Sims 3: More pics

[strangetomato]

I have some more Sims 3 pics to share. I've been having a good time just playing around with it so far and trying to see how it all works. I went back into CAS again to try creating some more sims, and ended up creating a neighbour for my simself. So this post will be pretty wankery and full of my simself. You've been warned.








Here she is in all her glory. Not exactly a perfect replica (the nose was impossible to get right), but there's a bit of a likeness there. The nasolabial folds are cranked up to max, just like in real life.

I was getting bored of her affairs with married sims in Sunset Valley, so I made a single and very available neighbour for her.




So she drops by to make introductions.




Strange: Hey, you look kinda familiar...

Guy: Well, I think I'm based on someone you know from somewhere else.

Strange: Yeah, maybe. You didn't turn out that well, but you're alright.




Strange: So... uhh... what's with the baby? I thought you were supposed to be single.

Guy: Oh this?




Guy: It just appeared on my lawn when I came home from a trip downtown.




The poor thing basically had a basket dropped on his doorstep! :P

The kid's name is Abram too. How Biblical.




So Strange hangs out with the larva Abram and this totally unfamiliar guy, while he cooks some mac and cheese.




He's pretty flirty. Strange isn't really going for the pick up line that references dipping his chip in her salsa. That's a bit too bold (and spicy!) for her just yet.




She does engage in some light flirting, however. It goes pretty well.




Yet somehow, she still gets rejected for a kiss.

C'mon! She's a great kisser! It's one of her TRAITS, you moron!

Give him time, I'm sure he'll come around (and spawn some more larval babies).




He doesn't even own a crib for the baby! I hope he buys one before her next visit. I have doubts about his ability to care for that kid on his own, but we'll see how he makes out.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I actually like the fact that the neighbourhood does its own thing, but in a very different way than I enjoy playing Sims 2. It's not very comparable. I find this game really reminds me of playing a point and click adventure rpg game, like latter day King's Quest games (which I enjoyed, but they aren't at all like Sims 2).

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I've heard this comparison a lot.

Makes me wonder what the EPs will be like.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It really is like this. You are even granted these little quests called "opportunities" that you can follow for rewards.

Considering that you can't play the other sim households, it does sort of make sense to go in this direction. I'm not quite sure what to think of the hybrid gameplay between simulation and adventure. When I play those games, I often would love to just play with them as characters and have them go about their daily activities, and this lets you do that, but it's not quite as open-ended as Sims 2, and seems less useful as a creative tool as it stands right now. It will remain to be seen how this changes.

All in all, it feels more like a game to me now, where Sims 2 never really did.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Yup, the game vs toy analogy.

That's really why I'm avoiding it right now. From experience, I get bored with games (and rarely beat them).