The Sims: Livin' Large
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The Sims: Livin' Large is the first expansion pack released for the strategy/simulation computer game, The Sims. Livin' Large adds extra characters, new items and some new jobs to the game, to make a better living.
Give your Sims the wild life!
Put your Sims into outrageous situations and settings with The Sims Livin' Large. New objects, careers, building styles and characters give you the freedom to send your Sims' lives in extreme directions where they'll confront everything from roach infestations to alien abductions. Create a wild new world for your Sims and see what happens.
New items
- Home chemistry lab — Sims can increase their logic skill by making potions. They can also choose to drink the potions they have made, causing them to experience various effects such as becoming invisible, turning into a monster, and more.
- Magic lamp — If Sims are looking for love or just want some extra money, they can rub the lamp to summon a purple genie who can grant them their wishes. However, not all effects of the lamp are positive--the genie can sometimes make the Sims' wishes go awry.
- Vibromatic heart bed — This romantic bed gives your Sims great comfort to sleep in and also gives two of your Sims the chance to relax.
- Electric guitar — With practice, your hard-rocking Sims will draw crowds of dancing admirers--or will they?
- Crystal ball — Unravel the Crystal Ball's riddles and follow its advice to improve your Sims' personality and gaze into the future.
- Servo — Though expensive, this robot is a "one-size-fits-all" object. Players purchase the docking pod for §15,000. If anything must be done, the Sims can activate Servo, who then goes into a routine of cooking, gardening, repairing, and cleaning (therefore eliminating the need for a maid or gardener).
New Characters
Tragic Clown is a miserable clown who visits the homes of depressed Sims who have a "Tragic Clown" painting hanging in their household. He makes tasks even more difficult for already miserable Sims by waking them up while they try to sleep, and distract them with poorly executed tricks etc.
The clown can be eradicated by boosting the moods and overall morale of any Sims residing in the household. And selling any "Tragic Clown" paintings in the household will prevent his return. A faster method of ridding a household of the clown is a service called the "Clown Catchers", but it comes at a price. (Locking the Tragic Clown in a room with no doors will not work; like Servo the Robot, he can teleport out if locked away with no escape.)
Grim Reaper is another character introduced in the expansion. He collects the souls of dead Sims, however if any surrounding Sims are prompt enough, they may be able to plea with the Grim Reaper to spare the life of a dying Sim. From thereon, the Grim Reaper can either accept or decline the offer, the latter resulting in the death of the Sim. If Grim Reaper accepts the plea, he and the pleading Sim will play Rock, Paper, Scissors. A win for the Grim Reaper will result in the dying Sim being resurrected into a zombie. A win for the pleading Sim will result in a complete, unhinged resurrection of the dying Sim.
New careers
- Slacker
- Journalism
- Paranormal
- Hacker
- Music
New Features
- If the player leaves a plate of cookies out in a room with a Christmas tree and a fireplace, Santa Claus will visit if all the sims are asleep by 12. Santa leaves present boxes which act like the presents under the tree, but will also leave real items, like a big screen TV or Stereo.
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