#play-through

So, Emma was doomed the moment Rookie picked up the controller. She died on the island. (To Rookie’s credit, she did hit the first QTE. Then proceeded to miss the rest of them).

PC started pushing Dylan at Ryan the moment she found out gay was in the game. I obliged her in the Truth or Dare game (Even tho I was curious at what the truth options were.)

We spent a good five minutes just walking around the Shady Glade just vibing to the sunset and tunes.

I’ll have you know I got the “In the Nick of time” achievement.

*Characters pulling injured Nick out of the forest* Me (To stister): If there’s an option to chop his leg off, I’m doing it. Sister: Hey! Game: *Does not let me chop off leg.* Me: Awww... :(

Three hours later

Dylan: *Waving an infected hand* “Quick you have to chop it off!” Me: Fuck yeah! Amputation time!

Me reaching the island as Jacob: Wow, if only Emma was here. We could reunite and run off into the forest together. Rookie: Hey, I don’t play video games!

So I jokingly started a no gun run which lasted me pretty well until I killed both Ryan and Laura (and Travis) in one fell swoop by deciding to not shoot Chris.

Rookie: Hey, at least I didn’t kill Laura. Sister: Mmm yeah, I wonder who did that >:| Me: Eh-heh :)

Truth be told, if we hadn’t of already killed Emma and missed a piece of evidence I might have reconsidered, but we weren’t gonna get the “everyone lives” ending by that point anyway so, I decided to commit.

Despite that I did manage to keep Jacob alive until the end , despite him being one of the characters who can die most often. This was also despite the game throwing a fast ball at me in his very last scene and sending Chris after him.

(This also involved me yelling at my sister to tell me how to save Jacob from the electric cage. Sister:  MHMHM welll... WHooooo knows??? Me: *Louder Yelling*)

Shout out to sister for keeping both Dylan and Kaitlyn alive in the last scene since neither of them had gotten bitten. (Which was pretty lucky, since PC could have messed that up by not picking up the stuffed toy at the beginning of the game)

So yeah, that’s most the interesting stuff that happened. Fav section was probably the the junk yard. Plus maybe saving Jacob from the electric cages.

To be honest, even though I have been playing The Sims since the original came out in February 2000, I am not much of a ‘player’.

You see I have ADD so follow-through is VERY hard for me.

Instead, I have spent the last twenty years creating characters in CAS that I play with for a couple hours before starting all over again. Or I will spend HOURS downloading CC/mods, play for a couple days at the most, then I will DELETE IT ALL and start all over again. This is the extent of my The Sims gameplay.

Sometimes I think I get more enjoyment out of the act of finding and downloading custom content than I do from playing the game. But lately, I am finding even that bores me.

So, to put some fun back into my game, considering all the money I have spent purchasing all the expansions, game packs, stuff packs, and kits to be sure I have the complete collection – blame it on my OCD – I have decided I am going to challenge myself to get to at least ten generations of one Sim family.

 I Play by My OWN Rules

I know there are many, many actual The Sims 4 challenges when you search the interwebs but, as a mentioned before, I have ADD and I don’t do well with hard, fast, strict rules created by others. Therefore, I have decided to make a few rules of my own to keep things a little simpler, a little lighter, and to make it more likely that I will stick to what I am trying to accomplish by doing this.

So, these are my rules:

1.       No mods. No simulation lag fix, no faster skills, no MCCC, nothing. I want the game to be as easy or difficult as it’s meant to be.

2.       No CC. Not even Kijiko’s luscious eyelashes. This one is going to be VERY hard for me. I have a membership to The Sims Resource and I LOVE my CC.

3.       No autonomy; at least, at first. I may allow autonomy later, but for now I want to control it ALL (insert evil villain laugh here).

That’s it. Three simple rules. Should be easy, right? We shall see. Like I said, I get bored super easily. To be honest, I will likely add in mods or CC at some point again, but I would like to at least get through one generation without them.

 Accountability

The most difficult part of all of this is going to be sticking to it. So here’s the plan.

1.       I am going to post my progress here so someone can see that I am actually doing what I set out to do, even if no one ever actually sees/reads/looks at this. It’s more to give me the illusion that someone else is looking.

2.       Right now, I plan to set small gameplay goals for myself for each generation. The goals may change as I go, but I think it’s important to try and set them at the beginning.

3.       Consistency is going to be important, but I also don’t want to play so much that I lose interest SUPER fast. I work a lot, at home, so that won’t be hard. I plan to play 2-3 times a week for at least 2-3 hours each time. That should be enough to progress with my story, hold my attention, and not get too bored. We shall see.

 This is going to be one of the hardest things I have ever done. Well, next to playing house with the same person for almost twenty years, raising two kids, and going back to school in my late 30’s. But, you know, priorities and perspective, right?

Please do whatever it is you do – pray, light a candle, etc. – for me, and strap in for an undoubtedly bumpy ride.

 STAY TUNED!

 All my love,