First Set of Identical Twins!

Yes, I had yet another set lol. No fertility treatment or anything. They are children of Traci & Ethan's cousin, and great-grandchildren of Kamden from my third set of twins.  It seems to run in families...

Anyway, meet Connor and Hayden.

Yet another set of twins...

So my family had another set of twins. Meet Ethan and Traci, grandchildren of Dalton, one of my previous twins.

New Sims 4 Update

The new update for TS4 has brought back ghosts and added new eye colors, clothing recolors  and Star Wars costumes in CAS as well as fixing some bugs. EA also announced that pools will be available in next month's update. Hopefully, they keep up this trend of giving us more items in stuff in updates. What do you want to see included in future updates?

My TS4 Creations 9/22/14

Harrison Family

Ty Harrison

Music Lover, Bro, Romantic, Alluring*

Aspiration: Soulmate

Husband of Erika Harrison

Erika Harrison

Creative, Clumsy, Family-Oriented, Domestic*

Aspiration: Big Happy Family

Wife of Ty Harrison

Starr Twins

Aurora Starr

Outgoing, Self-Assured, Romantic, Gregarious*

Aspiration: Party Animal

Jupiter Starr

Creative, Art Lover, Outgoing, Muser*

Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire

Moore

Ruby Moore

Self-Assured, Music Lover, Outgoing, Muser*

Aspiration: Musical Genius

Goodreau

Harper Goodreau

Hot-Headed, Active, Outgoing, Quick Learner*

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim 

Perkins

Jay Perkins

Genius, Geek, Clumsy, Quick Learner*

Aspiration: Computer Whiz

Downey/Ridley

Dustin Downey

 Loves Outdoors, Outgoing, Romantic, Collector*

Aspiration: Freelance Botanist

Zach Ridley

 Active, Self-Assured, Childish, High Metabolism*

Aspiration: Bodybuilder

All these sims can be found under #KalikoSims (except Jay who is under #thesims4bigbrother) or found under my username, Kaliko103.

Twins, Twins and More Twins!

Since I started playing TS4, I've had three sets of twins. Has anyone else had lots of twins?

Anyway, this post is to show y'all the twins I've had so far. The first couple I played had twins (both boys) on their first pregancy. The second set  I had (1 boy, 1 girl) were grandchildren of one of the twins (Mason) from the first set. Then in my other save game, my single sim had a set of twin boys.

1st Set: Mikey & Mason

(As Children)

(As Young Adults)

2nd Set: Devante & Karla

(As Children)

(As Young Adults)

 

3rd Set: Kamden & Dalton

(As Young Adults)

 

My Sims 4 Review Part 3: Romance, Pregnancy & Babies

Romance

In the Sims 4, there are many romantic interactions, and I think they are really cute. Getting your sim(s) to fall in love is a little more difficult than in previous installments of the game, mostly due to the emotions. A sad or uncomfortable sim does not want to flirt, for example.  There are several flirty interactions and kisses that are adorable, and there are a lot of corresponding moodlets, which are pretty cool.

I like the way the system for moving sims in and out of the current household is organized. After asking someone to move in, you get a dialogue box, showed below, which allows you to move people into your household or move your sims into the other sim's household. So you can choose to live in the other lot if you so choose.

Below are some screenshots of  some different stages of romance.

First Kiss

Proposing/Engagement & Moodlet

 

When sims get married and have a wedding party (or any party for that matter), there are different objectives for you to achieve in order to get a score for the party. The more objectives you complete, the more points you get. The higher the points, the better (more successful) the party was. This is a pretty neat addition to the party-throwing aspect of the Sims. 

Pregnancy

If you're like me, and like to make your sims have a baby, you can do so through the romantic options by selecting 'Try for baby' or  you can click on the bed and choose the try for baby option. The interaction for try for a baby and woohoo is pretty much the same as in the Sims 3. However, you do not know whether the female sim is pregnant or not (the chime has been removed). To find this out, you can either click on the toilet and have the female take a pregnancy test, or wait a day or so and you'll get a message saying she's expecting. 

When your sim finds out she's pregnant, she can 'Share Big News' with other sims. The baby's father, Jay, got a moodlet from it. Pregnancy is divided up into trimesters (like in real life). In the first trimester, sims have a little baby bump which may or may not be obvious depending on the clothing they're wearing or their body shape. Sims may or may not have morning sickness which makes them uncomfortable. The moodlet for pregnancy will tell you how long until the next trimester.

In the second trimester, their pregnancy is very obvious and is when other sims can rub her belly. With other sims, you can ask the pregnant sim their due date and ask to feel the baby.

The third trimester is the final part of the pregnancy, and is when sims look like they're about to pop. The moodlet will not tell you how long until the sim goes into labor.

When the time comes, you'll receive a notification that your sim has gone into labor. At that time, you'll see a moodlet telling you how long it is going to last. However, you can click on her while she is active, and choose 'Have Baby' or 'Have Baby at Hospital'. If you choose the 'Have Baby' option, you must have a bassinet in your house so she can give birth. If you choose the other option, she will go to the hospital and have the baby. If you don't have a bassinet, you will be given one.

Babies

When the baby is born, you will see a popup telling you the gender. Here is where you type in the name of the child.

 

The interactions with the baby are styled very similarly to that of  the original Sims game. The baby is attached to the bassinet and cannot leave the area, meaning you can't have your sims carry them around. In terms of appearance, the babies kind of look like the ones from TS2. They also grow directly into children, skipping the toddler stage. This is one of the major let downs for me when it comes to the game. I really liked being able to carry around babies and have them grow into toddlers then teach them their skills.

Babies will age up on their own after a couple days. If you wish to grow them up earlier, you can choose the 'Age Up' option in the interactions menu.

When a child ages up, you will get a pop-up window that shows you a trait they were born with and you get to choose one childhood aspiration and another trait. You can change children's appearances the same way you do with older sims, with the mirror. There is a decent amount of clothing and hairstyles to choose from.

Overall, I really love TS4, but like every game there are areas in need of improvement. Here is a brief summary of the pros and cons that I talked about in this review.

Pros:

-Great genetics system

-CAS provides tools for truly unique sims

-Easy to use Build mode

-Beautiful neighborhood design

-populated community lots

-Interesting emotions system

-Lots of social interactions

-Lots of food choices

-Sleek looking/compact interface

-Laptop-friendly

-New Skills

-Awesome multitasking system

Cons:

-No toddlers or pools

-Babies attached to bassinet

-Small neighborhoods

-Little variety in community lots

-Lack of story progression

-Very few careers

-Bad lighting indoors

-Career and School objectives can be difficult if playing large/hectic families

-No buyable birthday/wedding cake

-Very few services/NPCs