While there are building elements to the game, and the depth of these has grown over time, the focus still remains on ‘playing with life,’ a motto The Sims itself has used in advertising campaigns. There’s no set background for your Sim’s story, and each and every character you create can be whoever you want them to be. They are the focus of the game and the world is built around them, regardless of whether you build it yourself or not. The Sims is unique in that the Sims themselves are completely customisable, not just in looks, but also in personality. Sure, there are games with life simulation elements in them, like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, or any of the other 597 farming and life simulation titles that exist, but none have focused just on simulating life.
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For a very long time, the series has faced no competition. Since then we’ve seen three numerical sequels, with the latter two in particular spawning numerous DLC packs of varying sizes.
It began with The Sims way back in February 2000, when a chunk of its current player base wasn’t even born.
So glad you're going to post some more about Life by You.The Sims has been a powerhouse for a long time. Then at the end, you ranted some more about EA, which I appreciated! You basically are saying the same thing I would have said, lol! I think it's very informative because you added extra stuff from the interview articles. I like that you went moment by moment through the live stream video, with your comments and points of view about the features that were covered. You came from NHL 23, but you basically had the same disappointments and frustrations as I had with The Sims 4 and the direction that EA was taking The Sims franchise to. I like that you explained what it was about EA that you didn't like and why you no longer want to support such an awful game publisher. I had finished it! I agree with a lot of what you said. I'm almost finished watching the entire thing (about 10 minutes left)! I really enjoyed it - a lot of great points you've made! When she finally died, may have helped a little with that, my ruler got a whopping -50 Stress because she died. I still smile when I think about that game where I played as Sicily and the family aunt had been a real pest, as in civil wars and insurrections pest. It's just a fun mechanic to play around with. Of course, what happens when you max out stress would have to be tweaked to not be an event of things medieval rulers did that they really shouldn't, but something more modern instead, Maybe do something like the mental breakdowns from Sims 2, and have your character gain a potentially temporary bad trait from it. With outside events affecting your character, too. You act according to them and you get relief. You act against your traits and you get stressed. With some tweaking this could work for a life sim, too. Pick what they did and get a negative trait. Your ruler needed stress relief NOW and did something unwise. The thing is that if you hit 100 Stress, you got an event with no positive outcomes. It is rather stressful to be invaded by the Holy Roman Empire, after all, but on the other hand, seeing a hated rival die causes great relief.
Of course there were external factors, too. Where acting against your character can be done, but you accumulate stress from it, and acting according to character would reduce stress. I honestly wouldn't mind to see the Stress mechanic from Crusader Kings 3 in a life sim.
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