Asking for The Sims 2 back on Origin doesn’t exactly help the development of The Sims 4.Īdditionally, putting more stock into Game Changers’ positions than they actually have creates a space where random strangers online feel entitled to attack GCs because they have more “status” or “power” than those who aren’t in the program.
The EA Game Changers website clearly states that the purpose of the Game Changer position is to help creators make content as well as provide feedback and critiques of the game at hand. Whether they do or don’t make a statement, it seems GCs just can’t seem to win - because if they do make a statement, they’re “ignoring” more pressing issues, but if they don’t they’re “ignoring” the so-called issue at hand. The second, and perhaps most important reason, is making statements like this opens up Game Changers to a lot of hate online. While The Sims 2 is incredibly fun to play, asking for it back on Origin is not the same caliber as wanting changes in The Sims 4 base game.
Skin tones needed revamping and correction because not all players could create themselves in The Sims 4 - it was an issue of representation. First, this isn’t really a “big ticket” issue like the skin tone update. Many Game Changers have not spoken out about this for a few reasons.
Just because they have an easier time talking to Sim Gurus about changes for The Sims 4, it doesn’t mean every item brought up is implemented.įor many on Twitter, it seems the newest thing that Game Changers should be concerned with is making statements and videos on the fact that The Sims 2 isn’t coming back to Origin any time soon. Obviously, though, the game and the influence of Game Changers only goes so far. It’s clear that things are changing for the developer, who has consistently reached out to Game Changers to help create change in The Sims 4, one update or DLC at a time.
When it came time to create the new skin tones, the developer reached out to prominent figures in The Sims community to help create them - one of whom was Xmiramira, who had already created the Melanin Pack for PC players to download and use in their game. A rallying effort from both Game Changers and The Sims community saw that EA and Maxis heard that the skin tones needed to be updated. Other times, Game Changers will speak about more pressing in-game issues, like the skin tone controversy that plagued The Sims 4 since its release. Now, one of the randomly generated names for Cowplants in-game is “Little Simzee.”
For example, one of the most well-known GCs, lilsimsie, talked about being able to name Cowplants in the game, which came in a patch just before the release of Nifty Knitting stuff. While not all of these improvements can be attributed to Game Changers, there are some things that have changed thanks to the comments Game Changers have made. The Sims 4 has improved a lot since the state it was in at its initial release time.