"Auroraskies;c-17734418" wrote:
Monogamy is no more ethical than other lifestyles, moralizing is not constructive. Love is not defined by cultural borders only.
I agree though on making it possible to have sim households that the player wants to stay put in one relation, to do so.
I love the Free Love NAP addition, and every feature that makes sims flirty, and have several households with different relation constellations, whether that be set relationships of 'girlfriend/boyfriend' state combined with marriage in different ways, or just sims having many romantic interests etc.
But I do not appreciate that the game makes sims jealous as default, at the same time as the sims can autonomously disregard all the actions and set-up that I have created for them, having full romantic and friendship bar with their partner, being BFF, never direct them to flirt with others, etc; and then automatically do that anyway when not guarded. I do not like drama; I am the player, and the one who should be in control.
Why is jealousy default?
Why do all sims react to stimuly the same way?
Why are so many actions autonomous?
Why is autonomy made to work this way?
I don't mind "free love", I'm a fan of Freddie Mercury. ;) I mean, in the old Sims games, the player could better control the behavior of Sims. Want to cheat? Ok. Do you want drama? Ok. In TS4, Sims flirt with random characters because they are in a flirty mood. In TS2, a husband who met a pretty girl on the street (I'm begging for the attractiveness system!) had a desire: "call your wife", "go on a date with your wife", etc.
I have no problem with the fact that people (and Sims) live in "open" relationships, they experiment etc. If people agree, I'm ok.
I used the word "unethical" because treason is unethical - and that's what my Sim wanted to do. And before adding a lifestyle, he didn't even have a whim about another woman (or guy) for a moment.
in TS4, Sims are uncontrollable. And it's not okay if this lack of control is illogical (a sim rejects another Sim's "advances" but at the same time wants to woohoo them on a whim). Quite simply, the Sim is in a flirty mood, so they'll pick up anything that doesn't escape into the tree. I think they should improve it as soon as possible!
"izecson;c-17734435" wrote:
So the Hungry for Love is just another Flirty trait? I got the impression that it actually will strengthen my sims relationship with their spouse. Guess ill remove that lifestyle using cheats.
I don't know for sure. Maybe I was just unlucky and after choosing a lifestyle for Sim, he decided to romance his roommate (his brother's wife, BTW) quite accidentally?
I prefer not to experiment anymore, because I care about this family. Maybe it's silly, but sometimes I get emotionally involved with my "dolls" and I'm sorry when they betray each other and hurt each other. It's some kind of escapism. ;)
