When not out sleuthing, you and your goofy Winston-type sidekick Buddy rest at your agency headquarters, where by completing missions you can recruit other MySims you have met. Each employed agent has their own traits and statistics in one of five main categories: paranormal, nature, charisma, smarts, and sports. By grouping up to three of them on one of the four floors of your base, you can create teams that specialise in certain areas. One of the MySims franchise’s trademark mechanics – obtaining and placing interactive items – comes into play on these floors; find these items and place them on the floors to raise one or more of the statistics. This adds a vast amount of possible customisation, and is an essential task for some of the side-story missions you’ll be sending your groups on.

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