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THE FIVE BEST FAMILIES
OF THE SIMS

By Harrie Bailey
Premade families in The Sims were always a good place to start or even
to go back to when you became bored of creating your own Sims.

A

s some of you may know,

but still kept me entertained for

used to the mechanics of the

and if not, I am here to clarify

a good few hours back in the day.

game. As one of the first families,

The Newbie Family. This family was

if not THE first family I played,

that The Sims timeline works like
this: The Sims 3 -> The Sims -> The
Sims 2. Therefore any of the families
mentioned in this article would
have been youngest in The Sims 3
and oldest in The Sims 2 provided
they’re present in more than one

“BOB AND BETTY NEWBIE
WERE PARTICULARLY
GOOD SIMS TO START THE
FRANCHISE OFF WITH”

game. Each family has an individual

playable in The Sims 1, deceased

inevitably my younger teenage

and interesting backstory, most

in The Sims 2 but back as their

self was intrigued by the love and

of which involving other playable

younger selves in The Sims 3, but

relationship between Bob and

Sims, and I’m here to share with

to me, was only really played in

Betty, but after a few forced kisses

you some of my all time favourites.

The Sims due to the overwhelming

and too much affection, we moved

amount of families to chose

on to bigger and better things.

THE NEWBIE
FAMILY (SIMS 1)

from in the following games.
Bob and Betty Newbie were
particularly good Sims to start the

Let’s get the ball rolling with a

THE BROKE
FAMILY (SIMS 2)

franchise off with, two characters

family that doesn’t rank too highly in

with a simple backstory, and a

my chart of the best Sims families,

small basic house to get you

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As we’re following on from
The Newbie Family, it only seems

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