Talking Teenagers

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17384187" wrote:

"bethyGrace;c-17384170" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17383394" wrote:
I heard a lot of people say teens in sims 3 looked more like teens but I just cant see it? I tried making some myself just to test it our, plus I looked at pictures online and NONE of them looked more like teens besides the height or serious cc added. I actually think look wise you can get more younger looking teens in sims4 it just takes a few tricks which I'm getting the hang of. Lately I've had more success as learn. Plus I use height slider.

I'm a bit confused by what point you're making here? haha. Are you saying that you use a height slider in the Sims 4 and it helps your teens to look more realistic? ... Cos that is just supporting the idea that they ought to be shorter, which was my original point haha.

Interesting to read that a lot of you aren't bothered by it though. I have to admit that it doesn't stop me from playing the game (obviously) but I still feel like the life-stage could be overhauled and the game would be much better.

Or perhaps if we got "pre-teens"?

It's crazy how huge the jump was from The Sims 1 to the Sims 2, with the life stages and aging and everything it introduced. I guess I'm hungry for bigger innovation, more risks and bigger jumps forward from the dev team. I totally understand that I'm talking about a very different time there, with super different technologies making things possible, but I'm sick of the "less less and less" content and gameplay we seem to be getting with this franchise compared to days gone by.

NO. imo, there is absolutely nothing unique about preteens that they couldn't add to the child or teen stage. Their resources should be spent there, and not re-rigging everything for a stage of life that lasts maybe two years of real time.

Fair enough lol :p o:)

I still want something different for the teens and kids then! hahaha.

"CaptainElsa;c-17384328" wrote:
I hate to be all "In the Sims 3..." but boy oh boy did S3 Generations do teens right.

Yeah, that was a great pack altogether ^_^ I especially loved the learning to drive thing... *nudge nudge* hey EA, how about you release cars with that as an option for teen sims?

I don't know if I'm just a horrible human being who wants teenagers to fight with their parents a lot, but I just want it to be a tricky time to navigate for families, because I feel that kids becoming teens IRL is honestly a tricky time to navigate for parents.

Teens are curious and rebellious and so hungry to start being independent... In the Sims 4, we have a lot of "conversation interactions" for the teens - like they can ask their parents about woohoo or demand independence, but I feel like those interactions have no real gameplay IMPACT. And I guess that boils down to the Sims not having real wants - like, I'd love to see a "want tree" where the teens want to:
1. Ask parents about woohoo
2. Ask a sim on a date
3. "Mess around" with another sim, or like "explore" or something
4. Have their first boyfriend / girlfriend
5. Have their first real woohoo

Or something like that.

Maybe it could work as a new "growing up" aspiration or something?? A memory system?? I just want it all to MEAN something for my Sims!