"AlexSimmerman;d-974277" wrote:
Controversial but with Sims, adult players need to be prioritised with regards to marketing - not kids. We’re the ones with disposable income to actually invest in the franchise. Don’t make it overly childish, we can handle some drama, tragedy etc
For a Teen rated game, Sims 4 seems solely targeted towards children? The players who’ve grown up with the franchise & continue to play seem to have been forgotten about. We want messy storylines, drama, personality, DEPTH. Everything’s just too pretty, happy and dull
They haven’t even bothered to put an affair storyline in, or a secret child or even a death. How fragile do they think we are? We can handle a bit of emotion and scandal
This won’t happen but I’d love The Sims franchise to start being marketed as a 15+ game with teen/adult concepts like violence, crime, scandals etc. Kids will always convince their parents to buy the game no matter the rating anyway. Make it less childish?
Maxis/EA is aiming at keeping the game rated 8 or lower in certain countries. This game isn't even targeted at teen girls anymore, it's literally targeted at kids. And it shows...they have made TS4 way too childish...to the point where it's barely enjoyable. Core features have been dumbed down to oblivion or straight up removed from the game. I'd be surprised if they pulled a Hot Date pack out of their asses since it'd be too teen/adult. There's also the problem which is that TS4 tries too hard to be politically correct...it's hurting the franchise. Sims can't even slap each other anymore because it's too graphic...like really? Meanwhile every other shooter rated T for teen exists.
