15 ways to make The Sims 4 less boring 

1. Delete Sims 4 2. Download Sims 2 or Sims 3 3. Experience having fun while playing an EA game

way 1: delete sims 4 and download sims 3

Install all the mods possible, and watch as ur laptop sets itself on fire.

Excuse Me!!! Downloading from Gallery is not stealing!!! People upload things for others to download 😘😆

The trick is to make a family with a small legacy, like grandparents, parents, their kids grown up with kids, and then those kids children when they grow up. And then playing rotational gameplay with your legacy. It's so fun and it the best way to do it

I remember creating a club dedicated to kleptomaniacs and they just causally stole from a museum. Yup! Put it in your pocket, nobody will notice.

there’s one answer: MODS

The touch grass tidbit at the end is so funny. Reminds me of when I was little if I ever complained to my mom that I was bored, she'd make me clean something to not be bored anymore haha

I find that just randomizing sims' traits, picking new aspirations, refusing to use cheats, and paying attention to some of my sims' wants (especially the ones related to their aspirations) makes the game pretty lively. It makes me go through a lot of new gameplay. I was shocked, for instance, to learn that playing as a decorator led me know everyone in town, run across, and pick up dozens of tombs. That's what led me to build a graveyard, and then to make a formal holiday to visit the graveyard....

I haven’t touched TS4 in what must be years now. 100% of my nostalgia for it is for the mods, not what EA manufactured.

Hi! somewhsome here. A couple of people said on my gallery page that they came from your youtube/tiktok. Thanks so much for the shoutout! That's so nice of you :)

As someone who likes making buildings and posting them on the gallery, I want you to steal them that's why I post them

Rotational gameplay is so much fun, I would recommend for anyone. Personally I play 1 week per rotation, and turn aging on for active household only. It's fun to create really entwined stories between households with friendships, rivalries etc, and develop the world around you as you play. It's also a fun way to start playing in a downloaded save file. I've downloaded a few and felt overwhelmed by the choice, but rotational gameplay is a good way to try out a lot of different stories.

“all of my sims are horrible people” 💀😭 same satch, same

I just downloaded sims 3 yesterday and played it for the first time…all I can say is, the sims 4 could never

Why downloading things from gallery would be a bad thing? That is literally the whole point of the gallery.

why are people calling it stealing when we are literally posting those for yall to download T_T gallery is fun! you can always edit the builds. just enjoy yourself. This aint a competition lmao Great vid as always

I always create Sims based on things I enjoy, for example, my House of Night household. House of Night is my favorite vampyre book series. (And no, it's not misspelled, that's how vampyre is spelled in the books).

The Sims 4 starts to get boring after EXACT 15h when I finish my character and my house and start to play. But nice timing for a video, I just finished your hole other videos to this topic

If you find the game boring, then you must lack imagination. The gameplay isn’t any different to ts2 and ts3, though people have convinced themselves that the game play was superior in previous titles. People just like moaning for the sake of it. When ts5 comes out, everyone will be raving about how good ts4 is. I’ve played these games since 2000. And ts4 is wonderfully crafted and detailed. It looks lovely and if you have imagination and creativity then you can create something really enjoyable. The only thing I miss is the open world of ts3, but at least ts4 has a semi open neighbourhood.

Tbh I'm quite suprised hearing how people are playing the Sims. Starting new save file over and over again, giving Sims the same perfect traits all over again, money cheats, this indeed sounds like no fun at all. I have one save file that I play rotationally with, every sims has randomized traits and I focus on personal aspiration an work achievements for each sims and on relations and deep stories between families as well. Every Sims game can be interesting and challanging if you have some ideas for your gameplay and each one can be boring otherwise.

It make be boring to use cheats etc but I’m the simmer that plays sims4 for escapism 😂😂😂

I made random sims with random personalities and I made them sleep in tents and It seems like they are in a survival reality show ,I made them fight and sleep around .I also steal sims from the gallery and make their lives miserable and the moment I got the paranormal stuff, everything in the game became better,having Bonehilda and Giurdy is so much fun

Not using cheats really is a big one. But the real trick is to just eat an edible lol

If you think the Sims 3 is ugly? Just go download mods! There's guides all over the internet/youtube on what mods to use to make it look better.

get your mods on, i have a legacy and they all just addicted to cocaine

I made it less boring by reinstalling TS2 yesterday and I'm soooo excited! Also play TS3 on a routine basis.

my favorite family to make lately, is living outdoors in the tent from battuu. OMG it is so much fun going around getting plants to put in the garden, finding the dig spot, and i write books with a side of authenticating items for a living. once thee garden gets to big, and i have a gardener, i make over $65k a day, and have no reason to go collect plants anymore.

I'm currently, slowly, making my own save file. It's a lot of fun. And, I throw my shells up on the gallery for people to use. It's not stealing at all.

I uninstalled the sims 4 and now am focused on the sims 3❤

I always cheated a ton of money then my friend said that's boring get a job. So I tried just working for money and it ended up much more interesting!

Oh- I just started using MCC to replace randomly generated Sims with ones from my gallery and it's amazing. Also, have a save with a fully build Newcrest, complete with a modern district and a historical home district.... as for builds, I almost always build my own homes or fill out shells. I think it's one of my favorite parts of the game. It's also fun to see how many downloads I get on the gallery. I never play with aging on, even on normal play.

I like how you say again. A gain.

The grilled cheese aspiration was an aspiration that was in the sims 2 originally. There were objects you would get as rewards and if your sim wasn’t satisfied enough, the objects would go wrong when you used them. There was an object that allowed you to change your aspiration (which you couldn’t do like in the sims 4) and when it went wrong, you would end up with the grilled cheese aspiration.

I've actually been playing with a Scenario and it definitely helps keep some interest if you get bored of playing the same old Sims. For me, it forces me to play a new career or with a family I wouldn't create myself, and there are actual goals to keep pushing towards. It feels like a lesser version of Life Stories. And when you complete the Scenarios, it's a good way to populate neighborhoods with Sims who have actual backstories.

I find it interesting how much more work it is managing a large household when you don't buy the perks that make it so they don't need to sleep, eat, or use the bathroom

Thanks for the tip about shells and daniellebuilds. I find building exteriors and layouts so boring but love to furnish for families as they evolve and collect things.

Honestly great tips, I’ve done almost all of these before this video and they do make the game more fun, I will say I still get bored rather quickly but these things help a lot and make me feel a little better about how much money I’ve spent on the game

All I need is Wicked Whims

This is exactly why I’ve been loving a few build videos from simmers. I actually do copy and try to build things like these simmers, but only for me and my learning experience.

Since sims 4 pack is very shallow, I always have 1 sims that have different lives. For example, One save is a rancher other is a doctor etc. I like the struggle but get bored when I am in the top (which was quite short). Funnily enough the one sim I use is John Krasinski I got from the gallery.

Such an informational video, would love a “Gallery Hacks” one!

Sims 3 is currently on sale on EA and Steam (March 26, 2024). $7.99 USD per pack right now. (I am in the US, idk if this is international)

Yes I started doing a rule that I at least needed 2 bad traits in sims 3 when making sims, but in game i have to randomize up to 3 times if I can choose or I live with the trait that is given and then force myself to make the sims style etc based on traits so not all guys are jocks and not all girls are popular, cause if they got the nerd trait then bam its a nerd instead.

I feel like I've matured similarly to you Satch which is probably why I've been a fan for years now - your videos are literally always exactly what I want to hear about the game (constructive criticism, honesty) and these tips are so good.

Since adding holidays for my sims, and making them go on vacation and celebrate things like Mothers/Fathers day, Easter, Simdependence Day, Bonfire Night, movie nights and even joining clubs, I've enjoyed my game more than before. Even just using swatches that I wouldn't normally use helps change up the game.

i've been playing sims 4 ultimate decades challenge, my sims started in year 1300 and currently in 1329, I'm having so much fun and its made me love the game again

I agree about the gallery I take things from there all the time and I share my own builds or sims or pictures. I truly thought that was the whole point

Really great ideas and information, actually learned a lot too. Lots of things I hadn't considered that I'm also going to apply to my Sims 3 gameplay. Thank you.

Whenever I feel like building something, I open the game, open the building mode, feel overwhelmed by millions of furniture and accessory options, feel confused and lose all my motivation and will to build 😅 I think this is the main sims 4 problem: it's TOO focused on customization options, visual things and minor details while it should be focused on gameplay

I only play the sims every once in a while since it’s kind of tedious to have to go out of your way to have fun

I totally agree with having bad traits. Though it wasn't in Sims 4 for me, I played with Evil sims in Sims 3, and it was SO entertaining 😈

Thank you so much, I think these tips will help me play more, which I have missed!

Nice job! I often implement most of your suggestions. Shorter teens mod - helped for more realistic gameplay.

I once made a Sim with 3 bad traits, several dislikes and no likes. Let just say that this was a rather distressed Sim. When creating a new Sim, I do use the random button a LOT. Like, for everything. Had a few baies with Father Winter, one with Patchy, almost one with Grim Reaper, then one with Tina Peeping. There a few holidays that WILL reappear after you delete them. The very worst of those is the infamous Neighbourhood Brawl day that randomly pop up at the worst time, again and again and again,...

These were... actually great ideas! I can't remember how often I've googled ways to introduce some change into the gameplay, only to end up with.... you nailed it, Rags to Riches and Berry Challenge. Thanks a lot for putting together this list, I really enjoyed your way of presentation, footage and most importantly: the content. Off to try out something new!

10:09 so I had to download 3 different bobs burgers off the gallery to recreate my own perfectly. By the 4th rebuild I started to see how other simers did theirs. But with horse cc Tina's room looks almost accurate.

I’ve recently started playing generationally rotationally with a family I’ve made and it’s been fun. I do wish ts3 worked on my laptop

Great idea on recommending trying to recreate builds someone else made. I sometimes try to follow along in recreating a build while watching a speed build (if it's not too fast or advanced, lol) and it's a truly great way to get more comfortable with going through the whole process of making a build. Once when I watched lilsimsie making one of her Water Tower Way builds and I couldn't find it anywhere on the gallery (love that it's so broken, thanks EA!) I recreated it while following along watching her build video and then I uploaded it to the gallery so I'd be able to find and use it (while giving credit ofc, since I was recreating and literally copying someone else's work). I highly recommend recreating people's builds. From the gallery is a good idea too. It's very helpful to not just watch someone build, but to actually try to model the action yourself, you'll end up learning so much more about how to build in general, all the little tricks you think you pick up on watching but can't easily replicate in practice unless you've done it before.

I love how you said steal off the gallery 😅

omg the building hack is so genius! thank you!!

THANK YOU for showing the sale table its so fun I was going to buy home chef hustle and I dont think I will now lmao ☠

lol these are great! And honestly they do help the game even though I diss Sims 4 a lot (because 3 was so good!) doing these things help. Especially adding Mods !!

I know not everyone will do this but i like to make characters from videos games, animes literally any media and play as them because often times they arent the same bland sims i tend to make and they have their own problems and stuff so its kinda fun :3

I love how honest you are 😂❤

These are really good tips! The sims 4 is actually a really fun game, you just have to be creative. there is so much to do if you really want to😁

something i like to do when i get bored is play survival challenges or challenges based off of reality tv shows, like right now i’m playing too hot to handle in a save. i think it’s fun bc aside from creating rules you don’t actually have to think about what you’re doing, you just let the sims take over so it’s a good reset every once in a while !

it's boring because they ruined the game by taking away what made Sims great. The life challenges like random chances of getting your house robbed, having interesting npcs like crumplebottom smacking you with her purse when you are showing public affection. The game lore. From the first sims to current game the lore should have carried through each one. Maybe the detective career gives you a quest in solving the disappearance of Bella Goth. Now there's nothing but a buggy sandbox game. It just a electronic dollhouse game.

These are excellent tips and your laugh is so cute. Thanks!

I enjoy making new sims start out in Henford on Bagley in the middle of town. There is one house where at least 2 sims stop to talk around noon each day, so you can interact with townies without leaving your lot. Also doing the fair every week is stressful and fun and something to do outside of normal gameplay. Also rebuilding Henford on Bagley because all the houses are weird and annoying to navigate

All of these are great advise but the best is the very last one! LOVE It

I do most of the things you have mentioned so I still have loads of fun playing.

You can earn money from the bug habitat - like grub meal and the biofuel. You can make money (I think?) from the recycle machine. You can rubbish through the trash bins in town and find stuff to sell. hehe Paint, write books, sell your cross stitches, sell your canned goods and pies at the fair, dig all around town for gems and minerals, etc. It is actually pretty fun to start with the small amount of money you are left with after you move onto a lot and work your way up. And of course - you can get a job! I also like to demolish the house on a lot and start over with a "tiny home" then make improvements as I earn. I do, however, really miss the cars in the previous versions - wish they would bring those back. Oh well - plenty to do without them. Like flying on one of the various brooms - or become a vampire and turn into a bat to travel. :-) I don't know about everyone else - but I'm definitely NOT bored of the Sims 4 yet.

i did not know about sales tables!! cheers

Thanks for these type of videos!!

I'm currently working on a save file where I'm writing and creating sims with thier own back stories and populating the worlds with my own townies. I'm verry excited about it and I'm having a lot of fun coming up with my own lore

THE SIMS 4 IS SO NOT BORING. I LOVE THE SIMS 4 SO MUCH

looking up a floor plan for builds is such good advice tbh 😂

I have to play on console at the moment. I made my own randomiser for everything. It’s helped stop me from using the same nose or eyes or hair etc etc. it’s just helped so much over all make different unique sims.

I didnt know about the Alien world in Get to Work...OMG thank you!!!

Love that suggested no cheats! I play on Xbox and didn't want to lose achievements progress. I also like the challenge of building without cheats and not having to feel pressure to be clutter everything.

I had deleted the Sims four in order to download another game, then I had some issues with my EA account. After getting that back I re-downloaded the Sims four and it wouldn’t work. Luckily I’m getting a Nintendo 3DS with the Sims 3

The accuracy and call out of making the same exact sim every time😂😂

i agree, i enjoy making my games chaotic, ive even recreated assassinations such as john Lennon, after creating all the beatles and such. chaotic games where youre always like "ayyooooo!?" or "what the hell is this?" makes it so intriguing and engaging

Oh, dude, LOVE that idea about building up Newcrest with scenarios!!! Dang, I gotta try that! Plus, I'm all fired up to make a non-perfect sim with all the "negative" traits I'd never usually play with and an aspiration I haven't dared to try, because I'm just too "goody-two-shoes"... insert rolling eyes ere ... I mean, I could just hit the randomize button "X" number of times and then be like, "Welp, that's the sim I get, I guess!" and not look at or change ANY outfits or traits or names or anything, just save and go... And this goes along with your #12 of Make Nasty Sims... I never do that. No wonder I don't laugh at my TS4 sims. LOL I really SO have to try this! :) Your building advice was SPOT ON! Adapt real-life plans, download and look at what others have done, copy what you like! All the great artists copied their peers/elders, don't feel bad! You're learning! (Personally, I love building and I am grateful for the tools TS4 has given us in this area... if someone feels intimidated by building in TS4, just try TS3 or even TS2... LOL!!!) Yard sales are super-great for making selling stuff more fun and harder - so you don't get bored. ;) Great tip! Omigosh, you just said "Play the Sims 3..." ... I've been doing that for the last 2 weeks STRAIGHT (spring break ;) ). And DANG, you know you're right, the *gameplay* is better. FAR better, imho. Now, have I modded it up the wazoo so that it's not as laggy and so that I can play at my newer and higher resolution and still see the UI properly and so some things aren't as annoying as they use to be? YES. But guess what? STILL LOVIN' IT! * insert crazy laughing Sim here, pick your game generation for your own internal image... * You are also right when you say that "one Sims 3 expansion pack has more gameplay than five Sims 4 expansion packs". I've been adventuring with the World Adventures EP, and I have literally played over 86 hours in the last 2 weeks and have JUST today finished my sim's lifetime want of exploring 6 tombs in each vacation world. And there are more adventures and tombs to be had. I'm not kidding, TS4 players. An "EP" in TS3 meant MONTHS of enjoyment (in regular-and-not-holiday time), not weeks. Try it. He's not even being dramatic, dang it!!! Finally... I'm honestly laughing out loud right now... for all the *itching and complaining you've done about TS4, here you are telling all of us bored TS4 simmers to "get off the computer and touch the grass". Like, dude, at first, I TOTALLY thought you were talking about my SIM getting outside and not living her life on the computer! ROFL "Oh, what? He means ME? Oh dang... um... ummmm... sure... OK, maybe..." I mean, it's March 28th here and we had snow fall last night so the grass is hidden again... but OK, I'll try it... (LOL) AFTER THAT... I'm going to jump into a new TS4 save, create a SO-not-perfect sim, plop them down on a SO-empty Newcrest lot, find a shell on the gallery to start them off with, join a career I've not ever joined before, and [hopefully] watch the hilarity ensue. Thanks for the inspo, Satch. Have a great day, you!

Ty for the build back I suck at building 😅😅😅

I discovered the add holiday recently and have been making so many random holidays 😅

I have 5 open tickets with EA because they deleted my sims 3 and all my sims 3 packs off of my computer and for 3 weeks now, all I get are emails from non-english speaking people saying they're here to help me and are working on my issue. I'm thinking it's gone forever and I see on answers HQ that a lot of people have had their sims 3 games stolen from EA and I think we should all band together and sue the shit out of them for it.

Love your honesty

The Sims is a game where you have to use your own imagination to play if you have very little imagination the Sims is probably not the game for you.

Guys If you can play sims 3 (change some settings and some graphic mods) and you are good to go, so fun❤

i do all of these love that you are sharing these tips, Veronica Tubbs is my fav playthru so far she is a hacker infulencer. shes got a low reputation but high sex appeal so sims cant help but want to be around her and when she was young she accidently became famous by exposing a corporation washing money. and she only became a hacker because she wanted to find out if vampires were real and how to become one XD

1 tip is very true. One way that kept things interesting for my legacy playthrough was whenever a new pack came out that interested me I would work that into whoever was going to be the new "heir" in my sims family. Get Famous? Actor. Cottage Living? Farmer, Werewolves...duh. There hasn't been a new pack that's interested me lately so I took a break form playing. Also only ever downloaded a sim for my sim to marry once...otherwise my sims find someone in the world by chance. Very fun to see how the genetics have been passed down~

No. 15 was the best tip 😂

For me, a way to make it fun is to Buy Get to Work! The retail option is everything to me. Making retail stores of all kinds is a really fun way to make venues! I ran a yoga studio by "selling yoga mats" and in the lobby, which attracted NPCs and leading classes in the other room which they would join. I also made a bar and "sold drinks" as a mixologist sim. I want to try making a grocery store too. It's also interesting setting up fashion trends using retail, cause sims will actually wear what they buy from you. I really like making my sims go out to buy some things instead of using build mode and CAS.

15. Yes. It will be there when you come back. 😂 I love you, man!

I like to make a household with some evil sims and some good sims so I can do the mean and crazy interactions without feeling guilty 😂 it also can cause more friction between good and bad sims having to live together, like siblings or parents, and you can create some more interesting backstory for why they’re relationships are more complicated

My sim messed around with Tina Peeping one time and then a few days later she shows up with a big belly. The next day I get a notification that she had twin girls. Now I gotta go to family court to fight for custody. 😂

I implement a lot of these options. One I really like to do is the extreme violence mod, let the killers and thieves do their thing and if my sim was meant to live, they will. If not, well that's the way the cookie crumbles. I made twin sisters whose house burned down because of the arsonist and the elder twin had a terminal disease that was almost unable to be cured. I do get bored with this game even with different game plays and all so I just go play another game or watch some RU-vid videos of other people playing the games I like. It motives you to play your games again.

love your videos