Let's start with the bad news by talking about what The Sims 3: Generations does not bring, namely a new neighborhood to wander around and a set of new professions. Regarding this last point, it is actually necessary to be satisfied with a single additional profession, that of childcare. It takes place at home, and consists of taking care of toddlers in the neighborhood, dropped off by parents in the morning and picked up in the evening. In the meantime, you have to play with them, feed them, change them, etc. Better to have the family fiber. This is also the real theme of this extension, which could have been called "family life" rather than "generations". For babies, the biggest novelty concerns the arrival of an imaginary friend. It takes the form of a special toy that arrives in the mail shortly after birth. This toy grows at the same time as the child, who is naturally the only one to see it and be able to interact with it. It is still possible to make him drink a Metamorphium potion, in order to reveal his existence to everyone. Toy boxes and more classic games are also appearing, so that children always find something to occupy themselves. Even better, they can start pillow fights and pull off all sorts of pranks. Tricking a toilet so that it splashes the next user, modifying the shower so that it bleaches the hair of the person who will use it or even slipping a whoopee cushion into the sofa, are just a few examples of possible domestic pranks. And even passers-by and neighbors are not immune to a few tricks. In response to this nonsense, parents can now crack down and inflict punishment on their children. Confiscations of toys, corners and deprivation of outings await the little rebels. Moreover, whether they are disobedient or disciplined, they are likely in both cases to be sent to boarding schools. equipped with additional skills and new character traits.
Talkin' 'bout my generation
More traditional schools are not left out since, following a typical American pattern, teenage Sims automatically receive an invitation to the end of the year ball. When the time comes, a limo comes to pick them up to take them to the dance floor. Depending on the case and their level of luck, the teenagers will emerge with the title of prom king or end their evening with a fight. As for engaged young adults, they are now allowed to organize bachelor parties (or bachelor parties, if applicable). The main difference with a standard party? The presence of "professional dancers". Yep, in the sanitized world of The Sims, stripper activity doesn't exist any more than alcoholic beverages do. But depression, yes! Because entering adulthood, a sim can experience an existential crisis. The ordeal is still optional, but if you accept it, your protege will get a Negative Moodset and Crisis Wishes to fulfill. Once this is done, he will on the contrary switch to a positive state of mind and will obtain long-term happiness points. The elderly are the big forgotten of this extension, which offers them only a few items to buy, such as walking sticks for example. Beyond age considerations, the additional disc also reminds us of the chemistry laboratory seen more than ten years ago in The Sims: It will change your life. Its use increases the skill of logic and results in the creation of potions with various and varied effects (better mood, pressing desire, rediscovered youth...). More anecdotally, the purchase mode now offers cameras. Thanks to it, the Sims film themselves (via a subjective view interface) and then watch the result on their television. A terribly vain and meaningless occupation for the player, but it seems that this is the kind that wants it. As for the creation of characters, it now has a hair setting. Gone are the hairless torsos of metrosexuals, and make way for men, for the real ones! Latest innovation: sharing memories. Each time a Sim experiences something more or less important, a small window appears on the screen and invites us to post the event on Facebook. It may be fun for social media junkies, but it's not sure that their friends will appreciate seeing messages such as "Jocaste Galantome has just adopted a beautiful, sweet and bubbly little girl She will always remember the day of this new arrival in the family!" When the virtual invades the real to such an extent, it may be time to go play outside. For real.
