Sure, Tartosa has some beautiful sights. I cannot remember a world that was “ugly” with TS4 (besides the very fake cows/sheep cut outs we had in some far sights in other worlds) they do some of a decent job with that.
I’m not sure yet but scrolling through the neighborhood at first arrival its a tat.. empty? Sure, we have the well known stands from previous GP/EP’s thrown in with new designs. To accommodate shopping (no rl shopping ofc) and some basic sim needs. I was a bit surprised to find this lounge right here. I’m sorry but the stands for food should only be used for street food purposes imo. Tartosa is a romantic setting. Why not give it a romantic sea-front restaurant?
Probably because it should not require a other GP but seriously. I’m quite underwhelmed by this world. Most of it is decor dressing. Which should not come as a surprise since we’ve been here before. Im a tiny bit afraid to start the gameplay around marriage and given the bad weather, im thinking of re-locating it to Sulani?
Meeting the unexpected love of your life later in life has mellowed Judith down. She loves her new life with Silas and Tomax. Taking more time to enjoy life instead of her career. For the occassion they decided to hop on their private jet and visit Tartosa!
Judith: Sy! Mommy took you on the jet, whats the fuss? We did not fly coach…
Tomax: He’s just tired, babe. He just needs his nap!
Judith: Well i hope he sleeps okay, this was the only tiny bungalow that was available for us!
Tomax: its a villa! You’ll see! its very cozy and chic!
This palace of a house, it takes literally a sim hour to get to the kitchen and upstairs, needed a remodel to fit a nice bedroom for Silas. So one of the guest bedrooms had to be scarified. If you can call it that… with that many rooms XD.
Tomax has certainly brought out the best in her social skills although her neighbor Thorne is kind of a celebrity himself and just as snobby! But hey, she’s taking the effort to go around in the (gated) neighborhood ;)
Tomax: Babe, you should really go and visit the Baileys some time! They seem like nice people and they also have a kid!
Judith: Ahhh! Really? Thorne barely talks to anyone outside of the cul-de-sac how do you know?
When they got home from the beach, Tomax started dinner. I thought it was since Cottage Living they could do stuff together(?) Well Judith only stood there XD watching how Tomax cooking. Sure, it fits her character but it might be the villa not having enough space to route cooking together (she walked to the hallway 2 times during).
When the meals were done (dinner and dessert) i tried to make them sit down together and eat which was a nightmare. I forgot abt this but thinking back at my legacy save it also was a disaster to make them all sit and interact at the same time. Without sims randomly standing up, switching seats, washing dished whilst eating (not done). Ughh. This was the only decent shot, so go figure XD.
And it took them not even 30 sim minutes to show up… paps and fans alike. To my surprise Judith walked towards her fans for some friendlyinteractions.
Judith:And you… i’m on a break from the Del Sol Valley scene and you dare to show up here? Wearing that generic glasses that all of you NPC’s wear?! Get the hell out of my sight and leave us alone!
But for reals… even with MC dresser… i blacklisted these glasses and they stil pop up everywhere. I have not normal looking game generated townies. Its so demotivating. Im trying to run a nice looking game and they spoil it for me every time.