"Felicity;c-17931597" wrote:
"temporalgod;c-17931535" wrote:
"Ellupelluellu;c-17929108" wrote:
"Mw93;c-17929101" wrote:
"logion;c-17928727" wrote:
I'm not sure. How would you have preferred it to be done in the game?
I think adding it as a trait makes sense because you can add and remove it to the sims you want. I agree that it's not part of anyone's personality, but gameplay wise I think it makes sense to have it as a trait so you can select it when you create your sim.
I would not want it to be picked for random on sims though, which is why I'm going to blacklist that one with MC Command Center.
More like genetics, like how genetics are predispotioned to make your sims have different skin tones or hair, if your going to put in a game a disease that depends on whether your genetically predispositioned to be allergic to a food, then it should be a randomized stat that would give your the sim the allergy, not as a trait you the player can add, but as a randomized stat applied to the game of either the players characters or npc sims that would also make any future offspring of your sim kids, to avoid every one being lactose intolerant I would probably set the spawn rate to 5 to 10 percent of the population so a fraction of ingame npcs would have that. if the point of the sims is to simulate life, and the devs want to add disease in game, that is a genetic, then naturally it should mimick how in nature people are born into to certain health conditions. Like lets say the devs decided to added cancer to the game as a trait, would willingly add a trait that will give your sims cancer? as a trait and part of a sims personality? and if you were a cancer patient, wouldn't you find it offensive that someone thought, oh hey I having cancer is a personality trait, never mind lmao I am dying and I have to take chemo to not die and lose my hair in the process, but hey atleast now I can feel validated because the sims devs added cancer as a trait. I get most people might think being lactose intolerant is the lower end of allergies, but when milk is used in almost everything and some people can be severely allergic to milk to a point where it can wreck you digestive health that it can land in the hospital. The point is its not the fact that its being added to the game its how its being added, having an allergy or disease isn't a personality trait in real life, its just a factor in how we have to approach it, and how it can mess it up, I'd think with ea and their kowtowing to wokeness would get this is a bad idea, if ea wants to add allergies fine, but they should make it more of an inheirtable genetic thing instead of a trait.
So you are now comparing lactose intolerance to cancer and HIV? (I am not sayin that any of the 3 could not kill you, but totally different things)
And really there are people who wonder why there is not all disabilities/allergies/anything added at the game... oh my what that would do..
Imagine the blacklash the Devs would get if they added something like Autism to the game, personally I think it'll be way worse if these things were randomly generated genetics, it's like realizing that your sims child has the same disablity as you IRL, then reloading the game so you don't have to deal with that awful reminder, I think it would better if it was in a similar category as bloodtype and zodiac signs, where you can decide whenever or not your sims have them.
In Sims 3, they had traits that reflected high-functioning autism, though they weren't called that.
That's the thing I dislike about Sims 4 traits the most -- there is no room for people who are socially awkward. There's no room for people who are inappropriate at times. There aren't the interactions. It can be done well, but it can't be done by a dev team which doesn't think they need to consult with experts and instead rely on focus groups. I suppose it's just as well that people like me are not represented. There's a line of nuance between representation and mockery, and I don't think this team is capable of staying on the representative side.
Honestly, I think they can do it but no matter how much research they do(which would cost a lot of time and money in a small budget for this game) someone will say it is not good enough. It is impossible to please everyone and now there are many platforms to voice their displeasure. I think people need to understand that it is not the devs intention to mock anyone, they are trying to put a sim spin on a situation. Sims has always been a quirky game. I will say we have gone from quirky to ridiculous at times but that is just my opinion.
