They need to stop catering to children only. Some people have been playing for a minimum of 10 years. 15 if they started at TS2, more if they started with TS1. The first game was so smart and satirical while also being a cultural phenomenon and a first of it's kind sort of thing.
They seem to have dropped all the risky humor, the screaming, the chaos, sense of consequence and intelligence of TS1 and TS2 and traded it for PC-culture, bland make-believe and little effort in executing any idea.
So what I'm saying is: the previous games had teen rating and managed to have personality, take risks and have a little highbrow stuff not necessarily needing to be understood by kids, but not harmful either. TS2 had a therapist NPC that solves your sim's aspiration failure (depression), a social bunny which is the saddest thing in the world and appears if your sim is desperate to socialize, a burglar and a repoman, police, Mrs. Crumplebottom who hits you with her purse if you're kissing/flirting in public or wearing something inappropriate, etc etc etc!!!!
