Thoughts About Simming

 One thing I love about The Sims 3 is that Sims will tell their own story if you just let them and observe instead of control. Of course, I direct my Sims to do various tasks now and then, but while they perform them and in between, they form their own personality and make some decisions on their own.

For instance, I can't decide who my Sim finds attractive. Attraction is important to my way of enjoying the game. I don't pair up Sims who don't feel attracted to one another. And yes, all of my inbred Alvis feel attracted to their spouses and/or lovers. VJ and Miraj, too. Sometimes, I have to place a pair in the game over and over before attraction occurs.

The degree of Sim autonomy is something I decide for each save. When I play one or two Sims, I often like to play with no autonomy. But when it comes to bigger families, they are granted full autonomy. Like my Alvi dynasty - that save is purely Sim-run and dynamic needs and boy, does it provide for a lot of entertainment.

When it comes to the Bertigers, father and daughter, I play with autonomy off and static needs for now. But it also makes it a tad boring. However, while skilling up Sims, I tend to use static needs, because I value efficiency.