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Strange Tomato ([personal profile] strangetomato) wrote2009-06-03 11:37 pm
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Sims 3: More pics

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.






[identity profile] madame-ugly.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
*Caillou thread hijack*

I've heard a lot of parents really hate Caillou. And he IS whiney. My sister joked that his mother snatched him bald headed, she couldn't take the whining anymore. That thought makes me smile.

It took me a long time before I had a self sim. Once I got over the initial freakiness of it, I adore her. I've used her for tons of stuff (asylum challenge, mini legacy, just to play dress up in outfits that don't flatter her--hilarious).

So sims 3 isn't your bag? I'd bet a lot of the hard-core sims 2 folks will grow tired of it once the newness wears off.
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[identity profile] strange-tomato.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd bet a lot of the hard-core sims 2 folks will grow tired of it once the newness wears off.

I agree. I'm already halfway there.

[identity profile] madame-ugly.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
And hard-core folks probably aren't as likely to fall prey to the nickle and diming aspect (where you have to buy all the custom stuff piecemeal--and at a higher cost).

With them doing the sims store thing, it makes me wonder how EPs are going to work. I don't have any experience with RPG type games (like WoW). Those types of games have expansions, right? Do those kinds of EPs give new activities or just loads of things?

[identity profile] cindyanne1.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I was wondering this myself... are there even going to be EP's? Or is it all going to be "custom content" you buy at the TS3 Store?

[identity profile] madame-ugly.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, there will definitely be EPs.

EPs + store stuff = MOAR MONEY

That and people are already bawling for OMGPets and OMGWeather. Basically, they want to buy the same EPs over again.

I'm almost willing to bet each EP will still focus on the game aspect (so each EP will have new collectibles and mini games versus the EPs for sims 2 that were more enhancements to the base game).

God help me, if they make a farm EP (even if it's very "game"). I'd be hard pressed not to buy that.

[identity profile] cindyanne1.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I already told my daughter IF the sims ever have horses, it will be with TS3... because right now you can, for example, get on your bicycle and ride it somewhere. So, therefore, a horse theoretically could work the same way.

I wouldShe would totally go nuts!

[identity profile] cindyanne1.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I HATE CAILLOU SO DAMN MUCH. D: D: D: D:

I mean... I hate pretty much all cartoons, but there's a special place in the fifth circle of Hell reserved for Caillou. D:

[identity profile] madame-ugly.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The question is, do kids like it? I mean, if their parents even let them watch it.

[identity profile] cindyanne1.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it has subliminal messages. Seriously. When my kids first saw it (among the first and only times) they were RIVETED to the screen. It's worse than the Teletubbies.

My thinking is that some parents would be like, "Oh good... quiet kids! Yay!" and be able to ignore the hellacious horror that is Caillou. But I tend to sit down with the kids and watch the stuff they're watching and I just have to draw the line somewhere. D: