Maybe I'll talk a little more about The Sims 2 today. Who knows how long this topic can stretch on, but I may as well take advantage of it while I can.
Pleasantview. That's the name of the first neighborhood I played. Those of you who have played the first Sims are probably more familiar with it than I am; I get the sense this neighborhood has a lot of history to it that's known by fans.
The Goth family, for instance. Mortimer's wife Bella is missing, and now he lives as a single parent with his adult daughter and child son. His daughter, Cassandra, is engaged to the man who is rumored to have been the last to see Bella Goth. But another man has his eye on Cassandra, a man who has a teenaged son of his own. Can you say drama?
But wait, there's more! Mortimer has his own eye on one of the two sisters that recently moved into town, and I believe I saw something about Cassandra's fiancé Don having an affair with the other sister. What is this all about!?
Moving back to the man who wishes he were Cassandra's fiancé, Darren is having some issues with his son Dirk. Dirk strikes me as a rebellious teen, and he's dating a girl who is also rebellious. I have to admit, this is the household I played most often, with aging turned off. Their problems were eventually straightened out - yay! But I never did try to mess up Dirk's romance with Lilith Pleasant.
The Pleasant family. Lilith is dating Dirk. Her parents seem to be on the brink of a divorce, thanks to the mother Mary-Sue's constant working and the father Daniel's having an affair. Lilith is the black sheep in her family, not getting along with either of her parents, and certainly not with her twin sister Angela. The two girls may have similar genetics, but they look at life completely differently. Lilith chooses the Gothic look, and Angela wears a very light-colored sun dress.
Angela is dating a boy named Dustin Broke. The Broke family is, unfortunately, well-named. They not only have no money, but they seem to be a broken family as well. Dustin wants to enter the career world as a criminal. His mother, Brandi, was recently widowed. On her own, without any job, she must find a way to provide for Dustin, her toddler son Beau, and her as-yet unborn baby.
Whew, I think I may have just barely managed to cover all the premade families in this neighborhood. Drama left and right, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my personal experiences in this neighborhood and some of the things I've tried in order to make some of these families happier.
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