DangerDanger · September 2013

When I recently needed a break from the sims, Plants Vs. Zombies proved to be a fun (and cheap) diversion. I'd definitely recommend it!

ChelleJo · September 2013

Have you tried the asylum challenge? It's a pretty fun (fairly short term) depending on the LTW and what you make your asylum like. Llandros from YouTube on his nightmare camp put in cow plants and jelly bean bushes. It was a mad house. But I played the regular Asylum Challenge and really enjoyed it. It was something different.

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