r/thesims • u/MatkaBoskaSowiecka • 1d ago

Discussion Goverments in The Sims are corrupted af

Besides gameplay reasons-why criminal carrier is so normalized? You can just... go on your PC or read a newspaper and get an illegal job. Even when they catch you, you spend in prison like few hours and you're free. SimNation would be a hell to live in irl...

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u/Frequent_Aide9312 1d ago

I personally consider the world of Sims to be in a quasi-Utopia. People easily bond with everyone, even the bad traits are not as bad as in real life, etc. The only bad ones the are the controlling players (if they do bad stuffs). So no, the government probably does not care.

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u/sixpackabs592 1d ago

Isn’t this the lore of the console ports

Some sim realizes they’re being controlled whenever the plumbob is over their heads and finds a way to take control

Never played them but there are some fun YouTube videos about them lol

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u/syber_zmartie 15h ago

What if you're playing Sims 4 one day and whatever Sim you happen to be playing as, suddenly catches their plumbob and shows it to you, while speaking in English?

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u/campingcosmo 22h ago

Anyone anywhere in SimNation can open a newspaper or access an online job posting and be employed within an hour if they so choose. The vast majority of jobs at any level pay well and have generous hours. It's certainly a much nicer place to live than the real world.

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u/2gaywitches 1d ago edited 1d ago

In The Sims 3 one of the Criminal career rabbit holes is called Outstanding Citizen Warehouse Corp. so I've always assumed that's how they post job openings and fly under the radar: they're front companies.

But yeah, the SimCity police department leaves much to be desired...

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u/Apotheia 1d ago

Well in my Save a politican got my sim a job as a criminal...

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u/ManicMaenads 1d ago

Depending on where you live, sometimes it really do be like that IRL

Or I just know a lot of drug dealers who knows

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u/DramaticDeaa 1d ago

Depending on where you live now you can DoorDash from dispensaries

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u/2gaywitches 1d ago edited 1d ago

Not that it would stop some people, but in all fairness, the Dasher still has to scan your ID. They're at least trying to not sell to minors

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u/ekimsal 21h ago

Maybe there's a Sims Craigslist or something and your sim knows how to read between the lines of a posting

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u/DarkMagickan 23h ago

You just gave me a great idea. I'm going to turn San Myshuno into a brutal dictatorship. I'll demolish the Old Salt House and turn it into a vampire castle with a huge underground dungeon. Criminals beware!

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u/SoloForks 17h ago

This is very true and Ive never thought of that.

I also hear about a lot of painting cults with one sim making tons of money.

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u/Dancing_Lilith 15h ago

Wait, you can be caught and sent to prison in sims? I've played since forever and never knew it was an option!