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Do you think The Sims will ever implement more unfortunate/disappointing aspects of real life into the game? (leminal.space)

submitted 5 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/thesims@lemmy.world

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In The Sims you never really have to worry about taking a step back in life like downsizing to a smaller apartment or moving back in with your parents. I was wondering if you think EA will ever try to break away from this?

Things like a lack of career advancement, job uncertainty, and pay not scaling with rent hikes could be a neat twist. I feel like a lot of people use The Sims for a bit of escapism and things have gotten significantly more cartoony with The Sims 4 so I don't really see it happening.

I could see them adding mental disorders or homelessness but I feel like they'd whitewash a lot of it. In the case of homelessness for example I could see them depicting it like camping or off the grid living.

Maybe one of the Sims rivals that's being developed will tackle this? Who knows?

Some of this may have been implement to various degrees. I still mostly play The Sims 3. I've tried getting into 4 over the years but it's never stuck for me and it's been a while since my last attempt.

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[–] weremacaque@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I like the idea of apartments being in every world by default and designed to fit in with the other architecture. A lot of people don’t live in houses, and even most homeowners had to start out in apartments as adults. There’s also the opportunity to fit more premade sims into worlds since EA really doesn’t like adding enough lots anymore.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

I like that. It makes a lot more sense than living in a single room and slapping down additional ones like it's one of those modular sea container homes