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- I think if the child is old enough to really read books then it would be just fine by that age most kids have seen more suggestive things on
tv the woohoo - Sims 4 might be a little tame compared to Sims 3 and Sims 2. Although the violence is cartoony, sometimes it was a little aggressive in previous iterations. As for sexuality, there might have been some suggestive interactions. Alcohol is called "juice." I think the kids may need parental supervision if there are things they may not understand.
- BurnziieSeasoned NoviceFor the Sims 3 and especially the Sims 4 most definitely. 2nd had some really risque animations for making out, and that whole woohoo cutscene that really hits the T for Teen rating, people have sass, people aren't always so kind and the Repomen are psychos!
I would say the first game is on this weird fence on if its even anything but 12+ with all the half naked cake dancers, "dance" cages and those bloodcurling screams when a Sim dies. (Plus pet death from more than old age!)
Nudity was always comically censored personally especially in the Bustin Out nudist colony, might be more hilarious for a young child than anything, although there always has been cases with TS3 where Sims lack censoring at all due to a few bugs.
Bad language never existed minus a text popup box calling you mental related (can't say it on the forums anyway!), if they're low on nice points, and called before 8am. Though Bustin Out and TS4 "have" bad language, BO just does loud censor bleeps and blurs a sims hands, and TS4s is just unintelligence words as usual.
If you think something might be too much for your child you can easily find mods to hide the woohoo option entirely for the games. But even if deaths mostly comical the fact children can drown (and starve or burn in fires in TS1) might not make it too easy on a child to watch, and if you don't think someone being able to create a house full of men and making them flirt is childfriendly, it'd be something I know was shared with many parents back in the day.
...I didn't mention either it might not be childfriendly in a regard if you consider children could be making people they don't like and intentionally killing them... As I remember all too well - Personally, I think kids are very smart and I don't think there's any need to restrict kids playing The Sims. It's a hugely enjoyable game franchise that they will love, whether it's making people or building things. Of course, the most contestable part is the WooHooing bit but I don't think it's any more explicit than any other games that showcase reproduction of some sort (such as an egg coming out of a hut in Spore's tribe stage).
By the way, if they're scared of deaths or money, just introduce them to cheats. That's how I got by games such as Starcraft and Doom as a child, who was once hugely afraid of dying myself. - No, as a parent I would not allow my small children to play The Sims. The sexualization of children even if no matter how cartoony is everywhere these days but The Sims is very dumbed down as far as TS4 goes, however, I think the rating for teens is the correct rating.
- ayyitsmellNew SpectatorI started playing sims in my preteen years with Sims 2 and fell in love with the game! Sims 4 is more advanced and adult centered - some woohoo scenes are a little more explicit / risque than others so be mindful of that but its nothing that you'd have to cover your eyes for. But there are still many ways to enjoy the game regardless of age. I just think it depends on what they do with gameplay and their lot types. For teens, I've given them a lot of hangout spots, like bowling alleys, 'teen' clubs, parks, coffee shops. Kids and toddlers can go to the park or swim in the beach or have kiddie pools. Violence is definitely toned down in this series versus the previous ones. My sims hardly fight and there are no robbers/villains that come in the middle of the night. Regarding death, before I found out about cheats, my sims often would die from hunger, fires, etc. There are ways around it to make your sims happy and healthy. If you don't want to play with cheats, its a great way to teach people about responsibility, time and money management, maintaining your relationships with partners or friends, death, and other life concepts lol Hope that helps!
- mightyspritesimsRising HotshotMinisprite and I started playing together when she was 12, two years ago. It was always something we did together though and it prompted a lot of good conversations about adult issues. I would not have suggested it to her to play alone, and wouldn't have played it with her either before age 10 or so. Now she plays alone sometimes, but usually when she does she's just building. (Or at least that's what she tells me.)
- BabykittyjadeNew ObserverI can't say for sure, I don't have any kids. However,I do think you should get them a kids game like animal crossing. The Sims is not meant to be for kids.
- I let my children play. I have no mods on the system they play with, so I feel it's not really that bad. A lot of PG movies are worse, in my opinion.
- As a Grandma, all my grandchildren have played this game, starting at four. My grandkids ages are 5-24 years old, the 24 year old still plays the Sims. At a young age, they like to decorate houses and make families, nothing more. The older they get and begin to understand the game/life, the more they learn to do. That's were Nrass comes in, With a few mods I can put on some limits on game play, if I want. But then I live on a farm and they know were babies come from. The hardest thing has been death to deal with, I have had more tears over dead Sims.
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