The Sims 2/Walkthrough/Pleasantview

This article is about events designed to occur in Pleasantview when you start playing the game. This is designed to help you get used to new features such as WooHooing, marriage, moving in and out, toddler training, advanced easel tools and having affairs.

Lothario family

Don Lothario is one of those sims that hates cleaning up

Sims love to meet each other

They also express love physically

The Lothario family serves to teach you about having affairs with several sims at once. Your character, Don Lothario, is currently doing this with four other sims. To start call Nina Caliente over. Before she arrives, clean up the lot and hire a maid. When Nina arrives, get her into the hot tub and make them 'WooHoo' with each other. This satisfies one of Don's wants. If the maid was present, she will have witnessed the cheating and won't be happy with Don. Get Nina out of the house and have some lunch. Make sure that Nina leaves the lot.

A little kiss goes a long way

Romantic sims just can't help it

Now call her sister Dina. However, don't get her into the hot tub yet. First do some romantic socials to make Don fall in love with her, then get her into the hot tub. 'WooHoo' with Dina and then you're done with this lot. Continue playing or travel to the Goth family.

Goth Family

The happiest or worst day of Cassandra's life

All romantic sims fear commitment

Cassandra goes into aspiration faliure

Which requires a visit from the Sim Shrink

The Goth family has three members. You might remember two of them from the original The Sims. In this family, you only need worry about Cassandra. Fulfill one of her wants by kissing Don Lothario. Next, click on the wedding arch to get them married. Don Lothario fears commitment and he most likely will reject. If he does, Cassandra will go into aspiration faliure and the Sim Shrink will appear temporarily increasing her aspiration score.

Ghosts

Stay long enough on this household to experience a paranormal element of the sims. The Goth household, as you'll notice, contains a graveyard. At night the ghosts will come out and commence the supernatural activities.

Caliente Family

A variation of marrying in The Sims 2.

Moving in

Moving out

The Caliente family will teach you abotu how sims move households in The Sims 2. First get Dina to greet the approaching Mortimer Goth. Get them to greet each other then make Dina propose engagement. Go in for the gold and marry them on the spot. You can then choose members of the Goth family to move in with Mortimer. To finish this household, have Nina find her own place by searching the newspaper.

Broke Family

The first step is to teach Beau how to walk

Next, teach Beau how to go when nature calls

The scene changes when Dustin gets home

The Broke family consists of a single parent, a troublesome teenager and a toddler almost ready to grow up. Have Brandi teach Beau how to walk. She's already started so it won't take long. Now either teach Beau to talk or how to use the potty. note that Brandi is pregnant and her symptoms will slow her down. Dustin will come back home at 1 and will have brought Angela Pleasant along with him. Brandi will lecture Dustin over his mediocre grades. After that's done, make Dustin and Angela share a First Kiss.

Beau should grow up happy

If you haven't finished Beau's training, finish it soon. At 6pm, buy a birthday cake and have Brandi take Beau to it. Beau will grow up with platinum aspiration if you've fulfilled enough of his wants.

Pregancy

As you'll notice, Brandi enters the game pregnant. If you continue playing, you'll eventually give birth to a baby boy. During pregancy, the symptoms will heighten and make life unbearable for Brandi. You also have to take care of Dustin and get a bed for Beau. In short, playing this family is quite difficult.

Dreamer Family

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Paint a still life

or paint a portrait

The main focus of this family is on a completely new easel painting system. Send Darren upstairs and make him do a regular painting. Make sure that he completes it but also don't neglect his needs. Once he's done, get him to paint another painting. A still life or a portrait. Make sure he also completes that one. Sell both paintings then head downstairs to pay the bills. This family shows you alternative ways to make money for your sims.

Pleasant Family

The maid comes to clean and break up the household

The price of having more than one lover

Daniel Pleasant is the main focus of this household. As the twins will leave for school and his wife has work, he'll get the house all to himself. How forunate as he has a thing going with the maid. When she arrives at 10pm, she'll clean and ask to stay and hang out with Daniel. Say yes. Have them both relaxing on the bed but don't WooHoo yet. A chance card will appear for Mary-Sue. No matter the answer, it'll always be wrong and have her sent home. Now get them to WooHoo. As she arrives home, she catches Daniel cheating and gains a bad memory. Daniel also gets a bad memory. The teens may not witness the encounter but if you did this after 1pm then they'll see their dad having an affair and react accordingly.