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This challenge has been around since The Sims 3, so there are lots of different versions that have been adapted for The Sims 4. I’ve found two sets of rules that I feel fit my playstyle and combined them into one set, whilst making a few adjustments of my own.

You can find these rules here and here

This is a 24 generation legacy challenge, each one offering something new and different to the family tree. I see these ‘rules’ as a guide or suggestions, so any parts/ generations that don’t spark joy I won’t do.

I’m sharing this for anyone who would like to see my gameplay ‘rules’ and maybe they’ll inspire you to play this challenge too 🥰

And remember, the most important rule of any challenge, Have Fun!

Get yourself some water and a healthy snack, it’s a long read 😅

This is a long challenge, and whilst the intro to each generation leads on from the one before, you can start on any generation you like and pick and choose which ones you want to do when.

I’m following my own vague version of the standard legacy rules, you find these here if you’d like to have a read. I made a young adult sim in CAS and moved them onto a lot of my choosing (I think it was a 20x15) and built a tiny starter home (tiny living perks) with my 20k and went from there! I haven’t used cheats (yet!) and anything that comes with the game goes as far as I’m concerned! If my sim is offered 5k to get married, then it looks like I’m planning a wedding 😂

I choose my heir by the first born, however if I feel a spare fits the theme of the next generation better I’ll pick them instead. Their partner(s) can be anyone you like.

I use a custom life span set through MCCC that focuses around the calandar set at 28 days, so each generation is roughly 1-2 sim years long (babies I age up after a day or two when I get bored of them). I age up early if I want to move on before their birthdays.

Without this mod, I think normal - long life span is plenty of time! For an extra challenge you could play on short, who am I to tell you what to do 😂

I’ve tried to include at least one trait, aspiration, skill and world per generation as a guide or starting point for anyone who would like it, but of course they’re your sims, in your game, they can be whoever you want them to be! Feel free to choose which ever ones you like, you don’t need to use the ones I’ve suggested.

To complete one of the final goals, it’s suggested you have a portrait/ photo of each generation’s heir. It is also recommended that you keep any family urns/ graves or alternatively create a family graveyard lot to store them.

I’d also recommend copying these into a word doc and editing the bits you like/ don’t like so you have it to hand in case you'd like a reminder 💖

Differences in the Family Tree

1 - The Farmer

I never wanted much, just a small corner of the world to call my own and time to enjoy nature’s bounty.

On your 18th birthday your parents gifted you with a small plot of land and enough money to start the farm you’d always dreamt of. While others might be happy with a desk job, you wanted nothing more than to survive off the land and live simply.

Traits:

Loves the Outdoors

Aspirations:

Freelance Botanist

Angling Ace

Country Caretaker

Skills:

Gardening

Fishing

Herbalism

Generation Goals:

No Woohoo before marriage

Have a boy and a girl, keep trying till you do!

Live only off money earned through gardening, fishing and beekeeping

Have a cow plant!

Have a Bee Box & Bug Box

Catch or ‘discover’ every type of fish (base game at least)

Marry a sim who also Loves The Outdoors

Plant one of every harvestable

Live Off-The-Grid

Join a gardening club & meet on Sundays

Build a greenhouse

Get Patchy the Strawman to help

Live in Brindleton Bay or Henford-on-Bagley

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

2 - The Magnate

My parents liked the simple life but I was hungry for more. I wanted to live a life of luxury and success, and I wasn’t afraid to work for it.

You never enjoyed living hand to mouth, relying on nature to survive. You wanted the kind of creature comforts only cold hard cash could guarantee, and you weren’t afraid to work for it.

Traits:

Ambitious

Outgoing

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid - childhood

Fabulously Wealthy

City Native

Skills:

Charisma

Singing

Generation Goals:

Complete either branch of the Business Career

Wait until Adulthood to have kids, afterall your career is your priority

Have at least 8 friends

Get divorced. You were too busy working to notice your marriage fall apart.

Have 50,000 in family funds by death

Once Charisma is maxed, mentor your kiddies in the skill! (You want them to be outspoken too)

Collect all City Living collections and recipes

Live in San Myshuno

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

3 - The Rockstar

Childhood was lonely for me, my parents were too busy working to pay me much attention. I turned to music for comfort instead and now I’m surrounded by friends.

While you never wanted for anything material growing up, you were left to your own devices most of the time and instead took solace in your instruments. Now you get all the attention you missed out on performing on streets and stages, always happy to spend time with your adoring fans.

Traits:

Music Lover

Aspirations:

Artistic Prodigy - childhood

Musicial Genius

Skills:

Guitar

Piano

Violin

Singing

Generation Goals:

Complete the Musician Branch of the Entertainer career

Get the mix master music station, release at least 3 tracks & get some fans!

Get 3 Fame Stars!

Have at least three kids

Get married to a fellow music lover

Get a tattoo

Learn all songs on guitar

Start a ‘band’ club where you get together and jam.

Have an affair with a “groupie” i.e. someone that has tipped you, and have a child with this sim. Bring this child into the family and make this your heir.

Play for tips at community lots

Live in an apartment in San Myshuno for some of your life, then move to Del Sol Valley to Start your family

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

4 - The Lover

There are so many beautiful and wonderful people in the world. Why settle for one?

Growing up the child of a famous musician often meant wild parties and entourages. You fell in love with the carefree lifestyle, but most importantly the people…

Traits:

Non-Committal

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Serial Romantic

Skills:

Mixology

Generation Goals:

Have at least 3 children by different sims

Follow through on all whims to break up within 1 sim day

Join the Mixologist Branch of the Culinary Career

Vote for the “Free Love” Neighborhood Action

Perform/ DJ at clubs

Date two different sims simultaneously then break their hearts

Go on at least 10 dates & Get a gold rating on at least one.

Marry due to “accidental” pregnancy

Cheat on your spouse(s)

Host a gold rated house party

Collect mementos/photos of all your romantic conquests

Attend the San Myshuno Romance Festival each time it’s in town

Throw a party at least once every 2 weeks

Start a singles club

Live in Sulani

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

5 - The Homemaker

Commitment doesn’t have to be a dirty word, I want my children to have a sense of stability, we’ll be a happy family.

Your parents lifestyle might have been fun for them, but as a child you hated the chaos and drama. It’s little surprise that you rebelled in your own unique way and promised yourself you would pursue a perfect family, complete with white picket fence.

Traits:

Family-Oriented

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Successful Lineage

Big Happy Family

Super Parent

Skills:

Parenting

Cooking

Generation Goals:

Either Heir or Spouse must be a stay-at-home parent

Family cannot hire any services (maid, butler, gardener)

No woohoo before marriage (married once, no divorce)

Try for twins until you win! (Have at least four kids if you get twins first time)

See to it that your kids all max at least one skill before each age transition

Your kids should get the “Happy Toddler” or “Top notch Toddler” Traits

All children should age up with at least 2 positive character values

Either parent must help children with homework every evening after school

Heir’s spouse should have an affair. Perhaps not all is as perfect as it might appear.

Must marry and have 2 children before age to adult

Have at least two animals in the house to complete the family (dog or cat)

Adopt one child - They can count (or not! Up to you) to the four children requirement

Live in Willow Creek

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

6 - The Villain

They say nice guys finish last, I couldn’t agree more.

Maybe you were coddled too much, or maybe you resented your parent’s willingness to lie about how happy they truly were. All you knew was that it was time this family saw a few changes…

Traits:

Evil

Aspirations:

Rambunctious Scamp - childhood

Public Enemy

Chief of Mischief

Skills:

Mischief

Logic

Comedy

Generation Goals:

Complete the Boss Branch of the Criminal Career

Have only one child, they will be your perfect evil child.

Get a ‘Villainy’ degree

Pull pranks on (be mischievous) family and neighbors

Obtain the voodoo doll and bind it to a sim (this sim will be your spouse)

Become best friends with a neighbor or Childhood friend & become partners in crime with them.

Once your child is born, befriend them & start becoming enemies with your spouse (you just used them to obtain a child after all – their part is done [divorce is your choice])

Marry someone with the mean or evil traits

Max out the Bad Reputation

Pull at least one prank a day on your family/ neighbours

Live in Oasis Springs

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

7 - The Hero

I won’t turn out like you, I refuse to be your perfect evil child!

Growing up your parent tried to mould you into their perfect evil child, but deep down you knew they were wrong. Now that you’re grown you decided to dedicate your life to putting monsters like them behind bars.

Traits:

Good

Aspirations:

Rambunctious Scamp - childhood

Friend of the World

Strangerville Mystery

Skills:

Athletic

Logic

Wellness

Generation Goals:

Complete the Law Enforcement Career or Diamond Agent branch of the Secret Agent career

Have a long term partner but don’t marry them until Adulthood, crime sleeps for no one after all!

Declare your parent your nemesis

Become enemies with both parents & avoid them

Donate to charity once a week

Marry a sim & have a best friend within the detective/ doctor career (you want to surround yourself with good people who have the same goals as you)

Thoroughly investigate your partner – know all their traits before initiating romantic interactions (You have to make sure they’re not secretly evil)

Volunteer with your family often

Max out the Good Reputation

Have lots of dogs (you want loyal dogs to protect your family)

Become the hero of Strangerville

Live in Strangerville

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

8 - The General

Protect and Serve, that’s what I was taught to believe. And I’ll make damn sure I continue that work.

You were raised to believe in right and wrong, to trust the law and do your bit for your fellow sim. But the life of a beat cop wasn’t for you, you wanted to make a difference on a larger scale…

Traits:

Self Assured

Aspirations:

Rambuctious Scamp - childhood

Successful Lineage

Body Builder

Skills:

Logic

Athletic

Charisma

Generation Goals:

Complete the Military Career, either branch

Befriend all your neighbours, Neighbourhood Watch style!

Ensure all your children max out the athletic skill, your kids need to be kept on their toes!

Adopt a strict parenting style for your children

Marry someone with the Good trait

Live in Strangerville

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

9 - The Jokester

Having fun isn’t a crime, some people really need to lighten up…

You always struggled living under your parents strict rules growing up. You didn’t understand why they were so obsessed by doing things by the book. You wanted to do good as well, but what’s so wrong with cracking a few jokes now and then?

Traits:

Goofball

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Joke Star

Friend of the World

Skills:

Comedy

Generation Goals:

Complete the Comedian branch of the Entertainer Career

Marry someone who enjoys your Llama jokes

Be best friends with all your children

Perform stand up at bars once a week

Attend the Humour and Hijinks Festival each time it’s on

Throw a costume party once a season

Live in San Myshuno

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

10 - The Healer

They say laughter is the best medicine. I prefer actual medicine...

You grew up in a household filled with laughter, and saw first hand what good a smile and a joke could do. You wanted to leave a positive impact as well, but while you might not have had great comedic timing, you had a mind for nurturing and logic.

Traits:

Good

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid or Social Butterfly - childhood

Renaissance Sim

Skills:

Logic

Wellness

Generation Goals:

Complete the Medicine career

Never take a sick day from work

Play with the Doctor set as a child and achieve your dream as an adult

Have all your children grow up with the Compassionate Trait

Have an at home medical bay for any sick family members to recover

Respond to all out of hours work tasks

Live in Windenburg

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

11 - The Scientist

Why stop there? Why not see how far science can really take us?

You were always a bright child, and with the Chief of Staff as your parent no one was surprised. While they were happy to tend to the sick, you wanted to know what made life work and wanted to test the boundaries known to Sim-Kind.

Traits:

Genius

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid - childhood

Renaissance Sim

Nerd Brain

Skills:

Logic

Rocket Science

Robotics

Generation Goals:

Complete the Scientist Career

Create a clone of yourself

Visit Sixam via the Electroflux Wormhole Generator

Become an Astronaut OR a scientist OR an Engineer (or all 3 if you’re feeling brave)

Get a Physics degree.

Build a rocket

Travel to Sixam

Collect all the space rocks & space prints

Have at least 3 pet aliens

Help your children with any/ all science or robotics school projects

Have a small ‘alien’ garden

Build a Servo Bot

Have a child with an alien

Live in Oasis Springs

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

12 - The Conspiracy Theorist

If you’d seen half the stuff I did growing up you wouldn’t be calling me crazy!

Your parents had a bad habit of bringing their work home with them, and because of that you saw some pretty unexplainable things. You know the truth, and the truth is that there’s a lot more out there than most people realise. Dangerous stuff, stuff people should fear…

Traits:

Paranoid

Erratic

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid or Artistic Prodigy - childhood

Best Selling Author

Painter Extraodinaire

Inner Peace

Skills:

Writing

Painting

Generation Goals:

Move to a secure location. Create a bunker and live underground where it’s safe! (Strangerville?)

Only sims whose traits are all known are allowed inside the bunker.

Work from home as a freelancer, you can’t trust the public, they’re watching you everywhere…

Marry a Conspiracy Theorist from Strangerville

Plant bugs on all your friends and family

Never attend social invites from sims who aren’t Good Friends or above.

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

13 - The Astronaut

There’s so much out there that’s worth exploring, I’m not spending my life hiding in the shadows!

Your upbringing was a little...odd to say the least. While your parents were content hiding underground, you heard stories of the strange and wonderful things your grandparents accomplished and were determined to see those things for yourself.

Traits:

Ambitious

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid - childhood

Body Builder

Nerd Brain

Skills:

Rocket Science

Athletics

Logic

Generational Goals:

Complete the Astronaut career, either branch

Build a collection room for all the items brought back from space, duplicates may be sold.

Visit all public locations - you want to see it all!

Conceive your children via Rocket WooHoo

Marry someone knowing as few traits as possible, just to spite your parents!

Don’t have any basements in your house. You still have nightmares…

Live in Brindleton Bay

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

14 - The Gamer

Can’t you see, the world online is so much more vast than you can even imagine.

Your parents always had their heads in the clouds and barely spent any time planet side if they could help it. Left to your own devices you became a virtual explorer, spending hours of time online or talking to sims across the world through your games.

Traits:

Loner

Aspirations:

Artistic Prodigy - childhood

Computer Whiz

Skills:

Gaming

Programming

Generation Goals:

Complete the E-Sport Gamer branch of the Tech Guru career

Marry someone met through a game or chat room

Socialize with friends on the computer often

Collect all the post cards/ pen pals

Start your own social media site; have over 1000 follows

Have at least three children

Win 3 professional gaming tournaments

Earn 5,000 via live streams/ social media sites/ designing your own apps etc You can Livestream or make videos as well. You prefer being admired from afar than having actual friends.

Have a games night with your family and play multiplayer once a week.

Go to NerdCon each time it’s in town, in fancy dress of course!

Have a room with one of every computer and games console set up

Have 5 cats (they’re antisocial like you)

Have a ‘LAN’ club where you get together and play video games

Live in Windenburg

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

15 - The Influencer

Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe!

When your parents are elite e-sports competitors you realise pretty fast how lucrative the online world can be. You were more interested in the sponsorships than the trophies though. Through savvy editing and perfectly planned captions you plan to leave your mark in the Halls of Internet Fame.

Traits:

Self-Absorbed

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

World Famous Celebrity

Skills:

Media Production

Charisma

Generation Goals:

Complete the Internet Personality Career

Become a Celebrity and complete the Influencer branch of the celebrity perk tree

Get a distinguished drama degree

Live in a Mansion in Del Sol Valley

Be friendly to fans & paparazzi

Get & accept an award

Have a pristine reputation

Marry a Groupie/Fan

Upload 2 videos a week

Have a Simstagram with over 50,000 followers

Have a Selfie displayed in every room of your house

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

16 - The Politician

Why waste my time earning money when I could earn power?

You never quite saw eye to eye with your parents materialism. You only saw them as sell-outs, using their power for fame and fortune. Instead you wanted to take that same influence and actually achieve something tangible with it.

Traits:

Outgoing

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Friend of the World

Leader of the Pack

Skills:

Charisma

Generation Goals:

Complete the National Leader branch of the Politics Career

Speak publically in San Myshuno once a week

Host a dinner party or BBQ once a week for coworkers and neighbours to network and promote your cause

Attend all social invites and promote your cause

Complete the Networking branch of the celebrity perk tree

Live in San Myshuno

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

17 - The Party Animal

Life’s too short to waste it at work, and it’s not like we need the money.

Growing up as the child of a famous politician meant you were always expected to attend the various fundraising events they threw. Unbeknownst to them you developed a taste for the partying lifestyle. You weren’t interested in a career, you just wanted to have fun!

Traits:

Materialistic

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Party Animal

Skills:

Dancing

Singing

Generation Goals:

The Heir can never have any form of employment, they must only live off money earned by family/ partner

Throw at least one party a week, preferably more

Don’t do any chores, that’s what the help is for

Complete any purchase related whims within 1 sim day. You want it all!

Avoid any skills that lower fun

Give all friends residence keys, the more the merrier!

Earn a Gold Medal for every kind of party

Live in the same home you grew up in your whole life

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

18 - The Athlete

You’ve completely wasted your life away, you disgust me!

You hated your parents lavish and wasteful lifestyle growing up. While they were happy to lie around spending money and overindulging, you had a natural sense of discipline. You’ve chosen to dedicate your life to the pursuit of physical perfection.

Traits:

Active

Aspirations:

Rambuctious Scamp - childhood

Body Builder

Extreme Sports Enthusiast

Mount Komorebi Sightseer

Skills:

Athletics

Wellness

Snowboarding

Skiing

Rock Climbing

Generation Goals:

Attain the Perfect Physique

Have a home gym with one of every form of exercise machine

Complete either branch of the Athletics career

Avoid ever eating cakes, baked goods or junk food (with the exception of Carob Cake and Protein Bites)

Workout every day

Hike to the top of Mount Komorebi

Have at least one child grow up Physically Gifted

Live in Mount Komorebi

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

19 - The Academic

Is the brain not the most powerful muscle of them all?

While your parents were focussed on their physical ability, you were always more bookish, and preferred to expand your brain rather than your biceps. You’ve always had a thirst for knowledge and you want to learn it all.

Traits:

Genius

Aspirations:

Whiz Kid - childhood

Renaissance Sim

Skills:

Logic

Handiness

As many as possible

Generation Goals:

Master at least 5 skills and have 10 at Level 8

Have all children graduate with A’s

Enroll all children in extracurricular activities

Read to your children once a week, literacy is important!

Achieve the Most Interesting Sim Alive achievement (11 Traits)

Live in Britechester

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

20 - The Chef

For the brain to be powerful you need to feed it!

Your parents seem to know everything about everything. Learning about the world fascinated you as a child, but whilst they were practising chess, you preferred to return to the family roots and maintain a kitchen garden instead.

Traits:

Foodie

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Master Chef

Skills:

Cooking

Gourmet Cooking

Baking

Gardening

Generation Goals:

Open a bakery or restaurant

Join Culinary career, Chef branch OR Food Critic

Own a chefs kitchen!

Cook all meals for family

Have 6 children (You want to cook for a big family)

Discover all the food stall recipes in city living (27) Goodluck lol.

Marry a food critic

Have the 'Simple Living' lot trait and write the simple living cook book

Cook a perfect version of every meal

Learn every recipe

Attend every spice festival (OR at least 3)

Move into the house Gen 1 lived in, the original Family Home!

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

21 - The Artist

While I might not have inherited any culinary talents, I’m creative in my own way.

Despite growing up surrounded by glorious foods, you were never interested in continuing the family business. Instead you preferred to put brush to canvas, creating colourful worlds and filling your parents restaurant with your artistic vision.

Traits:

Art Lover

Perfectionist (If you use this trait, watch out for disappearing artwork)

Aspirations:

Artistic Prodigy - childhood

Painter Extraordinaire

Skills:

Painting

Photography

Writing

Generation Goals:

Earn money solely through selling your artwork

Paint at least 5 masterpieces

Paint at least 10 Masterpieces

Have some murals in your home

Join writer/painter/art critic career

Decorate your home only with paintings created by yourself

Marry an art critic

Make 10,000 in royalties OR sell 10,000 worth of paintings

Display all artwork created by your children, you always encourage creativity!

Run your own studio, Selling your work (books/paintings/photographs)

Go to University & get an art degree

Live in San Myshuno

22 - The Collector

The world is full of beauty, I want to capture it all!

Your parents instilled an appreciation for beauty and art from a young age. Growing up you felt that the most beautiful of things were those found in the world outside your door. Some might call it hoarding, but you call it appreciation.

Traits:

Loves the Outdoors

Aspirations:

Social Butterfly - childhood

Curator

Archaeology Scholar

Skills:

Photography

Archaeology

Generation Goals:

Complete 5 collectable sets

Visit every single world/destination

Take photographs of your travels and display the prints at your home

Have a room in your house dedicated to your collections

Live in Brindleton Bay

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

23 - The Eco-Warrior

The world is a special place, we should do what we can to protect it.

Your parents travels took you many places, but wherever you went you could only see destruction and the selfishness of the sims living there. You’ve decided to right this injustice and have chosen to live a kinder life instead.

Traits:

Green Fiend

Vegetarian

Aspirations:

Rambuctious Scamp - childhood

Beach Life

Skills:

Gardening

Herbalism

Generation Goals:

Complete the Conservationist career

Live on a lot with the Off-The-Grid trait

Move to Sulani & stay on Mua Pel'am

Save Mua Pel'am (complete the cave mural) as well as change the eco footprint to Green.

Change your neighbourhoods footprint to green

Vote on the Green initiate action plan.

Make some furniture with the Fabricator

Have a meat wall & cook with Faux Meat cubes

Happy with what you’ve accomplished, you settle down (marriage optional) & have 2 kids.

Cultivate a garden and live off the produce

Marry someone with the Loves Outdoors trait

Find some Kelp & become a Mermaid.

Watch some turtles hatch

Move to evergreen Harbor (You no longer have to live off-the-grid) and change the neighbourhood footprint to green.

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave onto the next gen.

24 - The Historian

Our family has truly left its mark on Simdom, we can learn so much from our past.

Over the past 24 generations your family has been led by a diverse cast of characters. You were always eager to learn more of the sims who came before you and so you have sought to honour their memory and achievements.

Traits:

Family-Oriented

Aspirations:

Artistic Prodigy - childhood

Best Selling Author

Skills:

Writing

Generation Goals:

Hall of Ancestors: Have a room or hallways containing portraits of all the heirs before you.

Legacy of taste: Mark or decorate each portrait with an item relevant to that generations theme

Befriend all remaining family ghosts

Have your portrait painted/ photo taken (pass this and your grave, plus those from previous gens, onto the next heir.

Write a biography for each generation

Bring an ancestor back to life using the Book of Life

Complete the Writing career.

Move into the original family home from Gen 1 and Gen 20!

Phew... And that’s it!

If you read this far, well; you deserve a medal or something! 😅

I’ve fallen back in love with The Sims 4 gameplay thanks to this challenge, and I’m really enjoying it, so I hope you enjoy it too!

Let me know if there’s anything I should add in, and most importantly..

Have Fun!!

Love Aria 🌴

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The Berry Sweet Sapphics Legacy (SIMS 3)

This is for all my yearning sapphics who wanna play a colorful little legacy that is so sacchartine, it rots your teeth. Can also be played as mlm, although, well, look at my URL. The rules will be written with a wlw romance in mind. You need Generations, University, Seasons, Supernatural, World Adventures and Ambitions! Tag with #BSS, or @ me in your intro post so I can eyeball your gameplay! <3

General Rules: - Money cheats are allowed, just don’t overdo it, it tends to rob the fun from the game - Live anywhere, unless otherwise specified - Each generation has one or more traits that I will give you, the rest is up to you. - Your Wife’s career is up to you unless otherwise specified - You don’t have to play berry, you can just have the generational color as a general vibe - Cheating to have same sex pregnancy is ok, as well as adoption! - Roll a 6-sided die each generation to see how many kids you’ll have - You don’t have to max careers, but it’s a nice bonus if you do!

Generation 1: Nerdbians (Mint) “In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Ain’t that crazy?” (Think up Anger - Mutiny) Trait(s): Green Thumb, Genius Career: Scientist Goals: - Meet your wife in Uni, have her be in the Nerd social group - Max Logic, Gardening and Science - Have your wife work as a freelance Inventor once graduated Bonus Goal: - Have your wife build a Simbot and treat them like your own child! That simbot will count toward your offspring roll (+1 if you rolled a 1)

Generation 2: Be gay, do crime (Yellow) “Trust, my love, I’ll keep you safe from the wolves” (Boy Epic - Trust) Trait(s): Kleptomaniac, Rebellious Career: Criminal Goals: - Meet your wife at work! Pretend it’s a fire-forged romance, during a heist or something - Max Charisma and Street Art skills! - Be enemies with a Law Enforcement Sim Bonus Goal: - Befriend a Burglar that tried to rob you!

Generation 3: Happily Ever After (Cotton Candy) “I just wanna tell you that you’re really pretty, girl. I just wanna know if you will let me be your world?” (Hayley Kiyoko - Pretty Girl) Trait(s): Hopeless Romantic Career: Education Goals: - Meet your wife as a teenager and attend prom with her! - Max Charisma and Writing - Adopt a Dog! - If your Offspring roll is 3 or less, add one! Bonus Goal: - Go on a date or family outing to the seasonal festival every weekend!

Generation 4: Puppy Love (Purple) “Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are looking good. You’re everything Big Bad Wolf could want” (Amanda Seyfried - Little Red Riding Hood) Trait(s): Friendly, Daredevil Career: Collecting/Consignment Goals: - Meet your wife during a Full Moon and have her be a Werewolf! - Max Painting and Schulpting! - Adopt two Dogs and max Hunting on one of them! Your Wife needs a hunting buddy - If your Offspring roll is 3 or less, add one! - Pass Lycanthropy to your heir! Bonus Goal: - Max out your Wife’s Werewolf-ism and her Fitness!

Generation 5: You’re Magical (Midnight Blue) “Guide me to your shores, leave my ruins behind, show me the way to light” (Darkseed - Follow me) Trait(s): Animal Lover, Dog Person (haha get it?) Career: Gardener Goals: - Meet your wife at the Alchemy Store, and have her be a witch! - Max Fitness and Handiness! - Adopt a Cat this time! Your Wife needs her witchy familiar! - Have at least one minor pet! - Turn your heir into a witch! - If your offspring roll is 3 or less, regardless of your way of having kids, adopt a little girl in addition! Bonus Goal: - Be BFFs with your Wife’s cat!

Generation 6: Thirsty for Love (Red) “Fluttering lashes, red lips and pearly white teeth” (The Correspondents - Fear & Delight) Trait(s): Charismatic, Great Kisser Career: Alchemist Goals: - Meet your wife at a Club, have her be a Vampire! - Max Alchemy and Nectar Making! - Take your Honeymoon in France, and max out your Visa! - Be the only one your wife feeds from! - Do NOT Turn your heir, but all your spares! Bonus Goal: - Finish the French Relics Collection! Generation 7: You’re my “normal” (light blue) “Lay your head down on my shoulder, human anything but free” (Behind the Scenes - Human) Trait(s): Brooding, Proper, Shy Career: Journalist Goals: - Meet your wife at a park! - Max Fishing and Writing! - Adopt a Horse! It’s time to get ridin’ - Go on a date with your Wife once per week! - Buy a second property and build a cute little cabin there to get away from all the trouble every so often! Bonus Goal: - Have your Wife Max Riding and let her participate in races!

Generation 8: Young Love is sweet as can be (Green) “Follow me down to the river, drink while the water clean” (The Pretty Reckless - Follow me down) Trait(s): Workaholic, Easily Impressed Career: Business Goals: - Meet your wife as a child, and be on max relationship with her until the day you die - Max Cooking and Logic! - Never retire - Visit every destination world at least once. Your job pays well, yo - Make the child that has the most combined skill points once they turn into a teen your heir! - Buy out at least four businesses! Bonus Goal: - Have your wife be self employed, following her dreams while your work your office job Generation 9: My beating Heart (Black & White) “From the Darkness rises a Succubus, from the earthen rust” (Ghost BC - Ghuleh) Trait(s): Supernatural Fan, Bookworm Career: Fortune Teller Goals: - Meet your wife furing a full moon - When she’s a Zombie attacking your house! - Max Charisma and Mixology - Move to Moonlight Falls if you don’t already live there - Buy the Witches’ Brew Elixir fro the Consignment Store as soon as youre able and become a witch! - Have your wife be bitten/Turned into a Zombie each full moon. It’s her “time of the month”, I guess Bonus Goal: - Max your Witch skill and raise an undead arms, spearheaded by your wife!

Generation 10: Out of the Dark (Orange) “You know how it is, when you’re just waiting on that bad, bad moon to rise” (Hollywood Undead - Bad Moon) Trait(s): Brave, Active Career: Ghost Hunter Goals: - Meet your wife on the job, after saving her from a spooky invasion! - Max Guitar and Photography! - Max out your Visa for Egypt, time to beat up some Mummies! - Move out of Moonlight Falls once you become an Adult (Not YA!) - Don’t befriend any Supernaturals, you’ve had enough of that in your childhood Bonus Goal: - Cure one of each Supernatural Type and/or cure every Zombie you encounter during full moons!

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My Top 25 Games Advent Day 16 - Mass Effect 2 (#10)

“They tell me it’s a suicide mission. I intend to prove them wrong.”

Here we have another example, and in my eyes the best example, of the product of Bioware being at their absolute peak. Mass Effect 2 is a nigh on masterpiece of a game that, even after almost a decade, still holds up extraordinarily well in every aspect. I love the Mass Effect series (well, the main trilogy anyway) for its cinematic storytelling, its interesting and unique plot concepts and gameplay elements, its intricate setting and, crowning all, its always unforgettable companion characters who go on your journey with you. The series’ second instalment, at least in my eyes, does all of this absolutely perfectly without 3’s wonky ending and 1’s slightly outdated settings and mechanics. If I called Dragon Age: Origins the Lord of the Rings of gaming, here’s Star Wars.

Mass Effect 2 doesn’t fuck around. It starts you up on the original ship from the first game, before immediately blowing it up and killing Commander Shepard, the vaguely cheesy space hero we all love so much. After Shepard’s revival at the hands of Cerberus, Mass Effect 2 kicks off with an epic space opera story taking you all across the universe, with espionage, emotive character arcs and an oppressive, genuinely fearful atmosphere created by the game’s big bads, the vastly superior alien race known as the Collectors. It’s amazing how they managed to blend that overriding fear of an enemy so powerful it could wipe out everything with this giddy excitement to explore. Whether that be the plethora of planets you can seek out, mine for resources and explore or some of the more densely populated space stations, such as the vast cityscape of the Citadel or the seedy, neon underworld filled with criminals and night clubs, Omega. Mass Effect’s universe truly has a life of its own and it tells such a grandiose story within it that it’s impossible not to become immersed. Each and every area you visit is packed full of memorable characters of various diverse species, like the awesome looking Turians and Krogans, down to the hilariously blunt Elcor, who communicate by prefacing everything they say with how they’re feeling. On top of this, a bountiful selection of engaging side quests and an overarching main story that largely involves you seeking out each of your party members to hunt down the Collectors make this a truly perfected combination of a well-realised sci-fi setting and story.

Drawing on those companion characters for a moment, I would say that this is one of the best, most diverse and engaging cast of characters you can find in a game, as each of them follow their own individual character arcs and have unique relationships with Shepard depending on your actions and the behaviour you exhibit towards them. The likes of Jacob (the guy you start with who is admittedly a bit boring), Miranda (the biotic who was experimented on by her family to make her ‘perfect’), Garrus (the kickass Turian who is everyone’s favourite and also has gotta be the canon love interest for male Shepard), Mordin (the quick-thinking, quick-everything Salarian doctor with a surprisingly dark past), Grunt (a wartime experimental clone taken by Shepard as a replacement for their original target, Grunt’s creator), Jack (a highly powerful, erratic biotic in a maximum security prison), Samara (Asari matriarch who can step on me and also everyone), Thane (the coolest, chillest assassin in the galaxy), Zaeed (amercenary veteran with a sick ass scar), Kasumi (cool space thief) and Tali and Legion (oneQuarian and one Geth, both interesting and unique characters in their own right, these characters draw upon the central conflict between the two races explored in the first game’s main story. In the sequel, the slow development of the two from sworn enemies to allies is something to behold, especially as both are so lovable on their own). Went on a bit of a tangent there but I felt it was important to include everyone in that list. The best part about this is you spend the entire game building your relationships with these characters, choosing a romance option, decking Shepard and the gang out in the best gear, upgrading your ship with the materials you mine from planets. And then it all comes down to the finale, the so-called ‘suicide mission’ in which anyone and everyone can die depending on your choices and upgrades beforehand, as well as any decisions you make during the mission. It is genuinely incredibly difficult to save everyone first try and is a great example of how to ensure the choices you give to your player have weight and lasting impact; in Mass Effect 2, everything is on your shoulders and no one’s survival is guaranteed.

As I said before, I don’t think it would be wrong to call this the Star Wars of gaming, and it wouldn’t take that title without a lot of pew-pewing and excellent use of the sci-fi genre. The gameplay and gunplay (which is the majority of your experience) is slick and well-executed, even feeling intuitive and fun almost a decade later. Even that final boss encounter, that I will never really understand the potent hatred people seem to have for it, is an awesome final test of what you’ve learned and how you’ve improved along the way, pitting you up against an all-out giant Terminatoresque killing machine as an excellently overblown ending to a game full of dramatic encounters to shoot at. Alongside this, the visuals are superb and do little break immersion even as time has gone by and I would argue that this game still holds some of the best graphics you can find from the previous generation. And last but not least, this game’s spicy ass mechanical sci-fi soundtrack is definitely something to flap about, especially when it comes to the combat and that Suicide Mission score is nothing short of incredible.

So now I’ve ranted aimlessly for three chunky paragraphs about each singular aspect of this game that I adore, you can probably see why this title has such an enduring memory to me. Playing this game for the first time at 12 years old off the back of the also amazing Dragon Age: Origins, Bioware took their perfected formula of knowing exactly how to craft a story, setting and excellently realised characters and shot it up into space both figuratively and literally. In my eyes, Mass Effect 2 is Bioware’s greatest title and it’s honestly more than a shame that we haven’t received anything from Mass Effect in recent years, aside from the less than great Andromeda. A Mass Effect 4 would kill me dead, but at the very least an original trilogy remaster would keep me ticking for a hot minute. Get on it, Bioware. Pls.

Standout Moment Award: Probably already mentioned this, but of course it’s the suicide mission. An unforgettable epic of a quest and one of my favourite overall game finales to date.

Standout Character Award: Thane Krios. The ice-cool, terminally ill assassin takes today’s award for being an all-around great dude.

It’s been a long ol’ month, but we’re finally getting there. Today, I kicked off my top 10 games of all time. From here on out, it’s going to be beyond difficult to stop myself from descending into rambles, but I’ll do my best to keep myself coherent. Tomorrow: No. 9; An odd creature with floating appendages takes off to save some blue things in dire distress.

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