Sims 3: Yes, more pics from the new game, since it's new and shiny.

[strangetomato]

Here we find Strange enjoying two of her favourite things: eating tomatoes and banging John Stamos Ripp Grunt.

Life is good.

She seriously eats them like that autonomously, which is a little unsettlingly realistic, but maybe because she has about a million of them in her inventory. She has a green thumb.




I wanted to see how the genetics worked, and since Morgana Wolff can't get Strange pregnant, she went with the easy option. And I do mean ~easy~.

Here she is announcing her pregnancy, which is a cute idea for a new interaction. I do enjoy the personalized options for socializing. Sims get options based on what they've been doing. Strange even had options to "gossip about Ripp" and "confess attraction for Ripp" when she was talking to Ophelia. It makes me suspect he's putting the makes on her too (she didn't want to hear about the attraction AT ALL), which wouldn't be much of a surprise.




When Strange went into labour and went to hospital, I was surprised to notice someone bolting in to be there for the delivery. Pretty amusing.




Yep. All in a days work for Ripp's sperm. Must be nice.




And here's little Red Tomato as a kid. Sorry if you wanted to see baby/toddler pics. I don't seem to have bothered to take any (because they're boring and creepy *coughs*).

He's a pretty good blend of both parents. I'm interested to see how that looks as he ages. He's a heavy sleeper, a virtuoso, and a party animal so far.




This is Abram, for comparison. He's just a clone of Ripp, I'm pretty sure. I love that the game recognizes that they're "half brothers." It's pretty specific.




Strange is a chef, by the way. She works at this bistro. What a view, huh?

If there's one thing I completely adore about this game, it's the graphics for the scenery and how far you can see into the distance. There's actually atmospheric perspective. It's beautiful.




Heehee. I invited them all over for a party, and found them outside together.

And what were they looking at?




Yeah, you guessed it. ^_^

I love the little details they randomly produce, like Phi's sexy new guitar. Johnny whips out a laptop every now and then (workaholic, don't you know). Now if they'd only get a job, that'd be awesome. All three are unemployed and story progression don't seem to compel them to change that. Maybe I'll try switching households to mess around with them.

I haven't added any downloads yet besides the awesomemod, because I haven't bothered to look into adding them without using the launcher or whatever. I don't want SecurRom on my computer, so I need to make sure I'm doing it in such a way to avoid that.

Comments

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

LOL! It took me three entries to realize that the "stranger" was Ripp! XD. (I thought he was your SO's self-sim!).

I love the pictures of the children. They are so cute! :)

And it seems some things don't change, no matter what version of the game you're playing!

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

This really looks like a TS2 Ripp face!

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

Oh you've done a good job on making the trio!

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I think the look of the sims is starting to grow on me a little bit. I'm glad that other people are sharing their pictures so I can get a taste that way without buying it myself. ;)

I've heard complaints about the story progression for non played sims. It seems that it's pretty broken, or at least very stupid. Supposedly all the unplayed children grow up poorly and end up taking on bad personality traits since the story progression doesn't actually make them do anything reasonable. Like go to school. Or get a job. Or... So on and so forth.

What does the awesomemod do?

[petchy-14.livejournal.com]

HaHa!! Novelty, AND Cute :)

Red looks like he'd be fun to be around when be grows up.
I wish there was a way to make a three-way baby... *smiles*

[kin-thalas.livejournal.com]

Me thinks the environment looks way better than in Sims2, but I still can't get along with the look of the Sims.
I know developers want the toons/characters to look as human/natural/whatever like possible, but the more they try, the more silly the characters look, imo.

[gab75.livejournal.com]

I want to see a baby of Johnny and Phi !

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

Honey, but there's NO SecuROM in the game. Haven't you heard?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Where did you hear that? I was pretty sure that it did, but I'll be the first to admit that I've had little patience for reading pages and pages of the sometimes-cryptic comments on MATY, which is the only place I really trust for accurate info on the matter. Last I recall reading, it does have it. I suppose I could block the download manager from "phoning home" with my firewall, but that still makes me a little nervous.

Either way, I have no desire to use their launcher or download manager, and certainly not without a firewall block in place. I just don't trust them, and just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not after me (heehee - teenage music reference). I'll wait a while to see if there's another way to install the content.

ETA: Well, MATY isn't the only info source I trust (MTS and GoS have also kept me very well-informed), but I tend to go by whatever MATY reports on the matter.

ETA2: It seems that jfade is working on a Sims3pack editor, that would work like the clean installer, and allow me to avoid the launcher altogether. Sounds like a better option.

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

EA says there's no secure, it's "just a program designed by securerom that does a disc check every time you run the game..."

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,15150.0.html

Sorry, I can never figure out how to hotlink.

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

As the topic on that post says, I think they're splitting hairs there

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, I for one am completely relieved that they cleared up that minor semantic misunderstanding.

/sarcasm

A Securrom by any other name is still something I do not want.

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. I never run using the launcher, bwahaha

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I haven't played using one of their disks, let alone the launcher, since Seasons. I'm unlikely to ever do so again.

[autumnparanoia.livejournal.com]

Hmm, how can you run without the launcher? Sims 2, I mean. I haven't got Sims 3, though it's growing on me.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I use a hacked .exe replacement file, which allows you to play without a cd. It's the same as you would use if you were downloading a torrent of the game, and didn't actually have the cd.

Certain parts of the Sims 3 are really appealing to me and others not, so it's a mixed bag. I guess I have to take the good with the bad and enjoy it for what it is.

So far, that's been my approach to it, and I've been having fun.

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

...Okay, that was incredibly cute. MOAR children and JRO plz. Also babbies!

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

I am really impressed with your remake of Johnny. I'd love to see Phi's face...

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! How did I miss this? Your trio looks fantastic, and Abram is probably one of the cutest born-in-game-randomly-generated-by-game sims I've seen.

I also am getting more used to the look of TS3 sims, but darn it, I wish they MOVED like TS2 sims. D:

I love it that Ripp ran into the hospital. That's a nice detail. I've had it happen in my game too. Nothing like a panic-stricken father-to-be! :D

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Can you go into debug mode and force a same sex pregnancy (a la the Tombstone of Life and Death)?

The scenery is very pretty but it makes the sims stand out like sore thumbs, like they're posing in front of really nice backdrops. Reminds me of photoshopped sims2 pics.

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

What happens during delivery?

[predispositions.livejournal.com]

i really enjoy your pictures. you have such lovely graphics and it's very helpful for people (such as myself) who are trying to get a feel for the game before we buy.

my plan is to wait at least 6 months to a year until there is some good CC and we know for sure what kind of shenanigans EA's up to in regards to securom.

[predispositions.livejournal.com]

wow. that was probably the most awkwardly worded comment ever. i apologize! but you get the idea.