Talking Teenagers
Hey Simmers, Wow, it's been literally 3 years since I was on the forums, no lie. I've just been getting back into The Sims 4 over the past few days, and I have a serious question for you all... ...
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"Hestia;c-17385450" wrote:
I agree with you OP @bethyGrace . The "teens" in TS4 are baby faced adults. They don't have much significance in the game and barely have any interesting teen-specific activities. I'll bring over what I mentioned in another thread:
What teens need:
- More shenanigans/pranks/mischief
- Influencing others or dares.
- Autonomously runs away if neglected. A temporary event - existed in TS2 https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Running_away
- Even more extracurricular activities (arts & crafts, sports, catering, science club, chess club, book club, etc.)
- Enroll in private school (children too. I also expected this to come with Discover University for an additional scholarship)
- Outside school events. Science fairs anyone?... Teen bake sale, school bazaars...
Just a few things on top of my head.
For those who don’t want to click the link and read about teen runaways:SpoilerA teen Sim can run away from the household in The Sims 2 when the particular teen has negative relationships with the other members of the household and has few or no other friends. When a teen is preparing to leave, a message will pop up in the upper-right hand corner letting the player know. Then, the teen either walks or runs off of the lot. The memory associated with a teen running away is usually red but may also be green depending on the Sim and their relationship with the teen. While running away, a runaway icon will appear in their picture. Being gone does not affect things like school grades.
If you're lucky they're baby face adults. I had one sim family, when the girl aged up to teen, she looked older than her mom. When the game was first released, there wasn't even the tag telling you they were a teen and people were upset about this. So Maxis made them "different" by adding a tag below their names when you hover over them. Like, the least effort solution possible, but at least they did it I suppose.
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