The Sims 3 Late Night Guide Essentials Vamping It Up

Families

Vampires cannot turn younger Sims—that just wouldn’t be right to steal life away from children and teenagers before they are able to make such a momentous decision on their own.

Besides, feeding on a little kid? That’s just creepy-wrong. Yet there can be vampire children...sort of. It just happens by traditional means.

A vampire may become romantically involved with either another vampire or a normal Sim. After successfully Trying for Baby, two vampires produce a child with the hidden Vampire trait.

When that child becomes a Young Adult, they automatically become a full vampire without the growing pains other Sims experience during the turning process. If a vampire and normal Sim create a baby, there is only a 50 percent chance it carries that hidden Vampire trait.

Though younger vampires do not Drink, Hunt, or Read Minds like fully developed vampires, they still exhibit a few of the physical vampire traits just to let you know what’s coming. Look for pale skin or reflective eyes.

Brownie Bites

Plasma lust. Night walking. Mind control. There’s no doubt about it: Vampirism is just cool. And more than that, it’s downright sexy.

If you think feeding is just about sating hunger, like you or I would eat a pizza, think again. It represents something dangerous and carnal, appealing to that little sliver of ourselves that wonders what exactly we are capable of if we strip away the social contract.

That allure of evil has kept us fascinated by vampires for hundreds of years, as they have gone from the creatures of folklore to full-fledged pop culture icons. And now you and I get to be them in Late Night.

It’s not just the ability to read minds and affect behavior that makes vampires in Late Night attractive. Vampirism represents yet another avenue to altering the narrative of your Sims, giving you an entirely new set of storylines to play out.

Combining vampirism with the pheromone-soaked nightlife, high-rise parties, and exclusive clubs of Bridgeport produces a very different life than what you found in Sunset Valley. But that’s why we hungrily dive into these expansions. And vampirism is by far my favorite element of Late Night.