More Traits Needed: Carl's Guide

"Rosysimmer;c-17498592" wrote:
Possibly not on topic but, I think that your sim should develop traits based on what you make it do over time, and possibly even pass one of those traits onto their kids.

It's an interesting idea, but for me it wouldn't work. I play many, many Sims in my game and I give them traits because I want to see those traits play out. If I create a lazy Sim, I don't want to have to train him to be lazy, I want to plunk him into the game and see that he's lazy on his own.

Honestly, I feel like that's kinda what Sims 4 does now. It makes us train our Sims to fit their traits because the traits don't play out on their own. So we would have the exact same problem we do now if traits developed over time; all Sims would start out the same blank slate, acting no different than each other unless the player directs them to do what they want. I wouldn't want this at all. What's the point of creating a Sim in CAS if they're not going to exhibit any personality?

As for children inheriting traits, I don't think that's a bad idea, but I think there should also be a way for them to manifest their own personalities independent of their parents. Again, so that Sims don't end up too samey and repetitive.