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    Spoiler, Mermaids

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    CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
    in The Sims 4 Packs Discussion
    How disappointed are you toddlers and kids won't have a mermaid state?
    "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.

    Spoiler, Mermaids 149 votes

    Deal Breaker
    1%
    Mikado-chanRae357 2 votes
    Very, But buying it anyway
    32%
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    Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
    65%
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      CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      That is very disappointing.
      "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
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      yuppyupp Posts: 570 Member
      Did toddlers and kids have mermaid abilities in the sims 3 besides the scales on their legs?
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      HimRumiHimRumi Posts: 1,444 Member
      I would have picked the last option but I do like playing younger life stages for when I’m developing their skills/character.

      In past game iterations, toddlers and children haven’t been able to manifest ‘full-blown’ supernatural abilities.

      I do remember TS3 werewolf toddlers would howl and mermaid toddlers would have leg scales. But they still were not able to take advantage of their powers yet.
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      CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      yupp wrote: »
      Did toddlers and kids have mermaid abilities in the sims 3 besides the scales on their legs?

      I didn't buy IP, so I don't know, this is a new game, I was expecting possibly things would include the kids.
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      AkilAkil Posts: 253 Member
      I can't really use any of these poll options. I never expected kids and toddlers to have a mermaid state based both on Vampires and TS3 Mermaids. If they did then awesome but it was never going to bother me.

      I play kids and toddlers a lot though so the last option doesn't apply.
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      yuppyupp Posts: 570 Member
      Cinebar wrote: »
      yupp wrote: »
      Did toddlers and kids have mermaid abilities in the sims 3 besides the scales on their legs?

      I didn't buy IP, so I don't know, this is a new game, I was expecting possibly things would include the kids.

      I understand. I did have the pack but I didn’t play mermaids much so I don’t remember. I don’t think they got their tails until teens possibly. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. It would have been cool for children to at least have tails but I’m ok with what we got. The mermaids looks pretty cool and their animations are nice and smooth so I’m happy with what I’ve seen so far.
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      AncientcivAncientciv Posts: 55 Member
      Very, But buying it anyway
      I am very disappointed
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      Kita5399Kita5399 Posts: 2,112 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      This one doesn’t exactly fit me.. I probably will only play a mermaid in my one occult save to check out the feature. I prefer more realistic gameplay for the most part. I do play toddlers and children, but won’t even notice the missing feature.
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      CupidCupid Posts: 3,623 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      The mermaids barely intrigue me in the first place, but I almost never play children or toddlers so it makes no difference to me.
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      miss_simlishmiss_simlish Posts: 460 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      I assumed the “them” was mermaids, but now I realize you meant toddlers/children. I play with families constantly, so it doesn’t totally apply but regardless, I personally don’t really care. I’ll maybe play around with mermaids once just to see but mostly likely never again.

      I think toddler mermaids would have been really cute for those into that, though, so I understand the disappointment. As far as storytelling goes though, I would just say the tail manifests in teenagers like a symptom of puberty. That would be my thought process if I were to play with them, anyway.
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      LatinaBunnyLatinaBunny Posts: 4,666 Member
      edited June 2019
      Very, But buying it anyway
      I’m disappointed, but I still love so much of the pack and the mermaids overall, that I’m good for getting the pack anyway. The mermaids have more powers, especially Siren powers, in Sims 4 compared to Sims 3 (though I will miss the Kraken and sharks).

      (Sims 3’s mermaid toddlers and children were meh as well. I tried to find CC for Sims 3 toddlers back then, but could only find an ugly CC. Sims 3 toddlers only had scales. They had no abilities or anything special, if I’m remembering correctly.

      Both the children and toddlers only had scales...and that’s it.. No tails until teen. So, yeah, if my memory is correct, then Sims 3 was also somewhat guilty of this teen tail thing. At least they did the scales, which I do appreciate.)
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      LatinaBunnyLatinaBunny Posts: 4,666 Member
      edited June 2019
      Very, But buying it anyway
      yupp wrote: »
      Did toddlers and kids have mermaid abilities in the sims 3 besides the scales on their legs?

      I played a lot of mermaids back in Sims 3, and I’m pretty sure the scales were the only thing they had. They (mermaid-type babies, toddlers, children) were boring back then, too.
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      KamioKamio Posts: 2,213 Member
      Where is the I don’t care option? I wasn’t expecting it anyway...I am super pumped for Mermaids!!!! Vampires don’t have anything other than looks as Kids and I actually think it is kind of cool. Adds to the lure for my gameplay anyway.
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      LadyKynLadyKyn Posts: 3,595 Member
      Would have liked to see children as mermaids at least. A mermaid family sounds nice. Toddlers can understand not having a tail of sorts, yet seeing a toddler in shallow water playing with a mermaid tail sounds really adorable.

      Don't play with children as much as I would teen and up as younger stages of a sims life has always been pretty limited in each iteration. Figured they wouldn't considering how children and younger in occult states usually goes.
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      Zeldaboy180Zeldaboy180 Posts: 5,997 Member
      Disappointing, but not unexpected. They couldn't in sims 3 either.
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      LaBlue0314LaBlue0314 Posts: 17,436 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      I'm not worried about it. I do play with toddlers, I'm just happy they added this life sage.
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      BOYBOY Posts: 540 Member
      it is disappointing, but i also wasn’t expecting it. and other than that, the mermaids are perfect and pretty much what i always wanted them to be like ever since mermaids were announced back in the Sims 3. so... already pre-ordered, haha.
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      DoloresGreyDoloresGrey Posts: 3,490 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      I won't play with the mermaids so I don't care.
      -probably just playing Phasmophobia :p
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      icmnfrshicmnfrsh Posts: 18,789 Member
      I don't mind. Younger sims almost never manifest any occult traits in these games anyway. I'll still enjoy mermaids :)
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      XxAirixXXxAirixX Posts: 2,567 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      Don't matter to me. Toddlers are a pain to care for and can only do so much anyway, so I tend to age them up once they max out their skills.
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      stilljustme2stilljustme2 Posts: 25,082 Member
      None of the answers really apply. There's enough items in the pack that the lack of toddler/child mermaids doesn't really matter (I'm more interested to see if mermaid offspring have any special hidden traits, especially if one parent his human).
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      ang803ang803 Posts: 20 Member
      Don't Care, I don't play them anyway.
      I don't really ever play with toddlers or kids, so I don't care about that.
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      SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 8,964 Member
      Very, But buying it anyway
      I mean it would have been cute but I don't really remember there ever being much to do with occults until they are teen so
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      katrinasforestkatrinasforest Posts: 1,002 Member
      edited June 2019
      Very, But buying it anyway
      I'm a little disappointed, but not too much. It follows the current trend. Kids can't be full-fledged vampires or plant Sims, and (I think?) the only way you can get a ghost kid is the wishing well. There's alien kids, but I don't think they get all their powers until they're older? Or am I remembering wrong?

      Anyway, coming into magic in the teenage years is a pretty common trope. Doesn't bother me much. And I'm sure there will be plenty of ocean-y outfits for our pre-merfolk toddlers while they're growing up.
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      Akil wrote: »
      I can't really use any of these poll options. I never expected kids and toddlers to have a mermaid state based both on Vampires and TS3 Mermaids. If they did then awesome but it was never going to bother me.

      I play kids and toddlers a lot though so the last option doesn't apply.

      Ditto.
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