Realism comes in different ways. I can actually understand how people won’t like occults in their game (with all their powers and show effects), but at the same time won’t mind about other not so realistic details, as long as it allows them to play the life of a human. Some short cuts I honestly don’t mind myself (Sims 2 is a bit too detailed for me, it starts to feel like a grind after a while), but Sims 4 went overboard with it I think (I agree with you there). Others won’t mind however and they still can dislike the occults. Again, there is no link between one form of realism and the other.
