"PlayerSinger2010;c-17193654" wrote:
"Logisitcs;c-17193291" wrote:
It’s a video game. Instead of Island Living having resorts and hotels in addition to living on the island they decided to use it as a public service announcement on cleaning the ocean. Like why?
I get it’s a hot button issue but there’s no need to put it in a SIMS game. Must be the reason why we don’t have cars, fossil fuels and gasoline powered cars destroy the environment so they shouldn’t be in the sims!
So... you're mad because Sulani is a livable world and not just a vacation world like Selvadorada or the camp ground? And because they introduced new game play with could help younger simmers understand the importance of taking care of the world?
.... Oooookay then.
No, they have a point. The Sims team, recently, has been making decisions based on what
they want in the game, not what
we want. (Grant and dog houses or the pride content, for example) We could argue all day on environmentalism and whether it's worth paying attention to, but that isn't the point of the thread. The OP is asking that the Sims team doesn't push agendas, send messages, regardless of whether they're good or not, etc onto people because nobody plays the Sims to be taught about anything. I play TS3 to explore my Sim's story and TS4 to watch them do stupid things and maybe take a few screenshots. Not to hear "we shoulds" or "we shouldn'ts". I don't play videogames to hear about politics or "important" issues. Do you?
It is also not the job of the Sims team or anybody else for that matter to say what kids should consider to be important or unimportant simply because
the children of consumers are NOT the children of Maxis and EA. Nobody is going to tell my own kid (if I had one) that environmentalism should be something paying attention to because I, myself, haven't decided that yet. Who are they to tell your children what you should think about the world?
The Sims is a (at least, it is now) medium, for them, to push messages that
they think is right. Dog houses are evil, LGBT pride is great, etc. They can't tell my kids that, I'll tell them what
I think (not what they
should think) about those topics, regardless of whether I agree with those sentiments or not so that they can form their own opinions. Fundamentally, it's indoctrination. And it shouldn't be in a videogame.
Granted, I'm unsure how such messages could be pushed through magic, but I am inclined to agree. Although I don't see why Island Living
essentially amounted to PSA and SJW stuff because it's very easy to ignore it in the first place. It's a part of it, but not the complete essence of the pack. Personally, I forgot you could clean up the island because the game fails at giving you reasons to do anything,
but I digress..."happyopi;c-17193192" wrote:
..... The entire planet is boiling this summer and your take is "environmentalism bad" ?
The quotes implies the OP stated that in the first place when they never did. In fact, there isn't even an edited note anywhere in their posts. Seems very unusual to use quotes and at the same time, put words into their mouth. Contradictory, even. Also, it's irrelevant and off-topic. We're not talking about that specifically, are we?
Excluding everything said above, they've a point with the original topic. I'm tired of lazy, uninspired, half-baked content. We'll see if RoM is any different.
