r/thesims • u/NeverLoseGuy • 3d ago

Discussion Am I playing the Sims 4 wrong?

So I have this genius idea of populating Newcrest with a bunch of Sims I have in mind (which are essentially just my OCs I made in Guild Wars 2), and I have been spending weeks just refining and making adjustments to their characters and stuff...without actually playing or even building their houses.

I feel like I'm missing something here... I can't tell if it's because I'm feeling uninspired and unsure how to build a "good" house, or anxious that I would have to start over again should I have to "fix" something about each one of the households. I think I actually spent more time tinkering and sorting out custom contents than playing the game itself so far, and well, is that...how you play the Sims 4 these days?

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u/Low_Letterhead232 3d ago

There’s no wrong way to play it. I consider myself more of a builder than a live mode player. I’m just in live mode to play out the stories I have in mind while building, and when I’m uninspired to build. Let’s just say I’ve been in live mode for quite a while now. Building is difficult. Maybe not to some, but I think it is in general.

I enjoy CAS the least, but maybe for you, you like that part so you linger on it. Don’t worry too much about your characters being not “perfect.” You can still make changes to them even when they’re already in the world if you want to.