The Sims Social on Facebook

[Chuckles_82]

Yes, my first impressions are sims 1 graphics, sims 3 sound effects, and frontierville style energy and levelling. I do like farmville and frontierville, though I had to limit myself to just farmville - it was just getting waaaay too time consuming. I never buy farmcash/horseshoes/facebook credits, sims social (SS) will be the same deal for me.

I think maybe I read something about it a while back, but then forgot about it altogether, until I saw that FOUR of my real life (RL) facebook friends had started playing it. I didn't know they were sims fans - but then, possibly they aren't, but they were drawn in by the social game aspect of it.

If anyone wants to add friends, but are hesitant at adding strangers to their profile, there is a section under edit friends where you can make a list. You then add all your SS friends to that list, and in privacy settings, you can adjust who can and can't see specific information. When you publish, there will be a drop down box also, so you can restrict your SS spam to SS friends only. Chances are, however, that most of your RL friends will block it quick-smart anyway if they are not interested.

[gerrr00]

For everyone who is playing the game, I found an easy way to get Fury.  When doing friendly social interactions, the option 'giggle together' and 'chew the fat' give Fury.  I like that way a lot better than doing mean actions.

To get Muse pieces take pictures of the animals that appear in your yard.  Every few times I get lucky and a Muse pops out.

[Naga]

I just keep a mean relationship with Bella. It's just a npc anyways. Also, some quests ask you to be in a mean relationship with another sim, so...

And for muse, anything you do related to the music skill or the painting skill has a chance to drop Muse (either leveling a skill point or just making money).

[gerrr00]

I have the worst luck getting Muses from painting or music.  It is easier for me to take pictures. Plus the game tells you where to get those 2 items.  What I put up were other ways that aren't ingame info or hints to get those much needed items.

[jeanamariex3]

You know what's a slight bit of a bummer in the game? Otherwise, I like it, but there is no side scrolls. Like you can't scroll counter clockwise, and clockwise. It's a slight disappointment, but I did without it in Sims 2, so I can do without it on SimSocial.

The only other issue I have, is that the Energy drains so quickly. So I'm stuck for a good hour and a half not being able to do anything. Again, I think SimSocial is a great game to play with, whenever I need a Sims 3 break. 

[Chuckles_82]

I especially like that you get to play it with other people. Although I don't like having to wait on gifting to progess, I do like being able to visit and socialise. I know it's nothing like sims 3 for building, but I kind of feel the need to make my house pretty to show off. And I just love earning rewards for skilling. I like the way they set up the way you earn money. It makes sense without making it too complicated.

[Seabody]

I can say that the dating aspect is slightly tougher than TS3 - You only get one or two romantic interactions at a time.
And you have to wait for your Sims' Boyfriend/Girlfriend's controller to interact, buy some more energy, or wait it out.

[PlatnumDymnd]

I am having a hard time getting plan. It says writing and cooking but I have already gone as far as I can in cooking and writing. I need plans to get to the next level. That's an obstacle. So far I'm liking it but I am NOT liking how I am neglecting my other TS3 game. I wanted to get my family ready for Pets so I will be taking a break from TSS for a bit. Well at least that's what I am trying to get myself to do (as I am playing TSS in the background).

[Chuckles_82]

If you keep making something you have already mastered they will come up, or you can ask friends for them. When you click 'unlock' there is an option underneath the item that you need.

[Ausette]

I just burnt a few hours playing Sims Social. To be honest, I like this sort of game. My first impression was that it was cute and addictive, but after a few levels I ran into my major issue with the Sims Social. Energy. Your Sim has a bar of 15 Energy points, and they need to use them to complete certain activites (read: everything except some of the Mood-increasing actions). You earn one Energy point for every five minutes of waiting around, and in the meantime you need to keep up your Sim's social meter (Energy) and repair/clean broken furniture (Energy). Some of the little activities you do restore Energy, but it's always something like a reward of 3 Energy for a 9 Energy task. In short, I can't really do anything except make my Sim go to the toilet fifty times in a row. It's all terribly unbalanced and it's really ruined my enjoyment of the game. 

[PlatnumDymnd]

I would have to agree. I don't play it as much as I did when I was excited that it came out. But the energy thing is a pain. I still play it though but only when I am just sitting around for a few minutes. Because that is how much it takes for me to use up my energy. I do get the little extra energies when I visit my neighbors but that is only once a day and I don't have that many friends. Just you guys here if we exchanged friend requests. But I think that is why I like it for a quick sim fix. I can't be on long because of the energy. So then I just do something else...

Like play my Sims game 

[Saltypaws]

Well, I did like playing it, but my computer does not like this game for some reason.  When I try to go out of it, my computer freezes up and I get the error message that the program is not responding.  It takes about five minutes for me to get out of that game.  I think since I still have IE8, my computer just does not run right with some applications.  Facebook itself is fine, but I cannot play most of the games, oh well.

[AriaGirl77]

I'm having fun with it.

The energy thing... yeah, it uses up pretty quickly.  But you can get some bonus energy by visiting your "friends", and if you use up all the bonus energy you get another energy point if you send the person a gift.  So if you have a few friends and visit them all each time you play then you'll get a few extra energy. 

The thing that bugs me is that I have several quests that have been hanging around for a long time and I can't complete them because they require items that need to be sent to me by friends.  But I can't ask the friends directly, only post the announcement on my wall.  And some of them are worded terribly so it's not clear that you're asking for help at all.  *sigh*

At this point I'm running into a problem with my different skill activities, all of them are at a point where I need people to send me stuff that can't be gotten any other way (like fruit, firewood, newspapers, etc).  And I don't have many friends who play, so I'm kind of stuck waiting around doing nothing for a while.

Oh well.  It's just a FB game, not a "real" game.

[Leto85]

@AriaGirl: for as far as I 'know' this game, which I don't, I thought you could add the members from here as friends. I assume there are a lot of them. Perhaps you Sims Social players should startup a seperate topic including every members nickname from here and nickname from the Sims Social so you have easy access to them.

[KrispyNickyB]

@Aria - I'm into that same issue as well. I used to play many Facebook games. However, I don't like the aspect of having to post for help. 99.99% of my friends hate it when people do that. I don't quite care for it myself. I'd rather just be able to play. If that makes any sense at all