Can we talk about the sims 4 rebrand vidio ?

"Najah177;c-17298289" wrote:
> @Horrorgirl6 said:
> Besides being cringey.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKVaEM0VfXU
> I feel like this video is manipulating.It feels like they took a bunch of people with self-esteem issues than put them on the center. The thing is this game is not meant to be a safe space, and you shouldn't be using this game as the main comfort. I have issues as well, and this does not sit well with me.

When the black girl said, "I asked my mom why was I black?" I had to click off. I found the video very disturbing, because it's touching on real-life issues and even some controversial ones, and insinuating that The Sims can "solve all these problems." Yeah, go buy The Sims and all it's downloadable content and let us show you the cure to racism, discrimination, and bullying. If I wasn't already a Sims fan, this definitely wouldn't make me one.

To be honest they lost me there, because apart from creating sims with any colour you like, what exactly does the game have to offer to deal with that? Nothing as far as I know.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17298366" wrote:
Actually think both are in poor taste, but the TS4 one is disgustingly so. The TS3 one should have linked the 'interviews' to the game sooner than it did.

There’s a video like this for Sims 3 as well? Must have missed it, do you have a link to that one?
*oh, oops, sorry, the one on page 1 :grimace: , watching it now

That second one is rather a documentary than an ad and indeed, it constantly shows what the girl means, the link to the game and how it relates to real life and her faith. It’s about the playing God part of the game and that indeed, say what you want, is exactly what this game is about. It’s also not sugar coated, Sims for all your problems, on the contrary, it explains why playing a deviant God can be so much fun.
The other stories highlight a different part of the game, again with - indeed - examples. That is crucial. It’s also not so focused on this “oh poor little old me, I suffer and this game saves me” atmosphere. It’s ordinary kids with ordinary stories and how they play that out in The Sims. Entirely a different thing. I have one complaint: they’re all young and they’re all American ;)
(this video refers to Sims 2 by the way but I haven’t seen the first one yet)
(first one is about Sims 2 as well so maybe I missed the video you are referring to after all?)

What I like about those two videos - haven’t watched the first one but I presume it’s the same set up - is that the stories are personal, in depth, real, fleshed out. One would almost say: a direct link to the games they reflect on.