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The Sims 4 gets major update that removes gender restrictions in character customizer
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jacob armitage
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Fantastic news! I've become a big fan of describing gender roles as gender boundaries and its nice to see that terminology being used here
Yeah, they've always made a point to be inclusive towards LGB people, and it's awesome that they've started including TQ people as well.
While EA was/is pretty shady as gaming company, they were always incredibly progressive. Not only as gaming company, but as a company in general
EatinOlives
Member
No, it was different with Sims 4. It's not that they removed the content added through patches, it's that they removed content that was in base games since the beginning of the series. At launch you couldn't put pools in or call repairmen, for instance.
Most all of these omissions have been fixed for quite some time now, so thankfully it was just a matter of them basically finishing the base game with free updates. Some stuff is still fundamentally different, such as the removal of the open world from Sims 3, because that's just how the game was made.
DICKS AHOY
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"You have to pay us for the season pass if you want to use our banner for longer than a block."
Serious talk, there's a ton you can throw at EA and even if at times they seem to deflect legitimate issues with 'but we're progressive', but it's really cool to see a big company be so inclusive.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
More options are always a good thing.
The only thing that irks me when you have so many character creation options opened up in games like this is when they just lump all the options under one menu instead of still having more gender specific filters, or just filters in general to sort things out. Playing XCOM 2 now and you basically have hairstyles opened for everyone but it would be nice if they had sorted those out between short hair and so on to make finding ones quicker and easier.
The only thing that irks me when you have so many character creation options opened up in games like this is when they just lump all the options under one menu instead of still having more gender specific filters, or just filters in general to sort things out. Playing XCOM 2 now and you basically have hairstyles opened for everyone but it would be nice if they had sorted those out between short hair and so on to make finding ones quicker and easier.
potatohead
Member
Weird that clothing does not include both ... but YAY for other options
Crazy how progressive this is.
EA has always been amazing on this front, including with their accessibility options in their games e.g. colour blind stuff.
Cjdamon042
Member
You can show both masculine and feminine clothing in the actual clothes menu through tags if you want.
In TS4 you can sort hairstyles through short, medium and long hair. And now with this new patch you can show both masculine and feminine at once, or one or the other.
In another form of progression, windows finally let light through properly and cast shadows. Makes the game look so much nicer.
I am starting to think that the image I posted might be fake ... the person who sended me got on facebook ...
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Sims 4 still sells. For Christmas, I actually purchased an expansion pack for my sister ... (Get this
FROM WALMART!
The Faceless Master
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opticalmace
Member
Awesome. I hope more games do this.
Nah; it's real all right. Just checked CAS in my own game.
OnionPowder
Member
Still no toddlers or create a style?
Those were crucial for my wife otherwise I'd pick this up for her
Those were crucial for my wife otherwise I'd pick this up for her
Yeah ive been reading it and just shaking my head. BTW damn this opens up so many crop top options for my dude like sooo awesome.
I don't like this .... it means that queer people will only exist if the player wants to exist.
Which is the same thing that says that some players does not want queer people to exist.
They should have added a small chance of a random sim being trans or something.... and yes, even children
Jason Frost
Member
What the screen looked like before the new update?
Weird that clothing does not include both ... but YAY for other options
Just those male/female icons, no other option. The new stuff is that whole menu.
Jason Frost
Member
In another form of progression, windows finally let light through properly and cast shadows. Makes the game look so much nicer.
Yup. I noticed this tonight as well.
Damn, I've forgotten how good this game looks.
PulseONE
Member
This is soooo nice! It's been talked about a lot but it was still surprising to suddenly see it actually happen. Now I have to remake a bunch of the families in my world
I went from a complete Sims 3 game (and I mean complete, everything from the store and all that stuff) and the only thing I really miss is the Create a Style-thing. Lots of stuff I want to recolor but can't. Not a huge issue tho since the replacement ideas I get turn out great too, but I would love some more colors for doors for example. Thought I would miss the "open world" that made 3 the best Sims for me (before 4) but 4 runs soooo much smoother and I'm not bothered at all by the short loading screens.
I look forward to seeing more expansions because I love pets, seasons and such things, but I don't "miss" them like I thought I would. Current Sims 4 is great as is.
Toddlers would have been nice but... I dunno. I like to play with adults most anyway.
Alright, you've convinced me, next paycheck I'ma get it
I'll have to deal with Origin being a thing, but whatevs