We’ve been making our female Sims “WooHoo” since childhood. The Sims franchise has always made our domestic lesbian fantasies come true. But what if we told you that the game will now allow us to specify our Sims’ lesbianism? What if we told you that your characters won’t always be capable of attraction to the opposite sex? Buckle in!
In a blog post, EA announced that Sims 4 players can select their characters’ sexual orientation in the July 28 game update. So, from July 28 onwards, your Simsverse won’t automatically be bisexual.
“As a team, we hold creativity, discovery, inclusivity and play as core values and strive every day to celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion for our people and community,” SimJuruJessica wrote. “With that in mind, we’re delighted to bring the Sexual Orientation feature to all Simmers.”
“Authenticity is a point that often comes up in regards to features like this, and rightly so,” Jessica added. “As such I’ll try to peel the curtain back a bit and speak to our efforts in making sure we got this right.
“Many members of the team, myself included, are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. That said, each one of us on the team represents only a narrow slice of lived experiences. As such we’ve worked extensively with GLAAD and the It Gets Better Project to ensure that we’ve captured the widest possible range of viewpoints on how to approach this feature in a manner that respects and elevates the community.”
How does it work? “With Sexual Orientation, you’ll be able to assign a series of attraction parameters for your Sim.”
You are able to choose either men, women, or both, under the heading “My sim is attracted to:”. There is the option to shift your Sim’s sexual orientation through gameplay.
The Sims 4 includes stable or questioning sexual orientations, which Jessica describes in two stories:
“The first is the story of a person who has figured out who they are and has a firm and immutable sense of who they’re attracted to. This is reflected by a Sim who is not exploring romantically. Sims set to “No” for exploring, will not shift orientation through gameplay and firmly reject advances from genders they aren’t interested in.
“The second story is about a person who’s still figuring things out. Sims with exploring set to “Yes”, will still have an initial Sexual Orientation setting per the previous step, but it can change through gameplay. As your Sim experiences romantic interactions, they may find themselves in a very different place than where they started.”
You can even have fuck buddies now. Not needing to romantically woo another sim in order to WooHoo, adult sims can ask close friends to be WooHoo Partners. “If they accept, you can now perform WooHoo without the romance prerequisites,” Jessica adds.
BRB, just making all my lesbian dreams come true on the Sims 4.
