Sims 4 Player Traps Sim in Walls, Documents Their Life on TikTok
A Sims 4 player has taken the popular pastime of torturing Sims to the next level with a new series on Tik Tok documenting a Sim living within a house's walls. The Sims series has always had chaotic possibilities for players to explore, allowing fans to make up their own storylines and control their character's every move. Even 7 years after its release, The Sims 4 maintains one of the most active player communities in gaming, with players frequently sharing their creations and stories online.
The broad appeal of the Sims franchise rests in the freedom it gives to its players, letting them create characters and environments which they can use to make their own unique stories. While many players choose to have their Sims live out successful, happy lives, others trend towards a darker play style. Since Sims have basic needs that decay over time, denial of those needs is a common way players will torture their characters. Some gamers even experiment with the different deaths present in The Sims 4, creating characters for the sole purpose of letting them meet their demise in various ways. However, many of these more macabre playing styles are not devoid of story, with fans often creating a narrative of how their Sims ended up in such unfortunate circumstances.
TikTok user simslicious (via Kotaku) has created a dark narrative that fans can't get enough of, wherein she follows the saga of Sim Hope Wallston, who lives in the walls of married couple Rodney and Kristyn's home. The storyline now has almost 50 installments detailing Hope's day-to-day life, where she lives in the walls by day and sneaks into the home at night to tend to her needs. The series is full of drama: in the introductory post, the user reveals Hope is pregnant with what is later revealed to be Rodney's child, and that barely scratches the surface of the saga's spectacle. Hope goes on to raise her Sim child, Bruno, to the best of her ability, all the while stealing from and eavesdropping on Rodney and Kristyn. Viewers even find out that Hope grew up living in the walls of a home with her brother Camillo, who appears later in the series. The latest episodes detail Hope's struggle to find love while keeping her presence in the home a secret.
Click here to view the original series on TikTok.
This incredibly detailed saga is an amazing example of the massive creativity that exists within the Sims community. The user has crafted characters with interesting backstories and put them in a unique situation, and uses a combination of direct commands and Sim autonomy to let the story unfold. When it comes to torturing Sims, its easy for players to use something like the Extreme Violence mod to cause chaos in their characters' lives - it takes true ingenuity to use only what's provided by the game to make a tragic story such as this one.
The Sims 4 has had the longest lifespan of any Sims installment, being out for over 7 years, and it's easy for players to experience burnout after such a long period of time with the same game. However, the sheer brilliance and creativity of the game's community are a large part of why the game maintains its popularity. The Hope Wallston saga demonstrates the immense storytelling power of The Sims 4, and may even inspire other players to play out a similar scenario in their own game.
Source: simslicious/TikTok (via Kotaku)