Men and Flirting

There's always the one.

I don't really remember being bothered by them, but the one thing that still annoys me to this day is the woohoo acceptance animation. I think in previous games the couple would kiss before going to bed, but in TS4 they both cheer like little girls. I haven't played the game in a while but I think I had a mod that replaces that animation because it was driving me nuts..

I think it's all cartoonish as others have put it. I've also wanted a dating update or pack since I started playing TS4. In my opinion, there is definitely room to add more. It probably goes along with people wanting more "personality".

Maybe they could add more variations of romantic approaches in general? For myself, while I'd make use of turn ons and turn offs, etc, if they are added, I like the ability for sims to make slightly unexpected decisions. I do think they could add some flexibility to the romance in the game,

"Gendered" approaches could be part of that. Maybe they could be part of the options for different sims but like pregnancy and other options, simmers could apply them to any type of sims they are making.

I'm just saying that I actually want more variation in dating and romance animations or gameplay.

Double post

"Arzekial;c-17255498" wrote:
I know sexual preference doesn't play a factor. I think it should though. Why not have the selection? Aren't we evolved enough as a society to know the difference between masculine and feminine behavior? I'm seriously not trying to ruffle any feathers here but there's definitely a difference between masculine and feminine behavior. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH EITHER. I'd just like to play a masculine man in the game that likes women... and acts accordingly. All this tip toeing around likes and dislikes... screw that! It's just personal preference, who cares??? . But please make the distinction in the game so I can try to match my sims personality to their preferences.
They already have questions like: Can this sim get anyone pregnant? So, why not have "Is this sim's behavior masculine or feminine?"
Is anyone really bothered or offended by that?

This had me laughing. :D you're so brutally honest but it needed to be said. I totally agree with this. And many interactions does look realllllly strange enough to side eye for a straight make. I think we should get more masculine animations.

I agree with the poster here that they try to go for more fun silly animations with everything but I would really love more "realistic" animations. A lot of the romantic interactions are too clownish and I dont use them. Especially for males.

I prefer to use poses and imagination for the romance department because of that.

I don't immerse myself in the Sims 4 because that would involve me learning to teleport across rooms without warning.

I think as long as you have the man initiate certain flirt interactions it should be manly. There's certain interactions that I usually stick to having male or female sims in straight couples initiate.

You just kind of have to memorize what the interactions do. Like, I always have my male sims initiate 'passionate kiss.'

For my same-sex couples though I tend to go either or. :)

I feel like more animations should be tied to their chosen walk animation.

There's a macho walk, a more manly style of flirting could come with that, and it could affect some other animations.

The feminine walk could give someone more feminine animations.

It would mainly be for various interactions with other sims, objects being used the same.

What I don't understand is why there aren't different romantic animations for males and females, and why those cannot be assigned to the different Sims we create. I never understood why those interactions are the same for both genders to begin with. This is 2019, 2020 is right around the corner, and the ability to give us choices that would make our Sims truly different has never been attempted beyond the turn ons and turn offs in the past iterations. EA's attempt at being inclusive is a bit skewed because our Sims are still generic rather than unique, in spite of the clothing options and gender preferences we asssign to them. There are different walking styles, but there are no traits to trigger different romantic interactions. Just the flirty trait. And I never use that trait because it doesn't really do anything, and I have become bored with the same romantic interactions we have been seeing since the day Sims4 was released.

It's time for the teams to take a look at how to improve the romance mechanics in the game. The whole system has become repetitious and stale. There are many ways to improve romance and stay within the Teen rating, but the devs have balked at trying to do anything to change things up a bit. New romantic interactions are definitely needed, and should be more gender-specific while remaining inclusive of all types of Sims. After five years our Sims still can't dance together while in a group setting or even enjoy a romantic slow dance like a real couple. And about that Teen rating: Just because our Sim teens can 'fool around' under the blankets on a bed, and we cannot see them, does that send a message to the younger players this is acceptable behavior? Call me a prude, but I was a little shocked when that option came up for two of my Sim teens. LOL If our Sim teens are able to engage in risky behavior, if the LGBT community is being represented in the game, with my full support, I have to wonder why romance is being overlooked when love is such a large part of the game itself.

We might as well stop male sims from crying while we are at it because it is too "feminine" (!) :/

But to keep some players like yourself happy - maybe an option to make them "masculine" or "feminine" which I do not see a big issue in it as after all they are sims... not humans