

Virginia and I both had jobs before she caught fire because we had to there was no other way to pay for our simple existence. The early game feels especially restrictive since starting jobs pay so little. The daily grind of waking up and going to work is an ever-present requirement as that’s the most reliable source of income for your Sims. Which isn’t to say that The Sims 4 is at its best when it’s replicating real life perfectly. It’s a welcome feature simple though it might be, something like multitasking really helps to create a more true-to-life virtual existence. Sims are now capable of socializing while they eat, dance, exercise, and more. That was as true in The Sims as it is in The Sims 4, just much more finely tuned now. The game reduces the human condition to its most basic, necessary components, but leaves the narrative for those experiences to be fabricated in the mind of the player. With no outside interference from the player, Sims see to their own needs to the best of their abilities, but only you can push them to be more. Bathroom meter falls into the red? Go use a toilet. This little anecdote says so much about the unexpected joys and code-limited shortcomings of The Sims 4‘s “real life simulation.” Sims are simple creatures, guided by a sliding set of meters that dictate their ever-changing needs. So my AI-managed Sim did what any reasonable person would do: Grabbed a drink from the fridge and went to bed. I came home that evening to find a fire-scarred kitchen, a dead girlfriend on the floor, and the Grim Reaper surveying the grisly scene. The oven exploded in her face and no one was around to put out the flames. Unfortunately, she never really got the hang of the whole cooking thing since I handled that. She came home, tired and hungry, and decided to make some mac and cheese. That is until I overslept one morning and skipped out on cooking. We pined to see more of each other, but we remained happy. I’d cook us both breakfast and she’d eat without me.

She’d always be just coming back from a long night of hustling and scheming just as I was heading out to the office. Unfortunately, Virginia’s shady dealings put her and I on opposite schedules.

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