How would you improve Teens?

Wish I have just vote "Add More Content Exclusive To Them", because their size might not even matter as along as they get exclusive idle animation or in particular when interacting with items/surroundings. And yeah, exclusive new gameplay feature/mechanics are important too

"MadameLee;c-16344684" wrote:

"DragonCat159;c-16343893" wrote:
I would suggest allowing them to "run away", but EA nowadays wouldn't want to make a bad influence to its demography, that considers simmers being way below who is under adolescent age and almost turning the game into E rated. Well they could at least return the interaction between other teens/children of "giving a nuggie" from TS2

Well Sims 3 (don't know about Sims 2) teens couldn't "mess around"

I know there's a plot in the hole for my conclusion statement, but they're not a few things that make it feel like E rated (like poop jokes, lack of dark humour), compared that outweigh to a few that makes it mature enough. And no, in TS2 they couldn't mess around.

Well, this is going to sound like repeats of what others have said, but I don't mind the teenagers' appearance either. It makes it easier for the team to make animations and gives us access to more cas, which I'm happy with. However, they do need some more specific things to do. Parenthood was a step in the right direction. It made it a lot better, but a few things are still missing. I'd love for teens to have after school activities (drama club and such) and for the prom event to get a come back. More than that, though, I wish the game actually generated teenage and child sims. As it is, without creating a bunch of households I don't intend to control or using story-mods, my young sims never have any friends from school, and that is such a major part of the life of a child or teenager...

"SerraNolwen;c-16375480" wrote:
Well, this is going to sound like repeats of what others have said, but I don't mind the teenagers' appearance either. It makes it easier for the team to make animations and gives us access to more cas, which I'm happy with. However, they do need some more specific things to do. Parenthood was a step in the right direction. It made it a lot better, but a few things are still missing. I'd love for teens to have after school activities (drama club and such) and for the prom event to get a come back. More than that, though, I wish the game actually generated teenage and child sims. As it is, without creating a bunch of households I don't intend to control or using story-mods, my young sims never have any friends from school, and that is such a major part of the life of a child or teenager...

My kids and teens meet others at school (with the 'meet friends' option when at school)... they just don't seem to socialize with their friends at all unless I invite them over (which they seem to do on their own occasionally). But once they're home, they forget all about them and go play on the computer or whatnot instead... that's the really annoying part!

But yes, the game seems to generate other teens and kids, the boys just all seem to be named 'seiji'.

"QueenMercy;c-16339546" wrote:
I’d just like a couple of teen aspirations. Mostly because I want to see what kind of reward traits they might have.

Teen aspirations could be a great addition, especially since many of the adult ones are so limited (you can't finish them until you're an adult), like the one where you have to be in the Tech Guru career (meaning you have to be an adult) and the family related ones. I could see maybe a teen aspiration if we get University, to encourage teens to get good grades in high school. Reward trait could be something to help the Sim do better in university and in their careers. Then for University if you get an A average, when you choose a career you automatically start at the level where you choose the career branch (or some sort of equivalent for the GTW active careers).

@Francl27 I don't know why, my game barely generates any children after the first generation. It's been a while since I last checked, but once there was a single child in the neighborhood, and it has happened to me once or twice that there was apparently nobody to meet.

"Cynna;c-16338104" wrote:
I also agree that TS4 could have done with shorter teens, purely from the standpoint of more gradual aging. The skip from small child to full on adult-size AND behaviors is just too much for me.

There are things that I would love to see for teens:

• Arcades, not simply one machine.
  

• The ability to also play Voidcritters and to trade. (That is still a very teen thing to do.)
  

• Skateboarding and bike-riding, including popping wheelies or jumping the curbs.
  

• Teaching each other how to dance.
  

• LAN parties.
  

• Attempts to spike the punch bowl.
  

• Practical jokes.
  

• Party games -- charades, for example. Or, perhaps, Seven Minutes in Heaven, using the closet. (That game is certainly no worse than the "mess around in bed".)
  

• A teen rep system -- cool kids, mean kids, jocks, geeks, nerds. Totally different from clubs, please -- more like temporary traits that are earned as a result of overarching behavior. A teen can be happy, embarrassed, angry, or sad about the trait that they've earned among the teen crowd. They can seek to change the trait or to embrace it with pride, depending on the teen's preexisting, permanent traits.
  

• Cheerleading, sports, and sports clubs, including fundraising activities, events/contests, and away games on the weekends.
  

• Class trips to destination worlds.
  

• Be camp counselors for the younger kids during the summer. (Another good use for Granite Falls.)
  

• Makeup and nail parties (I'm dying for fingernails/manicures to officially make their appearance in the series.)
  

• Real movie theaters where teens can meet up with friends, buy junk food, and actually sit to watch the movie. Stay until the movie is over, whispering, giggling, and throwing popcorn.
  

• Bring back pillow fights
  

• Allow teens to loll across the bed to use their cellphones.
  

• Allow teens to sit cross-legged or lay on the floor to do certain activities such as playing video games, watching television, speaking to friends, speaking on the phone. Parents can encourage them to get up or move out of the way. :D
  

• Sneaking out to meet friends or a boyfriend/girlfriend
  

• Places in the world where only the teens hang out. Such as: Lover's Lane, a particular beach, or even the area under the bridge in BB. If teens break curfew, that's the first place the police will check. (Give the police something real-world to do. It would be nice to see them working.)
  

wow yeah these things. I haven't had too many issues with teens and people are always saying they need to be better. Most of the suggestions like height I could live without but these ideas are really good. I would love to see these things added to the game.

The height is a major issue for me so they either need to fix teens or add preteens massive size jumps make it hard to tell stories when you go from a child to a adult sized teen in a instant. Teens need hobbies activities teen specific traits lot types teens show up to and high school is another thing teens need adults have a endless supply of active careers you can follow them all day the teens not so much.

I don't think the teens can sneak out still can they? I'd like some more mischievous options for them. Being a teenager is all about rebellion you know? It makes the game more interesting.

"kismet;c-16377155" wrote:
I don't think the teens can sneak out still can they? I'd like some more mischievous options for them. Being a teenager is all about rebellion you know? It makes the game more interesting.

Yes I think Sims 2 were the rebels of the franchise they snuck out with the chance of getting caught by police.

Going on with a school day Game Pack have teens get a chance to ditch school which they do but do they get caught? If not like they should get caught and have consequences of getting grounded at home. I remember ditching and getting caught it was not pretty when I got home.