Who the Game is Marketed To
Based on being on these forums, Reddit, YouTube, etc., it seems like the community often is annoyed by how childish some of the game is, or at least the lack of some of the more 'mature' forms of humo...
Forum Discussion
"simmerorigin;c-18196687" wrote:"crocobaura;c-18196650" wrote:
I think the game has always been family friendly, even the cake dancers, there was nothing really inappropriate about them. In my opinion, the main difference is that before they used to have animations for a lot of stuff happening in game, now they have emotions and what used to be a visual element is now a text element. Also some design choices have taken away some of the charm. Remember the pretty oversized flowers sims would grow in TS1? TS4 flowers have no decorative function when planted, you can barely see the flowers actually. It may be because people have requested realistic gameplay and characters, so a lot of the charm was lost in favour of realism.
I don't think the original Sims 1 is really a child-friendly / family-friendly game like Disney Dreamlight Valley. I think it leans more into the Teen rating whereas the Sims 4 leans away from it.
I think perceptions changed a lot since then and people behave and react differently since when TS1 was released. I struggle to think of something that was inappropriate about TS1 content and not suitable for a 6 year old. People keep mentioning the cake dancer, but they were dressed and the only inappropriateness is that perceived by the player due to their experience with cake dancers outside of the game. There was nothing explicit in game. But like I said, perceptions have changed and nowadays people think even Tom and Jerry cartoons are not appropriate entertainment anymore.
