The Great, the Mediocre, the Poor, and the Destitute
Ok Sims fans! It's here! That's right, Sims 4 came out on September 2nd or for the lucky pre-orders at 10 PM on September 1st. I can't even begin to describe to you the sheer effort I had to exert on Sept. 1st not to just go crazy from anticipation. When I saw the clock on the Sims page counting down from 10 hours I was beyond excited. Stoked, happy, overjoyed, whatever word you'd like to use. As the day wore on, so inevitably did my patience. Hour by hour the cords of my sanity were pulled as I watched the minutes tick by. Whoever thought of countdowns should be shot.
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My friends were beyond annoyed as I kept them constantly updated via Ventrilo (computer speaking tool) on how many hours were left, how excited I was, and how many new and exciting things on the Sims 4 I would soon discover. I'm pretty sure I drove everyone one of them partially crazy with my absolute boredom. I had the day off my work, everyone was at school and my husband was at training. I was left to twiddle my thumbs. The house was clean, dinner was in the crockpot, and the cats refused to be loved. I was at a loss.
Finally finally FINALLY!!! At 10:00PM I logged into Origin and opened my pre-downloaded game (thanks EA for that).
I was immediately able to log online and use my previously created character to start my game (thanks AGAIN EA for create a sim demo). Soon I was enthralled and I think my friends were happy that I was finally quiet.
Now first of all, EA is getting so much flack about toddlers and pools that I just can't help address this issue or lack there of. Pun intended. First of all, we all know toddlers were annoying as hell. With babies you feed them, change them, cuddle and put them back. With toddlers you have to actually teach them all this stuff. So your sim plus the toddler has to be in a good mood. Then you spend hours potty training, teaching it to talk and walk. Let alone the fact that you have to do this while both the parents AND toddlers are happy.
So what did they do to try to rectify this and meet in a middle ground?
Additional baby options between parent and child!
So let's start from the beginning. Conception. You can still use the age old adage of "Try for baby" but there was no music...but I ended up pregnant so it must work. Now while researching this I learned that you can use a pregnancy stick the next morning if you click on the toilet! Fascinating. You can also adopt for 1000.
Another plus for Sims 4 is you can go to work leading up to the baby and the day after! No more of this waiting six days until you work again. People! I'm on a time frame here! I have short adult lives and only so many days to reach max career!
One cool thing to be noted that I found out myself is that you can breastfeed your child! This is made even cooler by the fact that it makes the relationship higher even quicker...was that English? *sigh*
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The coolest thing about children in this game? You can click on them and have them age up. Or at anytime you can whip up a quick birthday cake and blow out some candles. Need that teenager to grow up before mom and dad die? Tired of feeding that pesky baby? Annoyed at the prospect of having to actually nurture your child? Just age them up with the click of a button. This seems to have no known impact to the Sims or their family. Just poof.
This is just one of the many reasons why Sims 4 is better than Sims 3. Tune in later for more reasons!
So what did they do to try to rectify this and meet in a middle ground?
Additional baby options between parent and child!
So let's start from the beginning. Conception. You can still use the age old adage of "Try for baby" but there was no music...but I ended up pregnant so it must work. Now while researching this I learned that you can use a pregnancy stick the next morning if you click on the toilet! Fascinating. You can also adopt for 1000.
Another plus for Sims 4 is you can go to work leading up to the baby and the day after! No more of this waiting six days until you work again. People! I'm on a time frame here! I have short adult lives and only so many days to reach max career!
One cool thing to be noted that I found out myself is that you can breastfeed your child! This is made even cooler by the fact that it makes the relationship higher even quicker...was that English? *sigh*
The coolest thing about children in this game? You can click on them and have them age up. Or at anytime you can whip up a quick birthday cake and blow out some candles. Need that teenager to grow up before mom and dad die? Tired of feeding that pesky baby? Annoyed at the prospect of having to actually nurture your child? Just age them up with the click of a button. This seems to have no known impact to the Sims or their family. Just poof.
This is just one of the many reasons why Sims 4 is better than Sims 3. Tune in later for more reasons!
