"C'mon. Let's do a reality check. Sims is rated T."
I remember Oblivion was rated T until some modder found an inaccessible nude texture hidden away in the construction set and there was that whole controversy. There have been alot of teen games with more violence than this. They could push it some. Especially considering what some of the M rated games are doing these days. Push it, or drop the alternate "Evil" path as it seems totally lackluster.
You can fight people already and be a general jerk in several ways. Why not let evil sims abuse Sim Fu's teaching and beat people up with it? Karate Kid (New or old) the story of people abusing what is defensive skills. My guy is evil, nevermind that whole morality thing. He'll exploit any and all ways to raise a ruckus.
Assassination - Okay, we'll never see this in Sims 3, but I don't see why not. It's sort of annoying. They have the "Evil" path and you can't do enough. Donate to undermine a charity? Really?
It does imply that you should kill someone, or get your thrills off on their deaths at the least, "See so and so's ghost."
Also, isn't there a lifetime wish, Gold Digger, or maybe something else which your goal is to hook up with a rich sim then see them die prematurely?
For criminal Ambitions they'll probably just add some home invasion thing, which could be alot of fun anyway.
I turned off aging and decided to give firefighting a whirl and it seems pretty solid, if a bit rough on the family life, not to mention rife with opportunities for sadists. Stand around while houses burn down. Drive to the homes with people trapped inside, brawl the person complaining about their house(if it lets you..I'll have to try that today), then just drive away, etc. I did drive home once after surveying the scene and seeing it was someone that annoyed me earlier. Got a report that since I'm a professional slacker it was all good. My character isn't that far along yet, just putting out fires, but even seeing people distressed about their homes burning has him fiendishly delighted more than anything. I also need to have some children with that hidden trait I read about. Evil pyromaniacs without the need to cook up a mass fire? Oooooh yeah!
Martial arts as a skill doesn't seem right to me. I guess I'm in the minority, but like I said, with logic I checked my stats and, as a Grandmaster, have lost 2 times my entire sims life! With Sim Fu, I had a live in girlfriend, Dilly, that eventually drowned in an unfortunate pool accident, but before that I had mastered Sim Fu completely. Did the board breaker challenge, meditation for hours (Does that help in a fight to meditate first?) and began training her for a live in sparring partner. I won more than her, but I still lost 2/5th of the time. I lost to her even as she was low ranking belt.
That'd be like Fedor finding some random newbie fighter and getting beat up by him. Come on. I can't wait to go to China for the tournament. I read alot of them have the Disciplined trait, which Dilly did not.
I guess this is so that you can participate in the tournament at lower belts and actually win some. It still doesn't feel like you're the "Master" of anything, arg.
The rest of the skills are okay I suppose. Meditation has been handy from time to time for stress. Rock Splitting as a money maker? There has got to be a more productive use of time.
Like I said, I do agree that the Martial Arts animations are extremely cool, especially with two Sim Fu masters. So much better than the stupid dust cloud. I just want to use it more. > : )
Fully patched with WA, HELS, Ambitions I had a Texas Chainsaw massacre barn on a premade lot that I built up similarly to this sites evil guide. Unforunately while meditating in front of the glass wall, starving someone, they finally croaked and the reaper showed up. He was milling around outside for awhile until the ghost just vanished, glitching her to forever wander my lot. I created 2 rooms and setup a sofa after this in the middle, so as to read books and whatnot, watching two at once. They would not die no matter what, ahh! They need an autosave cycle overhaul in this game.
I did get to see the Reaper's goofy antics finally, playing this evil guy. After someone drowned he walked into my basement and started perusing a bookshelf. Vanished before I could befriend him much though. It's pretty hilarious to tell the reaper a joke and have you both gafawing and knee slapping like it's nothing out of the ordinary.
