Sul Sul! Do you know everything about The Sims? Well, in this complete guide, we’ll answer all your questions about the franchise that has won over so many players – from those who spend hours in Construction Mode to those who pull the ladder out of the pool just to see what happens.
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All about The Sims: what is The Sims?
To start this guide with everything about The Sims, it’s worth understanding that The Sims is a series of life simulation games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. In the game, you create and control characters (sims), design their homes, satisfy their basic needs and guide their daily lives.
In practice, the characters can work, socialize, develop relationships, build careers and achieve personal goals.
And would you believe that The Sims is over 20 years old? The game was created in 2000, and since then it has had 4 main titles (The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4), each with various expansions and game packs. The franchise also has games for consoles and mobile versions, such as The Sims Bustin’ Out, The Sims FreePlay and The Sims Mobile.
How The Sims works
In order to understand how The Sims works, it’s worth first considering the game’s two main modes: Create a Sim and Build Mode. In the first, you create your family – you choose the name, edit all the appearance details, the clothes, the family ties and even the personality traits – and in the second, you build the entire plot (which is usually the family home, but you can also create commercial plots, such as restaurants, bars, etc).
The game starts at the Create a Sim stage, so the first thing you do is create the character. But if you prefer, you can also choose ready-made sims, play with families that already exist in that world.
What is the purpose of The Sims?
You define the objective of The Sims: when you create the characters, as well as choosing the personality traits, you also select the Aspiration (which is the Sims’ long-term desire, and represents their personal goals and objectives in life).
The aspiration could be to reach the level of a certain career, earn a number of Simoleons (The Sims currency) or even meet a soul mate.
What is the history of The Sims?
That’s what sets the game apart. Instead of trying to understand what the story of The Sims is, the idea is that you create your own story, because there is no linear narrative with a defined story, like most games.
Although it is mainly known for its sandbox gameplay, in which players have the freedom to create their own stories and experiences, over the years some parallel or pre-configured narratives have emerged. A notable example is the Coffin family, one of the pre-made families present in The Sims base game.
All about The Sims: where to play
The Sims is available on several platforms. The PC version is the most traditional and offers the full game experience, including all the expansions, content packs and additional features, but the game has also been released for consoles such as PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo over the years. Games adapted for consoles offer a fine-tuned experience.
As already mentioned, there are also versions of The Sims available for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, but the experience is much reduced compared to the PC games.
All about The Sims: where to play The Sims 3
You can find The Sims 3 to play on Steam, as well as the expansion packs. However, there is no Portuguese version.
All about The Sims: where to play The Sims 4
You can find The Sims 4 and the expansion packs, game packs, object collections and kits in the EA App, for Windows or MacOS. The game is also available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
All about The Sims: What can you do?
The Sims offers a wide range of activities. It’s precisely this freedom that makes the franchise so well known. You can:
- Create Sims: customize the physical appearance, personality, aspirations and abilities of your Sims.
- Building houses: In construction mode, you can design and build houses, choosing layouts, furniture, decoration, landscaping and much more.
- Manage Needs: take care of your Sims’ basic needs, such as hunger, hygiene, sleep, socialization and fun, ensuring that they are happy and healthy.
- Exploring Relationships: Interact with other Sims in the neighborhood, develop friendships, romances, form families.
- Seeking Careers: help the Sim to progress in their career, gaining promotions, acquiring skills and achieving professional success.
- Developing Skills: Sims must develop skills in areas such as cooking, music, painting, gardening, logic, sports, among others.
- Exploring the Neighborhood: visit public places such as parks, restaurants, nightclubs, stores and beaches, exploring the neighborhood and interacting with other Sims and points of interest.
- Participate in Social Events: plan parties, meetings, weddings and other celebrations.
It’s worth remembering that The Sims expansion packs, game packs, object collections and kits help to enrich the experience even more. Depending on the package, you can create supernatural sims (werewolves, vampires, witches). explore unusual places (such as beaches, mountains).
Curiosities about The Sims
As well as finding out all about The Sims, it’s worth keeping an eye on the curiosities! One of them is that the concept of The Sims was inspired by a fire in designer Will Wright’s house. He observed how people react and deal with stressful situations, which led him to develop a life simulation game.
Another of the curiosities about The Sims is that the Sims speak a language of their own called Simlish, which was created specifically for the game. This language is made up of nonsense sounds and letters.
Several real celebrities have appeared in The Sims games over the years, including Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars and more.
Over the years, more than 30 expansions and content packs have been released for the series, adding a wide variety of new features, items and game mechanics.
The Sims cheats
As well as learning all about The Sims, it’s also worth understanding the codes! Let’s be honest: sometimes the sims’ continuous needs get on your nerves, and all you want to do is play without worrying about it. Making money from scratch is also a lot of work, and all you want is to have “infinite” money. Well, that’s possible with some cheats from The Sims. Check them out:
The Sims 3 cheats
Before you start using the cheats, you first need to enable the command console. Press, at the same time, the key sequence CTRL + Shift + C to bring up the command console. Type in the code and press Enter.
- kaching: win 1,000 simoleons
- shazaam: gives 2500 points of lasting happiness
- freerealestate on: all the houses in the neighborhood stay for free
- freerealestate off: houses now cost simoleons
- motherlode: receives 50,000 coins automatically
- modify traits: allows you to change the characteristics of a Sim
- force opportunity: generates a career opportunity
- force event: generates a random event in the career
The Sims 4 cheats
To activate the code, press the key sequence CTRL + Shift + C at the same time to bring up the command console. In the Mac version, the sequence is Cmnd + Shift + C.
- rosebud (or kaching): wins 1,000 simoleons
- freerealestate on: all the houses in the neighborhood stay for free
- freerealestate off: houses now cost simoleons
- motherlode: receives 50,000 coins automatically
- bb.moveobjects: allows you to stack furniture
- cas.fulleditmode: allows you to edit your Sim already in the game
- careers.promote Career Name (example: careers.promote Writer): Sim is promoted at work
Now that you know all about The Sims, just create your family and play the way you want. Don’t forget to keep following our content to stay on top of the gaming universe!
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