Poll: How do you feel about accidental deaths in the Sims 2?
pamysue:
I'd love for a message to pop up sometime and tell the family that Mommy/Daddy died on their way home in a car wreck. I think death is way to predictable in the game.
Liz:
Honestly, as much as I tend to baby my sims, I could definitely stand to see a little more accidental mayhem of all kinds, including "unscheduled" sim-death. It's probably due to the fact that I try to keep their bars as green as possible that even when I encounter one of the rare potentially-lethal situations (autonomous electrocution by computer fixing, etc.), my sims always manage to bounce back pretty much unscathed. I think what irks me about sim-death most is that a sim will bolt for the shower or the fridge hours before they should even be *thinking* about a sandwich or a bath - like they're all hyper-aware of the slightest dip in their needs - but they'll strum that frigging guitar until they're about to keel over dead. Likewise, when I'm actually *trying* to kill a sim for that "saved from death" want, it takes forEVER for them to finally snuff it, but a few minutes on the treadmill - outside in the middle of winter - has them bursting into flames. And I don't want to see more "realistic" death in the form of car crashes and such, but non-lethal plague is just silly. If you're gonna give a sim the plague, there should be at least a mild-moderate chance of them not surviving it.
When I leave my sims to their own devices, the only mayhem I get is of the "too dumb to quit drumming before you starve to death" variety. But I'd love to see more mayhem to the tune of infidelity, unexpected inheritances, and so forth. Pretty much all my sims aspire to flirt with people other than their committed partner, but they never do. My Sims 1 sims were total horn-dogs, always turning up in the corner of some community lot making out with their wife's best friend. Of course, it would be easy enough for me to set up an affair or whatever, but that's the sort of thing I'd like my sims to surprise me with. So in my desire for more autonomous/unscheduled mayhem, I would definitely welcome more accidental sim-deaths. After all, I can always just exit.
Sleepycat:
Quote from: Liz on 2007 April 08, 12:54:03
But I'd love to see more mayhem to the tune of infidelity, unexpected inheritances, and so forth. Pretty much all my sims aspire to flirt with people other than their committed partner, but they never do. My Sims 1 sims were total horn-dogs, always turning up in the corner of some community lot making out with their wife's best friend. Of course, it would be easy enough for me to set up an affair or whatever, but that's the sort of thing I'd like my sims to surprise me with.
you should get ACR (Autonomous Casual Romance) by twojeffs :D
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=4691.0
Liz:
That's probably a good idea, Sleepycat - ACR is one of those mods I keep *meaning* to try out, but then I get distracted by some other bit of shiny. In honour of Celebration!Stuff... or possibly in celebration of it being midnight on a Monday... I've decided to do a total reinstall of my game from the ground up, in order to have a better handle on all the extraneous saved games, orphan meshes, and any accumulating gremlins that may be lurking about (I'm not really attached to any of my characters right now, so it's as good a time to do it as any). Aaaaanyway... tossing a little ACR into the mix sounds like fun - I think I'll actually do it this time!
Mens Mortuus:
ACR is the best "investment" I made :D It improved my game tremendously, I like the surprises and unexpectedness
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