The Sims 2: How Genetics Work

[@IsomerMashups]

"Always check what she looks like as a man, because mostly men are a lot uglier." I create every sim as male, then convert the ones I want to be women to female afterward, because I also noticed this.

[@countrye3013]

Ah, but then you get "none of the female descendents have a nose" syndrome

[@gatlinprince5199]

I dont mean to be so off topic but does anybody know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would love any tips you can give me

[@grumpysphinx4911]

@Ephraim Alonzo Ignore this comment, it's a bot. The app in question is probably a virus and/or scam

[@dharmallars]

@@grumpysphinx4911 they’ve been getting more advanced and more annoying with this lately. You should see how many interact with each other in the comments of judge Judy videos. Like twenty of them joining in to recommend the same tax audit specialist under a comment that has nothing to do with taxes.

[@dharmallars]

I do this too, but I create every sim as a randomized sim of the opposite gender then switch them. I find that the randomized faces aren’t truly random, just mixes of preset features, and they use different mixes for men and women. But swapping them once they’re already generated makes them look way less generic and way more interesting.

[@Hugo-km4yd]

Sometime ago I had Nina having twins, one alien and one human, with Don. I was so lost on how she had a alien baby until I remembered she has a alien grandparent. I was shook realizing sim can inherit traits from family down the line other than parents. This game still founds ways to surprise me. I love this game so much

[@Cychlo]

if someone's confused why this never happened in your game or idk, this only happens if you're using Meetmetotheriver's Pleasantview Clean Template, they said "Given the Caliente sisters some interesting recessive genetics"

[@mangatween883]

Your channel is ridiculously underrated.

[@Marticore]

🥺🥺🥺

[@dids3384]

LOL at first I read this as “your channel is ridiculous” and I wondered why she loved this comment.

[@HopeGardner3amed]

Probably because she is not American which is less popular in the USA

[@champagnesupernova4081]

Sims 2 is also underrated. I don't know why people are so invested on Sims 4. That game is a joke.

[@pinroshan020]

@@champagnesupernova4081 sims 2 aint underrated maybe its because the game in outdated.

[@AnnaAnna-hg3qm]

I'm a biology student and I love TS2 for the realistic system of the dominant and recesive genes, it's very realistic, but when I play longer in one hood, then I have to use the mod for the equal genetics because in like third generation almost everyone in the hood has brown or black hair and brown eyes and it's not very realistic. Also, I'm not really a hard player of TS3, but there happen to be this 10% chance of mutation what is also cool :D

[@Marticore]

Yeah, I use the equal genetics mod too! I like to choose the Sim's genetics and that gives me more options. Ugh, I actually hate the mutation in TS3! XD

[@teinewitch]

I also love TS2 genetics but to let the hood be more different with colours of hair and eyes, I sometimes add some recessive genes in SimPE to pre-made Sims. For example take Alexander Goth. I like to change his recessive from brown eyes colour to blue ones - it seems legit for me 'cause Jocasta (Bella's mother) has got these as well as Michael Bachelor. I know it can sound like cheating but it makes the hood better in my opinion :)

[@Marticore]

Oh, something similar is done in clean versions of Maxis hoods :D

[@wisedred]

In ts3 the 10% "chance" of mutation gives your children an ugly-looking bird poo like color.. might as well not have it

[@Marticore]

Oh yeah, the green poo hair should be on the cover of TS3 :E

[@annanana6468]

my bf: are you still playing sims? it's for children, c'mon you already 22 meanwhile sims:

[@Marticore]

Lmao, I'm 27 haha

[@CazTails]

23 nearly 24 here. Sims forever!!

[@joandsarah77]

LOL I'm 54 and there are plenty of players over 40. tell him Sims are for any and every age.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Dump him. You don't deserve to be with anyone who criticizes your hobbies or what you do for fun, as long as you aren't hurting anybody.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Ridicule your bf for playing the same FIFA or Madden 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, etc. games

[@briannabanana996]

OMG I literally laughed out loud at 8:42. The kid is like “wow so dad gets his face fixed and looks nice, but I’m stuck like this? cool ok great” lmao

[@guestuser6117]

So turns out you can create two pretty sims, make them have kids and end up with Beavis and Butthead in the end. Great video

[@Erecura]

It always bothered me how Daniel Pleasant and Mary-Sue Pleasant (who was adopted and looks east asian) had red hair green eyed twins lol. Angela & Lilith were definitely created in CAS and do not look half asian one bit. If you make Daniel & Mary Sue have a child now, it will always be black hair brown eyes.

[@gewglepluswhyigottachangem7042]

Agreed, wish they actually had the half asian genetics on theur face! Buuut it is completely possible (tho quite rare) to have the facial features of just ONE side of your family. E.g. Half black half white twins were born but one looked completely white!

[@avenity8409]

I feel you. I wish I knew about the option to change the sims' face in SimPE earlier. I could have changed their faces. Now twins aren't even alive in my Pleasantview anymore.

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

My Simself and his Girlfriend Liliana had children and they all look like him. The twins only inherited her Pointed Ears, and the youngest looks exactly like me just with brown hair. None of them have her dark skin. The eyes are irrelevant as both of them have the Eye Color.

[@leslie2149]

@@fenrisvermundr2516 Sometimes one set of genes does seem to dominate no matter what. I had a couple, wife was tan skintone, blue eyes, blonde hair. Husband was dark skintone, green eyes, red hair. They both wanted to marry off 6 kids so they had babies. Every one of them except for the twins had husbands skin and hair color. Eye color changed. The twins were they only ones that mixed it up some. One was dark skintone with blonde hair, the other was tan skintone with red hair. So George did his part to make sure I had plenty of dark skinned/redheads to populate my neighborhood with!

[@latmos6142]

Most of the children from the premade neighborhoods in TS2 were in fact created in CAS and therefore don't really look like their parents. This is also the case of Cassandra and Alexander Goth who don't look one bit like Bella and/or Mortimer. There's genetically correct versions of them (and also Angela and Lilith who therefore have black hair) that people from the community created, I always replace their faces with SimPE whenever I reset Pleasantview. :)

[@eoin7]

Matricore, show us the PhD in Sims 2 biology!

[@Marticore]

Oh God, you need a lot of body skill points to get a biology degree... *NEVER*

[@eoin7]

Marticore on that note, scrap that idea. EWWW

[@xDodkaxD]

I am not the only one loving and still playing Sims 2. The best Sims game ever made! ❤️

[@kali6753]

@ xDodkaxD I agree with you 100 % :o)

[@woodanemone9758]

I play it with all the expansion packs. :)

[@meiysko]

@Fnaf Fan ok Fnaf Fan

[@xDodkaxD]

This game (plus sims 1) is my whole childhood. Enjoying all the packs I could not have as a child and living my dream life right now.

[@dulcineasoto4718]

plus there are amazing cc creators who still work on the game, i love it!!

[@autism_and_niamh]

06:40 That's BLOWN MY MIND! Is that in-game?! I've literally never noticed those white lines, and I've been playing the Sims 2 since the Base Game launched :O

[@Marticore]

Yes, it's in-game and has been there since the base! :D

[@autism_and_niamh]

@@Marticore Incredible!! Thank you so SO much for this video btw! :D Genetics in the Sims 2 is one of my favourite things (probably the main reason I still play it all the time!) so this video topic is VERY appreciated ^^ I would LOVE to see an adoption video too!!

[@yenisoediro]

*"Men are a lot uglier"* LMAOOOO

[@Marticore]

🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻

[@yenisoediro]

@@Marticore and that's on periodt!

[@itamarmedeirosnetto]

Specially in Sims 4! Sometimes the same feature looks completly diferent in men and woman

[@somegenerichandle]

True to real life /s

[@Mabra51]

It applies to real life as well.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Same! The genetics system mirroring real life is largely why sims 2 is still my favorite of the 4.

[@zoobie002]

im so glad i found your channel... i dont know many other people who actually care about how the sims 2 works.. but they should!!

[@kefaloforia]

The fact that I'm watching the same video but now in English is only a sign of my -desperation- *dedication*

[@sharielane]

Oh wow. I thought I knew a lot about the TS2 genetics system, but this is the first time I've ever even heard about the lines in the Personlity section. I've never even noticed them before. Mind officially blown right now.

[@gabriellet7798]

"Look at those abominations" I SCREAMED 😭😭

[@woodanemone9758]

Funny you mentioned the issue with Peter Ottomas' face. I had him impregnate one of my own sims, who looked very nice, but their kid... turned out special, with a stretched face and small eyes.

[@nanofate8662]

Rip Samantha, she doesn't deserve Peter's genes.

[@woodanemone9758]

@@nanofate8662 When I played this family, it bugged and a dog became the father of the twins. Not joking. It even popped up in the memories of the dog that they were his kids. That was the weirdest bug ever. They got cute babies though.

[@nanofate8662]

@@woodanemone9758 I think they patched they out, but still creepy nonetheless. Though, Ottomas twins even out as they age . Samantha got some explaining to do though.

[@woodanemone9758]

@@nanofate8662 It selects a father randomly... even pets. Did you ever play the Ottomas family? I kind of got bored of them fast, since they are so many.

[@nanofate8662]

@@woodanemone9758 Once, but just so they had a phone. Thought about doing a "breed out the Ottomas" challenge, but that would be for when I'm bored.

[@seriousgoofball]

Omg, the big brain Marticore is back at it again!

[@brigeem5022]

you know, i always noticed the little white lines under the personality points and wondered what the heck it was. now i know! incredible video as usual, love this game

[@sasapsaful]

I liked the fact that in this part of plastic, unlike 4, it did not change genetics, as in real life. In 4 parts, in this regard, a typical family of cartoons, when children are clones of parents with even a changed face. Plus, in the second, genes from grandparents sometimes slip through, which is very realistic. I know a bunch of red hair people whose parents are not even close red hair.

[@Hendrik_McSims]

Now the Ottomas ugly twins mystery has been finally solved!

[@Anna_M_numbers]

all of their children are ugly

[@benjochs]

Lol! The scream when you zoomed in on the toddlers face. So funny and true. I have never noticed the personality lines beneath the personality points. Crazy. I thought encouraging the kids to be neat, for example, just made them temporarily clean the house. Great stuff!

[@MiyaMam948]

I can't get enough of this stuff. Fresh content for TS2? Great Interesting _and_ fresh content for TS2? *Magnifique*

[@whatever6377]

Man, I love Sims 2 genetics ❤ Even the first born syndrome, because that allows me to choose which child I'll get!

[@twincrash]

Sims 2 really is the most interesting Sims game what comes to the technical side of things. Nice vid~

[@combeferret]

I've been playing Sims 2 obsessively for the past few weeks, so this video came at the best time!

[@combeferret]

… I just found this comment of mine from two years ago. I am once again obsessively playing The Sims 2.

[@winko567]

12:25 "even though I play ALL of them" You really should do some sims 1 videos too! :D

[@leonardojuvs]

"Look at those abominations" LMAOOOOO I cried hahahaha

[@ivratsdargy955]

Once I learned about FBS and how to influence the genetics randomization, it really proved to be an impressive system. Strangetown has the best facial genetics and I've gotten some beautifully unique looking sims once I figured out how it works. The personality thing kinda irks me though with how extreme they tend to be and how slow the encouragement process is. I never noticed the little white line before, that surprised me.

[@EsperElves]

I love your channel! Sims 2 is my favorite game (probably out of all games), it just feels so much more alive than the next 2 installments. The Inferno theme from Heroes of Might and Magic 3 at 9:01 :D

[@tamarascarpelli6401]

Woah. I've been playing sims 2 for so long and I didnt know genetics worked like this. I would love a video about how adoption works, too Love your content

[@oreinproject7197]

This was exactly what I needed! Love to hear that plastic surgery won't change the genetics

[@aliceinkwell5751]

HoMM 3 music? I Stan, I love this channel more and more

[@JoHasIssues]

Thank you for doing so much research on The Sims 2! You've answered so many questions that I've been wondering about for years without knowing how to get answers for them

[@helgaphugly3469]

When I aged Mortimer down he had blonde. And when I gave him brown he looked like MF Freddie Mercury

[@schnabelkase]

did you know: a random fact is that if you go into cas and make a female sim with the unnatural/rainbow hair colors, and then a male sim with normal hair and eyes, then use the make a baby tool and the rainbow hair is geneticized . which means that you can have kids with rainbow hair if someone in the family tree has rainbow hair !

[@betuna9487]

Thanks

[@AnaSilva-u5p]

When I am about to see your videos I get so excited. Love them!

[@vanne_marmota5714]

Wow, that was SO COOL. Really, I've been playing sims since I was 6, started with stories and later played almost all games, haha. I did'nt know genetics work like this in the game, it was so interesting! Sims never stop to amaze me even after all these years, lol.

[@wendillon92]

Sims 2 had some ridiculously complex and interesting features. From taking out pots and cookware from cabinets to recessive genes. I wish we could get a remaster of it.

[@dieramunzel8796]

I am quite sure about the genetics factor in personality because i once made a couple with the exact same personality in CAS and the kid they had in game had also the exact same personality Thank you for this very informative Video again!!!

[@Marticore]

It's quite interesting how much of personality is randomized and how much is inherited... I also have a child that differs from her dad only by about 3 points. They're both insanely grouchy, I love that 🤣

[@Two-Die-Four]

I have just found your channel and I love your videos, I just just begun playing the Sims 3 again and now I can't stop, I love being able to play as a Vampire in Bridgeport, my plan is to try to turn everyone. Please keep making your videos, they brighten my day.

[@POWERPUFFGiiRLYx3]

When you mentioned Kaylynn's dyed black hair it made me think of how in my game Romeo and Juliette ended up having a blonde baby. I read beforehand that despite being a redhead by default Juliette actually has a "hidden" gene for blonde hair so I wasn't that surprised, but usually I notice that the babies tend to take more after the father than the mother (in my game at least), so this was quite an interesting case to me

[@spauldingrebecca869]

Same here! I named him Fabian. Later Romeo and Juliet had another baby a girl. She had red hair. I remember naming her Julie.

[@blitzyblook3315]

Thank you for coming to her TED talk.

[@mogfoil]

10:29 “mostly men are a lot uglier” me, a lesbian: yeah

[@КатеринаМирон-е4л]

Nice job. Just discovered your channel and now I am watching everything

[@socketlaunch]

Your videos are really cool. I've been wanting to start playing The Sims 2 (I have the Ultimate Collection on Origin) for a while now and it's been great to learn more about the inner workings of the game.

[@aquacrimefighter2368]

I adore you. Your humor is so dry and amazing, the info is so intriguing. Subscribed.

[@marynapasko9627]

10:29 yes!! The most obvious example is Kaylynn Langerak that you've mentioned. Her sons will always have huge noses even though her own nose looks normal

[@Marticore]

The face 16 stairway nose ❤️

[@badlorie]

I like these videos. It really makes me miss these nuances in ts4.

[@silyknow]

In the sims 3 when my sims aged up to adults I gave them a salt and pepper hair color to imitate a bit of ageing, when their GRANDkids were born they had that same salt and pepper hair! Even though their parents didn’t have it

[@Marticore]

Yep xD

[@chillfactory9000]

Honestly idk why I've been watching Sims 2 videos if I can only play TS3 on PS3 and TS4 on PS4. It's weirdly nostalgic for me even though I've never played it.

[@SidewaysCytlan]

I never played TS2 for more than a couple of generations at most. Don't know how I missed it, but I just learned about the Legacy Challenge a few weeks ago and it got me hooked on TS2 again. I'm on my 3rd generation right now, just about to make my 4th. My 2nd and 3rd generation sims look... Well.. "If you don't have anything nice to say" and all that. My plan now is to "breed out" the unfortunate features in later generation, so a deep dive like this is super useful!

[@imafgc]

I love the genetics system in sims 2 and when you have loads of mods it becomes that much cooler

[@dorafrka7418]

Thank you for making videos about the best game ever!!❤️ I still playing The Sims 2 and am obsessed with it

[@gpodjoe9179]

I think the fact that they have so many skin choices and hair colors in TS3 and 4 might make the game extra heavy on our computer if we have the genetics system in as well. Especially with the color wheel in TS3... imagine coding the genetics system into that...

[@Marticore]

But skin genetics work pretty fine in TS3.

[@ericaferreira6544]

Now I understand better why I prefer to play genetics-related challenges on the sims 2 than 3 or 4. I didn't know some of the things u mentioned I would totally see a video about the adoptions Great video, I love your channel!

[@princessx5237]

You're my fave sims KZbinr ❤️

[@NuclearDystopia]

this is such a great video. i didn't know any of this bc i somehow went from sims 1 to sims 3. that being said, now it just makes me sad about what we're missing out on now.

[@irbin9622]

You are amazing and I do not understand how a person who floods us with a wave of curiosity, information and positive energy in each film can only have so many subscriptions. The subscription goes to the channel PS I am from Poland and my knowledge of English is still small :)

[@larissasousa3117]

Just a brazilian's comment here xD I just loved your video, and I learn a lot of things! The details of TS2 are so amazing, just my favorite between all of the sims One thing that happened with me often is the first-borned syndrome, it makes me feel sad :( I would love to see a detailed video about this! (sorry for my bad english btw)

[@tvattbjornensomlektemedeld389]

I would love to one day understand how the personality genetics work. 🤔 Great video.

[@izro1436]

This confirmed what I thought 😄 Love this game 💜 Your research is amazing! :)

[@reginacordium275]

I would love a video on adoption and I'm looking forward to it. Funny how The Sims 2 was much more realistic in some aspects and they still can't think of a better way to do it. Thank you for your effort!

[@salmapamyu9259]

Can you explain sims 3 genetics as well? This video was so interesting 😂 i want more about genetics

[@IsomerMashups]

I can explain it: everything is equal. You have a 50/50 chance of getting any feature from either parent (but you can also get features from grandparents or mutations, which are just a set of premade features). Your skin will be the same colour as a random parent, but what shade is based on a blending of the parents' shades (eg. if you have a light blue mom and dark green dad, you can get a light green child).

[@Karin-fj3eu]

Never stop making these videos, they're great!

[@Dang_Ol_Username]

Wow that was a lot more interesting than i thought it would be.

[@kykipz]

Not done watching~ BUT, it's so organized so *chef kiss*

[@echo_in_the_forest]

Ostatnia sekunda to złoto! 😂😂 _________________ The last second of this video is golden XDDD

[@_.olkaaa8910]

Oo widzę że nie tylko ja weszłam zobaczyć na ten kanał i obczaić angielskie filmy naszej merty. Btw to podobny odcinek jest na polskim kanale

[@aniexty4621]

I love your channel Honestly , I’m glad I’m subscribed 😊

[@Victoria-tp8zy]

I still can remember that time I had a light skin-black hair man and a light skin-blonde girl had a few kids (all of them black-haired), one of them married a really dark skin-black hair sim AND THE KIDS HAD THE DARKEST SKIN WITH BLOND HAIR fjslfjsk my 14 y.o. self was like EHHHH?

[@snarkbotanya6557]

I made a mod to make the hair and eye colors have more genetic levels. In my mod, hair color dominance goes black > brown > red > blond and eyes go brown > green > dark blue > light blue> gray. I also like to go through townies' and CAS Sims' SimPE files and add randomized recessive genes so that they can give me some surprises.

[@Marticore]

Cool!

[@keg10609]

I love it. I'm so down for the adoption video. I love learning w you.

[@Aleksssssssss]

8:16 so that’s why literally all my children are blond. I’m shook😂

[@ScrunchieSims]

You so clearly explained that awful line that shows up on so many kids faces between the eyes and rest of the face! I would love an adoption video, I feel like I know nothing about that

[@kaydwessie296]

I miss recessive genes. It made it really realistic. Also Sims 4 has too many nonsense color schemes from not having it. Can we stop having townies spawn that are black girls with straight blonde ponytails? Ugh

[@bitchwormpuddin1499]

While it is unfair, i also live in a completely black neighborhood irl and for a second didnt see why you were complaining 😭😂

[@emilychristine7059]

And white sims with East Asian names everywhere too

[@ihavenodesiretocreateahandle]

@@emilychristine7059 i may be 8 months late but fr. I don't play ts4, I play ts3, but when I video call my friend she normally plays ts4 and shares her screen, - she once got a townie called "Asia Lingho" (sort of like that, it was Asia Ling-something). Blue eyes, blond hair, cool toned pale skin. Best part? happened in that city living place, which is based on American cities; there would be no need to name a white American city girl "Asia Lingho".

[@merisav4171]

i haven't played this game much after sims 3 came out. and still learning how it works

[@a.b.7932]

I really liked the recessive/dominant genes in Sims 2. Wish the later games had it. Same with sims dying their hair. Never liked that my sims kids could inherit their green highlights in sims 3.

[@java_finch]

thank you for this video, very informative and easy to understand

[@friendly4465]

I ADORE THIS CHANNEL

[@flop9265]

"Men are a lot more uglier." I JUST WHEEZED

[@albaformiga7932]

Sims 2 has helped me to learn genetics

[@chloe6588]

So glad I found ur channel this video is awesome!

[@iameelerie]

5:58 at first i thought it's just something with my eyes but then i got this hidden screenshot hehe

[@Marticore]

Oh! Dunno what happened there :O

[@iameelerie]

oh wowie! so maybe it’s just a mistake since it was the same exact screenshot from 6:29? anyway that’s funny (x

[@Marticore]

Well, this video is mostly my other video cut in pieces, I probably cut this part a little bit too early xD

[@aliceroared]

Can you please do TS4 genetics? I love to play around with them sooo much and am fascinated by the diff results I get

[@WaleedKhan-ou8gi]

i lovee your accent😻

[@lucianampersandderpy5211]

You still my nostalgia based hunger for the Sims 2.

[@margotalmanzar5210]

I’ve always liked how Joe Carr looks and I always have someone marry him, his kids are always mean (in my experience) even if their mother is super nice his kids won’t have more than 5 points in niceness. Again this is just something that always happens to me so it might just be bad luck, or it could be something in his genetics,

[@sofiatosi3385]

I love this channel so much❤

[@shem_gem]

Excited for the adoption video! I agree sims 2 genetics are the best, because they're the most realistic!

[@julianav.4031]

I love the sims 2 genetics, it really works like real genetics. Tough I really like to create simswithe unatural color hairs in other games and I think it's cool to be genetic, but I guess it should only work for those you create in CAS AND if you choose to be genetic. Also, are from POLAND! I'm from Brazil, but the place I live it's heavly polish culture centered! 😍

[@MayLina]

Oh i really want to know about adoption in sims 2! Sounds really intriguing

[@AMENchoFucK]

In my game Natasha Una and Malcolm Lamdgraab are together. And they have a child (tbh I was afraid about malcolm’s genetic), but their girl is incredibly beautiful. She has a face template from Natasha, but her hair is blond. I didn’t have a look at natasha’s dominant elements in her genetic. But I was surprised to get a beautiful child without any malcolm’s facial features.

[@YujiUedaFan]

I thought it was weird that when I mess with genetics for pets in Sims 4, they either look exactly like the mother and have their fathers coat or the other way around.

[@Marticore]

Pet genetics in TS4 are a huge disappointment :(

[@spellcxster9268]

i REALLY wish ts4 has dominant and recessive genre, as well as natural hair colors. it’s super disappointing to have babies with unnatural hair colors, haha. thank you so much for the video!! 💖

[@hooverkinz]

Please more videos like this!!

[@eldoblixtlo1058]

Genetic factors on personalities is just like in real life; genetics may play some role of the probabilities for someone leaning at something in life but it wouldn't always guarantee as the raising and environmental factors plays much larger role in shaping a person's personality! However in Sims 2, it's very much randomized at birth which may not be entirely impossible but unlikely in real life. I know many people who differ a lot from both their parents, especially when it comes to taste in both metaphorical and literal sense. Like my best friend hates licorice but her whole family loves it! The human psyche is still very mysterious and complex for our current understanding.

[@wjsnactivist6141]

Thank you so much for this. I knew genetics in Sims 2 were a little crazy but this makes so much more sense especially with the ugly Ottomas twins lol.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

The Sims 2 the best Sims game confirmed

[@NawiTheCore]

The Sims 2 had the advantage of having a very small and finite number of possible combinations of hair color, eye color, skin color and facial features. The Sims 3 has a nearly infinite number of combinations thanks to the Create-A-Style tool, which can also be used to create Sims with unnatural/fantasy eye, skin and hair colors. Not to mention the fact that The Sims 3 fully supports body sliders and custom sliders, whereas in The Sims 2 is impossible to add custom sliders or alter the default bodies in any way. I do appreciate TS2's genetics, but if I had to choose between realistic genetics and limitless customization, I'd always go for the latter.

[@wendillon92]

They could have, in theory, still used a similar genetics system though. If they had programmed into the game that the game saves the "original" appearance settings of the sim somewhere then they could have had similar (downgraded but similar) genetics to sims 2. The issue with 3 and 4's genetics is it takes the genetics of the parents at the time of birth to create the kid, whereas sims 2 took the original appearance settings it had saved to create the kiddo. Blending would of course have been impossible with all the colour options we had for sims 3, but every other aspect of genetics would have worked perfectly if they had gone about it differently.

[@Shytzedaka]

This is good content i approve