"StrawberryYogurt;c-17454337" wrote:
"Sk8rblaze;c-17453852" wrote:
It just comes with the game by second nature. As it used to be with The Sims as well.
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Oh well, I am finding an E for everyone game with Animal Crossing New Horizons far more mature than the Sims 4 now which is probably why people from kids to 88 year olds are enjoying the game while the Sims 4 is made for kids that need everything and anything to be positive only
I dont see Animal Crossing as more mature than TS4. In what way? AC is marketed at kids any nearly everything is positive. Theres nothing wrong with that because its animal crossing. Its always been like that. The problem is making that kind of style for TS4 isnt right because its not that kind of game or series, whereas animal crossing is. Its just a different kind of game
Marketed more kid friendly Sims 4 yes in that way it is different. At launch especially Sims 4 didn't even represent certain groups at all.
While Animal Crossing at launch:
https://www.fanbyte.com/news/animal-crossing-new-horizons-has-better-lgbt-representation-than-the-mcu/
https://www.cbr.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-cj-flick-gay-couple/
That's the thing like Disney movies, if you are a kid you don't know the darker side of things slipped in. Plus there is the whole creation thing that is free of all artistic expression and censoring of cuss words isn't a thing in the game. In the Sims, you need mods to lift the rating, but in Animal Crossing well you don't. It is built into the game, no restrictive rules like the Sims 4 coding and you really do control your world in all creativity regardless of how mature it is or not. I can't share the more mature creations the community has made, but this was fun of things only adults would notice.
https://www.looper.com/191393/things-only-adults-notice-in-animal-crossing/
Anyway this game developer's grandma and the story about her:
https://www.today.com/parents/grandma-loves-playing-nintendo-s-animal-crossing-game-t178182
So yeah if you play with kids you are just going to know the kid versions of how to play, but with adults there is a much more darker side of the game. I don't like to play that way, but honestly my pyro self is happy with all the consequences of actions and different types and sizes of fire I can have. Sims 4 however plays it safe and the most child friendly of all four versions of the Sims. So at least with Animal Crossing its newer design provides an escape from just colonized living. I can really live off the grid and explore to my heart's content. I like that about Stardew Valley too, I can escape the isolation and kid safe aspect of gaming the Sims 4 keeps doing. There is a darker side to these games and I enjoy it since social media and the Sims 4 has a facade of naive childhood. It is like with the Coronavirus is the first "bad" thing many kids and young adults experience in their lives, but for me and older gamers, it isn't and Animal Crossing reminds us of how we were able to endure through the other bad times too playing the older Nintendo games together. Sims just doesn't have that nostalgia history or gaming experience or life lesson experience with the Sims 4. It through the Sims 1, 2, and 3 out the window. Animal Crossing New Horizons continues our stories and appreciates the older gamers and newer gamers alike. So yes the Sims 4 is a different game from all the rest. It was made for kids and no one else and its history is in childhood alone, not any history related to the franchise. I can't tell you how many times I have been told off by kids to get away from the community that my nostalgia and perception of adulthood is not welcomed because it is negative and every adult and older Simmer should be avoided. With Animal Crossing everyone is welcomed and it is a much more diverse and far more welcoming community.
I noticed a lot of the younger Gurus and Game Changers are more respected than the older ones which is sad, but shows how strong ageism is within the community. I have faced it several times myself.
