The 5th part of my Sims Let’s Play for the PlayStation 2! This is the last part that I filmed last year so now it’s time to get back into the groove and play some more!
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Cosy Blue Apartment | Speed Building | Sims 4
A little build video for my Sims Channel! Something I had filmed a while ago but thought I would wait a bit to post because I had posted a lot of build videos to my channel recently.
If you guys wanna download this from the Sims 4 Gallery all you have to do is search ‘SimmingAndSuch’ or #BlueCosyApartment – it is saved as a room build but it shouldn’t be too hard to put the missing walls back in!
Courtney the Slave & Mimi the Slacker | Party Animals | Let’s Play The Sims | PlayStation 2 | Part 4
After a year I have finally edited and posted the fourth episode of my Sims PlayStation 2 Let’s Play!
I started this series last summer and filmed a few episodes and then got lazy and didn’t edit them.
I’ve had this footage for a year and I debated deleting it and just never going back to the series but at the same time, I wanted to finally finish a Let’s Play. That and actually complete the Sims on the PlayStation 2 because I haven’t done that before.
So here we are, back at it. Here’s hoping that this year I can put out more than a few Let’s Play parts a year.
~ Courtney x
Rayna James and Juliette Barnes from Nashville CMT | Sims 4 CAS
Continuing with my theme of creating Sims based on actors that I love, I present Rayna James and Juliette Barnes from Nashville CMT!
To download these sims from the gallery just search ‘SimmingAndSuch’ or #NashvilleCMT
The Schuyler Sisters From Hamilton West End | Sims 4
A new create a sim video where I create the Schuyler sisters from the musical Hamilton!
I have loved the Hamilton musical since I first listened to it and I got to see it on the West End in January and it was so amazing. So of course I wanted to create some cool sims to celebrate!
To download the Sims from the Sims 4 Gallery just search ‘SimmingAndSuch’ or #LondonSchuylerSisters
The Gilmore Girls | Sims 4 CAS
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Create a Sim video so I thought I would jump right back into it by creating the Gilmores!
To download these sims from the gallery all you have to do is search ‘SimmingAndSuch’ or #GilmoreGirls
Sims, Sims and more SIMS
So this past month of my life has basically been non-stop Sims.
Ever since the launch of my Sims only YouTube channel I find myself playing Sims more than ever. And not just because I am producing more Sims content than before, but also just because I really love playing Sims.
I don’t even know how to explain it. I have just been getting a lot of inspiration lately from other Sim YouTubers such as Deligracy and the Sim Supply. I really love their building techniques and they make me want to push my limits and build great things on the Sims.
I mean if only it was that easy to build a house in real life as it is on the Sims. I just love it.
Not to mention the Sims recently released a new Game Pack called the Sims 4: Dine Out where you can own and visit restaurants and so I have been obsessed with that lately. I have recently started a Let’s Play using the Game Pack and I love it. I also have my own personal save game where I am owning my own restaurant and it’s great.
I used to love restaurants in the Sims 2, and was sad when they didn’t really have them for Sims 3 so I am glad they brought them back for the Sims 4.
Below are the two restaurants I have build for the Sims 4 so far:
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| The Windenburg Bistro |
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| The Conservatory |
As you can see, the two restaurants are very different in style haha. I just had a lot of fun playing around with the new items and stuff.
And as of right now I currently have 4 different save games going on at the same time. I have my two Let’s Play save games, one is for the Sims 4: Dine Out and the other is the Alexa Rose story.
My Sims 4: Dine Out Let’s Play features the Wakefield family who hope to own successful restaurants and have a big family.
And the Alexa Rose story is about a teenage runaway who wants to complete the musical genius lifetime aspiration and prove to her parents that she can be famous.
Again, two very different storylines but I love them both.
Then I have my two personal save games, one of them is me taking on the Asylum challenge – with the Sims I have found that there are loads of challenges which you can choose to take on which make gameplay a little more interesting than average Sim life. It’s really fun. And it is definitely a style of gameplay I have never done before so it definitely did take some time to adjust but I find it really fun.
Another save game is where I am running my second restaurant and is just a general personal save game.
In between actual gameplay I have also been producing create a sim videos and speed building videos for my Sims YouTube channel which are two things I really love to do. With the new Sims 4 Create A Sim it is so easy to make Sims and one of my favourite things to do is make Sims that look like other people. And with speed building I am always improving because when I started out playing Sims I used to only make rectangle houses but I am trying to branch out and create other things and fully check out the build options on the Sims 4. Because it is very different to previous build modes in other games.
And so yes. My whole life has been taken over by Sims. I feel like I’m 13 and playing the Sims 2 for the first time all over again. It’s insane. But I love it.
So I am sorry I haven’t really been posting main channel videos or even blogging in the last month but as you can see, I’ve been very busy with the Sims. I hope to maybe calm down on the Sim play for a while soon and focus on other things during the summer but for right now, I’m content with my Simming life haha.
Please enjoy some more screenshots from my game below and if you want to see even more of my Sims gameplay that’s not on YouTube, follow my Sims Tumblr where I post all of my Sims adventures.
~ Courtney x
Meet the Allgoods
Hey guys!
So today I thought I would introduce you to my Sims 4 family. This is the sim family that I have been playing with when I am not playing my Legacy Challenge save file.
These are the Allgoods.
I originally started with two sims, but their family grew pretty quickly. I have decided that I will talk about each sim individually and then talk about my experience with playing with such a big household of Sims. I have never played with eight sims at one time before, so this was kind of new to me.
Before we even get into talking about my sims, let me give you a peek at the family tree.
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| The Allgood Family Tree |
So there is Jen, who is the mother, Tanner the father, Alice and Amber who are twins and both married, Elle who is the second youngest and Patrick the very youngest of the family.
Now I can introduce you to my sims! Let’s start with Jen.
Jen was the first sim that I created. She is basically the same as my Aria Montgomery sim however I changed her name, her clothes, and her makeup. She started young adult and originally had the Painter Extraordinaire lifetime aspiration.
Since then, Jen has completed the Painter Extraordinaire lifetime aspiration and is now pursuing the Bestselling Author lifetime aspiration. She is in the painter career, is reaching the elder stage of life and has gained quite a lot of traits.
One of my friends reminded me of the lifetime rewards panel and since then all my sims have been racking up the traits haha.
Next we have Tanner, Tanner is just my Tanner Patrick sim. He started as a young adult and had the Musical Genius lifetime aspiration. As you can see in the photo, he has aged quite a bit.
Since we started, Tanner as aged up twice to become an elder, I find it weird that he ages up slightly faster than Jen because they started at the same time. And he has completed the Musical Genius lifetime aspiration and is now working towards the Successful Linage lifetime aspiration. He works in the entertainer career and, like Jen, has accumulated quite a lot of traits.
Jen and Tanner soon became pregnant with a set of twins. Which was surprising, I was definitely not prepared. The oldest one (or the one I’m going to talk about first) is Alice. She is a young adult and has the Master Chef lifetime aspiration.
Alice currently has a culinary career, and is married to Johnny Zest.
I won’t say a lot about my sims’ significant others. Mainly because they haven’t been part of the family for long. Johnny is one of the premade sims in the game and is an adult, he has the Joke Star lifetime aspiration and is an adult.
Next we have Amber, who is Alice’s twin sister. She is a young adult and is following in her father’s footsteps and pursuing the Musical Genius lifetime aspiration.
Amber is currently in the entertainer career and is married to Alison DiLaurentis.
Alison is a sim I created and added to the neighbourhood in this save game, as well as the other Pretty Little Liars. She is an adult, has the Party Animal lifetime aspiration.
Then we have Elle. She is a young adult and is, unfortunately, the awkward middle child.
Elle has the Friend of the World lifetime aspiration and is pursuing a business career. Elle is also looking for love, but unfortunately due to the size of our family it’ll be a while before she gets married.
And finally we have the youngest of the Allgood children and the only boy, Patrick.
Patrick has the Serial Romantic lifetime aspiration and is currently a high school student. I have tried my teenage sims with a job and school, but that was next to impossible because their needs always dropped so rapidly so, until Patrick graduates he will remain unemployed.
And so they are the Allgoods! Now to talk about how I have been playing the game.
I don’t really have a challenge I have set myself with this household, I’ve kind of just been playing and trying not to cheat. Which has been going pretty well.
The only times I have cheated were to one, get a better bed for Jen and Tanner and two, reduce the ages of Alison and Johnny because they were elders when they married Amber and Alice.
As for the house they live in, it’s not great.
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| The Outside |
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| The Inside |
The house started with three rooms, the bedroom at the back, a bathroom and the living room. As the family expanded, the house also had to expand. It looks pretty basic right now and that’s because my sims didn’t have a lot of money while I have been making renovations to their house. Now that there are mainly adults in the house and they are all working, we can bring in more money and I may be able to design them a better house.
As for the bedrooms, all my sims have their own and I have found the easiest way to identify everyone’s was to add selfies to their respective bedrooms.
Although everyone’s bedrooms are essentially the same, mainly because like I said, we have been low on funds and so it’s not easy to give them everything they should have so as long as there is a place to sleep it’s fine.
As for playing with eight sims on a whole, it’s a lot. I find myself pausing the game a lot to make sure all my sims are doing actions to further their lifetime aspirations. I know I could make the household smaller by having older sims move out on their own but I don’t like the idea of getting rid of sims. I like to have them all in the same place, otherwise I’m not going to play as them again.
The only downside is that now as the younger sims get older, they can’t have anymore children to expand the family. So I don’t know what I am going to do about that.
One thing I will also say about playing as a large household, or just because I’m a lazy sim player is that I never travel outside my lot when I play. I feel like there are too many sims for that and if I just leave with one of them something will happen to the others. Also I can’t be bothered to sit through the loading screens that come with leaving a lot.
But overall I think it’s great to play with so many sims, there is never a dull moment. And it’s great to explore all different types of aspirations and traits at the same time.
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| The Allgoods pursuing their passions |
Another thing I have become obsessed with in the sims 4 is the photography skill. I decided to add all the other sims I had created into the neighbourhood so that the Allgoods could be friends with them and take photos with them…and I think I’ve gone overboard.
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| All the photos in my sims house |
As for exploring the Get To Work careers and the Outdoor Retreat game pack in this save game, I haven’t really been using them. I think it’s because one, when doing the Get to Work careers it takes you away from all your other sims and two, I think my sim family is too big for an Outdoor Retreat. But I will have to get back to using the features of them, mainly because I paid for them so should really use them.
And so I think this is a good place to end this blog post. I know it’s a lot longer than normal but I just love to share my photos. I hope that you guys enjoyed reading, and getting to know a little bit more about how I play Sims 4. Obviously everyone plays their game differently so I’d love to know how you like to play Sims.
Also if you are wondering where I get all of my custom content from (i.e all the clothes my sims wear and the fancy hair) I get it from the Sims Resource website. It is a wonderful place and I love everyone who makes pretty sim clothes. I love them so much.
Again thanks so much for reading and if you want to check out my other Sims 4 save file that I use to do a Legacy Challenge on my YouTube channel you can find it here.
~ Courtney x
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