Should marriages allow more partners?

This sounds more like something that should be done in a mod instead. Polygamous marriages are not legal in the USA, but there are some Mormon sects that still practice this today (see the reality show Sister Wives). Open relationships should be part of the game though, (ie no jealousy when "cheating") although I would never do this in real life. Besides, once open relationships are added, modders could easily add a type of marriage, if we really want to see THREE or more people at the altar. Even some marriages still have open relationships. However, as a side effect, Sims in open relationships would not be able to "Try for Baby" while in an open relationship (as an assumption they would be using protection).

On the other hand, a double wedding should be part of the game for sure. (Especially for twins getting married).

"Kironide;c-18064124" wrote:
Isn't the point that in Europe, the Americas, Australasia and much of South East Asia (where there game is mostly sold) bigamy is illegal hence the need for a mature rating.

Bank robberies are also illegal, as is driving a car through a mall to elude police (thanks Blues Brothers). It is sad that as much gore as you want can be found on TV and movies, but the moment you add any sexual element including intimate scenes that show nothing, people scream and it gets slapped with "mature" or "R" ratings. Even occasional curse words alone change the rating from G to PG. (Though I certainly can see the justification of restricting a show that drops f-bombs and the like every other sentence or paragraph - usually lazy writing on those too.) Might have something to do with the majority religion around here. Meanwhile, violence goes up, and the marriage rate and length goes down.

"SimsILikeSims;c-18069039" wrote:

"Kironide;c-18064124" wrote:
Isn't the point that in Europe, the Americas, Australasia and much of South East Asia (where there game is mostly sold) bigamy is illegal hence the need for a mature rating.

Bank robberies are also illegal, as is driving a car through a mall to elude police (thanks Blues Brothers). It is sad that as much gore as you want can be found on TV and movies, but the moment you add any sexual element including intimate scenes that show nothing, people scream and it gets slapped with "mature" or "R" ratings. Even occasional curse words alone change the rating from G to PG. (Though I certainly can see the justification of restricting a show that drops f-bombs and the like every other sentence or paragraph - usually lazy writing on those too.) Might have something to do with the majority religion around here. Meanwhile, violence goes up, and the marriage rate and length goes down.

I'm not totally clear on your point. If it's that there's hypocrisy in the systems that make the laws, then, I agree, as I indicated before.

However, I maintain that laws are what determines the rating for the game.

Also, at the at the end of the Blues Brothers, both Elwood and Jake are arrested and jailed for their crimes, so I would say that its not a good example of proving hypocrisy in the legal system, or the culture of one of the societies that created those laws.

Definitely monogamous but they can add the polyamory option, sort of big love with spouse and official side chick

I'm actually surprised that this broke down 60/40 in favor of monogamy. To me, it seems obvious that polygamy should be in the game. "Play with life," right? People make all kinds of families in real life. I do understand the concerns of those who worry that it may require a complete overhaul to the romance and jealousy systems, though, and want the devs to focus on other things first - especially since polyamory is already in the game.

I played a guy with 2 wives once. I put him in CAS, made 2 ladies and 1 kid from each lady, but didn't have any of them "married." It worked out alright. There was some jealousy to contend with. It would have been nice to have had him officially married to both, but the family trucked along quite nicely. It was useful to have 3 parents around, actually. Made toddlerhood easier. I gave each adult their own room, and that kind of made the jealousy thing easier. I would prefer to be able to tweak jealousy a bit more, though, like have it reduced for sims in polyamorous or polygamous relationships. Still, it was a fun save. Cute little family. Hmm. I wonder what happened to them...? Maybe I'll make one of my current simmies have a second spouse and see how that goes. Honestly, apart from worrying about the devs breaking the game while trying to program in more complicated family setups, I don't see why anyone wouldn't want it in the game. You wouldn't have to make your sims polygamous or polyamorous if you didn't want to play that way. It would just be an extra option. It could even make a fun challenge scenario! I'm always game for more gameplay options!

Id have no problems with poly relationships.....if I didnt think it might break the game! My only worry is that the more sims you involve in something the more buggy it seems to get.
Although I also think it would be fun to play a family who lived in an off the grid commune and just did what they d**ned well wanted!LOL

I'm down with it as long as we still have a choice for Sims to be married to only 1 sim. Now it would be fine for your Don Lothario types.

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.

@DollhouseCompany In the vanilla game, it really only works if all Sims involved have the Player reward trait from completing the Serial Romantic aspiration, but that lets them flirt with Sims outside the relationship too, which might not be what you have in mind. I recommend Lumpinou’s Open Love Life mod, which has a variety of different options.