NEVER. GET. BORED. (sims 3 gameplay tips & tricks) 

not me acting like these are groundbreaking 😂 these are mostly for sims 3 ig but overall ideas can be used for 2 and 4 xoxo sims 2 video comingg tmrw 😊

i have a good one to add! i usually play a “wants based” play style. i do what my sims want to do n let them tell their own stories rather than trying to make one for them. this can be really fun especially if you have sims with those quirky traits 😭!

One thing I do is whenever I start a new world, I always fill it with old sims I've played with that I have saved. It's so fun watching my old sims meet my new ones and nraas story progression makes it even funner seeing there alternative lives.

Something I usually do on my sims game is, when I am tired of a main sims and want to do something else, I usually just pick up in their kids live to do that instead of making a new file. Its almost like starting over, but with the responsibilities of keeping friends with the family

I also play more of a wants based style. Though, not always. I have one teenage Sim who is neurotic, rebellious, and I forget the rest. Basically he sneaks out and tags all over sunset valley, has a horrible relationship with his business tycoon dad, and a decent relationship with his lush/party animal of a mom. Playing "perfect" isnt very fun to me. Also, having a mod that cuts the pay scale of the rabbit hole jobs helps with sims not getting rich too quickly. I got it from MTS if anyone is interested.

Integrated hoods are the thing for me and rotational play with TS2 style ageing and no SP. You don't get bored when you are playing different kind of families. And being poor. The struggle is the fun part.

The part about the traits is a good shout, another way you can do it is to randomise the founders traits a few times with your eyes closed and whatever the traits are when you open your eyes you go with it. I find myself picking the traits that I like, but after awhile I did get bored because the life was too perfect lol. I play this game like a tamagotchi or digimon lol.

I admit that i might be a little too control freak when it comes to Sims gameplay, micro managing every need & every move of my sim is a chore and not so rewarding nor fun. After realizing this myself that this type of gameplay is boring af, I highly agree with Not Malcom now, pls stop trying to create the perfect sim or the perfect life for them, let their autonomy take the wheel and mischief, it’s super fun to watch

After the 1st month of my gameplay making prefect sims, I have always since make the oddest possible and omg, (doesn’t work for me in TS4, even with growing together). My sims universe is very much chaotic. 😂😂😂

Imma try ur tips! Lost interest in The Sims and would like to play the game again someday

I usually start a new world. Add houses, make households, put them in the houses. Start playing with one of my faves and make mutliple generations. Switch between the households i make. Make use of the expansions to travel and go to uni etc. And use quirky traits haha

Nrass story progression is a groundbreaking mod! My sims have child support, Court dates. Based on their personality non house hold members could be hitmen. They form gangs and groups on their own. You go to a park and you'll see some random stranger just post up and start protesting. Or your sim might run out and do that. Each sim will individually choose to be homosexual, bi, or heterosexual on their own. Once they chose that doesn't change. Sims have higher standers so you can't just match with anyone. You have to be compatible or you can try to fake it but in the long run, you will never make it. Sims won't always be the same . Some days based on the mood they can do things out of character. When they get drunk they'll be a whole other character. A loner can act like a party animal when she gets tipsy, and a buzzed high school student might be more likely to talk to "talk to friends" than "work hard" when he normally is the valedictorian. Your sims will wright and publish books and sell products. You will see everyone else in the world doing their crafts and using them to make money. The town Robin will steal money from the wealthiest household and give it to the poorest. And he will recruit from that household to form a gang of Robins. You will have competition because the Town Casanova will steal your wife. If you like a man, you better move quick because some pretty young woman is coming to take him. Next day, he already moved in with her, they were married, and having a baby. Sims will play by the rules of the player and they will be better at it than you doing what you didn't even think to.

I play as my sims unicorn when my sims are away and explore.

Thank you! Awesome tips!

THANK YO

Can you please make a folder of your cars lol?

Oooooh nrass...

i just found your channel and oh, i wish i'd found it lot earlier! 🩷 the trait thing was so true! at one point all my sims were "good, friendly, neat, good sense of humor and workaholic" and yes they were EASY to play with but it got super boring and i just never figured out to what to do with those sims, meaning plot :D nowadays one of my favourite traits are hot-headed, over emotional, and neurotic. still learning to let myself make evil sims lol

Also! On the same thought on traits. Having traits that kinda conflict eachother or get in the way if your goals is really fun. Ive had a socially awkward hopeless romantic, maybe you could have an adventurous sim who hates the outdoors, an ambitious couch potato. That extra layer of nuance forces your sims out of their comfort zone and I CANNOT recommend it enough

I tend to play large multi generational households with a lot of sims and I’ve found like sending them out on the town to go on trips and dates etc really helps me stay invested in everyone in the family. Like maybe the grandparents are going on a cute date to the park. Meanwhile the kids are at the arcade after school ignoring their homework. Helps me get out of the rut of my sims never leaving the house and only doing things that make money cause I’m bad at that lol

Played as a homeless sim and did legacy challenged and earned enough money to build a multiple floor mansion and still had money leftover. Kept it going for many generations and moved towns a few times to combat the lag created by large families. After so many generations i had to snip the family tree down because i had so many long dead generations who all had completed wishes, skills all being tracked by the game which caused lag.

I recently went back to Sims 3 after playing Sims 4 for years and I underestimated how much I would appreciate the wide range of traits. My sims are like actual people now instead of just a bundle of moodlets and skill boosts.

When I came back to ts3 from playing ts4 for 5 years I started interacting more with my sims. They have those wishes poppig up for a reason. May it be their traits or current Events or mood swings. I used to Plan everything ahead for my sims but now I am spontaneous. According to their wishes and it sometimes really spices up the gameplay. Exspecially the mid life crisis or teenage mood swings wishes.

I love playing as inappropriate and mean spirited sims like when you send them to the festival park they just beat up and insult everyone

To me The Sims 3 isn't boring, but I often felt confused what to do. 😂😂😂

I love randomly rolling traits and choosing the first lifetime aspiration that pops up with legacy gameplay. My current sim is inappropriate with the popularity aspiration, which makes it a lot more challenging and fun

Sims 4 could never

This is silly, but something I like to do is have a good/friendly sim raise an evil child. Especially if you get far enough and that evil child is, say, a criminal mastermind. Keeping the relationships up is a challenge. Or reverse it, have a family of evil sims try to raise someone rebelling against the family business.

I would say make multiple households and constantly switch between them to keep things fresh. Making each household really unique and different from each other really helps as well, especially if they are neighbors. Also keeping the game unpredictable makes it a lot more interesting. It's fun to work towards goals, but letting sims do their own thing once in a while allows unexpected things to happen just like real life. Lastly, leave aging turned on. That way, if you're playing a family, things will constantly be changing and it will be more challenging to complete wishes/goals.

Lol I'm currently playing my first play through of NO CHEATS (I used to always command myself money lol) and at first it was a struggle but now it's pretty fun

I actually made a points system where "good" traits are all worth 1-3 points and you only have 5 points to spend per sim lol. But I also had a few different legacy families going in one save and each family had a trait that was free for them, like the family that made all their money from horses had the equestrian trait as a freebie and so on. I tried doing the same thing in sims 4 when it came out but tbh there aren't enough trait slots and the traits don't really effect the sims very much so it just didn't work.

One thing I'm trying to do is leave them alone a bit more. I tend to pause a lot, stack up actions for them, and then speed through them. It just ends up resulting in all their days being the same. I've started just seeing what they do and letting chaos unfold a bit more!

Absolutely LOVE your videos! That house at 2:18 is incredible and I would love to have it in my game! Any chance you got the ref? 😍

Shout out to the Sims for randomizing my legacy house sim to be an eco friendly vehicle enthusiast, loves having vehicles, hates driving 'em. Definitely can make the game more interesting.

Thank you - these are great! #1 is definitely one I have to work on already 😝

My biggest problem in playing the sims is I only play as myself and my boyfriend. I usually find random people to befriend and move in after some time but most of the time I just make us. Which is linear and a little boring cuz it’s realistic lol. 😅

Honestly the only cheat I like to use is teleport because I have mermaids in the cursed islands and IT TAKES WAY TO LONG for them to swim to somewhere lol

how to make vampires not boring? (they live for a long time (or are undying)

Weird how a lot of good sims advice can also be interpreted as just good life advice bc of the gameplay loop. Like dont try to be perfect. Invest in property and real estate. Set goals to work towards. Get a hobby so youre not burnt out on work. Dont die. Its kinda funny to me but cool in a weird way.

Im extremely guilty of the first one

If you’re bored with Sims 3 then you’re doing something wrong 😅….the game has so many things to do. So so so many

thank you :)

How do you get your Sims to look so beautiful?

I make neighbors from my favorite TV shows.

Hey nice tips, I have a question. So I never played with aging on, I know it's horrible but to be honest Im scared that I could be bothered with a premature death or elder dying, I think about the memories I have with that Sim, the skill build ect., it's like this or it's just my imagination?

It's not the gameplay that bores me; it's the horrible loading and saving times, and the general stutteriness and bugginess. And this is on a system that can run Final Fantasy XV with very little issue.

random question but what is the painting on the wall at 1:55?

Can't get over sims 3 controls and no keybinds for pc