Like its predecessors, The Sims 4 has pushed forward to reflect what are usually brushed off as “alternative relationships”.Ī little look at The Sims’ history definitely demonstrates that this isn’t particularly new for the series. If The Sims can be turned into a reflection of life, then obviously this is not particularly useful if you want your sim to be polyamorous, or even date around before committing. In previous incarnations there was a fairly strict monogamy system, in which sims would become jealous and hate one another when discovering the object of their affection was “woohoo”-ing with another. The most recent release, The Sims 4, has taken this progression of sexuality further. Whereas many game franchises are, for some reason, still finding the idea of non-heterosexual gaming characters unthinkable, every sim is technically bisexual, something which has been expanded on throughout the sequels. Even from the original Sims game, released way back in 2000, it already catered for non-normative relationships. The Sims series has always been much more progressive than it often gets credit for, despite its fairly tame image.
