Sims 2
Thanks to my Christmas gift from shining_phoenix, I have treated myself to Sims 2. I mainly blame blaze_rocket, although sophy has played Sims for years and made it sound fun too. I was up til nearly four in the morning trying to get the hang of it. It came with the "Nightlife" expansion pack free of charge, which means that not only do my Sims have a variety of places to go on dates and Just For Fun outings, but they can even be bitten by vampires. THAT is hilarious. I have no plans to buy any of the other expansion packs, however; this is not one of the hobbies that I'm willing to sink money into, unlike my craft projects or my life-threatening Harry Potter collection. ;)
It's kind of a strange game, in my estimation. Unlike other games that I love, there's nothing to kill and no puzzles to solve. (All of my favorite games have either one or the other of those, occasionally both.) I like it very much, and I can see myself playing it not infrequently, but there's much about it that I fail to understand. Still, I was doing much better by the time I went to bed than I had been at first. It took me ages to figure out how to introduce my neighboring families (yes, Pie, the Madroxes and the Winters, and yes, the kids are into each other). I've only played custom neighborhood so far; the pre-created neighborhoods confuse me. Another problem I'm having was the creation of bedrooms. I can't seem to get a married couple to sleep in the same bed; one or the other of them keeps sleeping on the sofa, and throws a fit if I try to send him/her to bed while their spouse is already sleeping there. EDIT: hezyfaerie just helped me solve that problem -- I have the bed in the corner, I didn't know it needs to be accessible from both sides. And Pie told me how to bring up the box to input a cheat code, but I can't make it work.
Still. Fun. An excellent way to pass laundry day, I should think, or to amuse myself while watching Mom's dogs or something. I don't anticipate getting hooked on it the way Pie warned me a lot of people do, but I can certainly see how it eats hours. And I fully expect to feed it a few more tonight.
It's kind of a strange game, in my estimation. Unlike other games that I love, there's nothing to kill and no puzzles to solve. (All of my favorite games have either one or the other of those, occasionally both.) I like it very much, and I can see myself playing it not infrequently, but there's much about it that I fail to understand. Still, I was doing much better by the time I went to bed than I had been at first. It took me ages to figure out how to introduce my neighboring families (yes, Pie, the Madroxes and the Winters, and yes, the kids are into each other). I've only played custom neighborhood so far; the pre-created neighborhoods confuse me. Another problem I'm having was the creation of bedrooms. I can't seem to get a married couple to sleep in the same bed; one or the other of them keeps sleeping on the sofa, and throws a fit if I try to send him/her to bed while their spouse is already sleeping there. EDIT: hezyfaerie just helped me solve that problem -- I have the bed in the corner, I didn't know it needs to be accessible from both sides. And Pie told me how to bring up the box to input a cheat code, but I can't make it work.
Still. Fun. An excellent way to pass laundry day, I should think, or to amuse myself while watching Mom's dogs or something. I don't anticipate getting hooked on it the way Pie warned me a lot of people do, but I can certainly see how it eats hours. And I fully expect to feed it a few more tonight.