Hi, :-)
I built this Mizuguchi Castle to be a very formidable fortress. It's not modeled after a real life castle, but the style is from Sengoku period (circa mid 1550's). Mizuguchi is a last name (modeled under no particular real life family clan), but the literal meaning of the word is Water Mouth, or the opening of a body of water. Indeed, the castle is surrounded by two moats, and there is an opening to the west (the front gate is facing to the south).
To fully enjoy the ingenius of the structure, you'd have to imagine how the defensing force are stationed throughout the various points of the castle. This is Sengoku period, and rifles were introduced by the Portugese, so all those little windows are supposed to be rifle slits for the defensing army (the vertical castle wall slit from Sim 1: Livin' Large Expansion pack is not included in the Sims 2...).
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Please remember to rate it on the Exchange if you like it. Thanks. :-)
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This is the overview of Mizuguchi Castle as seen from the neighborhood screen of The Sims 2. You can see the geographic feature of the surroundings. It's facing farm fields and sits next to a cliff (which leads to the ocean).
The overview of the castle. The castle is surrounded by outer castle walls and two moats. The path to the castle is long and winding, designed specifically to slow down enemies, giving defensing side plenty of opportunity to strike them down. Siege this castle will be no easy task.
This would be a better picture if there wasn't that darn Molly Maid van there.
This view from the side of the castle gives a good look at the center of the estate. The second layer of moat runs through it, and one must pass through the long forked bridge to enter. No hurry, or it's easy to fall off the bridge and into the moat.
This view gives a good look of the castle from the water opening in the west. Lady Mizuguchi is admiring the view as she takes out the trash. As you can see, there is no way an enemy force can attack through the water route without taking a significant casualty.
The interior isn't exceedingly large, but well-decorated. It turns out the house cleaning professional isn't a woman named Molly, but a guy called Remington in purple blouse and a pair of matching rubber gloves. The Sims 2 randomly generates service people, so I guess this game promotes equal opportunity employment practice....
This is the night view from the same water opening. It's looking from outside in, instead of inside out, like the previous picture. This castle is both an aesthetic homestead as well as a formidable beast to siege.
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