Secrets Of Willow Creek

by The Chosen Storyteller

Willow Creek looks painfully average on the surface, but that's the illusion. You're not supposed to know about the long legacy of vampires, a large house that may or may not be haunted by its past immoral activities or the reason why that one tree with teleporting abilities exists, ect. But a new family's moving in, so determined to learn the lore they have no regard for safety.

5. Important Author's Note

IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE!

Hello, Chosen Something Or Other here to give you a notice about the story from here on out. I promise it's not grim, but you should still be aware of what's happening behind the scenes.

First things first: I've been a fan of Sims for a long time, and that's simply not going to change. But ever since Sims 4 came out fellow fans haven't been shy about the drop in quality and even though I try to tune it out I can't. It's hard to look at evidence of how chaotic Sims 2 was and the amount of content Sims 3 ended up with by the end of its run. I can't deny it's hard to see the drop, but at the same time I don't think Sims 4 is enough to kill the series but for someone like me who picked up Sims 2 very young and wasted soooo many weekends destroying the premade families lives... It's a lot.

Sims 4 is... Or at least for the last few years the console version's performed like shit. There was a time I couldn't even play the game for months because of I don't even know. There would be freezing, fixed bugs resulting in new bugs and then having to wait for patch after patch. It's just been exhausting when I have Sims 2 and 3 sitting on my shelf waiting to be dusted off and played. So I did. When Sims 4 drove me to my breaking point, I would put in those games and the stress melted away.

And reliving Sims 2 in particular is PURE nostalgia that you can't take for granted. For me, at least, it gives that feeling of being an even more dysfunctional child. And I still have other versions like Sims 2 on Gamecube, GBA and DS... Urbz... Even Busting Out (though that resembles the original Sims). Even though they weren't the same as PC they were still gloriously insane in their own ways.

I'm using way too many words to say I deleted my Sims 4 data and sold my copy. I don't regret enjoying some things like the art style of the sims and the much improved house designing, but making storylines and chaos just isn't there. I also regret purchasing all that DLC, though I did try my damnedest to purchase them on sale so that cushions the blow a little.

My giving up on Sims 4 means I'll have to pull completely from my imagination with this story instead of base the rest off events in-game. If the story even continues at all. I don't want to cut this story off so soon; I did write out an outline of events, and I do know for sure what to do with certain characters but as I've said before we need to build that bridge to get across. Can I commit to finishing this now?

I'll be honest: I just don't know. The story will either die here with this A/N, or very slowly come together in time. But I'll leave this Note included regardless because the world needs to know how much I love the Sims. No matter what crazy things EA does, I still care. That might be ridiculous of me, but when am I ever a sensible person?