"Gnarl_Lee;12994669" wrote:
...or maybe Family play isn't as popular as some of you want it to be...sure, you family players are very vocal and visible but the bottom line is, what do the majority of people want?...clearly there are a lot more people wanting something other than family play out there.
Oh joy, a "you people" comment. :\
Sims should be all about options -- you can add family play to the game but players aren't forced into it. You can Woohoo without consequence, just don't do the "Try for Baby" bit, or if you're like my slacker Sim, you Try for Baby with every female in town and they get stuck with the diapers and feedings. >:) If you're going to add options for players who want something other than family play, then why not add in options for those who want expanded family play? They've done a bit of that already -- children in Sims 4 are probably better than in any other Sims game, but even they could be improved with expanded play options that don't require spending a lot of Simoleons (I'd like to see the return of play options like the Mary Mack clapping game, or even tag; cops and robbers might not be that politically correct in the current environment), and actually meeting kids/teens and school and asking to either bring them home or go to their house after school. And interactions like "do homework with..." which would help with Fun and Social needs while hitting the books.
The point is, when Sims 4 was first announced, they said that all age groups would be in the game...but then, "things change" and toddlers were left out. If OFB is indeed the first EP, I'll just have to figure that work on that started long before the toddler issue became a thing, and that we'll get toddlers in a future EP or better yet a patch the way they patched in ghosts and pools.
