Now I don't think that EA is planning to do this at all, however I'm curious as to how people would react if they ever scrapped the lifestages and did it all gradually. I remember this topic floating around for Paralives a while back, however I haven't been keeping up with their news so idk if they've made any further announcements on that. Now obviously two different games, and I don't expect it to happen in sims like ever. But what would you think if it ever was introduced. Once again, please don't be like, "IT WONT EVER HAPPEN YOU FOOL DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THAT WOULD TAKE" I'm aware it'd be a lot of work and I don't think it will ever happen. If you do think it would be possible feel free to comment why though.
Gradual aging? Would it be something you'd like to see in future instalments of the Sims? 35 votes
I don't want gradual aging at all
I would like to see gradual aging, but it's not something I see as a necessity
I don't want gradual aging, but I would like some more life stages (preteens, etc)
I like the idea of gradual aging, but would rather them focus on other aspects of the game
I like the idea of gradual aging, but would rather them continue with the life stages
1 vote
I definitely want gradual aging in the future
2 votes
It wouldn't bother me whether they did or didn't implement gradual aging
2 votes
I like the idea, but feel like there would be way to many issues and bugs as a result of it or it wouldn't be done properly
Other
2 votes
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Currently I view the adult category as anything between early 30s and late 60s which is a pretty big leap. For example my sim is currently early 30s in my eyes and his mother is in her 50s, but in the game they're the same age. I don't want her to be an elder just yet, but I don't want her to be the same age as her son so I'd like to see a middle aged category to add that distinction between 30 year old adults and 50 year old adults.
I agree I'd love a stage between adult and elder
Then you'd also want to consider that people don't actually age and develop at as universal a rate as the school books say we do... plus the issue of different height adults, and that sometimes teens are actually taller... (I was mistaken for a pre-teen as late as my early 20's, and my daughter's experiencing the same)
I know it's just a game so it doesn't have to be that realistic, but if we're hypothesizing on gradual aging, then we should look at all the variables people would hypothetically want for that gradual aging in the pursuit of it being a life simulator.
Maybe if they were a neglected teen with a bad circle of friends they could grow up to be evil. I think some traits can be shaped and trained one way or another, for better or for worse. Like if you encourage a slob sim to be neat and clean often enough, they might develop their neat trait. Some traits could be inborn and some could be acquired through gameplay.
I agree 100% with this! This is something that would make the gameplay meaningful.
For me the decision of making sims in Sims 4 live in a forever blank state was a mistake.
I get the appeal of having the player be able to do whatever he/she wants with a sim at any moment, regardless of his/her previous decisions. But i think that it takes away the fun and challenge of consequences.
Its my most wanted feature but I play like you, aging off and I age when I want to. I'd still play that's at but just allow it for a little while so they get slightly older and then disable it again haha. I want it more for the more\realistic life stages it'd create.
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
> I'd prefer just having all the life stages babies and preteens and be given the tools for gradual aging such as a decent variety of face mask or age marks.
Adding more age marks in CAS would be a great idea! This way we could still play using the age stages but the player can decide to make their Sim look gradually older by clicking on a mirror and adding more age marks. It wouldn't be random and it would be entirely under the player's control.
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And definitely from Kid to teen. Some of the kids age up already looking like young adults.
I think gradual aging from young adult to adult would be a good one too.