Community Manager
So, there is an update on the situation. After a copy of the pack was handed out to many game changers, I watched their videos to see whether EA listened to us. The swatches were unfortunately not back but I noticed this on Plumbella's video (I will post a screenshot). There is a "Bow" interaction!
This has got me speculating on what SimGuruGraham actually meant when he said "we will not have sims bow in front of shrines". Maybe he didn't mean that the interaction was removed ENTIRELY from the game but rather that random (non-playable) sims won't bow autonomously. If that's the case, I'm personally fine with it. This is what we were asking afterall∙ that they make it optional for the player.
As for the swatches... I still believe they should be added back and I'm gonna keep trying to achieve that. Especially for the clothing patterns. Like I've said, it's not even a rising sun pattern! It could resemble anything from a Japanese fan to a firework. The poster in the bar DID resemble the rays of the flag and that's completely fine. The rising sun flag represents a lot more than just colonization and torture. It is still widely used in Japanese media without the nationalistic connotations. I understand that (some) Koreans have a problem with it and that's why I'm suggesting it gets censored for the Korean version of the game only.
I'm still really excited for this pack and I'm gonna be even happier when EA fixes the mess they made.
If you agree with me, please sign this petition (unless you already have), which BTW is going great (there are over 1.500 signatures 🥳)!
