How would you improve Teens?
Just curious how or if you guys would change the teen life stage.
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I'm with right there with you on the acne issue, @NeverSeemsToEnd.
Okay, so the Sims team says that they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by linking acne to hygiene? Fine. Then why not link it to mood, since the game is so huge on emotions? Or, how about making it genetic? Player's choice when creating their founding Sim. If neither of those ideas suit, how about making acne entirely random then?
But, no. As with so many other things in TS4, the solution is to totally axe an idea, altogether. Make something that looks like acne and call it done.
If I wanted acne make up, I could have made that myself. What I expect from the EA team are things that can't be created by any modder with a decent understanding of Photoshop or Gimp. I expect new systems that the awesome creators in the community can use to build on. Which brings me right back to the teens who are teens in name only.
It just bums me out. TS4 had the potential to be such an amazing game. Instead, it's the equivalent of that gorgeous guy that you've been dying to meet. However, once you finally do, he's got absolutely nothing going on between his ears and he's constantly looking for his reflection so that he can admire himself while he's speaking to you. If TS4 were a person, it would be that guy.
The game is so focused on the appearances, rather than how things work.
Okay, so the Sims team says that they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by linking acne to hygiene? Fine. Then why not link it to mood, since the game is so huge on emotions? Or, how about making it genetic? Player's choice when creating their founding Sim. If neither of those ideas suit, how about making acne entirely random then?
But, no. As with so many other things in TS4, the solution is to totally axe an idea, altogether. Make something that looks like acne and call it done.
If I wanted acne make up, I could have made that myself. What I expect from the EA team are things that can't be created by any modder with a decent understanding of Photoshop or Gimp. I expect new systems that the awesome creators in the community can use to build on. Which brings me right back to the teens who are teens in name only.
It just bums me out. TS4 had the potential to be such an amazing game. Instead, it's the equivalent of that gorgeous guy that you've been dying to meet. However, once you finally do, he's got absolutely nothing going on between his ears and he's constantly looking for his reflection so that he can admire himself while he's speaking to you. If TS4 were a person, it would be that guy.
The game is so focused on the appearances, rather than how things work.
