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6th Mar 2010, 07:51 PM	The ghost hunting career #1
rainbowtwilight Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 231 Thanks: 2922 in 8 Posts 7 Achievements	What do you think of the new ghost hunting career? How do you think it will work? Will it use existing ghosts in the town, or will the game generate new ghosts specifically for you to "bust"? While ghost hunting sounds like it could be pretty cool, I know that a lot of people, including myself, enjoy the presence of ghosts in their town. I wouldn't want to get rid of them.

6th Mar 2010, 08:24 PM	#2
FridaKahlo Field Researcher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 301	I think it's a little bit useless, but cool nonetheless. This would have made more sense in TS2 when ghosts were actually a problem (and sometimes a deadly one at that). But any sim can talk to ghosts now and they're just like regular sims. They have jobs and families and actually contribute to households. I dunno, I guess this would kinda be useful for coward sims who faint at the sight of ghosts :D

6th Mar 2010, 08:21 PM	#3
innocenteyes Field Researcher Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 245	i think it would have to generate them for it to actually work. If not, then they would run out of ghost and not be able to have a job a ghost buster.
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6th Mar 2010, 08:47 PM	#4
zak_1161 Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	maybe ghosts will become more of a problem ? if you look at the ambitions trailer there seems to be lots of ghosts all in a house of some sort, so maybe they will haunt you ? or if you buy a new house it could already be infested with ghosts !

6th Mar 2010, 09:00 PM

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maybe ghosts will become more of a problem ?!

I hope not. I enjoy collecting sim souls. Maybe it's only generated ghosts that cause problems... Like, maybe there are random ghost attacks on houses where multiple ghosts will appear and wreak havoc on the lot.

6th Mar 2010, 09:20 PM	#6
stariscool Forum Resident Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 718 Thanks: 115 in 2 Posts 4 Achievements	Perhaps it might work like the lightening storm scenario from Sims 2 base game that was sorta left out... where, when you move into a lot, it asks if you're up for the challenge of 'ghostbusting' the house. Though that'd only really work once, and only on your home lot... Hmm, I'm interested in how this career will work. Could be great though!

6th Mar 2010, 09:27 PM	#7
kiwi_tea Site Helper Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,454 Thanks: 5746 in 6 Posts 19 Achievements View My Journal	I suspect these careers are all meant to encourage players to interact with neighbours, so I expect neighbours will offer opportunities - call outs, if you will - and randomly spawned (period-dressed?) ghosts will spawn in their homes. Thats an estimate based on the Q&A and the images. Could be way off the mark.
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6th Mar 2010, 09:35 PM	#8
BrianChambers Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 91	Thats what i'm thinking call-outs with spawned ghosts.

8th Mar 2010, 05:21 AM	#9
QuickMeal Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 25	I think it'd be a good idea that if a Sim with say a "evil" trait dies that they become a ghost that's a really nasty piece of work. Or, say, an "outdoorsy" sim would haunt the outside of the house and scare the neighbours, and a computer whiz ghost could fry the PCs. Its one of the things I miss about TS2, that ghosts can just be friendly sorts that you can hang out with as opposed to scary floaty chaps.

8th Mar 2010, 05:39 AM	#10
BrianChambers Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 91	Actually a computer whiz ghost wouldn't fry it, a technophobe ghost would.

8th Mar 2010, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianChambers

Actually a computer whiz ghost wouldn't fry it, a technophobe ghost would.

It would if they were a b@stard! Heheh.

9th Mar 2010, 09:28 PM	#12
GrizBehr Lab Assistant Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 213	I had a Sim who's house was on a burial ground. The ghosts would shake the fridge and the bed, eat his food, read his books and leave them around. Ghostbusters would have been handy for him.

10th Mar 2010, 12:23 AM	#13
yesme88 Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 89	Hmmmm. It seems that I have yet to move in a home that is haunted by ghosts. Infact the only way I ever see one is by visting the graveyard. wonder Whats with that? sorry if off subject

10th Mar 2010, 02:23 AM	#14
BrianChambers Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 91	Its a random event when you move in to a Furnished house.

10th Mar 2010, 02:52 AM	#15
mickeymouse254 Inventor Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 913 Thanks: 2319 in 90 Posts 11 Achievements View My Journal	Maybe only ghosts who are around sims who they were with in their lives would be like regular sims but when the rest of the family dies/moves and the ghost stays on the lot when another family moves in, they would cause a problem for them. And then who are you gonna call? GHOST BUSTERS!

13th Mar 2010, 05:40 PM	#16
Robodl95 Alchemist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,692 Thanks: 13903 in 118 Posts 21 Achievements	I remember reading somewhere (Can't remember which article sorry) that besides like catching the ghosts haunting neighbors homes you also have to help them finish an old piece of unfinished business or something like that.... Like you would have to do something for them so they can rest in piece
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15th Mar 2010, 01:28 PM	#17
Brutuz Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 88	Maybe they make Poltergeists to be busted? Either way, I want to play the Ghostbusters Theme while having a sim bust some ghosts. :D

21st Mar 2010, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brutuz

Maybe they make Poltergeists to be busted?

Either way, I want to play the Ghostbusters Theme while having a sim bust some ghosts. :D

more paranormal activity... *rubs hands*

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23rd Mar 2010, 12:09 PM	#19
Pugino_x3 Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 40	Ghost Hunters, sims 3 style. xD

23rd Mar 2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Robodl95

I remember reading somewhere (Can't remember which article sorry) that besides like catching the ghosts haunting neighbors homes you also have to help them finish an old piece of unfinished business or something like that.... Like you would have to do something for them so they can rest in piece

Oh yeah, it could be like those quests in France where you have to move remains around or fetch pomegranates for the ghost

I just hope it will be slightly cooler than fetch quests, though.

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