Stupidity Is the Only Option: For quite a while, a random event could pop up which required a player to either commit an immoral act (like, say, embezzling money) which the game itself would certainly punish the character for, or pay a prohibitively high amount of a currency a player would never be able to earn in-game and would thus have to pay real-world cash to acquire.Spiritual Successor: To the mobile version of The Sims 3, to the point that the former is basically the demo version to The Sims Freeplay.And not animalistic or inhuman ones either, just stock fully-sapient fairies. Sapient Pet: One of the pets you buy from a pet store is, get this, fairies.Premium Currency: The Lifestyle Points, which can be earned from reaching certain skill level at a particular hobby, watching ads or bought with real money, are required for buying premium items and speeding up certain tasks.One-Gender Race: All the pet fairies seem to be female.Not Allowed to Grow Up: Initially babies couldn't age, but future updates added in the ability to age up several stages.Mundane Made Awesome: After competing almost any task, the screen blows up in Simoleons and your character does a little flip.

Literal Soapbox Speech: Assigning your Sim to a soapbox in the park allows him or her to make a speech.

This real-time clock system originated from the Nintendo DS version of The Sims 2. In Freeplay 1 minute takes literally 1 minute unless you use Simoleons to get past that. In most games, 1 minute in-game is the equivalent of 1 real-life second.

In-Universe Game Clock: Unlike most other titles, Freeplay uses a real-time clock.

Holiday Mode: The game sometimes features events themed around upcoming or current holidays, such as the 'Ghost Hunting Event' in October 2012 and 'The Missing X-Mas Elves' in December 2013.G-Rated Sex: Update V5 12.0 added in the 'Woo-Hoo' option, which, like in all Sims titles, is what sex is referred to.Freemium Timer: A lot of the gameplay actions have cooldown timers that runs real-time can be sped up using Lifestyle Points.Fairy Companion: In the form of pet fairies.Simoleons and Life Points are the main way you can circumvent the Freemium Timer and, of course, you can buy both with real world money. Bribing Your Way to Victory: Or at least shortening the commute.To remove those ads, you have to purchase VIP 3, which is equivalent to at least $15 (with discounts!) After that you got random bonuses from money, life points, to actions completing instantly. Allegedly Free Game: The game will shove you 30-45 second video ads at least after three interactions.Ad Reward: There's a billboard on the town map where you can watch ads in exchange for Lifestyle Points and other ingame currencies.Adaptation Name Change: The 'Child' stage is renamed to 'Pre-Teens' and 'Elders' is renamed to 'Seniors'.

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