There is a lot of conflicting lore in franchise, especially related to its timeline. The first three games are meant to span a 50+ year timeframe. But, with so many advances between the 2000 release date of and the final expansion in 2013, many aspects don’t make sense. Some of this is Maxis’ purposeful doing. The third game is meant to take place first in the timeline, but still makes use of modern technology and norms.
is excluded from all of this, taking place in a totally separate alternate universe. It is possible for past Sims to show up, but they only share a name. Most characters' history fully conflicts with something in a previous game or doesn’t exist at all. However, some fans believe this timeline is a branch which has small links to the original. This could include a direct crossover of lore, possibly in a future expansion or timed event — and it could explain why some of these seem so contradictory.
Making the farthest point in the past and the latest in the future has created some strange outcomes. In the former, the neighborhood of Sunset Valley is ruled by two rival families: the established Landgraabs and new-money Altos. Lurking elsewhere are the Goths, who carry some weight but don’t have as much power as the others.
The inclusion of the Altos was to piggyback on the fame of , which had exploded in popularity. But being a late comer to franchise meant the family fully vanished within 25 years. The Landgraabs had some shadowy mentions, mostly controlling college secret societies. But, even they became eclipsed by the once minor Goths.
The Summerdream family in are meant to be fantasy characters from the works of William Shakespeare. Oberon and Titania are helping to raise their two children, Puck and Bottom, to hopefully be good people in the world of Veronaville. This town was shipped with ’s basegame, which had no playable occult characters. Despite the lore, the family had no in-game powers.
Later on, Oberon and Titania showed up in, living in
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