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I'd say kids and elders, because there is a distinct lack of activities specifically for them, but with kids they still have some interactions that are only for them, and aspirations that are only theirs.
With elders they are, as someone else pointed out here, just worse adults. They can do (almost) everything that an adult can, but slower and with the risk of dying. The problem is that by the time someone is an elder that's the kind of gameplay you've already played since they were young adults, but with the difference that you've already done most stuff by then and there is little left to do in terms of aspirations, especially if you've finished one already.
- Finding love (sure, but many are already married and is in a stable relationship).
- Having kids is over and grandkids only count in the same household. There are no spend-the-weekend-with-grandma/pa interactions, babysit interactions or anything else that actually is directed at being a grandparent.
- Your career is probably already at the top level if you want it to be so that aspiration is gone. You can retire, but then you have a whole lot of nothing to do.
- They could go back to uni, but that gameplay is not nearly interesting enough.
- That leaves knitting and gardening, but elderly people deserve more things to do than that.
I would love to see elderly aspirations, that are only theirs. Personality traits, wants and fears that are only for elders and is based on their life and other traits. Interactions that is reserved for elders. Adult kids-parent interactions. Grandkids-grandparent interactions. Ability to babysit. More hobbies. Scenarios for elders. A venue type or lot trait that is old-people's home.
Granted I would also love to see more interactions for kids that are games without toys, and things like boardgames for everyone. And a middle aged life stage where you are an adult, but you cannot have kids, but has none of the physical issues that you have as an elder. Just something to mark the passage of time.
With elders they are, as someone else pointed out here, just worse adults. They can do (almost) everything that an adult can, but slower and with the risk of dying. The problem is that by the time someone is an elder that's the kind of gameplay you've already played since they were young adults, but with the difference that you've already done most stuff by then and there is little left to do in terms of aspirations, especially if you've finished one already.
- Finding love (sure, but many are already married and is in a stable relationship).
- Having kids is over and grandkids only count in the same household. There are no spend-the-weekend-with-grandma/pa interactions, babysit interactions or anything else that actually is directed at being a grandparent.
- Your career is probably already at the top level if you want it to be so that aspiration is gone. You can retire, but then you have a whole lot of nothing to do.
- They could go back to uni, but that gameplay is not nearly interesting enough.
- That leaves knitting and gardening, but elderly people deserve more things to do than that.
I would love to see elderly aspirations, that are only theirs. Personality traits, wants and fears that are only for elders and is based on their life and other traits. Interactions that is reserved for elders. Adult kids-parent interactions. Grandkids-grandparent interactions. Ability to babysit. More hobbies. Scenarios for elders. A venue type or lot trait that is old-people's home.
Granted I would also love to see more interactions for kids that are games without toys, and things like boardgames for everyone. And a middle aged life stage where you are an adult, but you cannot have kids, but has none of the physical issues that you have as an elder. Just something to mark the passage of time.
