Can we talk about the sims 4 rebrand vidio ?

"MidnightAura;c-17298755" wrote:
This ad makes me embarrassed to be a Simmer. Ads like this are why people ridicule the sims. It made sim guru Frost cry apparently, but I can’t say it gave me the same reaction.
I don’t know where to begin. How about the “No boundaries” statement?

No boundaries - in a closed world with no CASt with very little customisation options.

It is true you can do stuff and not get punished- that’s because the game has no consequences and AI are badly coded.

Then when you consider the manipulation, the message that you can play the sims 4 and your real life troubles will go away which is nonsense. As someone suffering with real life Illness, I can safely say making my sim self live her best life and watch her doing all the things I can’t and probably won’t ever be able to do doesn't make me feel better about myself as person or my life. And it shouldn’t- it’s a game. Playing that scenario actually makes me feel worse about myself, not better. I think it’s dangerous to insinuate that your problems can be fixed by playing The Sims 4. Don’t get me wrong, I can see the appeal of video games as escapism. That’s one reason I play many video games is because for a few hours I can go into a world and do things I could never do in real life like steal a car, hogtie someone and throw them off a cliff, climb a mountain and explore the caves deep within etc, maintain a farm, maintain a town whilst talking and befriending villagers. All games are safe spaces and it plum me off the sims 4 is pretending it’s the only one. The difference is all the games I mention above are all safe spaces but they don’t need to monopolise it to sell their games.

Many of the topics covered in the ad are nothing to do with the game. It’s just the sims jumping on the “We are SOOOOO inclusive” bandwagon they love to ride for pats on the back. Never mind that game play is lacking, dlc is nickel and dimed in awful ways. I think this is the worst, most manipulative, ageist ad for any entertainment product ever. It’s also a nice slap in the face to any simmer over twenty five because our experiences are irrelevant.

Frost has said many a time now the game is a safe space to help us learn and grow. ? I remember the good ol days when the Sims was just a game, not a political and social justice platform. This is the future of the sims. It’s not more in depth game play and realistic play, it’s pandering to the PC crowd.