Kid reviews for The Sims 4 (2024)

i personally think this game could be for eight or nine year olds, maybe ten, if they are mature. if your child is not mature, maybe wait until they are 11 or 12. There is sex, there is swearing in the parenthood pack, but since sims speak gibberish, you cannot hear it. Sims CANNOT get drunk, they can smoke, but most people don't make them smoke. Your female sim can get pregnant, but that is not considered inappropriate from my point of view. You should totally get this for your child/ teen! They can make houses, design, go to work, adopt puppies, and live their life. Sims goes on sale on holidays/ holiday weekends. When it is not a holiday/ holiday weekend, The Sims 4 is $40.

This review is coming from someone who has played the Sims franchise nearly all her life (including when she herself was a child).Before I start anything, one of the biggest things parents should keep in mind is that the game is completely based on the choices of the players. For example, if you want your sim to have a successful life while being a kind person, that is up to you! And if you want your sim to be an insufferable menace, well... that's up to you as well. It teaches whoever plays it that their actions can have both negative and positive consequences. A lot of these poor reviews come from parents complaining about things that happen when the player makes poor choices. But, when you think about it, doesn't that make this game a resource to teach your children to make GOOD choices? Your child can see for themselves how doing good positively affects their relationships, themselves, and the world around them! And when they're ready for it, they can see how their bad choices affect them as well.In addition, it can teach them real-life problems and responsibilities as well. If they don't pay their bills, their electricity and water get shut off. If their children in-game are not taken care of, they get scooped up by social services. They must carefully choose what furniture or house they purchase to meet their budget. As for jobs, they have daily tasks they need to complete. If they do them, they get promoted, and if they don’t, they can be demoted and/or fired.Also, diversity! There's a wide array of skin tones, and players can create any features or body shapes to create all sorts of people. There are also hijabs and turbans as well. You will never have to worry about your child feeling bad because only one group of people is portrayed. LGBT+ representation is high-- your children can alter pronouns, and love is love in this game. There are options that imply reproductive organs in Create a Sim... so if your child is a little too young, maybe monitor that.Now, let's get on to some of the iffy stuff: death, consumerism, and woo-hooing.Deaths: It happens in real life. Poor choices, old age, or accidents cause them. It's not graphic at all in the Sims. It's a good way to handle the topic age-appropriately.Consumerism: EA are money grabbers. They want your money. But some of these packs may be worth your while. Here are some packs that add to the educational standpoint of this game. There are a lot of sales and can be a great present for your child. There's a lot I could recommend, but I'll be picking my personal favorites out of expansions and game packs.Expansions --Seasons: Well... this one doesn't have the most educational things in it... But it affects every aspect of gameplay. Your sims must dress according to the weather. Changing the temperature in your home raises the bills. There are holidays. And your sim can get sunburn if they don't apply sunscreen during the summer!Game Pack -- Parenthood: If you have children sims, there will be pop-ups of situations with your child. There are different responses (depending on your parenting skill level) that increase/decrease attributes of the child that will affect them as they grow up.Woo-hooing: There're options to "Woo-hoo" or "Try for baby" on certain objects if you are within range of a person you have a high romantic relationship with. It's all completely blurred out with hearts and various giggling/chuckling noises. Do with this as you will... Nothing is shown.Overall, the Sims is the best video game I have ever played. Some aspects require a bit of maturity but can be done so gradually with parental guidance. It can be an excellent tool while making things fun, and helps you bond with your child!

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Too much consumerism

Kid, 11 years old

I really like this game and play it all the time at my friends house. this game, though does have some scenes that they make love in the shower and in bed, as well as some clothes that are very revealing. Other than that, it is VERY enjoyable, and is definetely ok for over tens!

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This has to be one of my favorite games that I have, its very good and entertaining.

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may07 Teen, 16 years old

The Sims 4 is a great PC/Console game and a potential resource to parents. It’s a game that simulates modern life in a mostly realistic way, censoring some things here and there. For starters, the game teaches players to properly manage money. Your sim needs to get a job and work hard at doing that job in order to live comfortably, and you’ll need to set a budget and manage your finances. Every sim week, the player will receive a bill and if not paid within 48 sim hours, the water and electricity will be shut off just as it would in real life. It’s a very educational game while still being fun and not inappropriate. The life of the sim is entirely up to the player, which presents many valuable learning experiences. The player needs to take care of the sim and their basic needs. They do get naked for the shower and take their pants off to use the restroom, however there is no nudity as there is always a privacy screen over the sim when they do not have clothes on. Sims can make friends and can even fall in love, get married and start a family. And yes, sims have “sex”, although it is a very innocent act called “woohooing” in the game. WooHooing involves two sims dressing into pajamas and going under the covers together. All the player can see is a bed with little hearts floating over and some romantic music playing. You may only WooHoo with another sim if you have high enough romance level. There is low violence in the game, sims can fight with an enemy, however it shows up on screen as a dust cloud. As for swearing, sims actually don’t speak in a real language. They speak in gibberish, so you can’t actually tell what they’re saying. I’m not sure if sims can smoke, but there’s definitely no drinking or drugs in the game. The only problem you might have with the game itself is the amount of consumerism in it. Sims are very materialistic, and often get negative moodlets from cheap furniture. There are dozens of expensive expansion packs that tend to be very appealing such as pets expansion, seasons/holidays expansion, etc. Another problem you might have is with mods for the game. The community for the game has a mod for almost anything you can think of, and while most mods are harmless and simply fun gameplay addons, there are many mods you might not want your children downloading. This could include mods that un-censor violence and allow murder, gangs, suicide, drugs, and drinking. There are also mods that allow un-censored nudity and real sex between sims. But the base-game itself, you will not have any issue. Lastly, the game is very inclusive and diverse. It allows same-sex relationships and marriages(if you don’t want this for your sim, you may shut it off), open gender expression, cultural clothing such as hijab and sari, and even cultural food to cook and cultural home decoration. There are infinite amounts of skin tone and the body is fully customizable, so overall this game is very good at being inclusive and diverse. I would definitely recommend for as young as pre-teens as it is a very educational game in many ways.

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Too much consumerism

The game overall is superb and educational, but kids will have to have the birds and bees talk before playing. The game calls it "woo-hoo," and your kid will most likely ask what that is. There is also a "try for baby" option. It doesn't show anything, but it shows the sims go under the covers, turn into a moving ball of blankets with hearts over it, then come back out. It does have "strange" noises during that event, but it is far and in between. Other than that, when sims are using the bathroom or showering, they are pixeled out incredibly to where it just looks like a moving block of pixels with limbs. Aside from these, there is no swearing, a little bit of ONLY ADULT drinking, and cartoony fights. Sims can be electrocuted, drowned, or burned to death, but these are all lighthearted and joking. When a sim fights another, they turn into a little Tom and Jerry dust ball with limbs poking out occasionally. Also, there is fan content with some 18+ themes, so I would scroll through the downloadable content and find the item your child is looking for yourself—other than this, absolutely nothing to worry about.

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Too much sex

This game is great for children it encourages creativity and problem solving the only problem is it has sexual themes and alcohol themes but the child can look past it and it is all used under different names.

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Easy to play/use

Good Game. Parents beware of Mods like Wicked Whims and Basem*ntal Drugs Mod and Violence Mod. As with them the game would be rated an 18+ So as long as you make sure your kids haven’t downloaded them then your fine.

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Playing it since I was 11 y/o. It was really fun and increased my creativity. When your sims have a baby or ‘woohoo’, it is covered under blankets and your child won’t understand. Violence is limited to stuff like slapping. It teaches you a lot about life, whether you’re 10 or 50.

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Kid, 11 years old

This game is a very good game, but there are a few things to consider.First of all, adults can woohoo which is basically having sex. It's not too bad as it's just shows the bedsheet covers moving around. Your child mmiigghhttt have some queries about what this is, but most kids have sex ed around year 6 or 7 anyway so they should know about it once they're 10 or 11.Second, Sims can die. It's not too gruesome though.Overall, the game is actually very good and teaches children about handling money, families. It's also very versatile. There are many things you can do like becoming an astronaut (granted you can can become a criminal as well).

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