"PrincipleOfEntropy;c-17228375" wrote:
They said "muslim inspired" in the stream.
I've always felt that real world/religious/political content should be left to modders. Once it starts getting added officially then you get rampages like this, and some of them are understandable. SimGuruDuke made a big fuss about diversity on GamesIndustry recently and if he meant what he said then more cultural/religious content needs to be coming out too. People who want endless updates with more inclusivity are justified because Duke said The Sims 4 is about inclusivity and diversity in an official article. The article was called "The Joyful Representation Of The Sims". The reality is that this is the path the developers have chosen.
Also the Holiday Pack completely scrubbed all references to Christianity. It renamed Christmas and included no nativity content alongside the Jewish/Diwali content.
I'm a part of the LGBT community and I didn't like the pride patch. Not all LGBT people associate with pride.
I want to know why they're adding this kind of content if discussing it is against forum rules for one thing.
100% agree with this.
I already voiced my opinion many times in the past, I don't want religion in my game. I don't want pride swag in my game. I don't want real life people like Baby Ariel or her clothes. I don't want real life brands like Moschino either (with a jacket that even has MOSCHINO written in big bold letters).
The Sims is not supposed to be our real world but a fantasy, and in my fantasy, I don't want all those things that I see in real life. In The Sims discrimination doesn't exist, so there is no need for pride objects for example (also, as @PrincipleOfEntropy IRL not all LGBT people associate with Pride and pinkwashing, but that's another topic).
I will take the menorah as an example now. I love chandeliers and I love candles, I think the menorahs they added are beautiful BUT I can't bring myself to use them as a regular object because they are called like the real life religious item and I feel it's disrespectful for me to use them lightly just as I would any other candle in the game. Therefore, I can't use them in game. Maybe if they wouldn't have called them by their real name...
However, I understand other people want it and need to feel represented in such ways. But I always thought that that was the beauty of CC and mods (like for people that want violence in their games or real-life illnesses).
Anyhow, since this is now a thing and it's apparent that they will continue to add real life people, political movements, religions, etc, this is what I want:
I want it to be optional. I wish we had a filter where we could filter out individual pieces of clothing or furniture from our saves. I don't want them to take space in my catalogue and I don't want to see them there. It would also help for clothes and objects we simply find ugly.
