Mermaids aren't paranormal since they're not ghosts/spirits, but I do agree that they're unfortunately underrated and I wish that they'd refresh the Island Living EP and completely revamp mermaids! 🙂
@@enyalacerate2521 Not "paranormal" per se but in CAS, all of the "off-species" Sims are categorized as Occult; Mages from Magic Realms, Werwolves, Vampires, Plant Sims, etc. all come under the Occult label...Technically speaking.
@@_sprook_ Technically speaking, when you want to add a Sim in CAS, they're *all* listed under the Occult option. My point is that, even though Occult & Paranormal have their own definitions in the real world, as far as the CAS goes they're all categorized by Trait as an Occult, regardless if anyone wants to call any specific types as Paranormal or not. That's defined by Traits. The only possible exception (the Medium) from the Paranormal pack is defined by a skill, not a trait, but then, that also excludes them from the Occult category altogether.
PeteyPlaysIt: "Since Mermaids are so lovable, having an evil one isn't the first thing that comes to mind." Me: "Okay but the sirens of ancient Greek mythology literally murdered sailors"
In Greek Mythology Sirens had the body of a bird and the head of a woman, they aren’t the same as mermaids. Mermaids were mainly painted as evil a long time ago, but due to the misunderstanding between sirens and mermaids, the mermaid’s reputation got better.
@@LightOnThePond Meanwhile, in some cultures Mermaids are sea spirits that sing at Sea and can do a number of things, abduct people, curse them or bless them, they're almost always considered dangerous in the Caribbean.
I may add one! - The feral mermaid The feral mermaid is my favorite to play as! I make a mermaid sim, give myself 0 simoleons, and run away to the sea, and ONLY the sea! And if you have the Expanded Mermaids mod, that makes it oh so much more fun, because you can eat kelp and sleep underwater!
To make merpeople more supernatural, I have started to set the males as able to get pregnant and the females as getting others pregnant, inspired by seahorses
There's certainly precedent for evil mermaids in mythology, especially if the sirens of The Odyssey are equated with mermaids, as is often the case. They're well known in that story for luring sailors to their deaths. In Witcher lore, mermaids and sirens are also typically murderous monsters. When it comes to mermaid lore, good/benevolent mermaids like Andersen's Little Mermaid seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
I made an off the grid mermaid living in an island, and used the pirate ship from get famous to make it look like she’s living in it😼 added seashells and treasure and it was complete
Great video, Petey, but you missed a mermaid type: Siren! Their skills could include Singing, various Instruments, Media Production, Dancing, and maybe DJ Mixing. You could also have them be Good or Evil and make use of their Siren's Lullaby powers.
Until today I didn`t really liked playing as a mermaid in The Sims 4, especially the fact that I regularly had to take care of the hydration and stuff like that - but, well, now I`m really thrilled to do so once more. ;) Thank you very much! ♥
Hydration is not so harsh in 4 like it was in 3, if you want to put your sim doing some activities, summon the rain and they'll be slowing hydrated. I've doing it often with my painter merman
I had an pregnant merman one day, and I let him in the ocean living under the siren's call. When he gives birth, it was triplets because he never feels sad or stressed 👌
yessss i'm always so hype for these "10 types" videos, amazing job! so much room for storytelling & fun gameplay. I could see the club, evil & off-the-grid ideas working well together -- a group of mysterious sirens who live on an isolated island 👀
She sells seashells down by the sea shore... then you remember that ancient peoples used to use seashells as currency. In other words, they may have spent sand dollars as actual dollars.
I still don't get how kids doing cringe stuff on youtube get millions of views and this guy doesn't. Dude, your videos are so fun to watch you deserve more, please never stop making these types of video, they are so enjoyable to watch. Love from Greece!
I love, love, love your videos! Such a great positive vibe with fun ideas, great info and good humor. I’m new to sims4 but played with sims 1 came out (I’m dating myself 🤪). Your videos have been so helpful! Do you do your own builds? Are any on the gallery?
Hailey! :) I believe that's just if they have the Child of the Ocean trait... I should have mentioned in the video to avoid that trait for this kind of mermaid, apologies!
I really like the big aquarium you showed. Are there any of those as rooms premade on the gallery or do you have a video showing how to build and place the various objects inside once the glass walls are up?
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones Extra thanks! I was trying to make a cool aquarium lately, and the tutorial I found was not good. Petey always knows what to do!
I've created two weresalmon that are spies. Sans actual marine saboteur gameplay mechanics. If I could make them jump higher, fight sailors, or carry weapons (like a harpoon,) I'd be that much closer to having a decent Anarteq game pack. I also made one a were-shark, so I can have Kamohoalii in the game. Still working on Merrows. They're a bit harder to get right.
How come it's so hard to find a content creator who has male mer-people? After all, *someone* has to keep the mer-bloodlines intact over time... I've thought about this a couple of times but still haven't made a merman yet...I kinda chalk that up to "personal aesthetics" in my game & leave it at that.
It put me of watching all the hate in other videos abt this pack but I’m getting it soon bc it look so fun I don’t get what people are saying like I grew up playing mermaids 🧜♀️ 😂 I mean what girl or boy didn’t ❤
There is a mod for a Siren trait (extremly seductiv) and a Siren aspiration that includes seducing many sims. I love to combine that with evil traits and make an evil seducing siren
I have decided to make my merman an inventor. My ultimate goal for him is to create a servo and attend a university. Unfortunately, in order to do this, he must train himself to level 8 of the robotics skill, and create more robot parts in order to create his robot.
One question, because I cant have Ts4 installed nowadays for lack of time. But mermaids can swim in that big aquarium and living there inside their homes?
Hey!Could you help me?My sims perform random mean interactions with no reasons!It is extremely frustrating,considering the fact that it make friendly and romantic relationships impossible.I have no mods at all.Huge thanks for your help in advance!
That's funny, I just made a mermaid yoga instructor, basically for the exact reasons you said. He and his roomies live in Tartosa*. I kicked out all the starter families there and made a bunch of mermaids. I specifically made a spa for him to go work at. Now that I think on it, his roommates are a flirty mermaid and an evil mermaid. Hmm... we had a few of the same ideas! I wanna try an off the grid mermaid now. *I know people hate that pack, and I understand why, but I think it was worth the price, just for the world it came with. Wedding town? Nah. Mermaid town! They're living their best Mediterranean life!
Mermaids are the most underrated paranormal sim in TS4. After watching your last video about them, I made one on that island and had SO much fun!
Totally agree! I really love them too :D
Mermaids aren't paranormal since they're not ghosts/spirits, but I do agree that they're unfortunately underrated and I wish that they'd refresh the Island Living EP and completely revamp mermaids! 🙂
@@enyalacerate2521 Not "paranormal" per se but in CAS, all of the "off-species" Sims are categorized as Occult; Mages from Magic Realms, Werwolves, Vampires, Plant Sims, etc. all come under the Occult label...Technically speaking.
@@MidnightDStroyerI think they’re talking about the fact that paranormal sims are occult sims, but not all occult sims are paranormal sims
@@_sprook_ Technically speaking, when you want to add a Sim in CAS, they're *all* listed under the Occult option.
My point is that, even though Occult & Paranormal have their own definitions in the real world, as far as the CAS goes they're all categorized by Trait as an Occult, regardless if anyone wants to call any specific types as Paranormal or not.
That's defined by Traits. The only possible exception (the Medium) from the Paranormal pack is defined by a skill, not a trait, but then, that also excludes them from the Occult category altogether.
PeteyPlaysIt: "Since Mermaids are so lovable, having an evil one isn't the first thing that comes to mind."
Me: "Okay but the sirens of ancient Greek mythology literally murdered sailors"
Ahahah Blaze, fair point, very very fair point :)
In Greek Mythology Sirens had the body of a bird and the head of a woman, they aren’t the same as mermaids. Mermaids were mainly painted as evil a long time ago, but due to the misunderstanding between sirens and mermaids, the mermaid’s reputation got better.
@@LightOnThePond Meanwhile, in some cultures Mermaids are sea spirits that sing at Sea and can do a number of things, abduct people, curse them or bless them, they're almost always considered dangerous in the Caribbean.
mermaids must have a great PR team!!! no one remembers their crimes like they do with other creatures
I may add one!
- The feral mermaid
The feral mermaid is my favorite to play as! I make a mermaid sim, give myself 0 simoleons, and run away to the sea, and ONLY the sea! And if you have the Expanded Mermaids mod, that makes it oh so much more fun, because you can eat kelp and sleep underwater!
To make merpeople more supernatural, I have started to set the males as able to get pregnant and the females as getting others pregnant, inspired by seahorses
can't mermen still get pregnant via alien abduction?
@@barbiquearea idk. None of them have gotten abducted yet
That’s, so smart wtf
You’re a genius. I forgot seahorses did that
I always thought that's how they would do it
Oh, yep, it's kinda hilarious to see a notification that says: "your sim (boy) will soon have a period."😅
There's certainly precedent for evil mermaids in mythology, especially if the sirens of The Odyssey are equated with mermaids, as is often the case. They're well known in that story for luring sailors to their deaths. In Witcher lore, mermaids and sirens are also typically murderous monsters. When it comes to mermaid lore, good/benevolent mermaids like Andersen's Little Mermaid seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
Ooh that is so interesting Holly :), thank you so much for sharing that info.
combining the treasure hunter with the off the grid could be super fun, almost like ariel how she fills up her grotto with trinkets
I made an off the grid mermaid living in an island, and used the pirate ship from get famous to make it look like she’s living in it😼 added seashells and treasure and it was complete
Great video, Petey, but you missed a mermaid type: Siren!
Their skills could include Singing, various Instruments, Media Production, Dancing, and maybe DJ Mixing. You could also have them be Good or Evil and make use of their Siren's Lullaby powers.
Great idea!
There's also a siren mod that lets your mermaids turn into some kind of vampire hybrid
@@justagirl6761 Sounds cool, but I'm a console player, so no mods for me.
Ooh this is a very cool idea Robert!! Love it! Thank you for sharing :)
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones I have a Mermaid/Vampire/Spellcaster/Werewolf on my console but sadly she does not have a mermaid tail
Until today I didn`t really liked playing as a mermaid in The Sims 4, especially the fact that I regularly had to take care of the hydration and stuff like that - but, well, now I`m really thrilled to do so once more. ;) Thank you very much! ♥
Hydration is not so harsh in 4 like it was in 3, if you want to put your sim doing some activities, summon the rain and they'll be slowing hydrated. I've doing it often with my painter merman
You need to find out if a bottle of water increases the hudration. This bottle from the jungle adventure add-on
Another one is a mermaid that leads a swim team. Or one that opens a seafood restaurant.
Oh so cool! Thanks for sharing those great ideas Madmonkeman :)
I think mermaids get sad moodlets when they eat fish, but I can’t remember for sure. It’s been a while since I played one.
I had an pregnant merman one day, and I let him in the ocean living under the siren's call. When he gives birth, it was triplets because he never feels sad or stressed 👌
yessss i'm always so hype for these "10 types" videos, amazing job! so much room for storytelling & fun gameplay. I could see the club, evil & off-the-grid ideas working well together -- a group of mysterious sirens who live on an isolated island 👀
The ghost mermaid sounds pretty interesting to play as!
I didn’t know that tidbit about mermaids and fishing where they can call up exotic fish! I always learn something new from your videos, thank you!
There are soooo many parts of this game I don't play. I've never had a mermaid sim !
Thank You Pete 😘
Im always blown out of the water by Pete and his amazing ideas! You are just the best!
Im going to give the evil mermaid a try! Cya Later!
Ha! Punsss
She sells seashells down by the sea shore... then you remember that ancient peoples used to use seashells as currency. In other words, they may have spent sand dollars as actual dollars.
Love these video's....defently got me back into playing the Sims again as well as occults. Keep it up bro! 👍
And now that you've done this, I'm honestly intrigued by ideas for werewolves.
Someone one Reddit shared that apparently werewolves can devour the spirits from Paranormal stuff pack, so... Werewolf ghosthunter? 😆
@@Zandalorscat never seen that...definitely gonna have to see about trying it
Ty so so much i have not played so much with the mermaids. But watching this inspire me to go back and start making New mermaids ty agein
I still don't get how kids doing cringe stuff on youtube get millions of views and this guy doesn't. Dude, your videos are so fun to watch you deserve more, please never stop making these types of video, they are so enjoyable to watch. Love from Greece!
darlin what is the problem with kids having fun? Cringe culture is dead
I love, love, love your videos! Such a great positive vibe with fun ideas, great info and good humor. I’m new to sims4 but played with sims 1 came out (I’m dating myself 🤪). Your videos have been so helpful!
Do you do your own builds? Are any on the gallery?
Thank you so much for the kind comment Tara! Indeed I do my own builds, and most are on the gallery :). My ID is 'PeteyPlaysIt'
I thought mermaids get sad when fishing
Hailey! :) I believe that's just if they have the Child of the Ocean trait... I should have mentioned in the video to avoid that trait for this kind of mermaid, apologies!
Now I want to make an evil ghost mermaid! Imagine all the chaos that could cause. 😂
I’m getting ideas for my occult sims from watching these videos
I really like the big aquarium you showed. Are there any of those as rooms premade on the gallery or do you have a video showing how to build and place the various objects inside once the glass walls are up?
Here's a link to Petey's video on how to make those aquariums:
ruclips.net/video/LOQA6YmG6J0/видео.html
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones Many thanks!!
@@philharris53 You're welcome! :)
@@Robert_Burnell-Jones Extra thanks! I was trying to make a cool aquarium lately, and the tutorial I found was not good. Petey always knows what to do!
Thanks Petey! Another informative video.
I love all your videos. They are informative and makes me want to play sims4 more. ❤
Hey, Petey! Great video!
Thank you so much Clara :D
@@PeteyPlaysIt , you're welcome!
I hope mermaid get an *extreme* makeover if they get added to the sims 5
Everytime I watch your videos I feel the urge to play the sims again lol
I just stopped after playing for 3 months straight and I am not strong ! xD
Haha omg sims is wayyy too addictive lol
More great ideas - thanks for sharing 💗
Thanks for the kind comment Sam! Hope you're well! :)
I've created two weresalmon that are spies. Sans actual marine saboteur gameplay mechanics. If I could make them jump higher, fight sailors, or carry weapons (like a harpoon,) I'd be that much closer to having a decent Anarteq game pack. I also made one a were-shark, so I can have Kamohoalii in the game. Still working on Merrows. They're a bit harder to get right.
Hey this was actually helpful bc I didn't know that some of these things were possible
Happy Mermay!🧜
Iconic term! Happy Mermay (pretend I am not replying in June haha)
I’m still mad Sims didn’t call them sirens, but evil mermaids…
In Greek folklore, sirens are actually creatures with the heads of humans and the bodies of birds
I wish maxis would update mermaids since the Little Mermaid came out. I'd love the Halle Berry hair and some more fin colors.
How come it's so hard to find a content creator who has male mer-people? After all, *someone* has to keep the mer-bloodlines intact over time...
I've thought about this a couple of times but still haven't made a merman yet...I kinda chalk that up to "personal aesthetics" in my game & leave it at that.
Mermaids really should have gotten a skill tree too like Vampire and Werewolf
It put me of watching all the hate in other videos abt this pack but I’m getting it soon bc it look so fun I don’t get what people are saying like I grew up playing mermaids 🧜♀️ 😂 I mean what girl or boy didn’t ❤
There is a mod for a Siren trait (extremly seductiv) and a Siren aspiration that includes seducing many sims. I love to combine that with evil traits and make an evil seducing siren
I have decided to make my merman an inventor. My ultimate goal for him is to create a servo and attend a university. Unfortunately, in order to do this, he must train himself to level 8 of the robotics skill, and create more robot parts in order to create his robot.
Love you Petey
How to play the mermaid pack: buy more packs so it's enjoyable
One question, because I cant have Ts4 installed nowadays for lack of time. But mermaids can swim in that big aquarium and living there inside their homes?
.cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…
I never play with mermaids but now I want to lol
thanks
Hey!Could you help me?My sims perform random mean interactions with no reasons!It is extremely frustrating,considering the fact that it make friendly and romantic relationships impossible.I have no mods at all.Huge thanks for your help in advance!
Great ideas
He tore the fish's mouth, put it in an aquarium and made it his friend... something is not clean here 😅
8:23 wait, collection?! 😮
❤
That's funny, I just made a mermaid yoga instructor, basically for the exact reasons you said. He and his roomies live in Tartosa*. I kicked out all the starter families there and made a bunch of mermaids. I specifically made a spa for him to go work at. Now that I think on it, his roommates are a flirty mermaid and an evil mermaid. Hmm... we had a few of the same ideas!
I wanna try an off the grid mermaid now.
*I know people hate that pack, and I understand why, but I think it was worth the price, just for the world it came with. Wedding town? Nah. Mermaid town! They're living their best Mediterranean life!
So they are great fishers but don't eat fish? 😅
I made an evil orca man who has sharp teeth and kisses all the guys hurting their feelings in the end
Okay hear me out… mermaid cult with to rent
Dude I once saw in the gender abilities menu “can this sim produce milk?” Can someone explain this?