"rabidgummibear;c-16807640" wrote:
@paradiseplanet Look here, amigo. I'll probably get pounced upon for making this assertion, but I'm done being afraid to speak up on this topic. I love The Sims more than any other game franchise and I only want it to expand and defy boundaries. So if you want my honest to goodness opinion, faith and spirituality really need to be addressed as a part of the core game. I mean, c'mon. We make accommodations for gender so why not religion? In terms of gameplay, it could create a major dynamic in how sims interact, especially in romantic relationships and families. It would also make a heckuva lot more sense considering there are ghosts, djinn, mummies, vampires, zombies, witches, etc that are left without any explanation of the higher powers which are so obviously at work in the sim universe. Don't even get me started on the holidays.
You hear me, EA? Religion IS a part of the human experience. So with all due respect, PLEASE honor humanity and help bring The Sims into the 21st century. Shalom.
And that's why religion is not a core part of the game, because it's the 21st century. The game is flexible enough to allow whoever wants religion to incorporate it somehow but it doesn't force it on anybody. I already dislike seeing religious objects in game using their real life names. It prevents me from using them, even though I would like to use the menorah for example as a normal candle holder, I can't because it's called like the real thing and that makes me feel like I am disrespecting a culture/religion somehow.
So, I wholeheartedly disagree with you. Plus The Sims is not really a reflection of real life, it's a fantasy. An alternate universe where if there's any god, it's you, the player.
