If there is a Sims 5, should our sims be of actual ages, instead of just stages in life?

I rather they still separated by stages but introduces gradual aging so early adulthood and late adulthood look different

I feel actual ages might be a little much. I would not feel bad if they put resources into something other than gradual aging.

I do like the stages, though. Whatever they do, it has to feel meaningful. Stages feel meaningful to me when you transition and have new privileges with a new appearence.

I am not sure how they will handle birthdays with gradual aging. Theoretically you could have 100 or so. They'd also have to somehow balance it with game time. It also begs the question of what you are going to do with players, like me, that play with aging off and do it manually.

Whatever they do, so long as it is well balanced and does not force me into an abrasive playstyle against the clock, I will be happy.

I feel like the age stages are the best choice to show that they are aging. A pro/con (depends on how you look at it) I thought of for having actual ages is certain ages get to do more stuff than others. For example, when you're sixteen and above you can have jobs while fourteen and below can't. I don't know, it's a bad example, but I do see where having actual ages might be fun.

"NetflixianHere;c-17698060" wrote:
I feel like the age stages are the best choice to show that they are aging. A pro/con (depends on how you look at it) I thought of for having actual ages is certain ages get to do more stuff than others. For example, when you're sixteen and above you can have jobs while fourteen and below can't. I don't know, it's a bad example, but I do see where having actual ages might be fun.

Yes, and when they are about 2 or 3, they can learn potty training. When they are 3-5, they can start preschool. When they are 5-6, they can start school, and ride the school bus.

itd be interesting and id like to see it done, if done right (whats right tho is hard to say). however, if it cant be done maybe we could have gradual aging in each stage like when sims are pregnant how their belly grows gradually until theyre huge.

as toddlers they could start out tiny and get bigger and bigger until its their birthday. children sims get taller and taller and their faces more defined. teens would also get taller and more defined, less baby fat in the face, and itd be a good way to introduce a 'height' mechanic that has random heights based on genetics for example on average most female sims are shorter and stop growing taller earlier whereas the male sims have a massive growth spout towards the end of the teen stage

young adults would just maintain their heights but look fresh, adult sims would gradually get wrinkles and signs of aging, and elders would have their hair gradually whiten and more significant signs of aging like hunching etc etc

I prefer life stages, the thought of my sims having actual age feels strange to me. It would bother me if, for example, the game says that my sim is 25 years old, when in fact she is hundreds of years old witch who stopped aging as a young adult. Currently, the game just says that she is a young adult, which can mean anything I want it to mean.

sims 5 needs to hurry up because its too much going on with the sims 4... its all over the place and the content is all over too but I love the sims 4 tho

For me, it's too specific detail for my liking. I prefer the general age range of what a Sim is than explicit age. They need to fix, like, teens looking exactly like young adults as a priority though.

How would that work, with seasons, years, etc? It's already bizarro enough with a single turn of 4 seasons being able to be a Sim's entire lifestage, depending on how long you set the seasons or the lifespan for. Having ages in actual years? Would the parents come home and find their child had aged 4 years in a day? And if you had to have birthday parties for every.single.year you'd be doing nothing else!

I'm happy with no more or finer divisions than we already have.

Actual ages would be silly.
My sims are immortal.