"NorthDakotaGamer;c-17565476" wrote:
"SimAlexandria;c-17565283" wrote:
"DragonCat159;c-17565244" wrote:
Take away woohoo (includes try for baby and that teen inclusive equivalent one) and fight interactions, and I can GUARANTEE the game would be eligible to warrant a rating E for everyone :) (:
I still wouldn't let very young kids play because of the deaths. My almost 6 year old would be extremely traumatized by seeing them freeze to death etc. Or an elderly grandma sim she loves playing die of old age, etc. Young kids find it harder to seperate reality from non-reality. If you took out deaths and grim as well, then I would agree.
Only kids not taught properly that video games are not reality are effected. My kids think death in the sims games are laughable. In fact, when they get stressed, the first thing my 7 year old asks if if she can kill some sims today. They use gaming as a way to relieve stress. But then, my irl household teaches that gaming is not reality.
Kids are all different. Some can handle it, some can't. It's nothing to do with teachiing a kid what's real, some are truly unable to differentiate the emotions. They KNOW it's not real, but still have feelings for their little characters and get attached to them. I teach my kid real/not real, we even go over things like Santa not being real as soon as they are old enough for their first Christmas (and continue every year), but knowledge and emotions aren't always related and kids with more imagination have more trouble with this because the characters truly "come to life" for them.
E games are rated that for "Everyone". Animal Crossing is an example and I love playing that with my kid, but there's a huge difference in the content between AC and Sims and Sims needs a higher rating than it, because the subject matter is too much for many youngsters to handle. (AND AC is the one with full frontal human nudity haha in it's art pieces hahaha! https://www.polygon.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-acnh-guide/2020/4/23/21231433/redd-jolly-museum-art-fake-real-forgeries-list-complete-painting-statue#YCb9WQ)
An E rating would suggest it's okay for any kid to play and some parents wouldn't even review the content before letting kids play something rated E. Something like sims doesn't fit that category.
