“Some of the human qualities of The Sims didn’t come out until women started working on it,” Bradshaw said. “It wasn’t until we added kids and relationships that things changed. It became more about these little human beings, these ‘Sims,’ rather than just the objects in their lives.”
No doubt about it, The Sims has appealed to many women worldwide. In fact, I don’t know of that many dudes that play the game in real life other than the people I met at various Sims events. But I can’t complain, as it’s pretty cool to find a girl gamer that’s into the games that you like. Problem is, I haven’t came across any locally!
Too bad the female touch ruined Spore.
Eh, I can’t quite be sure they are to blame on that. Possibly, could be. But if I’m correct, the “cuteness” from Spore mostly came from Chris Hecker’s idea as it was written in the Spore: Evolution Book (and I think it’s in the Artbook that comes with the Galactic Edition).
There was a debate over the science side and cute side, and I believed Hecker convinced Will to side with the cuteness side (even though Will did want to take the science approach).