Gender Preference
Just something I was thinking about last night. Apparently this game has this "Gender Preference" as a hidden feature but what if it was made as an option in CAS? When a new Sim is created, you ge...
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"Sigzy05;c-17168511" wrote:"FanPhoria;c-17168447" wrote:
See, that's the only way I'd be cool with a gender preference--if we, the players, could control it. Right now it feels...obstructive, and it actually makes it difficult to play truly bisexual storylines. Like, apparently, the algorithm or whatever takes previous "behavior" into account, but that basically means any sim that's married is virtually un-romanceable by the gender they're not married to. Which means there's a whole bunch of stories (say, a lesbian married to a man for convenience, but then falls for a woman outside of her marriage) aren't really available. Before I could basically just direct my sims to have a certain preference through their actions, or follow their whims and such, and it baffles me that they thought it was okay to take this aspect of the game out of the hands of the player.
Yes it does, but no they are not un-romanceable. Don't know where you got that from. You can influence that preference by flirting with any male or female sim. The preference influences their autonomous flirting and betters the chance of romantic interactions to succeed for a particular gender, but you still can romance the other one, you just need to put in some more work. If you get them both flirty it's even easier.
I like that we can't see it and I like that it's still player defined. I don't need a "it's this" or "it's that" in CAS, and it works well like this so, if it ain't broke.... This has been a BG system since TS2 days. So honestly don't know what you mean by "before" lol
Yeah, but like...that's kind of my issue? Pointing back to my previous example, why would it be "more work" to romance a lesbian in a marriage of convenience with a man? Or, for that matter, a bisexual who was married, but then got divorced or their spouse died or something. There's no reason why the gender of the other sim should factor into how "hard" it is to romance them.
I should just be able to designate sims I want to be truly bisexual, is what I'm saying. I don't want to have to "work at" flirting with them in equal measure from different genders. I just want them to be bisexual.
Also, it's kind of a messed up implication that those with a strong preference for one gender or another just need "more work" put into them. I would actually rather that it be impossible, and we get a notice response flirting saying something like, "Sorry, I'm not into guys" or something like that.
Again, I just want to able to designate and control the characters of my sims. I want to be able to say "this sim is bisexual" or "this sim is gay" or "this sim is straight" and have that stick. The game doesn't know what stories I'm telling and shouldn't be in control like that. If it's an option to have it game designated, that's fine, it should be an option, not a universal.
And again, the idea that a character could be a "lesbian" sim...but still will sleep with a male sim if that sim just "works hard" at romancing her enough makes me actively queasy.
