Don't you guys find weird, that we have both life stage, that aren't much (or any?) different from each other (if you didn't notice the title: I'm talking about yound adults and "adults"), in terms of gameplay field? Do you guys think that the devs should remove that YA life stage and add up it's lifespan to the Adult's instead? Or do you guys have idea on how Young Adult could be improved? If so, post them down the comments below.Ideas:*Midlife Crisis for YA.*Bigger difference in appearance.*Fertility chance difference.*Adult sims should be more family driven. -Focusing more on their kid's needs over theirs. -Having whims that focus on bonding and building/growing their family, working on their careers. *If story progression is added back adults could be the age that most sims would start getting married and having kids.-As well as start getting whims to get married and have kids. *Adults could also get sad when they see couples or kids as they get closer to becoming elders if they themselves don't have someone or kids. --Obviously non-committal and hates children sims wouldn't be affected by some of those.*YA would be more self driven. -Focusing on themselves and what they needs. -Having whims to experience life, have fun, make friends, and get into relationship.*YA could be more likely to decline marriage proposal and be less willing to accept "try for baby". -Having high romance and friendship would be the only way to really increase your odds of acceptance and family oriented sims would be more than willing to accept.

20-60 year olds definitely need two life stages for me. They have to be more defined and different than they are in Sims 4.

I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe?

YAs and Adults should have two different life stages, in my opinion. It gives them more time to live and raise a family! :tongue:

One life stage is actually enough for me, if there is no difference in gameplay. Two is good, but it would be nice if there was the "mid-life crisis" that the Sims 3 had, otherwise why have two life stages (other than to help differentiate ages when looking for a spouse, for example). With the excellent toddlers, I'm actually realizing that there does need to be more depth with Teens. I personally do not want another "pre-teen" age (especially if the Teen stage stays as long as it currently is). I just want Teens to be more fleshed out and slightly younger looking and acting. I know the devs said they decided to focus their resources on more animations etc. rather than reducing the height but in actuality reducing the height would really help. That and adding acne, mood swings, etc. A Generations-style EP adding a school with a gym where you can have a Prom "event" with goals, bringing back slow dancing, more unique interactions and animations between parents and teens... sorry I've digressed... !!

(I'd rather call the stages adult and middle aged by the way, because there's some confusion as YA in Sims 2 means something different than it does in Sims 2)"luthienrising;15517236" wrote:I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe? I do like the idea of the midlife crisis, because I like anything that sets a life stage apart, but I can't say I use it much. The looking in the mirror, counting wrinkles, and checking the love handles I like as a detail. I also like how midlife crisis doesn't happen to every sim, though it sometimes does feel off that the game decides for me which sim will have one (which is probably what you mean when you say you'd want to be able to cheat it away..., isn't it a moodlet by the way?). So basically I like the idea, I wonder though if they could do it in better ways. More fun than just getting wishes to earn LTR points for sims that - for me anyway - already have all the LTR they can wish for. It's nice the game hands ideas, challenging the player to make the middle aged do certain things some middle aged do. I'd like the lower fertility idea, and no more fertility after x days into the life stage.I also want a much bigger difference in appearance, sims really looking older.

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25 Replies

astridentanja
9 years ago
20-60 year olds definitely need two life stages for me. They have to be more defined and different than they are in Sims 4.
luthienrising
Hero+
9 years ago
I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe?
emugee
9 years ago
YAs and Adults should have two different life stages, in my opinion. It gives them more time to live and raise a family! :tongue:
Saneksemoo
9 years ago
"ThatAwkwardSimmer;15517255" wrote:
YAs and Adults should have two different life stages, in my opinion. It gives them more time to live and raise a family! :tongue:

Wouldn't have been better if they made longer life span for adults? All it does, for the most part, tells the simmer "Hey look! I'm a young adult? How cool is that!".
Pegasyms
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
One life stage is actually enough for me, if there is no difference in gameplay. Two is good, but it would be nice if there was the "mid-life crisis" that the Sims 3 had, otherwise why have two life stages (other than to help differentiate ages when looking for a spouse, for example).

With the excellent toddlers, I'm actually realizing that there does need to be more depth with Teens. I personally do not want another "pre-teen" age (especially if the Teen stage stays as long as it currently is). I just want Teens to be more fleshed out and slightly younger looking and acting. I know the devs said they decided to focus their resources on more animations etc. rather than reducing the height but in actuality reducing the height would really help. That and adding acne, mood swings, etc. A Generations-style EP adding a school with a gym where you can have a Prom "event" with goals, bringing back slow dancing, more unique interactions and animations between parents and teens... sorry I've digressed... !!
Saneksemoo
9 years ago
"luthienrising;15517236" wrote:
I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe?

Lower fertility chances for young or older? I think I know the correct answer, but I need clarification :p
astridentanja
9 years ago
(I'd rather call the stages adult and middle aged by the way, because there's some confusion as YA in Sims 2 means something different than it does in Sims 2)

"luthienrising;15517236" wrote:
I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe?

I do like the idea of the midlife crisis, because I like anything that sets a life stage apart, but I can't say I use it much. The looking in the mirror, counting wrinkles, and checking the love handles I like as a detail. I also like how midlife crisis doesn't happen to every sim, though it sometimes does feel off that the game decides for me which sim will have one (which is probably what you mean when you say you'd want to be able to cheat it away..., isn't it a moodlet by the way?). So basically I like the idea, I wonder though if they could do it in better ways. More fun than just getting wishes to earn LTR points for sims that - for me anyway - already have all the LTR they can wish for. It's nice the game hands ideas, challenging the player to make the middle aged do certain things some middle aged do. I'd like the lower fertility idea, and no more fertility after x days into the life stage.

I also want a much bigger difference in appearance, sims really looking older.
luthienrising
Hero+
9 years ago
"JoAnne65;15517291" wrote:
(I'd rather call the stages adult and middle aged by the way, because there's some confusion as YA in Sims 2 means something different than it does in Sims 2)

"luthienrising;15517236" wrote:
I hope they'll differentiate by more than they do now - which is by appearance and by who gets attracted to venues (more YAs at nightclubs, more Adults at bars). I also like being able to limit a club to younger adults or older but not elder adults. Speaking as an Adult, I do like that there's an appearance shift partway between not-Teen-anymore and Elder. Not keen on the Sims 3 "midlife crisis" back, but I could live with it if I could cheat it away for individuals where it makes no sense to in my headcanon. Not really sure what else would make for meaningful new differentiating gameplay. Lower fertility chances, maybe?

I do like the idea of the midlife crisis, because I like anything that sets a life stage apart, but I can't say I use it much. The looking in the mirror, counting wrinkles, and checking the love handles I like as a detail. I also like how midlife crisis doesn't happen to every sim, though it sometimes does feel off that the game decides for me which sim will have one (which is probably what you mean when you say you'd want to be able to cheat it away..., isn't it a moodlet by the way?). So basically I like the idea, I wonder though if they could do it in better ways. More fun than just getting wishes to earn LTR points for sims that - for me anyway - already have all the LTR they can wish for. It's nice the game hands ideas, challenging the player to make the middle aged do certain things some middle aged do. I'd like the lower fertility idea, and no more fertility after x days into the life stage.

I also want a much bigger difference in appearance, sims really looking older.

Yeah, I found that midlife crisis seemed the norm in Sims 3. But I don't see how they could design a reasonable system to predict which Sims I think would get one and which wouldn't, you know what I mean? I do sometimes see my peers going through this sort of thing - worrying if they'll have accomplished anything by retirement, etc. Now and then someone buys that flashy motorcycle. But there's just not a whole lot of gameplay there, in the end.

I'd like to see Sims worry more over their appearance, but then I also am not keen on how that normalizes Appearing Adult = Bad. One of the things I like about Sims is that they don't discriminate based on appearance. They don't feel bad because they need glasses, or because they're not skinny. So why should they feel bad because their skin or hair aged? (FWIW, I see my peers embracing their grey/white hair or taking advantage of it to dye fun colours without needing a bleach step.)

So yeah, not so helpful.

Maybe if some Sims showed a bit more aging earlier than others? More early grey in particular. Even if it just happens at the turns-Adult moment. (We don't all play with aging on.) Almost everyone my husband and I went to school with is going grey (he's not, but he's got weird hair genes).
Saneksemoo
9 years ago
Like this http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=517293 ?
VentusMatt
9 years ago
Mid-life crisis would be nice. It would also be nice if adult sims were more family driven. Focusing more on their kid's needs over theirs. Having whims that focus on bonding and building/growing their family, working on their careers. If story progression is added back adults could be the age that most sims would start getting married and having kids. As well as start getting whims to get married and have kids. They could also get sad when they see couples or kids as they get closer to becoming elders if they themselves don't have someone or kids. Obviously non-committal and hates children sims wouldn't be affected by some of those.

YA would be more self driven. Focusing on themselves and what they needs. Having whims to experience life, have fun, make friends, and get into relationship. YA could be more likely to decline marriage proposal and be less willing to accept "try for baby". Having high romance and friendship would be the only way to really increase your odds of acceptance and family oriented sims would be more than willing to accept.