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Day 0: Testing. One. Two.
Sunset Valley is a small town founded by the Goth family and expanded by the Landgraabs. The game predates the first and second games time line wise; which is odd considering the technology is more advanced. It is here we find our six intrepid sims dumped onto the front yard of a foreign, yet strangely familiar home.
From left to right is Raven, Reed, Damon, Alyssa, Angel, and Vince. Each randomized sims with different traits. All freshly rezzed, and looking upon the world wide-eyed and bushy tailed. What adventure awaits them? What tidings does this new dawn bring? What...Hey!
Where are you all going!? Well fuck you all too! Stupid ungrateful virtual people....just wait til I buy a fireplace! Ahem! Let's move on with the tour of the house. It should be very familiar to goons who followed Apples's LP of the Sims 3.
As you can see I carefully measured and laid out an exact to scale replica of the house...because I have way too much time on my hands. Apples was a major inspiration to this LP so I wanted to break out some nostalgia in this dry run. I made some changes due to my expansions taking up a lot of the lots and some pit falls I wanted to avoid starting off after having not played in quite some time.
The living room and kitchen didn't change at all. I kept them as they were since they served their purpose well.
I added a second bathroom upstairs where a bedroom used to be so the total number of bathrooms is now two to avoid potty emergencies, which in retrospect was something hilarious that I should have left in.
The wallpaper upstairs is different because I don't have the same custom content as Apples. The complete all expansion game is slow enough without all of it, believe me.
Bedrooms! I opted to combine them together and keep the same wallpapers from Pets.
Last but not least though,
That view! This game's open world is gorgeous on a good computer.
Inside they all began going gaga over all the shiny new stuff, I opted to skip shooting all that because it's basically just them clapping and going “Whoo!” for a solid three minutes. After they calmed their pixelated tits down Alyssa decided to break in that wonky TV while Raven and Angel chatted it up. By the looks of it Raven is bored out of her mind while Angel gabs on about food.
Sims chat with each other to build relationships and, depending on what interactions and topics are discussed the other sim can become bored with the conversation through repeated actions. They feel flirty from romatic advances, or think the sim is hilarious after a few good jokes. THis howe3ver is nowhere near as advanced as Sims 4's system.
Reed and Vince meet in the kitchen to discuss their mutual dislike for each other. Damon, however, just dreams of being a rock star. Excellent, the drama is starting already and it's only a matter of time before a fight breaks out with the rate they're going at it.
After exchanging heated words they all congregated into the living room to check out more stuff. Damon makes for the easel due to his Artistic trait. Raven and Angel socialize while Vince patiently waits his turn. Reed makes his way to the yet untouched study while Alyssa continues watching TV. I don't think she moved at all. I'm also rather curious what Damon is thinking about...Maybe he wants to go to the spa?
Reed breaks in that Apple II by playing some racing games. I don't think he'll write books on his own even with his lifetime wish being Illustrious Author. Come to think of it, I'm amazed he didn't go for the bookshelf being a bookworm and all.
Back in the living room I find Vince staring at the TV for some reason. I like to think he's trying to change the channel, with his MIND! Look out Mentok there's a new mind taker in the works!
After someone threw a TV guide at him he sat down completely ignoring everyone though. The ladies however begin bonding the way God intended; over mindlessly addictive TV. I'm not sure but I think they were watching the action channel. Probably an Arnold Schwarzenegger marathon.
Oh my! Love is in there air between Reed and Alyssa.
Damon and Angel decide to read in the quiet comfort of the kitchen. I asked Damon to get the paper because none of them lazy asses will unless told to. They're perfectly content leaving the paper to rot on the front lawn for MONTHS.
Reed and Angel finally started chatting it up and while Reed was very forward with his flirty advances, they had no effect on Angel.
Damon finishes reading the news paper and decides to stare out the window contemplating the meaning of life, sadly he doesn't know the answer is 42. Or where his towel is for that matter! He'll never make it in this world at this rate.
Alyssa decides to practice magic out in the middle of the day, on the front porch, facing a busy street. You'd think she'd want to be more secretive about that. What with the witch hunts and all.
Damon notices right away and starts chatting her up. He probably thought she was composing a symphony or something.
She breaks it to him she's a witch and he books ass back into the house for some reason.
“Soon my pretties, soon! Keeheeheehee!!”
She seems legit to me!
Since Vince is neurotic he decides to freak out on his own volition. I heard a shrill high pitched shriek from outside the house and caught him mid animation. Looks pretty funny and the thought balloon makes me think he's freaking himself out.
After he chills out, both he and Damon decide to do some painting to calm their nerves. Although thanks to his freak out Vince is in his happy pace with a Tranquil moodlet preventing stress from bothering him.
Alyssa decides to interrupt Damon's painting time to chat about vegetables. Weird.
Oh I get it she was asking about what to do for dinner! Excellent idea, salads don't catch on fire and burn the house down.
Damon decides to take a leak, but Angel stops him in the can to talk about green energy for some reason. Who carries on a conversation in the bathroom!?
Sadly it's here that I lost a bunch of screen shots for some reason the game decided to eat them.
After dinner Vince washes everyone's plates and they disperse to do whatever. Neurotic sims tend to clean a lot I notice.
Reed however, is pissed and shooting daggers at Vince from across the room.
Now that Reed finally stopped using the computer, yeah he was there for hours like any normal person would be, Vince jumps in and starts playing Call of Duty (I think).
Raven is the first to succumb to low energy and claims the grandma bed for her own.
Vince and Alyssa both go for the same bed, but Vince was faster! Frustrated with her janky path finding she proceeded to stomp around and bitch for a minute or two. Better luck next time Alyssa.
Angel claims the birdy bed.
Reed crowns himself King of the dinosaurs! 
Alyssa takes her second choice with the doggy bed.
D'awww! Damon takes the cabbit corner and dreams of not wearing shoes.
State of the Union: Welp, day one down. Need to decide on who gets employed and who doesn't. This band of misfits ain't going to fund themselves....unless they get jobs...so I guess they will. Aside from technical difficulties with my image capture methods (I've since corrected) things seem to be going rather swimmingly.
See you next time!