I think the addition of more inclusiveness is commendable, absolutely. But my problem is the fact that, most of it is just cosmetic stuff (and some of not done very well).
They've added:
- More diverse hairs
- More diverse clothing
- More skin tones
- Non-Gender Clothing Tags (Which is actually pretty horrible, considering a good majority of the female tops add ta-ta shadows to any male frame wearing them. And, almost every single pair of female tagged pants on a male frame cause the mesh to deform on that male frame in the crotch area because it was not specifically rigged and weight painted to adapt to the male body).
So EA's idea of being more inclusive is to add things that visually represent different cultures/lifestyles, which again, I'm all for, but in the end, these things don't make the actual game play any better because of the that "inclusiveness" regardless of the sims you've created.
Yes, some people can definitely make their sim-self and feel more represented in TS4 than in past games, but all of the sims act the same, they will still be attracted to any sim. There is no way to set the gender preference of these sims you've created.
So, has the inclusivity really changed anything beyond the visuals?
