

Congratulations, you're no longer a non-magical Sim (Smuggle)! She'll also place a spell book and a cauldron in your inventory. Hit that, and the witch will immediately grant you magical abilities without anymore fuss. You know, whatever it takes.Įventually around +75/+25 for the relationship score, a simple pie menu option will be "Teach me the ways of the Light" or "Teach me the path of the Dark," depending on the witch's alignment. Call 'em up, invite 'em over for dinner, or if you're so inclined, get them Woo Hooing like there's no tomorrow. Once you know a witch at all, you simply must befriend them like any other Sim in the game. Again though, don't fret if you want your Sim to be good and all you see are evil witches, because you'll be able to change out relatively easily. In my game, there were a total of three evil witches and two good witches running around the neighborhood, but your mileage may vary. It doesn't matter in the long-run which witch you encounter, because you can train your Sim out of that alignment. They give off a green aura that you might mistake for stinkiness as well!
#SIMS APARTMENT LIFE WITCHES SKIN#
Evil witches have black dresses, black hats, and a forest green skin tone. Good witches (we'll discuss alignment in a second) wear white robes and have white pointed hats, and give off a blue glow when they walk as well as having gold freckles on their faces. (Specifically, the game states that she pops up more often on a "busy lot.") This, as you might recall from Nightlife, is similar to vampires you're not limited to just the night, thankfully. The game implies that visiting the same community lot many times, especially one with a large building on it, increases the chances that a witch will randomly appear to interact with. To get your first controllable witch, you need to visit a bunch of community lots.

Like with vampires and werewolves, the process of initially becoming a witch will be a bit of a pain, but propagating magic is a relatively simple affair. Magic is far better streamlined this time around, fitting better into the idea of The Sims, and being a much easier set of abilities to deal with. Its magic abilities practically broke the game, and the magical backfires from miscast spells would be arguably devastating for the lots and families. This broad range of new features and content, both helpful and hindering, helps make Apartment Life one of the strongest expansions to any Sims game to date.Back in Sims 1, the final expansion was Makin' Magic. And if your roommate is short on cash come the first of the month? You'll have to pony up to make up the difference, or face an angry landlord willing to take you to collections. Improvements to your pad are limited to the decorative variety - no structural changes allowed. Of course, apartment living also comes with some disadvantages. And, depending on your sim's affluence, butlers are now available - a godsend for players who can't stand cleaning up after themselves. It can have a marked impact on how both new and old acquaintances react to you. Like the reputation meter, which bobs up and down based on how much respect you show other sims. If this element of fantasy is not to your liking, you can simply choose not to associate with any witches and instead focus on new features more in keeping with the series' realer-than-real vibe. It's a fairly steep departure from the franchise's devotion to authenticity, but casting a spell that causes a sim who you think might be making moves on your date to vomit is an undeniably satisfying - if somewhat devilish - bit of fun. For starters, players can now befriend witches and warlocks and eventually join the coven themselves, learning magical powers that give them the ability to make or break relationships, keep themselves fed and clean, and travel quickly by broomstick. That means paying rent, taking on roommates, dealing with loud neighbors, and growing accustomed to a social circle made tighter by virtue of the fact that many of your friends live just a few feet away.īut there's more to Apartment Life than just new urban abodes.

The primary new feature in this add-on, as suggested by its title, is that your sims now have the option of living in a variety of multi-unit dwellings, from sparse lofts to deluxe condominiums.
#SIMS APARTMENT LIFE WITCHES SIMULATOR#
As the remarkably successful life simulator The Sims 2 heads into its final stretch ( The Sims 3 is slated for release next year), Electronic Arts has rolled out one last expansion pack in the form of THE SIMS 2: APARTMENT LIFE.
