Long-time players know that in The Sims, you don’t just create random characters for fun.
Before gamers started capitalizing on YouTube fame, the freedom to craft stories around Sims played a big part in keeping the franchise relevant since the year 2000.
From conceptualizing a vampire love story to a modern ugly duckling remake, The Sims have unlocked unlimited potential for virtual storytelling.
But whatever Oscar-winning plot is being developed for the small screen can get dragged into the trash without interesting characters. Your Sims can be generic, or they can be extraordinary, with just a few CC add-ons that help spin their development in a more compelling direction.
And what’s better than a few scars, bruises, and injuries to make a unique cast out of your Sims?
One of life’s guilty pleasures is spending precious hours binge-watching Sims 4 stories.
But among the sea of common love stories and badly edited videos, it can be hard to find a worthy series.
Unless there’s an uber hot bad boy looking ready to wreck a Sim’s life.
While I’m a sucker for the tall, dark, and handsome visage, a bad boy backstory of bar nights then street fights is exactly what I live for.
To nail that bad boy archetype down to the last detail, add some realistic-looking bruises and scars. Then become the newest fantasy of teenagers 16 and below.
TS4 is a minefield of accidents. Where death awaits on command, or when Sims try to cook using free will.
It would take more than a few adhesive bandages to heal the physical and mental traumas we subject our Sims to… but it’s important to see modern heroes surviving small wounds.
Until, you know, your Sims get choked to death, stabbed in the gut, or shot in the head courtesy of the Extreme Violence Mod.
But before their impending doom, a few Band-Aids on the nose and knees can do just the trick to make a false sense of safety!
Ah yes, there’s nothing like a classic knuckle sandwich black eye to prove that your Sim has actually been in a fight and lived to tell the tale.
With the amount of dumb stuff Sims can interact with (including other Sims), it wouldn’t be surprising to see them beaten up or just dead on the sidewalk.
Sims have a terrifying life to lead.
But if they could survive the sadistic actions of players, then they should consider themselves lucky for going home with just one black eye.
Bruised and patched up knees isn’t my idea of a style must-have, but who knew that a bunch of bandages randomly smacked around the knees could be so… chic?
Of course, there’s the question of why a Sim would have knee injuries in the first place.
Was she in a brawl? A taekwondo fight? Did she accidentally bump into a table corner twice?
Is she a whiny teenage girl by day only to cover the fact that she’s a crime-fighting hero at night?
There’s a lot to speculate and more to fantasize with this crude collection of Band-Aids, and that’s why it’s a great CC set to have.
There are good WooHoos and bad WooHoos. But how can you tell the difference?
Ever since The Sims 2 introduced the wonders of WooHooing, I’ve been unhealthily obsessed with finding out what happens under the sheets.
But even though we now have mods to see uncensored sexy times, the end is always the same: exhausted Sims looking as if they didn’t just make literal sparks fly.
With all that shaking, it’s physically impossible for both Sims to simply leave in one piece.
Hopefully this CC from Nell can fill in the gaps and deliver a more satisfying… yeah.
Even if they have attitude problems and are probably plotting bloody murder behind those beautiful eyes, cats have an online army that could survive the nine circles of hell.
Cat owners are just fascinated with them, despite the fact that their love is often reciprocated in unprovoked scratches.
This makes them perfect pets for Sims, who are beings with inhumanly high pain tolerance.
If your Sims are adopting a stray or are currently worshipping the devil’s spawns, then this CC from Nell is a familiar sight.
