"Sims 4 studio seeks to avoid 'disrespectful' representations of real-life tragedies"
Link to article.
And yet, you can probably still starve to death or die in a fire or get electrocuted or whatever other common ways to die there were in previous Sims games. Why not remove those things as well, EA, if you're being so "respectful"? (One thing you most likely won't be doing, however, is drowning to death. At least not until the inevitable DLC that includes pools is released, anyway.)
I don't recall natural disasters ever being in previous Sims games, aside from meteor strikes, perhaps, but I do recall them being one of the most fun aspects of SimCity games, especially when you could call up volcanoes and tornadoes and such yourself and direct them around. Not saying they should put them in The Sims 4 for that reason, but I am saying that claiming to leave them out (when they were never included to begin with) for "respectful" reasons is a load of bullshit.
As for the whole lack of "characters with non-binary gender identities" ...yeah, I'm not even going to touch that one at all.
All in all, EA is still doing a bang up job of convincing me not to bother with The Sims 4.
And yet, you can probably still starve to death or die in a fire or get electrocuted or whatever other common ways to die there were in previous Sims games. Why not remove those things as well, EA, if you're being so "respectful"? (One thing you most likely won't be doing, however, is drowning to death. At least not until the inevitable DLC that includes pools is released, anyway.)
I don't recall natural disasters ever being in previous Sims games, aside from meteor strikes, perhaps, but I do recall them being one of the most fun aspects of SimCity games, especially when you could call up volcanoes and tornadoes and such yourself and direct them around. Not saying they should put them in The Sims 4 for that reason, but I am saying that claiming to leave them out (when they were never included to begin with) for "respectful" reasons is a load of bullshit.
As for the whole lack of "characters with non-binary gender identities" ...yeah, I'm not even going to touch that one at all.
All in all, EA is still doing a bang up job of convincing me not to bother with The Sims 4.