Bella & Mortimer Goth as children

[dlisted]

From the Promo CD it looks like The Goth family will include Mortimer as a child.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii209/dlistedstella/collectors8.jpg

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but while browsing some of the other screenshots it looks like Mortimer makes another appearance and it looks like he's with a little Bella.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii209/dlistedstella/12.jpg

How do you guys feel about playing Mortimer and Bella as children? They look mildly like children of the corn, but otherwise, The sims 3 characters appearance is growing on me. Are you guys happy to have Bella back in the game again or would you have preferred they kept her a little bit of a mystery like they did in TS2? Do you think their characters will be drawn to each other or will they be random kids we have to introduce? And what about Cassandra and Alexander? Does anyone else think Mortimer's parents look wicked cool?

[Phoeberg]

I think Mortimer's parents look awesome! Kind of remind me of the Addams family. Little Bella and Mortimer are very cute, but I find it weird that they will be children in Sims 3, because the first two games sort of had a progression in age and storyline for them. Now none of what happened to them in Sims 2 will hve happened, and I won't be able to quite see them as the same characters, at least, not Bella anyway.

[kennyinbmore]

I don't like the Pre Sims 1 timeline. So far it's the only thing I don't like about the game, not a deal breaker though:p

[Neeri_SC]

Oh my god they are so cuuute, Look at their hair <3 their eyes <3

I want the game now!

[dlisted]

I think Mortimer's parents look awesome! Kind of remind me of the Addams family. Little Bella and Mortimer are very cute, but I find it weird that they will be children in Sims 3, because the first two games sort of had a progression in age and storyline for them. Now none of what happened to them in Sims 2 will hve happened, and I won't be able to quite see them as the same characters, at least, not Bella anyway.
that's my biggest problem too. If you do end up getting them married and having kids there is always a chance their first born will be a boy which would make Cassandra nonexistent. It's kind of like a time machine. They are the cutest sims ive seen so far though.

[Petchy]

Kinda like this also though; People were always speculating on what stories will be added to TS3; Now we can start from the Beginning and just make up our own!


I kinda wish we got the next generation though :(

[crocobaura]

that's my biggest problem too. If you do end up getting them married and having kids there is always a chance their first born will be a boy which would make Cassandra nonexistent. It's kind of like a time machine. They are the cutest sims ive seen so far though.

Maybe they will code it so that their first child is always a girl and that Morty will marry Bella if their destiny is not changed by the player. Kind of how they did with Brandy Broke in Sims2 that she always gives birth to a son.

[robokitty]

I guess this means we get to find out Bella's maiden name too

[lauratje86]

Kind of how they did with Brandy Broke in Sims2 that she always gives birth to a son.

Isn't that just because Skip Broke's dead? I thought I read somewhere that all babies born to pregnant female sims after the father has died (and the gravestone been deleted??) would be boys?

[Ghanima Atreides]

Bella's maiden name is Bachelor.

This seems a little stupid to be honest though. Bella and Mortimer's story has been told already, the whole sim community is used to the info we've had from the first and second versions, recycling them yet *again* but in the past...I mean how hard is it to come up with something new and original? Or just continue their family's history some other way.

I suppose this begs the question: is this taking place in Pleasantview, and are the other characters there as kids too? Or did they just pluck the Goths and put them in a completely different town?

[Petchy]

TS2 was all about Growing and Generations; Making scene that the "originalites" would be aged up, imagine seeing your favorite sims that you've played with for ages, wishing they would grow, as Elders!

TS3 Is much more about the Seamless Neighborhood and originality, why not make the whole thing as YOU wanted?
---
...on Ghanima Atreides's note; I HAVE to see what Nervous looks like as a Child! :)

[dlisted]

it makes sense to have them as kids if they only wanted to continue the goths and crumplebottoms. The crumplebottoms and goths are related so it's more of where they came from and grew up before going to pleasantview. That way they don't need to continue the rest of the stories.

Petchy- I think he would be adorable!

[kustirider2]

Petchy- Great idea! I will extract him when simPE is updated for M&G.

[Petchy]

Muwahahaa, thus the Beauty of waiting till christmas till I get it!

[kustirider2]

Aww.. Lol only 15 days to go!

[Petchy]

:D I can wait it out - only 15 days to go....... *humms*


S'least I don't have to wait as long for simPE :)

[PuX- 80's]

They have it all wrong.
The Sims had the Goths (Morty, Bella, and Cassandra).
TS2 had the Goths grown-up (Morty, Cassandra and Alex; missing Bella)
TS3 is supposed to finish what they started not go Blast from the Past.

That's like a million dollar artist reverting back to black, skinny stick figures.

It is a good idea, but I'd like to see everyone grown-up and moved on.

[Petchy]

..but Pux, look at it from the metaphor perspective! They have changed loads in TS3. Compared to TS2, and also they have made gameplay more fluid - ie; Generations will most likely pass much faster now we don't have to play them.
Just think of it as this: an alternate story and life for mortimer. In TS2(+1 ish) Morty grew up, found a wife, had a child, became a inventor, got rich, had annother child, had his wife abducted by aliens, got targeted by Nina&Dina, and so on.
What more of the story is to be told? TS1 had Bella and Morty in it, it would be Weird without either of them!

[PuX- 80's]

Now what if Morty never meets Bella?
Their is no world domination for the Goths.
What are they going to milk out of the Goths if/when TS4 comes out?

Are they just going to revert the Goths or is every family going to revert?

[Petchy]

From what I've heard; Just the Goths and Crumplebottoms (the two are related)

I think Morty and Bella will already know each other as the game begins, we can never know, remember :)

By the time TS4 comes out, they will've made a new story - like Bella in strangerown. I can see why they did this; but I wouldn't have made the decision!

[puddlejumper_SC]

I like the idea of the generation reversing. Finally you can see a little Don Lothario and others(Hopefully more than just the Goths are included). I wouldn't really mind even if Morty didn't know Bella, maybe I can marry him to any girl I want.

[dlisted]

I think it's only going to be the Goths, Bella, Crumplebottoms and weren't the Landgraabs from OFB or one of the other EPs? It kind of looks like from the Promo CD that he might not even initially know Bella. I think it will be fun to play them up until the point that they turn adults and the previous storyline starts getting ruined.

[cavilez]

Ha ha imagine you hook Bella up with Malcolm and Mortimer up with some random stranger (or a crumplebottom, eww). I wonder what the kids would look like. Hurry up February, lol.

[dlisted]

Mortimer can't date a crumplebottom!! That'd be incest! The Crumplebottom ladies are his aunts! It would annoy me way too much to have Mortimer not follow the story. I wonder if we don't play them at all and they age naturally if they'll end up together.

[Charley-x]

awww it'd ruin the current storyline- but if might be fun-

on a side note= that other family (in the picture) are including in this video http://uk.pc.ign.com/dor/objects/802129/the-sims-3/videos/SIMS3pcCHEEKY_121008.html;jsessionid=2t28fo005vm1o

[SilentPsycho]

Isn't that just because Skip Broke's dead? I thought I read somewhere that all babies born to pregnant female sims after the father has died (and the gravestone been deleted??) would be boys?

That's wrong. The only reason that Brandi gives birth to a boy the first time is that Skip Broke isn't actually the boy's father. Instead, they just impregnated Brandi with herself, which always creates a clone of the parent. except of the opposite gender.

[Ferret II]

I love Mortimer's dad, he looks very cool.

[Purplepaws]

That's wrong. The only reason that Brandi gives birth to a boy the first time is that Skip Broke isn't actually the boy's father. Instead, they just impregnated Brandi with herself, which always creates a clone of the parent. except of the opposite gender.

But Brandi was impregnated by herself as a result of Skip dying. Any time the father of an unborn child dies, the game discards his character data, and one half of the child's genes goes missing, therefore duplicating the other half. I've heard that if you bring Skip Broke back from the dead before Brandi gives birth, the baby will then share his genes and have a chance of being a girl.

So you're both right, in fact.

[LongTallSally]

Wow, what did this promo CD come with? I'm glad they'll be including the Goths in the new game. Any word on any of the other "old" characters?

And what's all this talk of Christmas? The game doesn't come out until February. :o

[dlisted]

Wow, what did this promo CD come with? I'm glad they'll be including the Goths in the new game. Any word on any of the other "old" characters?

And what's all this talk of Christmas? The game doesn't come out until February. :o
Only the crumplebottoms and Landgraabs so far. Game definately doesnt come out until February. Some of the top custom creators were invited to play the game for a week in January to start making CC, but that's the only situation of people playing it earlier i've heard about. They're so lucky, but deserved it. It will be cool to have some CC made before the game even comes out.

[kennyinbmore]

That's wrong. The only reason that Brandi gives birth to a boy the first time is that Skip Broke isn't actually the boy's father. Instead, they just impregnated Brandi with herself, which always creates a clone of the parent. except of the opposite gender.

Man you guys are really into the Sims lol

[frankie]

But the beauty of this reversed storyline is that the game introduces us to more creativity and what not, so now we get to make the story happen. We get to choose if we want Mortimer to be with Bella or not. So it's our own reconstruction of the whole storyline. I personally like that.

And by the way... I suspect that this is the first glimpse of Bella. I think this is the real Bella... not the other picture from above (the current first picture of the kids):

http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/screenshots.jsp

She's tan and Bella has always been tan. And her hair here looks more like the way Bella has had it. I don't think the kids from the above picture are them, I think this picture here is them.

[cavilez]

Yeah frankie I think you are right. The above picture that girl is pale and Bella is tanned. Your pic seems more right.

Has anyone thought about having the Newbie's in the game?

[frankie]

Well, I figured because the boy on the slide is definitely Mortimer. He looks more like him than the boy in the first close-up picture. While both boys have the same exact outfit, I think the one on the slide is definitely Mortimer. And seeing as how he is on the playground playing with a tanned girl, it's just kind of obvious. I wonder why Bella's family never made it to that pre-order introduction map. She's actually more popular than Mortimer. You see more Sims 2 paintings about her than of Mortimer. And the whole "where's Bella" deal only boosted her popularity. And then there's the statue of her holding the plumbbob. So I'm just surprised that all this time we never saw her until now.

As for the Newbies, I have thought about them and hope they will make it in the game. They should be kids as well because weren't they the same age as Bella and Mortimer? Then again, in Sims 1, all adults were the same age since it had no aging in the game.

[999rozes]

Wow Bella Bachelor and Mortimer Goth look so adorable. Its like an alternate reality of the Sims storyline that we control, as one poster said about Bella giving birth to a boy instead of Cassie.

I think Sims 3 no longer means storyline & progression. Just progression and I must say Gunther and the other Goth look awesome!! I love his hat and her hair ^^

EDIT: Will they follow the Sims 2 Console story of Bella where Bella just married Morty for money? Like some sort of Greed Trait even though the game will no have that well closest is Kleptomaniac :p

[frankie]

They'll follow whatever YOUR story tells. That's what I like about it. It's funny how now their first child could even be a boy. And even if it were a girl, she may or may not be tanned like Cassandra and of course will not look like her either. I'm sure many people will still follow the storyline the same as in Sims 1 or Sims 2 once they grow Mortimer and Bella up.

[999rozes]

lol.... and we can make our own situation up on how Bella was taken by a space ship.

OFF TOPIC: Is there going to be the movie camera icon? I wanna film the Sims 3 XD

[dlisted]

OFF TOPIC: Is there going to be the movie camera icon? I wanna film the Sims 3 XD

There will be something called the movie mashup. it's supposed to make things easier for movie makers.

[999rozes]

movie mashup? would this be able to be played outside the sims 3? as in put in Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas etc? o-O

[treeag]

But the beauty of this reversed storyline is that the game introduces us to more creativity and what not, so now we get to make the story happen. We get to choose if we want Mortimer to be with Bella or not. So it's our own reconstruction of the whole storyline. I personally like that.

And by the way... I suspect that this is the first glimpse of Bella. I think this is the real Bella... not the other picture from above (the current first picture of the kids):

http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/screenshots.jsp

She's tan and Bella has always been tan. And her hair here looks more like the way Bella has had it. I don't think the kids from the above picture are them, I think this picture here is them.

Well, the filename for that picture is SIMS3pcSCRNmortbell_big.jpg :D That should tell you something.

[Purplepaws]

Good find, Treeag! Now we know for sure.

[999rozes]

I seriously knew that but didn't bother to post it haha

[Algalara]

aaaww, they are so cute- I am glad that maxis have updated their 'gothic' style clothes and stuff. I think it will be interesting to see mortimer and bella as children, and how their personalities develop- seeing as we missed out on bella the second time round, maybe it is third time lucky? I, however, am a dedicated Cassandra fan, and wouldn't want to see her go :(

[SilentPsycho]

I, however, am a dedicated Cassandra fan, and wouldn't want to see her go :(

You could always make her in the Sims 3 CAS, then pretend that she's travelled back through time to stop her mother being abducted by aliens, unfortunately erasing her own existance in the process and thus being stuck there. :P

[cappyboy]

People, people, I think we're forgetting something here. Just because Morty and Bella is the default reality when we get the game doesn't mean the others won't be available. It may take some time. But we WILL eventually have them. Looks at all the Sims 1 characters that can be found from mod sites or EA themselves at the moment. From the Roomies to the Mashugas to EA site specials like the Joneses and the Valentinos, pretty much all the Sims 1 characters are out there to be had at various sites. Since the game is scheduled to drop in February, I'll bet we'll have all the casts and storylines from the prior two games available to us from one place or another by this time next year. Even if this planned storyline proves not to be to taste, you won't have to play the canon families. And even if you feel you do personally, it's just while the modders get back up to speed. We all love the old characters. Be it EA or our lovely modders, someone will get them to us.

[999rozes]

You could always make her in the Sims 3 CAS, then pretend that she's travelled back through time to stop her mother being abducted by aliens, unfortunately erasing her own existance in the process and thus being stuck there.

reminds me of back to the future ^^

[The_Oceanborn]

hmm... I think Mortimer and Bella as children in "this generation" is a little bit weird because he started out as an adult in TS1 and was an elder in TS2 and in TS3 he is a...... child!
It's so weird. But since I have been gone from TS2 community for so long, have you spotted any other TS3 characters originally from earlier games? It's pity the Goths have to be in the center all the time. I would love to play the young Curious brothers.
But although only 1 neighborhood I think the game is going to be fantastic with loads of new options and game challenges...... I have changed my mind a lot about TS3 and I hate to say it, but I'm getting more and more tired of playing TS2 and having to look after all sims in the hood. TS3 is automatically "playing" them and growing them up so I can focus more on my favourites.....
And I don't need a stupid family playing schedule like I have now.....
But I still LOVE TS2 and I will play both TS2 and TS3.

[simsample]

It all looks far too modern to be set in the time when Mort was young!

[cappyboy]

I can kinda see that. Reminds me of A Pup Named Scooby Doo that way.

[doglover168]

I actually like the idea of having our TS2 characters as children in TS3. They're adorable and I've always been curious about them. It was a big jump from TS1 to TS2 and I always wanted to know how Mort and Bella got there. Now I get to make their story! I'm super excited for February. I'm also very excited that Mrs. Crumplebottom is a controable character. I want to make her life less terrible so she won't grow old and whack my sims silly with her purse. So. I like the idea of "going backwards" from TS2, unlike a lot of people. I also like the look of the sims in TS3. They look more real I think. I'm not sure how I feel about universal aging yet, we'll have to see haha. Overall, I am very happy with how TS3 is looking though. :)

[frankie]

hmm... I think Mortimer and Bella as children in "this generation" is a little bit weird because he started out as an adult in TS1 and was an elder in TS2 and in TS3 he is a...... child!
It's so weird.

It's not weird at all. It's just a new beginning. That's all it is. A brand new beginning. So that means that they can still be "back in time" per se and still be more modern than when they were older. It just means that the storyline has restarted, that's all. This is now going to be the beginning.

If they continued after Sims 2, Bella and Mortimer would be dead. And it's just not the same without these two in the game, as well as other popular characters. But let's face it, the reason why these two got so much attention is because they are indeed the most popular and probably most-played with family in Sims history. When Sims 1 first came out, all characters were equally popular. But after years of playing and studying the way people played Sims, it must have shown that Mortimer and Bella (and Cassandra) have become THE most popular family, with Bella becoming THE most popular character in the entire Sims series (why else would she get to be special enough to be abducted by aliens and cause players to want to find her in the game?). Don't forget about the fact that she is the only Sims character to ever be featured in an object, such as wall hangings and a neighborhood decor object.

And who wants to play an elder Bella even if Sims 3 were to continue just a few years later into the storyline? So eventually EA felt that restarting the whole storyline just to keep many of the known characters was the best idea and the most logical one at that. It's supposed to represent the fact that we now control the storyline. We can now make it happen however we want to. :)

[Funnybone_SC]

I really REALLY like how Morty and Bella are kids. I mean, if they kept on going with the original storyline, it would be a complete mess since so many people have grown up all the characters and married them all off. EA just realized that no two games would have the character stay the same. In one persons game they could be untuched, in another their all dead, in a few Bella is back, etc. So if they did their own continued storyline, people would be like WOAH, Morty did not marry Nina or whatever they made happen. Since they are kids, we get to control their lives, which is cool with me. AND we will get to see their traits, which will be neat. :D I can't wait! I think they look so cute!
*looks at Goth family picture* NOW I see why they are called the Goths! Ha!

[frankie]

Yeah but they now look more modern goth. I love it! :)

[999rozes]

I still love Cornelia's hair! She does look like a cornelia and compared to her Sims 2 form.... whoa! She lost her moderness through the years eh? ^^

[frankie]

Is Cornelia Mortimer's mother? I only looked at the family tree once so I don't remember the names of the parents. Gunther is the father, right? Weren't they also in Sims 1 but added later on in an expansion pack?

[Charley-x]

Yes frankie Cornelia is and Gunter are Mortimer's Parents, I think they were Elders in the first game and came with Pets? They came with the EP which added more space to the main n'hood. :)

[frankie]

Ah, yes, it was called "Unleashed." It added "Olde Town" where you can go and buy pets and seeds for your garden. What memories! :)

[The_Oceanborn]

Ah, yes, it was called "Unleashed." It added "Olde Town" where you can go and buy pets and seeds for your garden. What memories! :)

I didn't know Cornelia and Gunther were in the original game. I didn't have unleashed :eviltongu
But it would have been fun to play the Goth family once more with grown-up Bella and Mortimer and child Cassandra and baby Alex.
But I also want all the Strangetown characters as children! And it would be cool to see Lilith and Angela again......

[frankie]

Most of the Sims in Sims 2 were just exclusive for that game. Every game has its own exclusive characters. Just the popular ones are selected to be repeated.

[999rozes]

^
and the ones who are not as popular die (Michael, Bob, Betty....) ... or don't appear (Roomies)

[frankie]

Well the Roomies were really just a family to get you to have the feel of having roommates that are different from one another living in the same household. So that family was meant to be different in this game. Just that this time it's more challenging with the traits and 5 Sims rather than 2 and three bedrooms.

[catrlgirl]

Hmm I have anidea perhaps this mortimer is just named after his Great grandfather on his fathers side LOL and Bella might be Cassandra and Don's great granddaughter named after thier mothers sides.

Cassandra marries don and has a kid that kid has a kid and then that kid has a kid named cassandra goth. (Don take bellas name in my game lol) Then Alexander gets married and has a kid with a random sim then they marry another random sim named bachelor and they have a kid they name bella

[Grig 32]

Considering how custom content fans are always making 'young' Morty and Bella from teen to child to adult this shouldn't really shake people up all that much. Morty and Bella have a HUGE cult following and it seems only fair that, finally, people get to control them from the start - deciding what they grow into

BTW, considering that TS2 had cheats to control the gender of the baby that adults have, it shouldn't be all that big a shocker for there to be a code just like that in this game ;) trust me, fans 'll find a way to 'stick' to established TS cannon lol

Fan's 'll have their beloved Cassy and her little brother - only THIS time... she might not have to fall in love with that Lothario jerk ;)

[frankie]

considering that TS2 had cheats to control the gender of the baby that adults have,

I would love to know about that cheat. I didn't know such a cheat existed.

[dramaqueen100_SC]

wait his parents were in the first edition i never noticed i was just playing the game today ;p

[Grig 32]

The tombstone of L and D of course - personally though, I just reload until I get the gender I want which is, technically, cheating

[frankie]

Thanks, I never knew that! :)

[Grig 32]

The baby isn't 'coded' until birth - thats when the personallity, eye color, hair color, what-have-you is 'rolled' together.

Before that its just a 'tag' that reads the mother/father as pregnant

[frankie]

I wish the baby's gender was coded before birth, though. Maybe visit the hospital and choose an interaction to find out the baby's gender. That way for those who want it as a surprise can just avoid this.

[Grig 32]

Well one would assume that you can just save before the baby is delivered and just do what you did with TS2 and load from your previous version until you get the brat you want lol ^^

[NekoGirl]

Considering how custom content fans are always making 'young' Morty and Bella from teen to child to adult this shouldn't really shake people up all that much. Morty and Bella have a HUGE cult following and it seems only fair that, finally, people get to control them from the start - deciding what they grow into

BTW, considering that TS2 had cheats to control the gender of the baby that adults have, it shouldn't be all that big a shocker for there to be a code just like that in this game ;) trust me, fans 'll find a way to 'stick' to established TS cannon lol

Fan's'll have their beloved Cassy and her little brother - only THIS time... she might not have to fall in love with that Lothario jerk ;)

Exactly what I intend to do, lol. (not let her fall for Lothario, I mean ^^) I've never been able to do Hacks, I'm just a fan of them, but I would think they'd put it something like the Sims 2 FaceChanger Show Buisiness career reward into this 3rd game. If so, coupled with a few nifty cheats, I can do whatever I wish with my favorite Maxis sim's life from the very day she's born. ^_^

Plus, I think its safe to assume that, like in TS2, you should be able to save before the birth & reload without saving until you get what you want, exactly.

& since you truly can control ALL of Cassandra's life if you choose the canon storyline (aka Bella, Mortimer, Cassie & Alex), I'm sure players (like I intend to do) will create their own versions of what they believe Cassandra should have done with her life.

Between the factor of Bella & Mortimer being children, & The Sims 3 coming out a mere 8 days before my birthday... I don't think I'll be on at all the following week. ^^

[tree4me]

Oh my god!

I am getting a haircut just like Cornelia's! :P
Well, the Sims 3 is going to be very different from the Sims 2. To think I only just got Sims 2.

[frankie]

& since you truly can control ALL of Cassandra's life if you choose the canon storyline (aka Bella, Mortimer, Cassie & Alex), I'm sure players (like I intend to do) will create their own versions of what they believe Cassandra should have done with her life.

Yes, I was disappointed that she became a Family Sim in Sims 2 and not Knowledge. I always envisioned her as the Knowledge type who knows better than to fall for the first jerk she laid her eyes on. ;)

[Lumino]

I think they're soo adorable! But is it just me, Or do the parents look extremely irresponsible? They look so young, like they still be in their teen years. Except for the dad! Mortimer would've never met Nina! If you marry Bella and Mortimer in your TS3 game, and not meet a Nina, then..that change severything, and if Bella doesn't give birth to Cassandra, then she would never start a family with Darren Dreamer! How...Interesting; The creators sure are wack for coming up with this idea of reversing the order of age.

[frankie]

Lumino, I think you mean Dina. Dina is the blonde and Nina is the redhead and it's Dina who is with Mortimer. :)

[Zorgot]

Yes frankie Cornelia is and Gunter are Mortimer's Parents, I think they were Elders in the first game and came with Pets? They came with the EP which added more space to the main n'hood. :)
Yeah, they lived in that big red mansion and had cats :lovestruc aww memories XD
I would like to see Michael Bachelor in the game...i was kinda in love with him in The Sims 1. He's somewhat the same age as Bella, they were both adults in TS1, he should be child in TS3 too, or at least toddler since he was still single and Bella was married in TS1

[frankie]

Yes but he was Bella's brother in Sims 2, lol. :)

[Zorgot]

yes, but he was dead in Sims 2...or Dina killed him lol

[coltraz]

Michael Bachelor was my favourite Sim from TS1! I played him the most. He was always sort of a loser.

[Charley-x]

I don't remember Micheal Bachelor. This is making me want to play Dina & Nina BADLY. :}

[Kittigoob_SC]

I was just wondering...if this is going two generations back from the Sims 2, which took place in modern-esque times, then why is everything still modern?
I know its a game, but it'd be pretty awesome if we could see early 1900's through mid 1900's architecture, the boxy classic cars, and sweet clothing.
Maybe it's just me.

Wouldn't it be cool if they had a "decade" expansion pack? Like stuff from the twenties all the way up to the eighties?

Am I being a little far-fetched here?

[Furude Rika]

Because it's not really "back in time", it's a "restart".

Also, time periods don't really exist in the Sims, at least in terms of the main storyline. It's more a like a pastiche of lots of different times and cultural attitudes and events.

[frankie]

Yeah, it's definitely a restart. It's not going back into the past, but starting all over. New game, new start. :)

[coltraz]

And if it was going back to the past which I think is sort of the point, the Sims universe is not our universe, so it's perfectly reasonable to have modern day technology in their universe.

[frankie]

Well, not only that, but it would just not make sense to not be modern. Not everyone wants a historical or retro game but most people can tolerate a modern game. Plus modern is the present day.

[tiffyandthewall]

i love the goth family, and i don't see why people get into such a tizzy over them still being included. you don't HAVE to include them in your personal gameplay aside from perhaps seeing them as neighbors. of course there will be new sims, but is it really that horrible that they included some old favourites?

[charlie-chan]

I love being able to play Bella and Mortimer as children.