Well, how else would EA milk us for every penny if they gave away everything at the start??
This is... incredibly strange and sims must be the greatest game ever for people to have put up with this. I'm lol'ing at the idea of Blizzard trying to do that.
But don't you pay for a monthly subscription? EP's come out maybe twice a year and they're not cheap, but it's akin to paying $10 per month. Special content/micro transactions are common in all types of games, no? I mean I don't necessarily like being nickled and dimed to death but it's common practice for the industry.
So gardening is different than in TS3? Interesting. And A STABLE GAME AND FAST SAVING. No way. I don't believe it. Impossible. That is like a dream.
nicbreeful, I hope you don't mind if I bug you with Sims questions. I had read somewhere that the jobs were less than TS3, so this isn't true? And are interactions between sims more realistic because of the emotions?
Oh, and I feel like they had included a ranking of a party in TS2 (or maybe it was my old PS2 version). It was really useful. I don't think it had goals, but it at least let you know how well a party was going. I always found that frustrating in TS3.
The game does look really pretty. I almost want it for the pretty, but I think I will still hold out until at least one expansion pack.
I feel like party ranking was in one of the PC versions. Because as soon as nicbreeful mentioned it I thought about how cool that they brought that back. But maybe I'm thinking of TS2 where you try to get your kids into private school.
I'm unsure if I'm going to purchase yet. Maybe there will be a in store discount around the holidays.
Does anyone remember when Drew Carey used to randomly show up if you had an awesome party! LOL!
The game does look really pretty. I almost want it for the pretty, but I think I will still hold out until at least one expansion pack.
I had it in my hand an hour ago and said the same thing. I will hold out until something expansion comes out. I am excited, and may change my mind but doubt it. I will see how y'all play it out.
nicbreeful - Most important questions? Cheat Codes? Do they still work?
I cannot play with out the $$$ codes. And the lifetime happiness cheat.
I haven't looked much into it, but "kaching" and "rosebud" both give you 1000, and "motherlode" for 50,000. Not sure about the lifetime happiness cheat. Lemme look.
It was the boolproptestingcheatsenabledtrue code. Then you could slide your happiness up and down and fufill your needs.
It was an easy way to explore without dealing with your annoying sims peeing themselves.
resetSim <full Sim name>: In the rare case that a Sim gets "stuck" in an interaction or somewhere around town or gets something stuck to it, use this cheat. It may take a while for the Sim to appear because it is being entirely rebuilt. Usage example: resetSim Mortimer Goth
fps [on|off]: Turns the frame rate display in the bottom left corner.
hideHeadlineEffects [on|off]: Hides all Sim overhead effects such as plumbob, thought balloons and speech balloons.
freerealestate {on/off}: All homes are temporarily free while the cheat is active. Enter cheat in the Neighborhood screen. If purchased, beware of the Taxes in these lots.
kaching: Provides 1,000 Simoleons
rosebud: Provides 1,000 Simoleons
motherlode: Provides 50,000 Simoleons
|Death.toggle: Disables Death so that Sims don’t die.
testingcheats {true/false}: Enables the use of further hidden development cheats
**EDIT** I found some NEW cheats on Simscommunity.net
Shift Clicking on Sims -
”Reset Object” which will reset the sim. ”Add to Family” which adds the Sim to the current family. ”Cheat Motive > Make Happy” which sets all motives to full and set mood to Happy. ”Cheat Motive > Disable Motive Decay” which allows all motives to remain static. (I LOVE this, no need to shift click the mailbox) ”Cheat Motive > Enable Motive Decay” which allows all motives to change.
Shift Clicking on objects
”Reset Object”, which will reset the object.
Shift Clicking on dirtyable objects
”Make Dirty”, which will make the object dirty.
Shift Clicking on already dirty objects
”Make Clean”, which will make the object clean.
Shift Clicking on the mailbox
”Reset Object”, which will reset the object.
Shift Clicking on the ground
”Teleport Me Here”, which Teleports the selected Sim (make sure you selected the ground, not the carpet!)
These all work for Sims 4? They are almost all the same as Sims 3! YAY!