How much do sims traits impact their behaviour? // Sims 4 traits experiment

oh hi thanks for watching my video so today we are going to be i guess conducting another experiment i want to find out if traits actually affect my sims behavior so it's kind of an experiment on traits but also autonomy as well because i'm not going to be leading these sims to do anything so i've made two sims with what i would consider pretty conflicting traits this is jared he's a funny guy he wants to be a joke star but he's also gloomy lazy and he's a slob so theoretically he's the type of person that just wants to sit in front of the tv doesn't mind making a mess doesn't get excited too easily so then we have a sim that i would consider fairly opposite this is sasha she's quite creative she likes painting she's also active she's a perfectionist and she's cheerful so i've got two sims with conflicting traits and i want to see how they behave so let's move them into their new home okay so here are our two homes the uh mailbox doesn't need to be there but i basically i duplicated one room i filled it full of things that could keep sims occupied just to see what they choose to do so they have all the stuff they need for their needs so they've got a kitchen a table they've got a bed little bathroom there but then they also have things that they can use to build skills if they choose or clean up after themselves so for cleaning up after themselves they've got a vacuum cleaner they also have a laundry basket and a washer and dryer and if they want to build skills they have this body machine a computer this bush this easel knitting a guitar a bookcase a wellness mat i think that's it oh and a bar and a dartboard as well and then they can watch tv so there's quite a lot to keep them entertained so i'm mainly interested to see if they choose to do things to build their skills and if they clean up after themselves like which one lives just to fulfill their needs and which one actually builds their skills so i'm not going to be controlling these sims at all in fact let me make sure i've got my autonomy on full okay my autonomy is on full so i'm gonna send both of these sims into their homes and then i'm just gonna delete their doors because they have everything they need in there and they know each other so you know maybe they could text each other or something neither of them have traits that require them to have lots of social interaction so i'm sure they'll be fine i'm thinking maybe we'll just observe them for like i don't know maybe three days so until the end of the weekend see what we get so we're already one sim see i actually i actually was arming and erring about putting a computer in here because i thought if i give them both a computer that's all they're gonna do because for some reason sims are hardwired to go straight to the computer so already we have sasha who's gone to the computer but she is building a skill i assume it's in gaming yeah i'm not going to give her any likes or dislikes but she already has something queued up which is to do a workout so she's she likes to get things done don't she she planned herself a workout after playing a game good and what's this guy doing just watching a bit of tv so jared has gone down the slightly lazier route here but that's okay we all like to veg out in front of the tv sometimes nothing wrong with that so they've been in their homes for less than an hour and sasha has built what two skills yeah she's got a skill in video gaming and a skill in fitness jared is playing dance which is something that's quite fun but it's not skill building i am kind of predicting that gerard is going to live in a way that's just fulfilling his needs and doing things that he gets fun from oh although i say that he's going to the computer so and she's still working out breaking up breaking a sweat there i'm gonna see how things go with the computer if after the first 24 hours they spend an unreasonably high amount of time using their computer that i might just delete the computer because they've got loads of stuff to keep them occupied but so far so good both been building skills i think she's heading to bed now good night sasha have a good night's sleep jared doesn't really seem to be showing any signs of yeah i mean his needs are still pretty full i mean he's not really done much today watched telly had a game of darts he's not even tired not in the slightest okay now he's going to bed no night what are they dreaming about she's dreaming about puppets i don't think he's really dreaming about anything now she's dreaming about sports she seems to be dreaming a lot more than he does he hasn't had any thought bubbles pop up but she's had quite a few she's had like four maybe i'm looking too much into this she's gonna make oh okay so her food of choice is a garden salad quite healthy that's how you want to start your day sasha that's fine by me i wonder what jared's meal of choice would be i can see he's already made a bit of a mess with his laundry but i i doubt he's gonna clean it up yeah he's still sleeping you're enjoying your garden salad great start to the day good oh i think he's awake oh he's just taking a little morning jared is gloomy gloomy sims often suffers sadness well he doesn't he's not that sad although well he does have a sad mood buff actually fair enough oh we're gonna go make some breakfast what is jared gonna have for his breakfast just a quick meal microwave meal yeah he's just gone for a quick microwave dinner for breakfast what are you doing you just watching some tv she's not too happy because the the salad she made tasted like i mean that's pretty bad sasha if you can make salad that tastes bad i mean how how can you that up really that's a good idea play some dots maybe unwind a little bit i think she worked out a little bit too hard yesterday he seems a little bit more content with his microwave meal oh now it's sasha's turn to take a maybe i'm being too observant because i'm literally calling them out on every single move they make i should have checked whether jared washed his hands after he went to the bathroom because he's a slob so i don't know sasha's doing some push-ups even though she's got achy muscles jared he's having a little bit of a you know he's he's having a bit of a nap he's been awake for about an hour and a half now so probably a good time to uh lay on the couch and get some shut eye the contrast oh okay we've stopped doing push-ups and we're back on the computer what are you doing oh she's chatting meeting people you making friends because right now your only friend is jared which is pretty sad if you ask me oh she's thinking about a crush does that mean she's looking for like a boyfriend or something i was still sleeping notice how jared left his plate on the table and sasha cleaned hers up oh okay they both stopped doing what they were doing so what's the plan now sasha looks like she's oh she's going back to the computer okay just to go and chat again and what about oh you're on the computer too what are you doing chatting are you guys just chatting to each other or okay sasha's up she's gone for another workout she's really into her fitness this chick she loves it in like 24 hours she's done two workouts and she's done push-ups what a beautiful noise that is oh jared's made some enemies oh i guess he was playing with felicity spiff's bath and they did not get on well but he has increased his skill in video gaming what's the plan now jared are you gonna clean up he's picking up his dirty laundry are you actually gonna do the washing jared no just gonna put it in the basket well that's a step and then back to the computer yeah okay what's she doing oh i think she's just finished her workout because now she's feeling pretty good pretty pleased with herself what's the plan sasha what are we doing now just standing there i guess oh going for a shower okay can i come too no okay fair enough jared's still just on chat rooms hey jared asl she's on chat rooms too okay i i might delete the computers because i worried that this would happen they're just completely ignoring everything else around them i wonder why the sims no matter what their traits are they're all just hardwired to go for the computers over anything else even when you have two sims that have completely opposite traits they still would rather spend most of their time on the computers all right guys you know what i'm confiscating them lost your computer privileges i gave you an inch and you both took a mile so now you'll have to think of something else to do now they're both just standing there what do we do now okay he's going to watch some tv fine that's fine you can keep the tv she's going to read a book read the untamed treachery of the heart she's quite a romantic soul this one she doesn't have any romantic traits but that's cute you decide to read a romantic novel what are you watching you're watching something romantic or just watching the news game show oh the sports channel i'd be interested to see what happens when their house when their homes start getting dusty what they'll do because i feel like jared would be pretty comfortable just living in filth but i don't see sasha having any of that i think she'll clean up so jared's gone to play some darts although it looks like he's pretty at it can you make this one can you actually throw it you think oh well done can't even see where it landed and what about you what are you doing you're gonna read your book again are you just gonna put it away oh she's such a good egg you're gonna watch some tv i wonder if she'll watch sports or if she'll watch something romantic what is this like the history channel or something oh no she's just watching friends don't blame you sasha oh i think she's gone to practice dance as well they're both quite keen on the dartboard oh no sasha didn't like that she's gone back to the tv guessing jared is oh okay jared's gone to read a book as well i mean other than the choice in food and other than the fact that she has been working out their behavior has actually been pretty similar they both have been using the computer a lot they both watch the tv a lot they both read a book they both play darts i mean sure sasha is slightly tidier than jared but the differences in my opinion have been pretty small so far although we are only on what day one when it gets to like 8 p.m on sunday that's when it would have been three full days so maybe i'm making judgments too early but has she gone to play dance again but how can you be at dance when there isn't a skill associated with it she's already queued up watching tv so she's she's literally just going to and from watching tv and playing dance which is pretty much what jared was doing before he picked up a book oh okay sasha's ready to make a meal what are you making this time oh just a quick meal in the microwave microwave dinner you sick of them salads now jared has decided that when he finishes reading his book he's going to play a game of darts this is kind of disappointing i mean she has gone to go and admire some artwork i guess do you just decide that you're not gonna eat the food that you made are you gonna put it in the bin how weird why did you do that you're quite hungry okay whatever jared is cooking he's making a grilled cheese i guess that's a slight upgrade from the microwave and what are you making oh a garden salad oh okay okay so she made a microwave meal had second thoughts put it in the bin and then decided to make a salad instead not jared though he loves him some grilled cheese i like jared i see a lot of myself in him he's just so happy so pleased with himself you're a good boy jared you're a good boy are you going to go pick up another book what are we reading this time read the first unicorn isn't that a kid's book yeah never mind don't worry and then i guess for sasha it's just watching some tv i might do a bit of a skill check every 24 hours doing some more push-ups whilst watching tv what a multi-tasker how are you finding the journey of the unicorn jared was it everything you wished for and more those eyes look pretty enlightened don't they oh sorry i didn't mean to pry back to the tv is it they're just a bit boring aren't they just do the same every day well i mean like us i suppose but and now she's taking a nap just like jairus well it's been 24 hours let's take a look so jared has gained three skills one in cooking and two in video gaming sasha has gained four skills in video gaming fitness cooking and comedy i mean not that drastically different oh hang on a minute what's that there jared he's practicing the guitar oh i'm so proud of you okay so now it's an even playing field now they both have four skills amazing sasha is still asleep jared might even overtake her from the the skill side of things he might be he might be the one that actually performs in terms of being the most productive are you putting the book away okay well there are still some things you didn't tidy up but you did tidy up the book so well done well done and back to the dart board sure well she's awake what's she going to do let me guess watch tv or use the dartboard what's it going to be sasha what's it going to be oh watch tv oh jared's got sick of darts now he's watching tv what a surprise sasha's going to do some sit-ups i mean to be honest her active trait is really doing all the work here because all of her other traits aren't really doing much and back to the tv just like jared the thing is i don't know if this is bad or not because like this is the first time i've done a test like this maybe i should try doing something similar in the sims 3 just to see if they would be if they would behave the same when left to their own autonomy or jared has got a lifestyle in progress apparently what's this oh no he doesn't sasha has gone to play darts jesus i'm gonna have to delete the dartboard and the tv at some point it wasn't enough to just remove the computer from you guys was it sasha is an active sim well i know that i almost feel like those pop-ups serve as nothing more to say yeah your sim is unique but that's the only thing that tells me they are is those pop-ups nothing in their behavior i do find it quite funny that jared really needs a shower but he just keeps putting it off though i have noticed every now and again he gets a whiff of himself and then he just goes oh just starts wafting in the air but still too lazy to have a shower oh back to the dartboard again the dartboard was a bad idea but then i guess so is the tv i feel like they're both just going to go through an endless cycle of fixating on just one thing until we eventually delete so many things that they're left with like nothing okay i'm gonna swap out a few things i'm going to get rid of their dart boards and their tvs but i will temporarily give them their computers back only because they're both getting low social needs and i'm curious to see if they'll take care of that by themselves i reckon they probably will but yeah so she's going to go and chat so is he okay so we'll we'll let them build up their social need a little bit and then maybe we'll take the computers away again i'm gonna have to put them on limited time you can use the internet until it runs out okay then we have to stop using the internet again jared was talking and he just went oh take a shower then you lazy they're both having a late night well i guess they both had naps so oh she's taking another nap okay why don't you just go to bed i mean i will say one thing i have observed is that sasha seems to address her needs as soon as they go into yellow she kind of prioritizes that whereas jared he really is not bothered about his hygiene at all really really nonplussed about that no worries didn't even need to put the covers over yeah so she woke up with her social and hunger and yellow and she went straight to the computer and then went straight to go and get some food so she takes care of herself this one and then we're going to go back on the chat rooms she's going to go work out again what a surprise it's gotten a bit predictable now and she does have a laundry basket full of clothes and she hasn't done any laundry i mean i didn't give her the neat trait but i kind of assumed with perfectionist maybe i was wrong what are you making there another grilled cheese you're gonna unlock that hidden grilled cheese aspiration aren't you still though hygiene has now gone down into the red and yet not a care in the world no problems isn't it mate no problems whatsoever it's not like anyone else has to smell you so right well both of your socials are in the green now so computers are being taken away again you had my trust in the beginning didn't you but then you both you both used and abused yeah you did that's right so you don't get privileges anymore oh where's jared going oh to go and read another book you guys have all these resources here to build your skills granted in fairness jared did pick up the guitar but you could do a painting you could trim the bush you could do some knitting i mean jared you could have even read like a skill book but no and now sasha's got a book i may as well be playing with two sims with the same traits i mean they behave pretty much the same there really aren't many differences oh jared's starting to get a bit of a whiff around him now oh that's your breaking point is it when it gets to like almost unbearable that's that's when we take action jared i will point out as well that's his first wash he moved in thursday evening it's saturday morning late morning that's his first wash of the game having a little workout there sasha pushing the boundaries that's right and now you're what gonna go and get another book what a surprise what a surprise i worry that this is just going to get ridiculous i took away the dartboard i took away the tv i took away the computer what's next is it going to be the bookcase why don't one of you want to learn how to make some drinks maybe or meditate you know find your inner peace free your mind you're going to take a nap there jared yeah what a surprise so sasha's going to bed at 1pm these sims are completely off the rails aren't they jared's taking another oh and he's picking up the guitar again you like that guitar you want to be a rock star have all the girls chasing after you well here's a hint if you want that to happen jared just shower more i know it might seem to you like a materialistic and high maintenance request but it will get you far in life trust me what book are you reading oh it doesn't even tell me i don't even know what i don't even know what he's reading are you making is that a grilled cheese oh no eggs and toast okay i was gonna say they really are pretty much the same person aren't they jared's having a glass of water [Laughter] he went to sit down but there was a dirty plate and so he was like oh what art as if you have no control over how messy your home gets hurt jared unbelievable huh oh yeah not like sasha though sasha has a clear surface to eat on she can have as many glasses of water as she likes because she's gonna wash that glass up afterwards where did you put your glass on the coffee table next to the knitting set that you never use already washing up right if you guys are good and do one thing new that isn't read a book or sasha in your case work out if you both try something new today then i might let you use the computer later somehow though i don't think that's gonna happen so you just put a book back now what's the plan my man nap lazily oh yeah okay well on the chair you're gonna nap on the chair he went over to the chair with the intention of napping yet you have a sofa and a very comfortable bed over there yeah sasha made a slightly wiser choice and we're gonna go for a workout course we are why are you so pleased with yourself you have literally done all to earn it well i guess you play with a guitar for a minute but nothing that impressive jared okay humble yourself you're not spider-man it's just a normal sim who's going to go and read another book i don't know what i thought would happen because honestly when i made this lot i genuinely didn't think that they would use a lot of the items but i thought at least that they would do different things like i thought maybe they would get into some kind of routine but i thought that maybe they would do different things like i thought the way she uses that fitness machine i thought she would have maybe three things that she did all the time and they those three things would be different to the things jared did all the time but there really isn't much difference you're making some mac and cheese you're getting adventurous there jared yeah i just i had really high hopes in the beginning you know when she made the salad and he made the microwave meal i thought oh hang on we're gonna see some real conflicting behavior here but no well it's around eight o'clock time for our daily skill check so sasha in total has got seven skills video gaming three and fitness two and cooking one in comedy jared in total has got five skills two in cooking one in guitar and two in video gaming so i mean she is slightly more productive but only slightly i wonder if i gave them stereos what kind of music they would listen to if they turn their stereos on at all okay they're both getting quite a low social need so i'm just going to give them some computers for a little bit jared woke up at 3 30 to go and sit on the throne and now he's going to go on to those chat rooms 18 or over there jared oh it's winter the best season of them all nice autumn oh they're both doing some cooking at the same time pretty much in sync what are we making jared is having oh garden salad sasha is having chips and salsa did you guys trade places in your sleep did you do like a freaky friday type of thing jared my man salad where are you going to eat it though because you can't sit down anywhere at your table because you've let it get to such a state you were right sasha she was just kind of standing there for a minute just staring at her food almost like hopelessly sasha started to play music what are you listening to like classical i think that is oh this is what she's listening to okay very civilized is jared listening to music what's he listening to that sounds like romantic to me oh latin for some reason jared i thought you'd be more of a rock kind of guy like a metal kind of guy don't know he's digging it he's really loving it and she is loving her music too she's having a little dance there oh that's kind of cute she's got a bit more of a spring in her step as well you're gonna go chat on those forums yeah go and be a troll girl why not well her house has got some dust his doesn't i wonder if she'll do anything about it oh no he's got a dust bunny there he's just dancing with it he's dancing with your little dust buddy not a care in the world right they're both complaining of the cold so i will give you both some thermostats and how you choose to use them is up to you i think they're both just chatting online aren't they i mean they're not really doing much jared stood on the computer sasha did a workout then used the toilet now she's making herself pancakes i'm genuinely intrigued to see how this would go with another sims game because i really don't want to be hard on this game but i just have a feeling it would be different it would go differently i think the sims if i tried this in the sims 3 or the sims 2 i just have a feeling they would behave so much differently because the differences in these two right now are so minor hang on a minute did you seriously just put the laundry in the washing machine yeah he did there it is right there you've surprised me jared you really have this looks like a very civilized lunch probably all because of the classical music going on credit where credit's due sasha does take a lot of showers i mean she works out a lot but she does she washes quite a bit jared has had one wash in three days trolling the forums talking to new people busting a move in your pajamas haven't even got dressed for the day because why not jared's off to have a shower he's changed his ways maybe he took my advice maybe he decided he does want to be a rock star okay okay this is good oh that was an abrupt ending but well done and jared's finally got dressed don't pick up the laundry though just leave it there yeah don't worry about it i mean you can see a noticeable difference in like cleanliness and tidiness her place is still kind of like new his place is very much lived in at this point you wouldn't have to pay the maid much to go through this one this one i expect they would want some compensation okay guys it's the last hour and a half of the experiment jared's having himself a microwave meal sasha's having a workout i'll bless him he sat on the sofa with no tv to watch the gods have been cruel to you jared huh is she gonna do anything after her workout is he got what's he gonna do next well she's gonna go online and chat he didn't cook his microwave food properly so he's having his period over that but now he wants to go and play in the dust [Laughter] i mean he's been the most entertaining out of the two all right stop the clock so you guys have been in solitary confinement with loads of activities for three days what did you gain from it jared has gained a messy house and a total of seven skills three in cooking one in dancing one in guitar and two in video games sasha has gained nine skills one in comedy three in cooking one in dancing three in fitness one in video gaming overall though their behavior has been very similar they've both done things that i would consider out of character like jared has on occasion cleaned up like doing the laundry and stuff sasha has also done pretty lazy stuff unproductive so overall i think they behave pretty similar despite the fact that they have in my opinion quite conflicting traits and that's it for this video i just wanted to see what would happen let me know in the comments if you think we should try this for another sims game and also let me know in the comments what you think of these experian experiments and if there are any experiments you'd like to see in the future thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it if you did please like and subscribe you know i love it when you do that and i'll see you in the next video bye [Music]

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Length: 30min 47sec (1847 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 04 2022