Dissapointment with latest sims interview

"OEII1001;c-17411188" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17411187" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17411183" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17411182" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17411178" wrote:
I think that people are conflating the fact that the world of 2000 is different than that of 2014 or 2020 with the game not having features they would prefer. Is it your stance that The Sims 4 is inferior because of the gender patch, a reflection of the decline of print media, or an increase of dark skin tones; or is it your stance that The Sims 4 is inferior because it doesn't have the gameplay features you seek? I think the pearl clutching over "PC" is misplaced.

I love the gender patch, myself. What I don't love is that none of it transfers over in to actual game play. Creating diverse sims who all act the same, play the same, and have nothing unique about them is the problem with Sims 4.

Then you agree with me that the issues are being conflated and that people are creating a subtext here not present in the article.

No. The article discusses how the gurus and devs want to make it about the current trends irl. How teenagers want to be "influencers" etc. It's restrictive and disallows many different play styles by catering to SM "trends".

So you believe that The Sims 4 is inferior due to this? I fully disagree with this. If you dislike The Sims 4, it is not because of the fact that newspaper circulation has declined, or that there is acknowledgement that non-white and non-straight people play video games. If I have been reading your arguments correctly, and I think I have for the past 5 years, it is because it doesn't have the gameplay elements you like. Again, I think that a subtext is being inserted here.