Love it and Shove it - Sim style

[strangetomato]

I have a gripe, but I also brought along something I like to balance it out. I'll start with the bad, then end with the good (like sugar after the medicine).

I've been enjoying the glimpse at Sims 3, but I've been turned off in a big way by the new heap of gender stereotyping and the fact that sims wish specifically for a male or female baby. I'm really hoping there's also a "don't give a shit" option.

 

And also that someone makes a mod to remove the blue/pink blankets or make them purple or bright red or anything other than the two gendered colours. 'Cause, you know, it's so important to know the gender of a baby. Otherwise, how would you know whether to say the baby is pretty or smart or strong or... and so on and so on. *gags*

(An image can be found in this GoS thread - just as an example, of course. My gripe is obviously with the game, not the player.)

But, lest I jump to conclusions, maybe this is just one of many options and we can now change the outfits of babies? I'm just making assumptions, based on the baby gender wants. *crosses fingers* Dear EAxis, please change this before the game is released. Oh, who am I kidding?

Now for the good, to wash that bitter taste from my mouth: the Late to the Party - Short Hair for Men mesh by fantasyrogue. This is a brilliant male hair mesh, in my opinion. I LOVE it. To echo my comments on her post at GoS, this really looks more like typical male hair to me (especially those gents who are 30+), which I'm always eager to have more of. I'm in love with the suggestion of a receeding/thinning hairline on this mesh, because so many guys do have that, and I find it endearing.

Comments

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

I thought the gender wants were kinda cool for a moment, but then I stopped and thought about it and yeah, it's a pretty dumb feature. Why does it matter? Also, seems like the new mother is now FORCED to take a few days off AFTER the birth of the baby. That bothers me even more. What if dad is staying home and she wants to be off to make a career, huh?

I'm mostly concerned about the fact that the game seems to be hardcoded to be unmoddable, though. WTF, EAxis? Just so you can sell all your shit that you swiped directly from TS2 in your new store, is it? There's just no limit to their greed.

I have hopes that Pescado & Co will figure out how to mod the game anyway, though. From the sounds of it (the people over on MATY who are currently, er... play-testing), the game is going to NEED mods and fixes pretty swiftly.

Phew. But yeah, while I do want to try out TS3, I don't see myself quitting TS2 anytime soon. I like both legacy-style playing AND the micro-management of many families, and it seems like the latter is unavailable in TS3, so.

I'll shut up now, though, and say that that's a quite good hair. :) Would like it with more Maxis-y colours though... hmm.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Also, seems like the new mother is now FORCED to take a few days off AFTER the birth of the baby.

Oh, my blood pressure! This is not helping matters at all. *snicker*

What can we do but laugh, right?

If the game is really not moddable, I doubt I'll be too interested in playing it with some of these features as my only option. They seem to be taking a step backwards in many ways. They should at least be kind enough to let us opt out of this sort of shit.

Yeah, more Maxis-y colours would be nice for that hair, but these don't seem too out of place in the game either. ^_^

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's a lot of steps forwards but just as many steps backwards with this game, it seems. However, someone said that same-sex couples now can get married properly (not joined), so that's a good thing at least.

I hope it will crash less. My game just crashed after the lovely wedding I threw for Brandi and Darren. ;_; Now I have to do it all over again... at least I have the screenshots. *grumblegrumble*

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

I put Brandi and Darren together, too! in my non-story hood.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

They're such a good match. Triple-bolters and matching background stories. <3 I've gotten them married again now, though this time around the party was less fancy. :p *lazy*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, the same-sex marriage almost makes up for everything else. I'm very glad to hear that. ^_^

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought that was cool. :) ...Don't take my word on it 100% though, since I'm just passing along what someone else posted.