at 1:13 AM EA's latest expansion to The Sims 4 is adding sexual orientation switching for every player
The latest expansion to The Sims 4, High School Years, will launch alongside a free update that allows all owners of the base game to change Sims' sexual orientations.
In a post on the official website, High School Years Design Lead SimGuruJessica described how inclusivity is one of The Sims 4's core values and also pointed to how the game also made its recently implemented pronouns feature available to all players regardless of what downloadable content they owned. The sexual orientation feature is another step on what SimGuruJessica describes as "a journey" for the team in allowing as many people as possible to feel included within the game.
The fact that there are only two gender options currently available in the game was addressed as well. The game being 8 years old and its original design implementing a gender binary make it so non binary Sims cannot yet exist in it. As SimGuruJessica states, "It’s a journey still in progress, with many more steps to go. Proper mechanical systems to fully support non binary Sims is another step in that journey."
The ability to change your characters' sexual orientations will be available regardless of whether or not you own the latest expansion. Alongside other features that have been implemented, sexual orientation can be changed manually after Sim creation by using the “Change Sim” interaction on a mirror or dresser.
Further coverage: EA news post Engadget The Verge
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