"Beardedgeek;d-988878" wrote:
If you look like what teens actually look like IRL, the Sims 4 teens are far more realistic than earlier versions. The "always a head shorter until they are 21 years and one 1 day old" is such a tired trope.
Most 15 or 16 year old boys IRL are as tall as their fathers. Same in Sims 4. Oh and if you ACTUALLY pay attention you can easily spot teens from adults in t he Sims. Their body shape is different, their faces look younger... it's just that they are the same height, which again, is how it actually is IRL.
I personally find it so weird that Sims players (and in other media as well) consider 11 - 13 "teens" and everything above that as non-existent until they are 21. Because that's what we are talking about here. The height difference and look people WANT in Sims 4 is of 11-13 year olds IRL. But teens IRL spend most of their teens being as tall as an adult (15-19).
I think we should have more options/toggles to make a teen look how we'd like because not all teens come in the same shapes and sizes. Some are shorter than most and some are taller than most. Some develop later as some soon so I think it would be fair to make things optional to fit the teens we want in our stories.
"Sara1010P;c-17858966" wrote:
I don't care about the height, I am short enough that all my nieces and their friends towered over me in their teens. I think for me the problem is there isn't enough teen and child specific things to make those ages interesting to play. By specific I mean restricted to those ages actually. I miss when children could play stuff like cops and robbers or tag with their friends. More afterschool activities for teens, something like prom. Just something to make those ages more fun.
I agree with this. I think there should be more activities for age groups that have seemingly been neglected. Kids did get a stuff pack which added some things (I do miss the different activities from TS2 though), however, I still think more can be added and I think more age-specific things need to be added for teens as well as elders.
