So Sims 4 is a young adult simulator ?
So I saw a tweet that says on one on of simmer erins videos? That said they priotize adult content over kid content for packs? That's kinda disappointing ?
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"thesimmer14;c-17446953" wrote:
The thing I've noticed is that they've taken a step back from "creating families" to "creating yourself". At least in their promotional tidbits. I must've seen about four ads over the past week depicting a young adult creating their "ideal" self in The Sims.
This was always an option, sure, but wasn't the original idea about making pretend families, rather than making up for the shortcomings of the world's inequalities? Don't get me wrong, I support the whole women's day thing, as well as the LGBT representation. But it feels like they're marketing it as a stigma-battle simulator lately. The over-emphasis on YA's is telling.
[This is coming from a 20-year old liberal arts college student, aka, their target audience :p )
Sorry but I have to argue the idea that it was originally meant specifically for "creating families"... A "life" simulator means what you want it to mean. That can mean playing dollhouse family, or it can mean you as you would like to be, or you doing things to get out your frustrations. Lots of possibilities.
And grateful to those who pointed out that the very idea that there needed to be special exclusive "elder" activities is insulting and stereotyped. Elders are adults who didn't die tragically young. Adults are...young adults who didn't die even younger. So I am still listening to crickets chirping over what these special activities are that represent young adults but somehow exclude other kinds of adult. Work a job? Have a kid? Have a relationship? Go out? check, check, check...
The worst is when people depict as realistic and needful, elders sitting around knitting. You know who is knitting these days? Young adults. :D
