A Slightly Different Kind of Legacy...
So, I don't know if this'll work or anyone will be interested because it's not actually TS2... Thing is, I still love the whole family thing and I love my Rymans too, but my Rymans now take a lot of work and starting other sim legacies just lacks things for me now. I need to tell stories to get me attached to characters, sim or otherwise, and really the only challenge I find in sim legacies is staying interested and motivated. However, there is this game called Crusader Kings 2, where you play a dynasty and it is such a challenge.
Thing is, it being set in history and all, you can die. Of 'natural causes', at any age. Of illness at any point, in battle if you go, by assassination also... And you have to have an heir to take over who also reproduces before they die of any of the above. And you can't actually decide to have kids - you have to wait for a pop-up that tells you that your character or their spouse is pregnant; all you can do is try to pick someone with ostensibly high fertility who your character (or their family member) will like. And if you aren't playing one of the places where women can inherit (unfortunately few), you also have to cross your fingers for a boy. If a woman can inherit, you have to ensure that female heirs get married off matrilineally, because if your dynasty becomes unlanded it's game over. Which also means you have to ensure you don't get invaded and your land stolen. There is actually a way to control the difficulty; if you play as a King you'll have much more land to survive from invasions even if you lose some land, but I like to play it small - one county, which means there's a good chance I could be screwed after my first war. It's also a lot easier if you live in a merchant republic because your family house counts as land even if you aren't in control of any places, but I'll probably leave that until I've failed so much I'm on the point of rage quitting.
Managing 10 generations is going to be hard as hell, but I'd like to give it a go and document it so I can be more attached to the characters. I'll take screenshots of the characters so you can have an idea of what people look like, but due to the style of game, it'll mostly be just little bits of text in a diary-ish format (eg 1 January 769 ...). I've already started my first attempt, maybe people will give it a look when I've written it up?
Thing is, it being set in history and all, you can die. Of 'natural causes', at any age. Of illness at any point, in battle if you go, by assassination also... And you have to have an heir to take over who also reproduces before they die of any of the above. And you can't actually decide to have kids - you have to wait for a pop-up that tells you that your character or their spouse is pregnant; all you can do is try to pick someone with ostensibly high fertility who your character (or their family member) will like. And if you aren't playing one of the places where women can inherit (unfortunately few), you also have to cross your fingers for a boy. If a woman can inherit, you have to ensure that female heirs get married off matrilineally, because if your dynasty becomes unlanded it's game over. Which also means you have to ensure you don't get invaded and your land stolen. There is actually a way to control the difficulty; if you play as a King you'll have much more land to survive from invasions even if you lose some land, but I like to play it small - one county, which means there's a good chance I could be screwed after my first war. It's also a lot easier if you live in a merchant republic because your family house counts as land even if you aren't in control of any places, but I'll probably leave that until I've failed so much I'm on the point of rage quitting.
Managing 10 generations is going to be hard as hell, but I'd like to give it a go and document it so I can be more attached to the characters. I'll take screenshots of the characters so you can have an idea of what people look like, but due to the style of game, it'll mostly be just little bits of text in a diary-ish format (eg 1 January 769 ...). I've already started my first attempt, maybe people will give it a look when I've written it up?