Primarily a content-based expansion, Livin' Large adds 125 new items for sims to purchase in the 'Buy Mode' of the game. Some items are decorative, and others are interactive.[4] Some interactive items feature additional effects and new non-player characters, including a magic lamp that, when rubbed, spawns a genie that can grant the player wishes with random good or bad outcomes,[5] a chemistry lab that can create potions with positive and negative effects, including turning the drinker into a monster,[6] and a robotic servitor that can assist with housework.[7] Sims can contract a potentially fatal illness from a bite from the guinea pig included in this expansion.[8] The 'Vibromatic Heart Bed' items allows a pair of sims in love to 'Play in Bed' once the bed is occupied and vibrating, providing a chance that the female Sim will become pregnant with a baby.[9] Livin' Large also features five new career paths: Slacker, Hacker, Journalist, Paranormal and Musician.[5] The expansion expands the default number of lots in the game by increasing the number of neighborhoods.[10]
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Livin' Large introduces complex interactions with two non-player characters: the Tragic Clown and Grim Reaper. The Tragic Clown is a character that spawns if the painting of the same name is placed on the lot and an occupant is on the lot. If the Tragic Clown appears, they will attempt to cheer the player by performing tricks and always fail, decreasing the sim's mood even further. Removing the Tragic Clown requires the player to raise the mood of all sims on the lot, or set the painting on fire.[9] The Grim Reaper is a character that appears when a Sim dies, interacting with the corpse to remove the Sim from the game. Other Sims can interact with the Grim Reaper and 'Plead' to save the life of the Sim before the Reaper has removed them. This prompts a game of Rock Paper Scissors, where if won, the dead Sim will be revived, or if lost, the dead Sim will either be removed or be turned into a zombie.[9]
The design objective of Livin' Large was to introduce new elements to the game that created gameplay and stories that "further engaged the imagination of the player".[11] Lead designer Will Wright stated that the expansion focused on a "novel humour" and "wacky style" in contrast with the "neutral" tone of the original game in order to help "spark the creativity of players" and "take the game into weird, twisted directions". Wright took a reduced role in the design of the expansion to focus on The Sims Online, with codesigner Chris Trottier having a stronger responsibility for the implementation of the game, although the Tragic Clown was Wright's "pet object" for suggested inclusion in the expansion.[12] Electronic Arts engaged studio New Pencil Incorporated to create new assets for Livin' Large and future expansions. Development of the expansion was streamlined by using asset libraries to introduce sets of objects and architecture with a similar "look and feel", such as the set of castle-themed items.[13] Some assets, including skins, were created as user-made modifications and selected by designers for inclusion in the game.[12] Aspyr Media announced and released a Mac port for the game in November 2000.[14][15] In 2002, EA released The Sims Deluxe, a combination of The Sims and Livin' Large, with additional clothing options and The Sims Creator tool.[16]
The Sims: Livin' Large received "generally favorable" reviews from critics according to review aggregator Metacritic.[21] Critics generally praised the distinctive gameplay and object additions.[4] Many reviews noted the additions reinforced a stranger and more light-hearted tone, with Andrew Park of GameSpot highlighting the "exciting" and "absurd" side effects of many new objects,[6] and Brian Wright of GamePro noting the "crazy settings" of the gothic and space-age desing themes.[24] Vincent Lopez of IGN commended the "weirder aspects" of the expansion, stating they made the game "a little more surreal than in the original title" and helped the player create "weirder" families, scenarios and storylines.[26] Carl Salminen of Ars Technica acknowle additions added a "new dimension to the game", but noted whilst some players would enjoy the "randomness and element of chaos" to gameplay, others would find them frustrating.[27]
Many reviewers noted the additions of Livin' Large were mostly cosmetic aspects of the expansion and did not fundamentally alter the core mechanics of gameplay,[7][4][5] with Vincent Lopez of IGN proverbially describing the game as a "new wallpaper on the same walls" of The Sims.[26] Cam Shea of Hyper critiqued the expansion for not fixing technical issues with the game, including pathfinding bugs.[25] Some critics also noted that many of the expansion's additions were similar to user-created downloadable objects, undermining their need.[25][4] However, Andrew Park of GameSpot noted that the expansion did not aim to "make drastic improvements on the core game" and succeeded in its purpose of adding new content, furnishing and options to the game for players.[6]
No matter what new features your sims may get into whether it is fighting off death against the Grim Reaper or going to work as Journalist to write for the SimCity paper, they will end up having one adventure too large for life!
The Sims: Livin' Large expansion pack adds tons of new items to The Sims series. There are a total of 23 new items to be found in Seatings portion of the Buy Mode catalog along with 10 new items in Surfaces, 38 new items in Decorations, 2 new items in Electronics, 3 new items in Appliances, 9 new items in Plumbing, 22 new items in Lighting, and 22 new items in Miscellaneous.
The Sims: Livin' Large expansion pack adds 5 new careers into the series. These 5 careers include: Musician, Slacker, Paranormal, Journalism, and Hacker. Each of these five careers are unique in many ways while also requiring sims to have skill points, friends, and a good mood to move up the career's ladder. If your one of those players who definitely likes to play the expansion packs for what they are worth then you will definitely want to expand your quest as a sim and begin in one of these 5 new careers.
If you were to only have a mechanical skill of 1 the first time you make a gnome it will only sell for $1 simoleon. But one of the good things to making gnomes is that for every time you actually make one the amount of money you may make off of selling them will rise by $1 each time. As for each time you gain another mechanical skill the price of selling each of your gnomes will go up by $10. So if you were to have two mechanical skill points and you have made a gnome it would sell for around $20 simoleons, depending on how many gnomes you make after the amount of money will change. Overall the most amount of money you can make off of a gnome is $100, that can be accomplished by maxing your mechanical skill, getting it to level 10. Doing this will allow you to make $100 simoleons off of every gnome you make but the price will no longer raise by $1 for each time a gnome is made and sold afterward. In time a sim can make quite a nice amount of money since it only takes 20 in-game minutes to make a gnome and in one hour you could make up to $500 simoleons!
Note: Sims in one neighborhood will not be able to talk with Sims from other neighborhoods or even visit them. The Sims in one neighborhood will live completely different lives than the Sims in another neighborhood, never getting the chance to interact but with only the Sims in their neighborhood.
1 Sim Lane is the biggest house to be found when you first start out in neighborhood two, or the newest neighborhood added to The Sims series from the Livin' Large expansion pack. Many people consider it to be a castle for it sure looks like one! What crazy creatures, spooky ghosts, or chaotic monsters will sims find hidden inside this monstrous mansion?
7 Sim Lane is one of the only houses, found in neighborhood two, to have a pool. Sims can move into this humble vacation lot to spend their honeymoon while relaxing by the poolside together. Or will Sims discovery tragedy while they meet the Grim Reaper after drowning in the pool? Players will never know their luck until it has happened on 7 Sim Lane.
The Mashuga family lives in the house on 9 Sim Lane. They are the only pre-made family to reside in neighborhood two which is added along in the installation of The Sims Livin' Large expansion pack. The Mashuga family consists of Frankie and Sylvia Maria. They are a young couple who have just married. What crazy, exciting adventures will players go on in the household of Mastuga? Will they bring about a new life or an unexpected death for the family?
Frankie Mashuga has just moved in with his wife Sylvia Marie to 9 Sim Lane. They have just recently married and found themselves a perfect spot to settle down and enjoy their marriage. Only thing is, nothing is perfect in The Sims Livin' Large, the Mashuga family is all alone in a neighborhood by themselves. How will they make friends? If they have kids, how will their kids ever survive growing up without friends as well?
Sylvia Marie Mashuga has just moved in with her husband Frankie to 9 Sim Lane. They have just recently married and found themselves a perfect spot to settle down and enjoy their marriage. Only thing is, nothing is perfect in The Sims Livin' Large, the Mashuga family is all alone in a neighborhood by themselves. How will they make friends? If they have kids, how will their kids ever survive growing up without friends as well?
The crystal ball is used to help sims gain more points towards any portion of their personality, neat, nice, playful, etc. The actual part of a sims personality that your sim could be increased in is chosen randomly, depends on what the crystal ball suggests your sim do.
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