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This is the current generation, and from now on, I'll be posting the gameplay. (Here or on the TS4 blog, I don't know yet).

But let me tell you, I still don't quite get this expansion. It's confusing! I still don't quite understand how the credits work, the terms. And it's awful that if you live in a student housing, you simply don't have a kitchen or dining hall like in other generations of the game. It's just terrible!

So, here are the rules for this gen: "Why be good, when you can be bad. You enjoy spending time with your friend (singular), and make fun of other students, as you study to become a judge to bend the law to your will.

aspiration: academic traits: evil, jealous, bro career: law

live in Britechester and join UBrite

complete the academic aspiration

master the research & debate skill

join the secret society and the debate club

move to a different world once you graduate

reach the top of the law career

have a best friend and 2 enemies"

And I must say, we're already doing well on the mission to have 2 enemies. Yesterday, my sim's girlfriend invited her out on a date on San Myshuno Sushi, and what did she do? She broke up with the girl. The wish popped up, what could I do, right? Poor Angela Pleasant.

Well, I've said it before, this whole theme isn't really my thing. But you can take some beautiful pics in Glimmerbrook =)

What a disappointment. This expansion looks so pretty, but the gameplay is just meh. TS3's Island Paradise is miles and miles ahead of this one, no comparison.

A short gameplay, just to fulfill the generation. Living in a small house, completing the Beach Life aspiration. Couldn't become a mermaid and couldn't reach the top of the Conservationist career.

But the world is gorgeous! Even without reshade, it's beautiful. The lighting there is fantastic.

A nice surprise right after Get Famous. I absolutely loved playing StrangerVille! Beautiful scenery!

The story is great and kept me hooked until the end. Just like the rules of the generation, my sim was paranoid, and that made for a great game in the right setting. She was fleeing from all the chaos where she grew up, always being followed and watched. She lived in a bunker! It's a shame I didn't take more gameplay screenshots. One of the things I liked most about this town were the sandstorms. And at the end of the game, the whole town looks really cool.

Gen 9: Vampires + Vintage Glamour stuff

This generation was really, really boring! I'm not into the supernatural theme, so... Forgotten Hollow is tiny, but it's kinda cool for certain sims (great for photos and storytelling). The sim was a real sweetheart, and just because of that, I didn't skip this generation. He was an apprentice to Count Vladislaus Straud, met a girl in Windenburg, found the cure for vampirism, and had a daughter with her. He had a butler and lived in a luxurious house.

Gen 10: Parenthood + Movie Hangout, Kids Room & Toddler stuffs

Babies, babies, and more babies. This girl had a HUGE family! And I tried to follow everything that was asked for in this generation. She married young and had only one love her entire life. She had as many children as she desired, adopted a child, and kept a super well-tended and beautiful garden. This expansion pack is really cute and adds a lot of depth to the relationship between parents and children. It was fun taking care of so many kids, but exhausting! She lived in Newcrest since there wasn't a city requirement.

Gen 11: Cats & Dogs + Laundry Day & My First Pet stuff

In this generation, I ended up getting more attached to the couple's youngest daughter. She was "different," you know how it is. She was all about animals, ran her own vet clinic and worked hard every day. She had a house full of cute kitties and adopted a little girl. Brindleton Bay is simply amazing! I spent a lot of time exploring the town. The pets expansion is also adorable, and I think it's my favorite of all the game's generations (I hardly ever played with pets in TS2 and TS3 because I found it too much work).

(Looks like someone finally got Reshade!) In this generation, I started feeling like taking pictures again, maybe to post them here someday. It's hard to get back :(

Gen 12: Jungle Adventure

I took so many screenshots in this generation, but they just disappeared. I don't know what I did wrong =(

She was a journalist and explorer. Explored a lot of Selvadorada and wrote books about her travels.

Selvadorada is beautiful, but BORING! It was a short generation because I couldn't handle it anymore. I really loved her, but I lost her to an exploration curse.

Gen 13: Seasons + Spooky & Backyard stuff

My long-awaited Seasons expansion! It was such a cute generation!

He reached the top of the gardening career, tended to his garden, and followed all the holiday traditions. He had a little daughter who was a scout. They lived a quiet life in Brindleton Bay.

He tried to make up for everything his mom missed out on because she was always traveling. But they had a good relationship until the end.

Gen 14: Get Famous (Part 1)

OMG, I never thought I'd have such a blast with this expansion! It turned out to be one of the longest ones 'cause I turned off aging in the game.

Del Sol Valley is beautiful but small. Again! I think that's one of the few downsides of TS4 cities. There's very little space for lots. I had so many ideas for this city...

The expansion is really fun, the acting career is well-developed, and it was quite challenging to become a celebrity! I loved all the games, parties, and schemes she had to pull off to truly be considered a star. But most of all, the hard work. I maxed out all the necessary skills. She was perfect! She was the boss! Rich, famous, choosing who she wanted to be with and how. After a while, her job was just being beautiful, hitting the gym, and dodging the paparazzi.

Hi! [waving and brushing off cobwebs] How are you guys?

In short, during the time I was away from Tumblr, I basically lost all interest in playing Sims when I lost all my stuff. Over a decade of CC, poses. It became impossible to recreate everything, and TS4 didn't work for me. Until... I realized that every time I played TS4, I would download everything, all the DLCs, thousands of CCs, mods, and end up feeling lost and bored. With previous generations, I always played from the beginning, knowing everything that was native to the game, following the DLCs one after the other. So I thought about following a Legacy Challenge to try to experience this in a structured way. I wanted to experience TS4, to know every item in the game, its flaws (so I could later search for the mods that I really needed)

About the challenge

The one I'm following is this one (which is already outdated, but I'll keep going as long as I can).

I'll confess to you guys, I'm following it in a very low-profile way. I always imposed so many rules on my TS3 saves that this time I just wanted to have fun. So basically, I play vanilla (the only mods I have are maxis match skins and eyes that I downloaded around the 3rd generation). And to be completely honest, I LOVED the game's aesthetic like this! It was tough at first because I always used TS3 alpha, so it seemed overly cartoonish. But that's exactly why I fell in love when I realized how cute this game is! What I did was disable all the DLCs (here's how to do it) and I'm enabling the packs according to the challenge instructions. Sometimes I follow the recommendations of the generation, sometimes I don't. It all depends on whether I'm having fun with those tasks or not. I always try to use the objects, clothes, and hairstyles from the expansion/pack of the generation to have a real immersion in that theme and get to know everything that was made available new in that generation.

It's funny because with each generation, I get so excited about the new things I'll have! I look at all the objects, read about the expansions, and try to do everything I can. Some excite me more than others, especially themes that don't appeal to me much like supernatural ones. But I'll tell you more about it in the next posts. I also try to follow the wishes of the Sims whenever possible, to see where the game naturally takes me. Usually, the firstborns are the ones who continue the challenge. But sometimes other children steal the show. Also, in some generations, I simply have no patience for babies and adopt a child. I also use Sims from the gallery a lot, both for townies and to follow the generation (sometimes I have zero patience to raise a Sim, so I make my own rules!) I always try to let Sims get involved with townies unless it's not possible (or they're terrible and I'm not in the mood for a makeover). I play with normal Sim lifespan and full autonomy. Gen 1 - 3

Gen 1: Base Game Gen 2: Outdoor Retreat Gen 3: Get to Work (Part 1) + Luxury Party stuff Unfortunately - or fortunately - when I started, I was having so much fun that I forgot to take photos!

In Gen 1, I couldn't reach the top of the comedian career, and I was surprised by how much there is to do with just the base game. Maybe I've always seen the game in a biased way, I admit.

In the first generation, there was a lot of family drama and fights because of the hot-headed and goofball matriarch. That bitch even stole her daughter's boyfriend, which left me IN SHOCK. An abusive relationship between mother and daughter, major drama!

Gen 2 was kind of boring; that camping pack is pretty disappointing. It's all very shallow and hard to get into, plus it feels kinda "stuck," I can't really explain it. But it was cool to develop the freelance writer career and write about all the traumas her mom caused (yeah, the storyteller never rests). And being a good loner, I loved taking her to Granite Falls for the whole weekend in a cabin writing.

As expected, she met a guy dressed as a bear at the camp and married him. He was the total lumberjack cliché. They lived happily ever after!

Gen 3, I realized the goals for this generation were impossible. I tried doing the bakery and being a detective and failed miserably. My sim was always tired, with no time for anything (missing a mod to slow down the game). I spent more time renovating Magnolia Promenade than playing. I was excited about the next generation. Gen 4 - Get to Work (Part 2) + Perfect Patio stuff

Here, I think the challenge really started for me. This is where I started to get attached to the characters. I completely ignored the generation's instructions and focused on the detective career. Terrible graphics settings and no time for decoration. This crazy lady got involved with Don Lothario and had TWINS. Their relationship was kinda messed up, but he turned out to be a great dad. Over time, he was so in love with her. They got married, she reached the top of the detective career, and he was a great stay-at-home dad and trophy hubby.

They bought a lovely house in Oasis Springs with a gorgeous patio. That boy there won me over. He was super curious and interested in computers. He was already programming from a young age. He was the chosen one.

Gen 5: Spa Day

I kinda skipped that one, I confess. I was too attached to my sims. What I did was, after retiring, my sim and Don Lothario became regulars at the spa, making use of all the services whenever possible, and hitting the gym, of course.

Gen 6: Get Together + Romantic Garden stuff

The heir moved to Windenburg to live his life as a IT worker.

Fell in love with Cintia Behr at the first party and ended up completing the generation recommendations with her. DJ and painting skills. He made a lot of money programming.

Don Lothario passed away from old age a bit later, and he got a call from his mom inviting him to the park. When they arrived, they just chilled, watching the clouds and chatting. I thought it was pretty sweet!

Their first kid was a cutie! And sticking to the generation's rules, I I made him grow up with cooking skills and traits.

They had two kids and lived in Cintia's house in downtown Windenburg. What a BEAUTIFUL city! I'm totally in love with it! Gen 7: Dine Out + Cool Kitchen stuff

The heir was like 100% into the cooking career his whole life.Never had any interest in other sims. Maybe it was trauma? 'Cause when he was a teen, his dad got involved with Hugo Villareal, and his mom died of rage when she found out (D-R-A-M-A). Dad moved out, and he had to raise his sister all by himself. Poor boy. But he forgave his dad after a while. His sister, though, never did.

I loved his sister! Totally rebellious, snobby, and sassy. The only person in the world she liked was her brother, and because of her troublemaker teenage personality, I downloaded the Basemental Drugs mod and it was a blast. Skipping school in the afternoons to drink and smoke with friends. Her brother didn't have any kids, and she was too precious not to be the heir.

Gen 8: City Living + Bowling Night stuff

Well, that snobby girl grew up and, as expected, became a food critic, partly thanks to her brother's influence (I mean, growing up eating the finest cuisine out there, you can't settle for any crap, right?). She fell in love at the Romance Festival just like the script said and had a cute little boy. I still had Basemental installed, and sometimes she and her wife would smoke a joint. Then one random day, her wife got BUSTED for carrying weed. I didn't know about those settings, and it was awful! The kid grew up without one of his moms, and it was super sad. Luckily, when she became elderly, she got out of jail and they lived their last days in peace. I uninstalled it right after. San Myshuno is pretty cute but kinda small :( But I'm really into the urban vibe, so I'll definitely come back to rebuild the city at some point.

 [waves crashing on the beach]

Laura -  I’m sorry, I just... Chris - No, It’s okay. Laura - [taking a deep breath] Things haven't been easy lately.

The sun even seemed to be in a hurry to rise, and they just watched. On the other hand, an immense peace settled in her chest.

Laura - Today was one of the best days I've had in a long time. I'm… getting used to feeling this again. Get out, people, these things… you know. But I needed. Chris - For me too... Thank you! Laura - Oh my god [laughing] thank you too!

They began to laugh together, and she leaned her head on his shoulder.

Laura - [almost whispering] Thank you… Chris - [whispering too] You’re welcome. [they laugh again] Can I do anything else for you, miss? Laura - Yes you can, sir.

And she kisses him. The kiss feels like home, cuddles and something good, really good.

Soon after, she was home. And when she lies in bed to sleep, it even seems like a lie: That good feeling again.

As soon as they reached the beach, Laura jumped off the bike without thinking. She carefully left her helmet, as if it were a final commitment, and walked quickly towards the sea. For a moment, she even forgot about Chris. The beach has always been a haven. The countless times that Kim had to pick her up back home, especially in the summer, where every minute of sunshine was lived as if it were the last. Little Laura was walking slowly under the mother's complaints in the background, while her mind was occupied with feeling the salty skin, the wet hair. With a huge smile, she carried a bucket full of beautiful seashells (and pretended it was relics from some undersea kingdom). And after she grew up, it was there that she cried when her heart was broken, when things at home were difficult or when she felt like all her energy had been drained. And that was exactly the case. She sat and quickly sank her hands into the cold, thick sand of Bridgeport's beaches. The connection. She just let the air out in a long breath as she heard Chris's footsteps approaching. That moment was hers, he could only sit and wait.

The cool morning air invaded the streets of Bridgeport. Lorena heard the noisy, urban silence, broken only by the low voices, as she walked to the bedroom door, drunk and sleepy. The next day, oh... she wouldn't remember that! In fact, the party was long over for the other guests. The glasses around the house, the empty bottles, the stereo had long been turned off. But in the living room, there was a small revolution in two lives brought together by chance (or not).

So many subjects, eye to eye, smiles and involuntary touches. As a magnet. They both felt the connection as well as everyone else that day. Nobody interrupted them, it was evident that they just needed each other.

“Even his voice was cozy”, Laura thought, discreetly noticing other curious features. Chris talked about philosophy, politics and history but also about family, work and TV series that weren’t up to date. In each of the subjects, they found something in common, a good sense of belonging. You’d say Laura and Chris were already friends without even knowing each other in this world. They just needed to meet.

But there was something else. While he talked about how the first years were living alone, she felt a huge urge to snuggle in his chest to better feel that perfume that came from time to time on her nose. Feeling his beard scratching her neck lightly. “Oh, no!” she said aloud, making Chris realize how distracted she was. The sun was almost rising. "It's late" he almost whispered looking disappointed. "Or early".

A strange silence settled, the first since they started talking that night. Laura didn't want to go home, she felt restless, anxious after noticing her feelings. He made that inner mess a little worse. "Come on, I'll take you home" he said going to Lorena's room to get another helmet.

As soon as she got on the bike, she felt despair, like panic. "Chris? Sunrise... on the beach.” ”Yeah...I got it"

He sighted, feeling her arms around him.

IT’S BRITNEY, BITCH! I’M IN GAME!

never decide to delete your entire cc folder at a bad time in your life. I know you feel like it. "I'll never play this game agaaaaaaain" (crying in fetal position) “I hate it”

believe me, you will regret it!

now i'm here, trying to rebuild my TS3 cc folder because my head is full of ideas for my story and i'm missing my babies like craaaaazy