The screenshots in this post use Genshin Impact outfit mods from Moriel, MS | MarySims, and Vydartz-VedoraKingdom.
I was randomly poking around the Internet when, suddenly, I saw a Google ad for The Sims 4 at a whopping 88% off.
As a roleplay fan (not just the kind of game where you beat up fantasy monsters to level up), I have always been a fan of The Sims series since I played the very first game when I was, I think, 8 years old. I thought to myself: I should NOT miss this opportunity! Heck, my younger brother is also a big fan.
In addition to the base game, I bought the following packs:
- Cats & Dogs (part of a discounted bundle; to give my younger brother a
horsedogthat is hopefully not named Gorou, Ms. Hina, or Razor) - City Living (has dango, Ei's favorite food, and pork adobo, a famous Filipino dish; a very popular roleplay expansion pack; to give Ei the Critic career)
- Discover University (has the Education career for LT; great for roleplaying a student beyond studying off-screen)
- Get Famous (has the Actor career for LT)
- Get to Work (part of a discounted bundle; to give Albedo and Sucrose the Scientist career)
- Seasons (part of a discounted bundle)
- Snowy Escape (Japan-inspired 'cause I teach Japanese students; has Tri-Color Dango; to give Ei and Sangonomiya Kokomi a themed place to live)
- StrangerVille (for my younger brother, Aether, Kokomi, and Xiao to join the Military career)
I also added the following Genshin Impact characters. Each group lives in its own house:
- Outlander/Other
- Aether
- Lumine
- Tartaglia
- Mondstadt
- Albedo (don't worry--he has the gold star on his neck!)
- Barbara
- Jean
- Klee
- Lisa
- Noelle
- Sucrose
- Venti
- Liyue
- Chongyun
- Hu Tao
- Qiqi
- Xiao
- Xingqiu
- Zhongli
- Inazuma
- Raiden Shogun (Ei)
- Sangonomiya Kokomi
- Sumeru (soon to be added)
- Nahida
- Wanderer (Scaramouche outfit)
Why does (region) lack characters?
There seems to be no community-made Aloy wearing either her Genshin Impact or Horizon outfit. All of them appear to use outfits from The Sims 4.
The modders seem to generally prioritize characters from Mondstadt and Liyue. Moriel and MS | MarySims appear to also be working on non-Genshin Impact characters.
VedoraKingdom's La Signora and Scaramouche mods are currently locked behind a paywall. La Signora will be free when Sumeru comes out while Scaramouche will come out...when he "gets his own banner". (My guess is that Scaramouche will die, given he's neither an Archon nor a Vision holder. Other than the Traveler, all playable characters have either a Gnosis or a Vision.)
Edit: Boy, was I wrong. Scaramouche is coming in Version 3.3 as the Wanderer and he has an Anemo Vision.
What Inazuma characters do you like to see? Tell me in the comments.
I'm pretty happy with Ei and Kokomi, but I think Gorou, Kaedehara Kazuha, Kamisato Ayaka, Kamisato Ayato, and Yae Miko would be really popular with fans.
Outside of Inazuma, I want to see Bennett 'cause I enjoy his adventurous and energetic personality, and Keqing so I can make a Sim that looks like my high school crush cosplaying the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing.
My Sim: Lunatic Tactician (yes, Tactician is his last name)
Because it's been a long time since I last played a Sims game, I took things slow and worked off what I understood from previous games. I started with an extremely simple L-shaped house where the bathroom is separated from the rest of the...frankly messy "random BS go!" house. My goal right now is to learn the game and get rich (without using cheats) before I start seriously decorating and roleplaying.
I'm not a fan of how The Sims 4 restricts Young Adults to 3 traits (not counting the Aspiration trait). As such, I had to think extra carefully when deciding my traits: I wanted to be realistic and not make the game too hard at the same time.
So I settled with Active, Genius, and Romantic.
I got lazy to recreate my face so I just went off my memory. The outfit variety doesn't suit me so, for most outfit types, I just partially cosplayed Genshin Impact characters.
Unlike The Sims 3, the player can only pick from a set of preset colors instead of having full RGB and texture settings so I couldn't completely recreate my Author Avatar as he appears in my head.
Careers
I choose my Sim's career tracks based on the sequence I think I will use my skills professionally.
LT started out in the Criminal career track. I was a bully in elementary and high school in real life. In fiction, LT is the leader of his own criminal gang.
He went for the Boss track since I see neither my real-life self nor my Author Avatar as a hacker. I also enjoy levels 6 and 7 of this track: "The Muscle" and "Getaway Driver", respectively--I like beating people up and driving like crazy.
Although I became a salesman after my first few years of bullying, I didn't choose the Business, Retail Employee, or Salaryperson careers on purpose; I don't enjoy being a salesman.
Instead, as of writing, LT is currently in the Education career under the Professor branch. Teaching English is the first career I've ever had that actually puts money in my bank account. Researching things is also more appealing to me than the Administrative branch which is in charge of...well, handling the massive student-related paperwork like personal details, academic records, and complaint e-mails.
Later, I plan to pick the following careers from first to last:
- Writer - Author (based on my blog)
- Social Media - Internet Personality (based on YouTube)
- Athlete - Bodybuilder (I train people more often than I fight)
- Actor
- Tech Guru
Photo Showcase
Note that, in some photos, I haven't separated the characters into their own houses yet based on regions.
Cuteness Overload
Yae Miko, the head shrine maiden at the Grand Narukami Shrine, often calls her friend, Ei, a child despite having an adult female model and not being the youngest Archon (the actual youngest being the Dendro Archon, Lesser Lord Kusanali, at 500 years old). Ei LOVES sweets, after all.
As such, some fans treat Ei as being a cute loli similar to Klee, most notably Sesield who is famous for making Ei (and other characters) cry a lot.
Of course, since I have Klee, I did some...weird things to her as well.
y u no give us Ganyu (intentional bad grammar)
Ei is watching TV in this scene, hence the surprised expression. I thought this would be cute because kids often get scared of things--I know I often got scared of movies as a kid.
Aether is often portrayed as either horny (mainly by Gimnaeng) or having a harem. His expression really sells the "horny" impression in this series of photos.
Xingqiu can be interpreted 2 ways here. One, he's teasing Aether for having a crush on Ei. Two, he's teasing Ei for being scared of the TV show. Could be both... You know how he likes to troll Chongyun.
In Ei's Story Quest Act I, while walking around Hanamizaka in Inazuma City, she buys dango milk, so she's heavily associated with dango by fans.
Just look at those fat cheeks as she's chewing...
I wish I could also cosplay Yoimiya because Tricolor Dango is her signature dish.
YES. "Hug" and "Kiss Cheek" are friendly social interactions with children regardless of whether or not you're related by blood.
If you're wondering who that ghost is...well, Nishidake Sachiko-san died while overexerting on my many exercise machines and I was too busy taking care of my own Sim.
She went to my house when I was slowly becoming a celebrity. I made friends with her at Izakaya Ippai 'cause I enjoy having students like her in real life.
Waifu Shenanigans
For those who don't know, Sucrose is my #1 Genshin Impact waifu. She's very smart yet kind to others and is willing to spare quality time listening to the Traveler, I love her color combination including her green hair, blue dress, and white coat, and her ability to spam Swirl over a large AoE is amazingly powerful.
Sangonomiya Kokomi was my #2 waifu...until one of the Watatsumi Island shrine maidens, Tsuyuko, talked to her and the Traveler as if they were dating. Kokomi--I mean Her Excellency--then firmly told Tsuyuko to "cut the comedy" or be made to deal with Specters which are considered by fans as some of the most annoying enemies in the game.
These screenshots were taken before Her Excellency's "cut the comedy" line. I love the white and blue on her outfit, as well as the fact she's a tactician and healer.
StrangerVille features an Area 51-like secret lab full of...classified information. Ironically, from my experience, it was never heavily guarded, despite me bracing myself for stealth. After exploring this lab myself, I invited Sucrose and Albedo to study the lab for themselves, being the curious scientists they are.
They helped themselves to the kitchen area of the lab on their own so I took a break from my illegal shenanigans and joined them.
I took this random screenshot while trying to move the Inazuma household to a new place.
Kokomi's constellation is Dracaena Somnolenta or "Sleeping Dragoness" in Latin, so I thought this was an in-character moment. In her Story Quest, the Traveler meets with Kokomi while she's burnt out from work.
Ei, on the other hand, was mainly included because I think this funny smile of hers is cute. Children tease each other often, after all.
This friendly social interaction, "Perform Romance Scene", is from the Get Famous expansion pack. And holey moley, I was extremely charmed upon watching this full animation.
I mainly took this screenshot because, out of nowhere, NachoPizza, my Singaporean friend, greeted me "Happy Valentine's Day with Sucrose!" and I didn't even greet him. Of course, once I sent this, he was very charmed as well.
I originally visited the Inazuma characters with just Xingqiu so that Kokomi can meet one of her favorite authors--yes, she reads A Legend of Sword written by Xingqiu. (I know his pen name is Zhenyu but whatever.)
But out of nowhere, Sucrose went in. I was shocked given I was also here to flirt with Kokomi.
Man, I'm glad I didn't do anything romantic with Kokomi at that time. I reckon LT would stutter a lot more in this conversation than normal.
Other Cool or Funny Stuff
Zhongli is known as the Geo Daddy by fans for a reason. Just look at that smile.
I took this screenshot mainly to brag that I recently downloaded the Zhongli mod. In exact words, I said "I got the Geo Daddy," so before the screenshot sent, my other friend thought I pulled Zhongli back in Version 2.4. (I skipped Zhongli in favor of the Raiden Shogun in Version 2.5--I mainly use Diona and Noelle to shield my teams.)
It just sucks that I can't change pre-existing household relationships. Fans, particularly Pun-Rii (how do you spell it?) make Zhongli the dad to his emo son Xiao.
One of Hu Tao's Passive Talents, "The More the Merrier", gives her an 18% chance to add a Suspicious (i.e. poorly-cooked) dish upon perfectly cooking a dish. If this is Suspicious and Chongyun eats it...oh boy, we're going to be in major trouble.
"Shove Snow" is a Mischief interaction that can be done during winter in the Seasons expansion pack. Hu Tao is a troll and she wants to bury Qiqi so I went along with her lore.
As if playing Hunter Hu Tao and Rebel Qiqis in Windtrace wasn't enough.
Who is the odd one out among these Sims?
LT's Planned Relationships with the Genshin Impact Characters
Note that I see LT as an isekai protagonist and avid researcher of lore so he is familiar with all the Genshin Impact characters prior to meeting them.
Outlander/Other
Aether: LT, like most people in Teyvat, would be honored to meet Aether, being an Honorary Knight of Favonius, the savior of Liyue, the one who bested the Raiden Shogun in combat, and the First Sage of Buer. LT would be respectful yet casual with Aether while being extra careful not to reveal his criminal identity knowing Aether would easily grind LT to a pulp. They would mainly talk about...well, traveling.
Lumine: LT would be more casual with Lumine than with Aether, given how LT is secretly admiring Lumine's appearance. (Note that in my headcanon, Lumine is NOT the Princess of the Abyss Order.)
Tartaglia: LT would be excited to meet Tartaglia given how LT's #2 interest is the same as Tartaglia's #1: fighting. (LT's #1 interest is gaming.) They would constantly and happily practice fighting each other...to the point they may forget they're indoors and trash the place in the process. LT will rarely initiate a conversation about Tartaglia's other interests and concerns like cooking, fishing, and his siblings, but is willing to listen, being the "Akademiya scholar" LT is.
Mondstadt
Albedo: LT would give Albedo what looks like a hostile glare at first when, in fact, he's just looking for the gold star on Albedo's neck to make sure he's not an impostor. LT would then bow respectfully and ask about how Albedo's research is progressing.
Albedo (Impostor): LT would immediately attack the impostor with one of the following unarmed moves: a punch to the temple (side of the head), a chokehold, or a DDT.
Barbara: LT would largely ignore Barbara given how she's a celebrity who gets harassed by one of her fans. He would limit himself to a respectful greeting and participating in whatever conversations Barbara starts.
Jean: This is a tough one. One part of me wants to make LT treat Jean like his mom because she looks and acts like my mom. Another wants LT to be haunted by what could have possibly happened to his parents after he escaped his home, the formerly capitalist and now communist country of Lekimao (my own creation). Either way, LT would be respectful.
Klee: LT would treat Klee almost exactly like I treat my niece in real life. Lots of hugs and kisses, lots of playtime, and lots of friendly name-calling. "Piece of Klee disturbing me while I'm playing video games! Do you want me to squash you with a big hug!?"
He would, however, disapprove of Klee throwing bombs at places or things that should not be blown up. They would instead throw bombs in the wild.
Lisa: "Begone, thot!"
Noelle: LT would quietly stare at Noelle's appearance amorously and secretly take videos of her using her super strength so he can use them to tease Klee. "You should be stronk just like Noelle!"
Sucrose: Being his waifu, LT has nothing but the greatest respect for Sucrose. He's always willing to ask about her day and encourage her to take care of herself.
Venti: LT is aware that even most of the Knights of Favonius don't know that Venti is Barbatos, the Anemo Archon, so he would talk to Venti like an ordinary person when anyone other than Jean is around. (Yes, I know he called Dvalin to take Barbara and Klee to the Golden Apple Archipelago, but they didn't catch the hint.)
When no one else is around, LT would be very respectful to Venti and ask about his opinions on freedom, given that Anemo is the element of freedom. LT's beliefs are more Zhongli-like which are not compatible with many of his gang members.
Liyue
Chongyun: LT would ask Chongyun first, "Am I too hot for you?" I know it sounds romantic, but LT has a hot temper and I see him as having a Pyro Vision so he might make Chongyun's yang energy surge into uncontrollable levels.
Then they'd have long discussions about demons, their powers, and where they live. LT would also encourage Chongyun to be a vigilante, not just an exorcist, explaining that "there are other sources of evil besides demons."
Hu Tao: LT dislikes Hu Tao. However, he enjoys watching her chase Qiqi because he thinks it's cute and funny.
Qiqi: LT would spoil Qiqi with Cocogoat milk and take videos of her drinking to tease Klee.
Xiao: LT would avoid Xiao at all costs. He hates Xiao's strict personality and thinks he might get killed by Xiao either because LT is a criminal, Xiao's bad karma is catching up to him, or both.
Xingqiu: LT would be excited to meet Xingqiu. They would discuss a lot about lore and writing. LT, in particular, would introduce Xingqiu to video games and explain how their lore is just as good, if not better than books, hoping they could eventually do Genshin Impact co-op together.
Zhongli: LT would immediately ask, "If someone breaks a contract and you're not there to witness it, how will that person suffer the Wrath of the Rock?"
Inazuma
Ei: Same as Klee minus the bombs. In addition, he would overfeed Ei dango.
Sangonomiya Kokomi (before Tsuyuko): In addition to what he talks about with Sucrose, LT would also talk tactics with Kokomi, mainly trolly ones that can make his enemies angry. He would ask for a copy of Kokomi's directives either respectfully or excitedly depending on random chance. He would also...look at Kokomi's energy journal when she's not looking and take pictures of it then secretly use the journal's information to care for Kokomi better.
Sangonomiya Kokomi (after Tsuyuko): LT would be a lot more nervous and respectful and avoid discussing anything that might seem romantic...despite staring at her amorously.
Sumeru
Nahida: LT would treat Nahida as more of a playmate than a fountain of wisdom, to be honest. She's just too cute. Does anyone have any Aranara mods even if they're just furnishings?
