Simperium Issue 2: March 2020 | Page 26

TheLadyGriff My name is Ally. I am 24 and a stay at home mum to my 2 year old daughter and 1 year old son. I live in rural Victoria, Australia. I am a new YouTuber and a newbie streamer on Twitch. I first played the Sims on my PS2 when I was about 8 years old. The game had already been out for several years but we were living in a bus at the time and moving around constantly so we came into the Sims a little later than some. My siblings and I instantly fell in love with it and we began purchasing game after game. Bustin' Out, Sims 2, Sims 2 Pets, Sims 2 Castaway. Eventually we were settled enough and could afford a laptop so when we had access to the PC versions of the Sims 2 we began collecting all of those packs as well. It was the same when Sims 3 was released. However, at that point I was a teenager and stepped away from the game a bit. We played Sims 3 on the Wii a little but I never really got into that game. I eventually purchased an Xbox One S after I graduated high school and got the Sims 4 on there. I fell in love all over again. I was immediately reminded of why I love the games. I just love being able to build houses and create Sims. I love the creative aspects of the game and the life simulation side. Telling stories and creating these little lives. And the humour that comes with it. My favourite Sims game would be Sims 4 simply because of how it looks. Don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of the older games. They are everything to me. But if I had to pick one to play for the rest of my life it would be Sims 4. I play the others when I miss them but I quickly get tired of the graphics and really bad design choices. Game play in those older games is way better but I do spend more time building in game than in actual game play. For me the best part of the Sims 4 would be the style and graphics. It is so much 26 easier to use and so much nicer to look at. I love building and creating Sims. I can sit for hours upon hours creating. Game play is harder for me. I started my YouTube channel in the hopes of doing builds and also to help inspire me to actually play with Sims more. It has helped a fair bit.If I ever stopped playing the Sims it would be either because I no longer had the time or platform to do so, or if it really just flopped. Lately the game has been getting pretty dull. So I think if it became so boring for me I would probably stop playing. Maybe not forever, but a long break perhaps. My main issue with the Sims 4 is that it's looks are about all it has going for it. Game play is dull and it falls short in so many ways. Babies are objects, social interactions are empty and unfulfilling and the worlds are so empty and plain. There isn't much to do with your Sims. Visiting community lots is boring most of the time. Relationships are basically all the same and hollow. It just doesn't have the substance that the previous games had. Nor the sense of humour. SIMPERIUM