The official Sims Twitch channel held their second livestream session of The Sims 4 today. This time we were walked through a bit of Live Mode gameplay by Sim gurus Ryan Vaughn and Argus Hulin, who were joined by a cutout of Cassidy Purdue.
The Mordecai Malakai brothers are identical twins. One of these brothers, however, is evil. At the computer, Bad Malakai pulls up the career menu. The career list includes Writer, Criminal, Culinary, Astronaut, Painter, Secret Agent, Entertainer. and Tech Guru.
Each branch off into one of two career paths at some level. The criminal career, for example, has a Boss Branch and Oracle Branch. After joining a career, a Sim’s work schedule, performance level, and the goals you can complete to help raise that level can be viewed from the Career panel. If your Sim doesn’t have a career, a button will appear in the panel for joining one. Bad Malakai can do a bit of hacking with six targets to choose from. Most notably is the work performance option.
On the Aspiration panel you can view your Sim’s current aspiration and their progress towards completing it. At any time you can actually change your Sim’s aspiration without losing their progress, and you can complete as many as you want on a single Sim.
From the Gallery, Argus plops down a house made by a Creator Camp attendee. Bad Malakai’s evil trait and Good Malakai’s good trait clash, causing them to develop the Good vs Evil moodlet when in close proximity to each other. With the angry emotional state this put him in, Bad Malakai performs Enraged Reps on a workout machine. In the Relationships panel you can see that the brothers despise each other and are nemeses. Being an Elder Sim makes Bad Malakai susceptible to the Dangerously Tired moodlet when performing strenuous activities. Continuing such activities in this state could actually prove fatal.
Good Malakai heads to the kitchen to cook up some grilled cheese on the stove. Meals come in three sizes, including single serving, family size, and party size. At the top of the cooking menu there is a checkbox for using fresh ingredients. Despite his lack of cooking skill and flipping it outside of the pan a couple times, the meal was of good quality. Hovering over the meal also displays a timer indicating when it will become spoiled.
After a good meal, it’s time for the brothers to head out on the town. From the map they are able to switch over to Oasis Springs and visit the Rattlesnake Juice Bar. Bad Malakai is still uncomfortable from working out, and it can be seen in his walk style. The brothers find themselves in the company of Katrina Caliente, who shows a fine display of multitasking by holding and drinking two glasses of juice at the same time.
Mortimer Goth arrives on the scene, and Bad Malakai wastes no time trying to get on his bad side. Being mean to Mortimer brought him one step closer to completing his aspiration. The two end up in a bar brawl, with Bad Malakai coming out the victor. This puts him in a confident emotional state and allows him to show off his muscles to his defeated foe.
In the aspiration panel you can access the Rewards Store. From here you purchase special items and traits for your Sims with their Satisfaction Points, which are earned by completing aspirations.
Now it’s time to throw another Sim into the mix. In the Gallery they search for Sims with the #ts4lb hashtag. Scrolling down the list, an awfully familiar looking Sim named Ryan Vaugh catches their attention. Just like that he’s added to the household. He struts into the bar and begins telling jokes, accompanied by Dina Caliente.
The guys travel to the Desert Bloom Park with Katrina for a change of scenery. Good Malakai and Bryan are in a playful emotional state from joking around at the bar. At the park they spot Malcolm Landgraab, another familiar face. Good Malakai is in desperate need to of a bathroom. Clicking on the Bladder icon in the Needs panel queued an interaction with the nearest toilet. While Good Malakai waddles to the bathroom, Ryan tries to flirt with a Sim named Jenna, who quickly leaves the room. He follows her and tries again, but she rejects him. This puts him in an embarrassed emotional state, but successfully telling a self deprecating joke took care of that. Another failed attempt at flirting puts him right back. It turns out that Jenna is married, so maybe flirting with her isn’t the best idea.
It’s late and they’re tired, so Ryan and the brothers head home for bed. Ryan hides under the covers to help make his embarrassing moodlet go down faster. While they sleep, another Sim is added from the Gallery. After a painful violin session and a bit of painting, gurus Argus and Ryan decide to give the viewers what they want and show off some gameplay of the child life stage.
In Create A Sim they quickly make a household consisting of a randomized mother and two children. Children have their own unique aspirations to choose from, and get one trait. To make Bob even more miserable, they moved the family into the Pancake household. They head out for some fun at the Magnolia Blossom Park. Little Maureen played pirate with her mother while Darwin climbed the monkey bars. Children have a Motor skill that allows them to perform more interactions with certain objects, such as climbing on top of the monkey bars.
Maureen is hungry, but rather than cook a quick meal on the grill, Ryan and Argus have the mother go fishing for food. Darwin stumbles upon a sleeping stranger and wakes her up. She is in an angry state, so he brightens her day. Now Darwin has learned the Social skill, giving him more interactions revolving around socialization. He gives the dirty stranger a hug and put her in a happy state. Meanwhile, Maureen jogs over to trash on the ground and jstomps around in it.
Unable to catch any fish, the mother cooks some hot dogs. A vegetarian Sim begins eating a hot dog and becomes embarrassed. With only five minutes left in the stream, they head back home to enjoy an excellent quality pancake meal prepared by Bob.
