As for the uniform discussion, my local area isn't Britain or Japan, but Uniforms and specific requirements for backpacks was under serious consideration. The school I went to had a dress code, so even if I had a lot of flexibility wearing different things, I, and the other students, couldn't wear whatever they wanted. My high school was a school in the United States that had a mix of students from many different ethnic groups, wealth, and academic levels. Personally, I was in honors and borderline college level classes through out high school, but I definitely wouldn't consider my economic circumstances as wealthy growing up, definitely well off with relatively stable living conditions. Honors and standard level courses were a choice students made every year before the next school year, so even though I took higher level courses, I could have chosen standard courses like one of my siblings.
As for outside cultures, I have a much better understanding of hispanic cultures and the spanish language.
But, if playing Sulani has taught me anything, it's to be more open to outside cultures. What black culture means is still something I'm learning about, and as I learn more, I learn how to be more respectful. I've had the good fortune of being able to visit places in the Caribbean, and Blackness is a big Caribbean Cultural element.
I'm very open to engaging with elements of the Japanese Culture, but I would definitely stand out more as a tourist, but I just don't know enough about the Japanese to be anything else. So, I'm hoping that seeing other cultures in the game will help me be more accepting.
So, I strongly approve the cultural representation, but I still have some reservations from what I've seen in gameplay. It's very interesting reading the discussions about tourism and the school uniforms. There's a lot to see there.
I'm looking forward to updates with snowboarding, skiing, and sledding. Considering how I found something that could turn into a soft lock with toddlers because they can't swim, I'm hoping that the lot is equipped for the entire family.
For Sulani, do not use toddlers on the lot in Mua Pel'am in Sulani surrounded by the ocean. I have to put together the screenshots from different things I've seen, but the open world environment will get your sims stuck depending on what you do with toddlers. Because the Island Living trailer had a Toddler at the beach, I think beach lots were meant to be usable with toddlers, but the location of the lot relative to the uneditable open world does create game play problems.
If you can sled down a mountain with a toddler, I hood there won't be a similar issue, because the gameplay glitch bugs the parent carrying the toddler too. The Toddler themselves are stuck on that lot unless they vanish into thin air.
