"DeservedCriticism;c-15807991" wrote:
The pack does plenty to give parents plenty to do (at least for Children), but my counter-point would be that good traits and good family gameplay are not mutually exclusive. It's entirely possible to provide both, so when the YA traits underperform, it just seems like a disappointment and missed potential on behalf of the GP team. Either they should spend a little more time thinking about interesting trait effects or they desperately need some more creativity; either way they could've addressed the issue with minimal time setbacks to it's release date.
Could they have delivered both good family play and good traits? Yes, and that's precisely why complaints and disappointment will be voiced from time to time.
The traits are fine, I don't know what a couple few people are going on about, here's some backstory.
I had a son and a daughter as toddlers, the son had the angelic trait, and the daughter fussy.
The son is a teen now and has green in nearly all categories, the daughter is red in 3 and green in 2.
The son autonomously will do dishes, set up the table, and generally doesn't get into any trouble. He's only been in time out once, I seriously never have to punish him. He even has good grades and does projects.
The daughter meanwhile, never picks up after herself and was an absolute nightmare as a kid. She was CONSTANTLY making messes and being scolded. She went through a mean phase and was an absolute jerk to her dad and brother. I put her in time out more times than I can count, and most of it was autonomous. Let me tell you, that girl had a mouth like a sailor, and her grades weren't nearly as good as her brothers.
The traits in this pack have seriously improved, I'm so happy. I just aged them up to teens so let's see where it goes.
