Should marriages allow more partners?

@Elliandre

No worries, I'm not mad, just a bit frazzled. I've had several comments on this topic. :) I'm not against polygamy.

ok for people whom don't know what is "allowed" in a (North American) Teen rated game the following is violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling (kind of like the game from Journey to Batu? gamepack), and/or infrequent use of strong language. I think that having more then one spouse would be under "suggestive themes" like woohoo is.


Well that's interesting I found an article which one of the things they use is Sims 4 to explain rating systems in various countries. Look up "how are age based gaming ratings set?" and the first article which pops up is what you need and scroll down

Why not let sims be openly polygamous!

I didn't vote; I'm not sure. IRL I'm totally traditional, but this is a game and in the end, you play the scenarios you choose. I usually play with just 2 Sims in love, but it might be neat for a storyline ever once in a while.

Probably would need some tweaking but I think it could work. I assume selecting poly vs monogamous sims would be something like selecting gender preferences etc.

Just a subheading under marriage which should include stuff like: Men, Women, Both. And then either selecting how many sims this sim can be in a relationship with or if they're poly or not, and maybe even if they like open or closed relationships.

Then they get married to a compatible sim (or don't. Always interesting gameplay) and the jealousy settings are organised accordingly.

or maybe if it's less complicated make it a social interaction like "Ask if (insert sim here) can join relationship" and for that to work the sim in question has to have a high enough friendship with the other sim to consider it or something like that? It'd take a lot of thinking to do right but I think it can be done.

I think more freedom is always better, especially when it’s just a game.

From what I have learned about poly relationships, jealousy can still occur, but it’s dealt with differently because it’s sort of expected and consented to. Not everyone can handle it. I know I couldn’t, and neither could my husband. I don’t know any marriages that have survived through bringing in others (but I’ve seen them crumble), yet, I’m sure there are some successful ones I don’t realize have this agreement. Some people make it work, even if they’re not technically married. I can see the benefit of playing out scenarios like this as a form of exploration whether it helps you decide it’s not for you, or teaches you about its challenges. Or just for entertainment.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18057111" wrote:
I want the option to have perfectly harmonic threematings in my game, and I want those threematings to be exclusive. If Summer cheats on Liberty and Tavis with an outsider, then jealousy should kick in, but not if any of the trio romances any of the other two.

Polygamy in the sense of one sim being married to several others, with the others not being in love with each other, I wouldn't have use for, but I'm not opposed to it as a feature. You never know when it might come in handy.

This is how I always wanted it to work. Because even using the no jealousy or player trait is no fun because it should be an exclusive relationship between them that doesn't include outsiders.

Eh, might as well give people the option. I probably wouldn't use it, but I'm sure lots of people would.

I voted for just one purely because I just foresee the game breaking (I mean, at this moment in time they probably wouldn't even be able to have a wedding in the first place lol) , but I think it would be a good addition to the game for multiple spouses.

I'm already using the "player" trait (added with a cheat code) to play a committed poly-amorous quad who all live together in one house. It would be nice if they had the option of getting married. And when I am playing with aliens or vampires especially, I'd like some other kinds of marriage arrangement options. But not having those options isn't a deal breaker for me, obviously, since I just make up the story in my head anyway. As long as there is a way (player trait) to prevent jealousy so sims can openly have more than one partner, I'm content.

If a multi-sim marriage option were added, I would use it. But first, they really need to make weddings actually function well. Even the base game version has been kind of annoying to use because sims don't stay seated during the ceremony.