I love the Sims! I wish I had more time to play. I don’t have Livin’ Large yet, but I’m getting it soon.
Tell me what the best parts of “Livin’ Large” are in your opinion. Have you seen the “genie in a bottle” yet? Kidnapped by aliens and probed? Even seen ghosts?
I downloaded a couple of houses off the net http://www.thesims.com and I’m enjoying playing those houses. I use a laptop computer so I have a touchpad and it’s hard to add on to the houses (build). Yes, I’m too lazy to plug in a mouse
I am the ultimate money cheater. I always have a slew of money so I don’t have to work. (what does that say about MY psychology??) I find it a real hassle to get them up and ready for work on-time. Mine spend their days reading, swimming, hacking on the computer, using their virtual reality glasses, and hot tubbing.
Oh, and I built a huge room full of slot machines for my slot addicted sim. He loves it!
I live for Sims. I adore the Sims. I literally stole my copy from an ex-boyfriend. And I refuse to give it back. Even though I now have Livin’ Large. Sims is my art form, my expression, my therapy. I can play for hours upon hours refusing to interact with the real world. I look for blue pie menus when I pick up a phone.
My favorite Sim (her name is Medea, who would have guessed?) has been through every career at least once. After I finished building her home I haven’t cheated with her at all. All her furniture she earned, down to the silver candelabra.
My favorite downloaded object are the candles that sit on tables. They can be color co-ordinated with my marble tile. The teleporter comes in a close second.
Favorite floor: the blue star tile
Favorite wall: this deep royal swirly blue one for interior, moss green brick for exterior
Favorite outfit: black jeans, long bell sleeve misty grey crop top for girls, tatooed shirtless guy. Honorable mention goes to the fairy outfit that was made by scanning actual flowers and warping them into clothes.
Unfortunately I discovered Sims last year right before finals. Bad, bad move.
What counts as cheating? Only things that use the grey cheat box or things like the floating houses and perfect people?
I wish I could take back all the hours of my life I have given to the Sims. It is the devil’s work I’m sure. I finally managed to break the habit a month or so ago, I still have the urge to play, especially now that the expansion pack is out… but I’m trying sooooo hard to stay away from that game. Do they have something equivalent to the “patch” that people use to quit smoking? If not, I think I might be on to something…
Best parts of Livin’ Large. I love the wall lights. I love the fire using wall lights. I do light my houses entirely with fire. (Or SimFire as the case may be.) The Paranormal career is fun too. The Lounge Singer outfit is entertaining.
The genie is a twist, not intended if you have a goal in game other than poking around at everything. I like the Concotion Station and the workbench where you can build gnomes. The potions do fun things. (Yellow!) and the gnomes explode, plus they are fun to see pile up. They start looking like evil armies of garden gnomes if you get enough of them.
Okay, I should stop now before my addiction becomes too obvious.
DuhMan, come back to the dark side. Its soooo good once you do. I promise. Repeat after me, “I want the expansion, I need the expansion, I want the expansion, I need the expansion…”
Oh man, Estrella, you are sooo feeding my addiction.
I too got The Sims as soon as it came out. Unfortunately my computer only met minimum requirements for running it so I couldn’t get the full treatment. And since then that computer has bit the dust. BUT … my new best friends, Gateway, will be delivering my new kick-butt PC on Monday. I can’t wait. The Sims will be the first game I load. Livin’ Large shall be purchased presently.
Do the old cheats still work the same on Livin’ Large?
Are you a Sim City 3000 Unlimited freak too? That’s the other reason I can’t wait to fire that bad boy up. I was in the middle of constructing a truly nifty skyscraper when the ol’ girl snuffed it.
Zette…first off, girlfriend, I just have to tell you that I’m rolling at your sig! That’s my favorite new phrase- I post it on my Yahoo banner. I also liked the one about “Go ahead and tell Satan you’re not a Christian, he’ll think it’s funny.”
Anyhoo…Livin’ Large rules! Not only do you get:
A heart-shaped bed that “Vibrates” but if your Sim has high points with someone, you get the “play in bed” option. They get in and rustle under the covers, giggling and making growling noises. And then their energy is lowered but their mood skyrockets.
I’ve spent most of my time building more than playing but I did get them to “Make a Potion.” Apparently, there are 8 outcomes for the potion. So far, I’ve seen two: someone falls in love with the drinker (and they pop up out of nowhere to kiss) and the drinker splits into an evil twin who you can’t control and goes around hitting people. It’s pretty funny.
My boyfriend’s Sims have died and lost a bet with Death. And one of them was abducted (he came with ultra high neat and nice points).
Speaking of lights, my BF downloaded a chandelier!! We also have Autumn foliage trees, a jack o’lantern, Tiffany lamps…
The cheats still work for Livin’ Large. I dont have SimCity 3000 but I want it, I need to see if the BF’s crappy PC can handle it.
Oh god…I LOVE this game. I’ve spent hours playing, and I got Livin’ Large as soon as it came out. And like Estrella’s BF, I’ve downloaded a TON of stuff from the net.
And for my favorite parts of LL…I love the genie. And the gnomes. And the potions…the one that turns you into a monster is hilarious, if expensive. I’m still waiting for the clown to show up, and to be abducted.
The clown!! I forgot about the clown! Nope, hasn’t happened to me yet. Still haven’t seen ghosts either, but I’m waiting…
BTW, want moats and streams? enter “water_tool” (without the quotes)in the build mode. Pretty cool. I have little ponds, the BF has lakes that come out from the Sim river and match up when you go to the neighborhood mode.
I hate this game!!! I am so addicted that I have quit work, stopped feeding my kids, don’t get dressed anymore, now wear Depends, and my house is ready to be condemned!
. . . or at least that is what’s going to happen soon if I don’t cure this habit.
One of my favorite downloads is the naked skin. However, I have noticed that none of the men have dinkies and no one pulls down their pants to use the toilet.
My favorite cheat is the time warp. Need more time before work to lounge in the hot tub? Just turn back your clock!
Does anyone else get a rush from torturing their Sims, pissing them off, making them fight, or drowning them in the pool?
Another Sim addict here! It’s a great game. The strangest thing that happened to one of my Sims so far is that she got a cold, got really really sick (I thought it was just a guinea pig allergy!), and died four times in one night. She met the Reaper each time and her husband pleaded for her life. The first time she was saved, but she stayed sick and died again hours later. The next time she died her husband lost Rocks, Paper, Scissors with Death and she was turned into a zombie. She went back to bed, all green and bedraggled, but three hours later she woke up, crawled out of bed, and died again. The Reaper turned her into a zombie again. (I was getting a little tired of it by now! :)) This time I decided to send her off to work – figured she’d be safer there! – but on her way out the door she collapsed and died for the fourth time. This time she died for good, and her husband keeps the urn in the kitchen. As irritating as this episode became, I did manage to capture the whole thing in the photo album (a feature I’ve only recently come to appreciate) and I think it’s rather amusing!
Estrella, ghosts only appear if Sims have died on the property you’re playing on. If an urn or gravestone (depending whether the remains are kept indoors or out) is on the property, the dearly departed Sim(s) sometimes come out and walk around in the early hours of the morning. They can only “spook” living Sims who are on the first floor of the house. If you don’t want to kill off a Sim to experience this, try playing the Goth house for a bit – they have a relatively large graveyard and at least one ghost will usually come out on any given night.
As soon as I get my computer upgraded, I want to get the Sims!
I’ve seen clothes from Titanic…(I LOVE those vintage dresses!)
A friend of mine was telling us how she plays-all her people have affairs and she kills off people she doesn’t like by putting them in the swimming pool and taking out the ladders…
That’s my favorite new phrase- I post it on my Yahoo banner. I also liked the one about “Go ahead and tell Satan you’re not a Christian, he’ll think it’s funny.”
I’m still waiting for the clown to show up, and to be abducted.