since i didn’t want to ressurect a dead thread, i figured i’d start a new one
this is a great game, deeper than the original, more subtleties in the way the Sims interact, here’s an example of last night’s play…
they really need to put a warning on the game that it’s addictive and will absorb all your spare time…
The Sims 2 stories
Family #1; the Gattis
Ed Gatti, a loner moves into town into a small “shoe-box” style house, this sim has the Family aspiration…
he knows nobody, so dirties up the apartment and calls the Maid service…
while waiting for the maid, some people drop by, including a rather attractive blonde in a jogging suit (Amy Smith)
Ed greets Amy, who immediately begins sobbing about how her husband left her for another woman, and left her with 2 unruly teens…
Ed immediately comforts her and asks her in, pausing to chat up the maid (Alissa) who has recently arrived to clean up the apartment, and tipping her well for her services
…Amy makes a mad dash for the bathroom, vomiting into the toilet, then sobbing…
Ed comforts her, and chats with her about stuff, complimenting her and making her feel good about herself, Amy looks to be falling for Ed…
Amy leaves midday, and Ed chats up Alissa further, and gives her a couple of big tips to make up for the sheer amount of mess he made of the house (did i mention he’s really a slob?)
next day, Ed invites Amy over again, they’re hitting it off well, until Amy has another vomiting attack and fills up the toilet again… she looks worried…and ill all afternoon…
Alissa’s back again, and grudgingly cleans up Amy’s mess, Amy leaves, and Ed continues putting the moves on Alissa, hugging, flirting, once she’s done with the cleaning, she asks if Ed wants to hang out with her, he does, and continues putting the moves on her, she stays the afternoon and leaves in the evening…
no Amy today
next day, Ed wakes up, proceeds to trash the apartment (with a 1 bar value in neatness, it’s to be expected) and awaits Alissa with great anticipation, greeting her with a passionate hug when she arrives, Alissa does her job, cleans up the apartment, and asks to stay the afternoon (of course she can)
the phone rings, it’s Amy, Ed starts enthusiastically chatting with her, when Alissa hears Amy’s voice on the phone as Ed walks by her, she gets pissed off and leaves in a huff, clearly Alissa and Amy are rivals for Ed’s attention…
Amy comes over, as she enters the house, as Ed greets her, the thought bubble above her head shows a baby pacifier, a teddy bear, and another baby pacifier, she looks sad and worried…
Ed responds enthusiastically, hugging her and clapping, as if to say…“you’re pregnant?!, that’s great!, don’t worry, i’ll take care of you”, Amy’s status icons rapidly increase to “best friends” and “Crush”
…she runs to the bathroom again for another session of morning sickness, returns to the couch, sits down and quite frankly looks terrified and depressed, her face in tears, wailing at her cruel fate, her husband leaving her for another woman, leaving her pregnant and with 2 rambunctious teens
Ed comes over and comforts her, lets her know that he loves her and will “do what’s right by her”, that he’d be honored to be the real father to Amy’s child (which may be part Alien, as Amy’s Ex-husband was Pollination Tech #9), Amy is comforted and calms down, starts getting amorous with Ed, Ed showers her with love and affection (and a few passionate kisses)
…at least until Alissa comes over, Amy leaves the room and goes to sit in the hot tub while Ed chats up Alissa, after a few hours, Amy leaves
Ed is now infatuated with Alissa and keeps calling her over, they’re now to the “best freinds/crush” stage, and Ed invites her to stay the night, she does, leaving to get some sleep in the morning, the maid service sends another maid to clean the apartment
over the next few days, Ed tries to call Amy over, but she’s become a workaholic and is never available, oh well, back to Alissa, still puttin’ the moves on, after she’s done cleaning the house, he invites her to the bed for a make-out session (or three)
Alissa is now madly in love with Ed, and they get together for some sweet, sweet WooHoo, BAM!
Amy’s still at work, screening her calls, her sarcastic, know-it-all teens answer for her, she’s never available, the one time she does come over, she walks in, sees Alissa, cries, and walks out, immersing herself in her work…
Ed is saddened by the rejection, but wait, what’s this, i guess that means more WooHoo time with Alissa, SCORE!
the next day, Ed plans his strategy, he orders up a pizza, makes sure the hot tub is hot and bubbly, and puts some romantic music on the stereo…
Alissa comes by, does her work, Ed asks her to hang out, she happily accepts, showering Ed with a deep, romantic kiss, hearts spin above her head, as their relationship rises to “Love”
Ed goes down on one knee and proposes
she accepts!
Ed proposes Marriage…
she accepts!
they consummate their marriage with sweet, sweet WooHoo…
after they do the deed, i hear a “twinkling” sound, i pay it no mind, as the radio’s playing in the other room…
over the next few days, Alissa’s energy level drops faster than normal, and her hunger is always high…
on the third day, she gets sick to her stomach, and runs to the toilet to worship the porcelain God, and continues to do this throughout the next few days…
you’d think that Ed would feel bad about deserting the first woman who liked him, especially after he told her he’d take care of her, he just turns his back on her, not because she’s pregnant, apparently that was a turn-on for him, but because he’s got the attention span of a fruit-fly
poor Amy, she gets knocked up by her husband, who then leaves his pregnant wife for another woman, leaving her alone with her teens and a baby on the way, then the only other man to show interest in her, and who’s not turned off by her “condition” abandons her for a dolled up little tralk in a French-maid uniform
…wouldn’t surprise me if she swears off men entirely, or at the very least, Alien men with wanderlust…
…meanwhile, Alyssa wakes up a few days later to a swelling tummy, and she is now happily waddling around the house in her undies, her growing belly exposed for the world (okay, maybe just Ed) to see, constantly raiding the fridge and playing with the R/C car i gave Ed to stave off boredom in his (admittedly short) single life…
looks like it’s time for that bigger house i’ve had my eye on, time to evict the family that lives there and move the Gattis in…