As someone that is about as socially awkward as can be in real life, and as someone that struggles horribly with social anxiety, that trait doesn't seem excessive at all. I don't have friends, can't keep the few I do make, because it's extremely hard to talk to people and for me even online text can be a challenge. I don't expect most people to understand, but for some of us this trait isn't really that excessive at all.
For a video game, however, yes I agree that it is. I can't imagine that anyone playing this game would want a character that is failing interactions that often. I certainly wouldn't, because I personally play this game to escape my reality and something like this would just be an awful reminder of how things are. So as someone that struggles with this in real life, this trait just does not sound fun to have because it certainly isn't fun in the real world.
@valohim666 My thoughts exactly! As someone who struggled socially in school, is the trait realistic? Yes, absolutely. However, is it pleasant from a gameplay standpoint? From what I've seen so far, no. This traits calls for something known as an "acceptable break from reality." Interaction failure should still be expected, but just not this much.
@The_Ratticator Yeah I mean if they were going for a more realistic approach to the trait then it's pretty accurate for some of us, but just as you said it won't be enjoyable from a gameplay perspective. Obviously without things going wrong it wouldn't really be socially awkward, so I agree that there needs to be a compromise so that it's not quite so harsh. I mean I see some people that seem to want things to be realistic in this game, but I personally feel it's better as more of an exaggerated reality because I want to escape reality and realism with these games. If I wanted to recreate myself in the game then that would be a perfect trait, but I don't want to make myself as I am in reality that would be the worst sim ever lol.
By the way, your user name reminds me of a character called The Eradicator from an old comedy show called The Kids in The Hall (well it's not that old now since they have a new season on Amazon). Now all I can do is picture Bruce McCulloch (the guy that played the character) running around screaming "ERADICATOR!" lol
