Any hope left for Pre-teens?

"Briana2425;c-18313519" wrote:

"LiELF;c-18309266" wrote:
I already feel like the infants and toddlers are redundant, especially since we still have a baby stage. It's just way too much to play out just to get to childhood. I don't need every single phase of infancy and childhood before Sims finally grow up. I think Sims 2 had the best general idea for life stages, except for young adults being tied to University. Although I personally love the older teens in Sims 4 because they can be more independent and wear anything in CAS that older Sims can wear. But had they been just a little shorter, they would have been more visually distinctive.

Also, the restriction of 8 Sims to a household including pets would make playing families more complicated the more life stages there are.

I could say the same thing about YA that's redundant Lifestage what does a YA and A do that's different besides look slightly different?

I personally got surprised by infants being in game I was like... okay...but it's more game play and more fun. Like I said in the other post I wanted Preteens to be introduced to the Sims franchise way back since Sims 2 I didn't know nothing about a sim forum then but if I did best believe y'all would of seen my posts about preteens.

I totally agree with the 8 Sims in house hold I always thought ten would've been a good number but now Ten is not even good lol.

I actually agree with you about Young Adults/Adults. If the game had enough customizable physical features and gameplay, players could just add wrinkles or facial lines as they see fit, and maybe behaviors as well. I do think in real life, older adults tend to be wiser and more mature than, say, college age, but in the game, the age difference doesn't really matter at all for Sim behaviors. I guess they added midlife crisis recently so that can be a Thing, but in general, there's hardly a difference so the stages feel redundant. I would play Adults more if their faces didn't all age the same way. I don't like the mouth lines and I wish we could just customize them.

Sorry to say this, pre teens are not gonna happen

> @Briana2425 said:
> Nah see that's not gone work at least for me see I've been wanting tweens to be introduced to the franchise ever since Sims 2 the teens were not nearly as tall as they are in Sims 4 the teens could've been the exact same height and I still would ask for tweens because for me it's a life stage they act older then a child but still act younger and immature then a teen.

That Is True Though

"pvrescue1;c-18308838" wrote:
Does this game really need more life stages?

N0-why add more life stages when we already have enough? The more life stages that are added,the more laggy the game will become.Sims 4 is already laggy enough.

Now that we know sims 4 will continue along side sims 5 I definitely think there is a bigger chance for preteens!?

"Bluegayle;c-18296751" wrote:
As I don't see what they would add to game I see no reason to have them especially as it would be such a short time in a sim child's lifespan.
If they do add them then they should have to also add an age between adult and elder. Because guess what! in todays world retirement age doesn't make you feeble and ready to pass on at the slightest bump in the road. And woohoo is not dangerous. ;-)

Neither is laughter…..wish they would do away with that one too!

"Babykittyjade;c-18314665" wrote:
Now that we know sims 4 will continue along side sims 5 I definitely think there is a bigger chance for preteens!?

I agree, it would be a bigger chance it will happen. Since it’s coming so late though the clothing will be so limited. I would actually not be adverse to clothing kits for preteens.

"SheriSim57;c-18315145" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-18314665" wrote:
Now that we know sims 4 will continue along side sims 5 I definitely think there is a bigger chance for preteens!?

I agree, it would be a bigger chance it will happen. Since it’s coming so late though the clothing will be so limited. I would actually not be adverse to clothing kits for preteens.

I myself would want Preteens introduced with the rainbow/Pastel Decora style that didn't win the CAS kit contest. But for all ages get different rainbow style clothing from newborn to Elder. Preteens will get the majority of the CAS with cute rainbow/pastel also build buy for the bedroom like almost like Lisa Frank but cutesy. But also regular clothes as well and base build and buy.

I'm a developmental psychologist and I study child and youth development - I'm supposed to be writing a chapter on late childhood right now...

So here's my thoughts.

After infants were introduced, I started playing toddler differently.
Newborns are 0-1 month old.
Infants are 2-18 months old.
Toddlers are 2-6 years old.
Children are 7-12 years old.
Teens are 16-19 years old.
Young Adults are 20-35 years old.
Middle Adults are 35-60 years old.
Elders are 60+ years old.

At least from my perception of what they can do in game. I used to play toddlers as just 1-3 year olds, but they genuinely fill the young childhood gap for me. Children are filling the preteen gap for me.

But what's missing? Clearly young adolescents. Our teens are too similar to young adults. Would just a height slider work? The problem with that is young teens don't tend to have as much breast development, muscle development, vocal changes, shoulder and hip width that are represented in current teens. It's not just height.

In terms of game play, how would it be different? Young teens is when puberty starts, with the acne, not teens about to go to their high school prom. Junior high and middle school are the intense bullying years, the years of social gossip, and the years of joining groups and cliques and working on your identity. It's the years of being embarrassed around other kids and starting the rebel. We already have all of that content. I'm honestly stuck on game play that is missing, but visual representation is definitely lacking.

> @mightysprite said:
> To me the children in TS4 already look and act approx age 10-12, basically preteens except that they can't cook independently.
>
> I feel like the lifestage that's missing is the "little kid" stage, like age 6-8.
>
> But I think I am in the minority ;)

To me the toddlers in Sims 4 are pretty close to 3-5 years old. And the kids are 8-10ish in my head, they don't feel as old as 12 to me. I do have the pre-teen mod and like it, but I pretty much cut my current teen stage in half as opposed to adding time (preteens are basically the early ages of teen where you are more than a kid, but not quite grown up) and use the shorter teens mod as well, so my pre-teens are shorter than teens but also my teens are just slightly shorter than adults. My "pre-teens" are more early teen while my normal teens are "late teen". I think there's a good transitional difference in my world now.