15 ways to make The Sims 4 less boring

[@rudiahries9942]

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

[@todaychange5-7783]

How do we download the sims 2😢

[@brayan_rioya]

can you name a solution for console players?

[@rudiahries9942]

@@todaychange5-7783 there are guides online to download it illegally but you didn't hear that from me

[@rudiahries9942]

@@brayan_rioya oh- hmmm.. you got me there 💀

[@GuardianStriker]

@@brayan_rioya Easy. Get Sims 1 or Sims 2 for Gamecube. There's also Bustin' Out and Castaway Stories for the PS2.

[@cocopots]

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

[@regeneratedwitch]

Mine PC explored after island paradise but still the game was fire! Unlike the Shit 4…

[@steggopotamus]

FUN!

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

That's what's happening to my laptop thanks to my mods 😅

[@Kala1117]

I bought myself an external harddrive for games and it significantly decreased my laptop lagging! There are lots of tutorials on YT on how to move the games on the drive also

[@consuelonubes]

😂😭 real

[@mattowy155]

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

[@sanecatlady]

I don't understand why people say downloading from the Gallery is "stealing" when the entire purpose of it is for others to download from it. As long as you don't reupload their stuff without their consent or credit them, then it ain't stealing lol. I always found this argument amusing

[@baoziday5178]

Sadly, I've seen people literally having to delete their builds or stop building entirely because of people reuploading. Even though the original creator is there, people never really bother check so the stolen build ends up with more saves

[@mattowy155]

@@baoziday5178 ofc I wasn’t saying about reuploading. That is stealing. Just downloading to use isn’t

[@baoziday5178]

@@mattowy155 yeah, I know. I download builds too when I'm too lazy or exhausted to build. Especially now that I'm doing a legacy challenge. There's nothing with downloading a build for your own personal save

[@louisarstorp8121]

calling it stealing is also just setting yourself up for criticism.

[@wendyallen9089]

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

[@andshereadstoo7809]

YES I recently started a legacy and its SO FUN because especially when you have a lot of kids its kind of like built in lore the more you play with it

[@baoziday5178]

I started the whimsy stories legacy and for once i actually played a full life cycle with my sim. I usually get bored after tgey have their kids

[@Acceptrans]

I always get too attached to my sim and buy them a young potion, or change the livetime to long 😭

[@baoziday5178]

@@Acceptrans I almost did that with my Sim but then I realised I liked seeing them get older and visiting her daughter and grandchildren, it was really nice. And she gets to grow old with Akira so I guess that's a win for her 😂

[@holy9781]

Literally,ive always played every sims this way

[@8sideddice988]

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.

[@najeeamurray323]

oh yeah, more clubs. There are so many cool things you can do with clubs.

[@Christin-n2p]

Oceans 11?

[@MiciousDawn]

I need to do this 😂

[@hesterwright3674]

I used clubs to start a transcendental wellness cult 😂

[@Baby_kayyy]

😂😂😂😂❤

[@name-shmame]

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.

[@keyLimner]

I think it's more fun if you turn aging on and everything else for every household. Then a lot of random shit can happen to your sims and make more interesting stories, giving you inspiration. Even deaths 😂 Realistically, most of us don't let bad stuff happen to our Sims on purpose otherwise... The only thing I turn off is moving out because otherwise my Sims end up scattered all around and I can't find them (or their tomb) anymore.

[@jenro7]

Honestly this type of gameplay would be more fun if the loading screens aren't as long as they are

[@CatMuto]

I've taken to playing rotationally in the Sims 2, and it's actually really fun! And it really fixes the issue I've had with children in the household I mainly played growing up, while their parent living in another household is still the same age.

[@tulip135]

What do you mean by rotational gameplay?

[@name-shmame]

@@tulip135 it's when you play with a household for a set amount of time (3 days to a week maybe) and then move on to another household. Usually you'll pick a number of households to do this with in rotation.

[@samsmith9370]

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

[@frangamer1892]

Satch started trolling us more and more as the video went on 🤣🤣🤣

[@professorlilith5933]

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....

[@TheGirlInTheIceberg]

way 1: delete sims 4 and download sims 3

[@ringming2315]

sims 3 build mode is the buggiest thing i’ve ever had to experience tbh

[@rudiahries9942]

@@ringming2315 i'd rather deal with that and have great and engaging gameplay than have a good build mode and empty-shell of a gameplay

[@oceanegougeon3025]

@@ringming2315 Good thing the Sims is a life simulation game, and not a building game

[@abe_nuh]

unfortunately my dad wont get me any paid games :(

[@maddisonrhea673]

Can confirm this worked for me

[@nekolalia3389]

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.

[@deluvander]

there’s one answer: MODS

[@TheGhostdrew]

Console mfs rn:😪 (I’m mfers)

[@crowsak.]

17:25

[@brayan_rioya]

NO.

[@greeneyedbeing]

Cries in console

[@mitsuri_supremacy2342]

@@brayan_rioyayes

[@omnishambles4477]

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

[@cinders2088]

As someone who doesn't like making buildings, thank you!!! ❤

[@zeliha8113]

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

[@srcworm]

How much does it cost and where can I download it? I figured newer systems wouldn’t even run it

[@zeliha8113]

@@srcworm I actually bought it for 1.30€ from instant gaming lol

[@LalaDepala_00]

​@@srcworm Ofcourse newer systems will run it... I still play PC games from the 90s

[@CookiesCreations-tm5ts]

alright you js convinced me to play it

[@FairyGoddess94]

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).

[@nicksterxo]

I used to be so obsessed with that book series and now you're making me want to read them again after all these years haha

[@FairyGoddess94]

@@nicksterxo 😆 I'm hoping the networks will accept the script for the T.V. series. They've been trying for years.

[@Ready-ForTheEnd]

Awful book series with cringe writing

[@goatloops]

​@@Ready-ForTheEndrude and unnecessary 🙄

[@najeeamurray323]

I've been thinking of doing the same, but with Disney Channel shows. Playing as Hannah Montana sounds really fun right now😁

[@sarah3109]

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

[@robertchyk]

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

[@alanal1029]

Honestly same… I had basically given up on gameplay since building is what I mainly enjoy in TS4 but, Satch has given some good tips here so let’s see 🤔

[@robertchyk]

@@alanal1029Ya I will try it today again too. Lets see, but I dont belief so much in it. It seems to be a problem with the Sims 4 if so many people have this issue

[@nellythecat2137]

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.

[@Gamesta100]

Wow I've made almost about 80 different saves lol I decide on something and plan on playing that one save for a very long time but I'm always licky to spend a month on it before starting a new game. Depending on my save I play both with and without cheats. I'm currently playing without cheats and it's more fun than when I do cheat.

[@Gamesta100]

​@ladidannysome of us are impatient and have a very hard time sticking to one save. I repeatedly feel like I want to play one save for a very long time but I always find it too hard to stick to it and I start a new save.

[@Gamesta100]

@ladidanny well if I play one save with cheats but I want to play without cheats I don't want to play on a save that I've used cheats. Also I usually play with aging off so if I decide I want to play with aging on I need a new save. But also It's basically having ADD and needing to start a new game all the time.

[@aixiu7036]

Randomised traits are a good idea actually thanks

[@saintuary1283]

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

[@AJ-tiltagirl]

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

[@Elina--]

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

[@giraffeparty0]

if you already have a house there's no reason to send your Sim to work and earn money so u could get bored easily🤷‍♂️

[@Elina--]

@@giraffeparty0 All of us don't have the skills to build. My Sims go to work even tho they have money and nice house.

[@arina_ascorbina]

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 :)

[@Musicalsfangirl]

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.

[@HeyTripleJ]

Hahahaha the memories!!!😂❤❤❤❤

[@alex_is_shook]

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!

[@kamiko70]

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.

[@christabelle__]

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.

[@tomboyraider1015]

Sims 3 is beautiful, actually.

[@ilhambudi95]

Just setting the Sims details in Very High setting is enough for me.

[@leonalarson4019]

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

[@BeaAdelineManlangit]

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

[@audreyl5648]

omg why did i never think of that you could literally make Naked and Afraid lmao

[@lydiaraine8363]

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

[@lydiaraine8363]

I also wanted to add that one of my favorite things I do in every save file I do is I make Bella goth alien pregnant and have an alien baby. Even if I don’t play with the goths after I do this I like knowing that she’s got an alien baby and that is why she went missing

[@cynr1812]

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.

[@NaharaVensar]

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.

[@marinarahotsauce420]

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

[@alexsaltzman]

The most interesting sims gameplay I expiriensed is when I created the whole world filled with my own families (I didn't deleted other families but they eventually die on their own). So there's a vampire lord that planed to create new vampire dynasty with a human but totally failed; an ancient alcoholic witch who made a child with Santa; a snob kiddo that got kicked out of a rich family with $0 and end up a criminal etc. And I still have a lot of plans for them all :)

[@SyntheticGoth]

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.

[@ViceCityExtra]

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.

[@kaiosemc]

Build mode can be so fun when you think outside the box, like making every room focused on a shape, or all rooms don't touch eachother, your sim needs to walk 3 different stairs to get to each room, make the smallest house possible or even don't have an actual house! Try living as if your sim is camping fulltime etc

[@SteamyPMcGee]

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.

[@ViceCityExtra]

I like how you say again. A gain.

[@judithmelvin7392]

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.

[@haz_gaming6636]

Simdependence day is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@Cakesypop]

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)

[@oceanegougeon3025]

It is international, and the sale ends on the 28th of March. I just got the last two packs I never bought (the occults one and the very last pack, To the future)

[@Anyaaaah]

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.

[@vertanishock7900]

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.

[@Jawvis]

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

[@werewolf3949]

Aaayyy! 🎉

[@bluefairyme14]

Me every time!

[@fitnesstesfesses7109]

Man, I bet ! I think I'll start drugs with the only purpose of making the sims 4 fun !

[@madstayy]

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

[@Planchette13]

Yesss! Ugh lol I don’t get people that get soo angry about people using other people’s build that are from/on the gallery…that’s literally why the creators share them duh 🤣😮‍💨♥️. If the creators didn’t want other people using them they wouldn’t upload them.

[@mrsshayful]

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

[@MistressOZ]

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

[@missjih2563]

I usually do a mix of the two :) sometimes I try to play without cheats (I especially use the needs one), but if it gets too much which makes the game not fun anymore, I will use cheats. That's the beauty of it, you don't have to completely play without them or only play with them, you can use them freely and fit it to your needs 😊 the same goes for mods

[@gsquared127]

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.

[@blameitondanny]

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.

[@iscon6894]

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 😈

[@azurastar3223]

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

[@000_dantes_Z00B]

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

[@MadeInPoland182]

Ohhhh I used to do just that! The annoying thing was the limited range of outfits and hairstyles to match those characters.

[@000_dantes_Z00B]

@@MadeInPoland182 yeah i spent hours finding cc to look identical to some characters😭😭

[@timme6669]

I know this is SUCH wishful thinking, but I hope they have something big planned for the tenth anniversary. I think they could seriously breathe some life into sims 4 if they, for example, made a world editing tool.

[@snowonthebeach333]

omgg yes like a no cc tool mod 🙏🏼 i want to add cars in the street, i want to add trees and stuff

[@Kualinar]

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,...

[@clairesmithstone]

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 !

[@occultpriestess]

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

[@patrickdevinepd]

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

[@todaychange5-7783]

All I need is Wicked Whims

[@LeeDee5]

Truth

[@H3ll0Jackie]

Wicked whims makes me feel dirty 😂

[@oliviaoverboard]

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

[@GuardianStriker]

Another way that Satch didn't really say is try and "roleplay" your Sim. Try and play the game with a goal and your sim's personality in mind, and don't just play it with the mindset of just taking good care of your Sim. If there's something you want to do or accomplish, then do it. Maybe you want to make a story out of your Sim. Make good use of the camera and the screenshot hotkey which is your "C" key. Press tab to disable the UI, and if you want to disable the plumbob, open up the cheats and type in "headlineeffects off". I've taken several good screenshots of my Sims based on things they did, and some sets of them even form their own stories. Mountain excursions are a good example.

[@erikkennedy8725]

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.

[@bloomingflower706]

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

[@artliom1311]

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

[@steggopotamus]

You need to use filters. And maybe start with a build on the gallery that you want to remakem. Definitely need to have an idea in your head of the kind of style/color pallet you want. I love looking up color pallets or making one from an inspiration image. you don't need to be good at it, you just need to have fun. Lastly, making the build limited based on packs can make a build more accessible to more people, so restrict the packs you can use too. It doesn't fix every problem, because going into the general "decorations" atea will give you items that should show up in the "bathroom decorations" so, finding exactly what you need is tough. But it might still help some.

[@artliom1311]

@@steggopotamus Thanks for the tips, I'll try doing this :)

[@d_4918]

It is lacking in gameplay, but the customisation options and many choices in build&buy mode are great. There's many types of players, some do nothing but building.

[@hatta931]

that honestly just sound like a personal problem, like it's not a flaw to have a lot of customization options. they definitely should have more gameplay but having a lot of customization options will always be a plus to a lot of people

[@steggopotamus]

@@hatta931 they could definitely organize and filter it better. The original design was ok, but it wasn't designed for this much content.

[@Endugu]

The problem with Sims 4 is that you HAVE TO buy all the packs to really have some fun. Base game is so poor in...everything - clothes, furnitures, items, sim-creating options, careers...EVERYTHING. For some time I had a chance to play with all pack that was available at that time. I had tons of fun, every single game was completly different. Now I have like 3 expensions and 2 game pack and its boring like hell. Even if randomize some things its still boring, because "I saw that already". In my opninion if you have to downolaod mods to the game because the base is boring that say a lot how bad game is. There's a lot of games where the very base is fun and you download mods only to try something new not to make base game fun at all.

[@Simventure77]

I love how you said steal off the gallery 😅

[@alfredthebuttler]

steal? lol

[@Simventure77]

@alfredthebuttler yes he said to steal other people's build off the gallery, and I thought it was funny.

[@diamondplayz2145]

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

[@digthewarmth]

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.

[@andshereadstoo7809]

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 ☠

[@fredsayshello]

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.

[@jennyoanny]

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😁

[@BananaJeansG]

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

[@exentine7693]

2:37 WHAT??!! Somehow ‘normal’ Shanice Shanice feels so cursed 💀💀💀💀

[@kimosumiko]

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.

[@ItsYukiToo]

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~

[@ayyymacaroni]

my sim (who is me) cooked food with Malcolm Landgraab ONE TIME and now every time she walks downstairs, he's standing in front of the fridge eating yorkshire pudding and she's just accepted it

[@wiktoriapaak1011]

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

[@7mariepierre]

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

[@leen8430]

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!

[@SweetLala25]

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 KZbin videos of other people playing the games I like. It motives you to play your games again.

[@fastpinksnail]

In the sims 4, you just have to put in more effort to make it fun. I love the Sims 4. I feel like I can create more of my own backstory and lore while playing.

[@ShayneFletcher-t4o]

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

[@taliaghoul]

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.

[@steggopotamus]

Wow, I knew there was a reason I didn't want to download sims 3. Something about their management is so toxic.

[@megazw7740]

I think I've had mine taken too. There's a warning on Ea when I log in saying something like "some games have been removed due to corruption" or something g like that. It's theft! It's just theft.

[@taliaghoul]

@@megazw7740 Yes! Mine said I had been restricted from the Sims 3 game that I own!!!

[@megazw7740]

@@taliaghoul how is that legal?!

[@Sara-h5h6n]

It started being boring after 4 rent broke the game. Since then I’ve been in a constant battle trying to save my save my corrupted file, finally accepting its corrupted, starting a new one, the new one becoming randomly corrupted, creating a new one just for it to get corrupted again, random patch updates which keep corrupting my save files, so many corrupted save files and constantly dealing with sorting through corrupted mods and updating mods. I have to be super on top of my mods folder. The whole thing just became so damn depressing to play anymore. I just stopped playing one day and just said to myself “you know what? F it. I’ve had enough 🤷‍♀️” I haven’t played it for months. It is what it is. I’m just sick of this 💩

[@MzReka]

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. 😂

[@HeyTripleJ]

You can go to court!? There is so much I still don’t know ugh

[@sam-zn5io]

i did not know about sales tables!! cheers

[@justinemot2282]

I would play the sims 3 but my brand-new powerful pc won't start it (idk which mod broke it but now it won't start even after re-install and adler patch). So now am set on becoming the best Watcher and building a nice kingdom in Sims Medieval! Thanks for that series)

[@Lourdesmelisa]

Hi there have you tried changing the graphics card in the game? Could be the game is reading the graphics card wrong! There’s many KZbin videos that go over how to change it over to the right one!

[@oceanegougeon3025]

You could try updating the EA App, my game stopped launching one day, and it was the broken ass EA App's fault, of course. I don't think mods can break your game. I don't know the Adler patch, I'm using LazyDuchess' smooth patch and launching the game from it. Works very well.

[@Hinata8778]

Jokes on you, I use mccc cheats to make things more difficult, especially career progression and relationship difficulty. If I play a rags to riches, I plan out how much clothes would cost so that my sim can't just wear nice clothes while living with nothing. Now, since I use mods: I use basemental mods and the neurodivergent mod to give my sims addictions/see if they develop and see if my sims and npcs develop disorders or illnesses. I know that mods shouldn't be a part of this, however I know a lot of people that use mods but don't know how fun/difficult mods can make gameplay when you get bored. I use way too many mods probably, but my PC can handle it and it makes the gameplay fun, so I don't regret it.

[@namidesu]

I downloaded cracked version of TS4 and played with it for about 3 months (with a bunch of mods ofc), stopped playing for 2 years, bought the game off of steam while it was on sale, told myself I'm going to play it one day but never touched it again despite buying it 😂

[@kkaroli.k]

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

[@mall0wfluff]

I feel like in order to make the sims 4 less boring you need to focus on storyline, I personally make my game tedious as hell. My sims birthday is coming up so I made a restaurant and a private room that I decorated for her, so I’m removing 1000 simoleons when she “rents” the space out. Making my sim do work from home careers so I can take them to an “office” and make a club of coworkers who work with them. Crappy traits (jealous is my fave) or the neat trait so my sim can have cleaning days. Making more holidays where my sim will go to the beach, or have the 4th of July, all of that. Also I try not to rush through relationships, I use to be that person who makes my sim meet a guy and boom they kiss after five minutes which isn’t realistic so now I do it similar to real life, I make my sim go on several dates before they even get into a relationship. Another thing I’ve started doing is building, Pinterest is my bff when it comes to lot inspo. I sometimes even make a board on Pinterest for my sim, what do they like, what are their hobbies, their style, where do they like to go for fun, what do they do for work. I play with different skills I usually don’t mess with. I create their friends and extended family, love the family dynamic system especially…anyway…I have 15,000 hours in the game so…I’ll make a personal chef that my sims can “hire” who’s well known for events, or a singer to perform at their party. I’m currently working on a home decorator who my sim is going to hire to decorate her new apartment. I play the game from all angles.

[@mamitachocolate]

You play like me!

[@mall0wfluff]

@@mamitachocolate omg, the first other person I’ve heard of who plays like this! Hi!

[@lh.satella]

one tip is to recreate an universe you like! im rewatching naruto anime so im hyperfocusing on it to the point i recreatead most characters on sims 4 😂 and now im playing it in a medieval style, creating my own storyline with these characters i already love!

[@mythical.craftstarot]

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 !!

[@Puggles]

I actually play rotational on Sims 4! I play one Sims week and then move onto another household for the next Sims week 😊

[@alyssacelaya4671]

I love how honest you are 😂❤

[@Lostforstories]

Here’s a shortcut. Spend $400 in packs. I’m still buying more.. it’s been an entire year since I bought a sims 4 pack…

[@spanishxeyes]

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.

[@clarabellen]

I've been playing The Sims since 2001 and on Sims 4 online hours I have almost 4,000 logged and for the very first time I'm playing a new save game and using cheats and I am having a lot of fun LOL

[@rethomore]

It's funny how the video's called "How to make The Sims 4 less boring", not "How to make it interesting"

[@elieuntje]

I actually love The Sims 4 and never really get bored with it. I did learn some new things from your video though. Thanks!

[@NerdyNanaSimulations]

I usually start with a blank world, move one person on and build out that world, then move my kids or grandkids to a new world and build that out, and so on. It's fun for me because every house, every business requires me to build them. I do generate my sims out of my library to prevent EA generated sims, using MCCC. However, it means that while the worlds are unchangeable without a bunch of work, each home is new, people are new, no EA created house or sims makes it into my game anymore because I'm just so tired of the same all the time. Of course if you are not a builder you could download the buildings, or sims if you are not a sim creator. When I get bored with Sims that have too much money I will move a kid out with very little money (how much differs on what I want to do), move them to a new neighborhood and start over with a blank state in a new world. I have moved out adult kids and teens for different scenarios, I used to do kids until the mods I needed broke.

[@oroontheheels]

I think it’s a great advice. I always try to create diverse sims, so mine don’t have same face syndrome (I can’t stand same face syndrome after Warcraft and anime hahahah). But yeah. For a longest time I had most chill gameplay, mostly concentrating on getting my sims perfect romantic partner and achieving best careers for them. I looove my two sims families. But playing outside of my comfort zone proved to be super fun too! Even if being evil in Sims 4 is not nearly as fun as being evil in Sims 2. But it’s still fun. Also I always motherlode around 300 000 simoleons to ensure stress-free gameplay. But recently I started new household with no cheats and wow! Making money in sims is hard 😂 But actually seeing your progress is cool!

[@LARADEKA]

He has a point... Does that mean I am not hindered to do ALL 3 chaotic traits (I use the Elemental Traits mod, and it's chaos)? 8:04 - Man just brought up some architecture classes here... I played Roblox's "RoVille", made a cool art house (I AM UNABLE TO SELL IT), and I tried to twist it up in Sims 4. Had to use Curseforge just to get items and custom stuff.