• TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    The sims doesn’t really have any competitors though so idk what else you’d call a game that’s similar to it other than just calling it a digital fish tank

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      6 months ago

      I’ve heard “Life Sim” before.

      There are so many other ways to say it aside from trying to make a sentence like “It’s a The Sims-like”.

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        6 months ago

        I don’t think everyone knows about the life sim genre, but most everyone has heard of, or played, The Sims, so it makes for a more attention grabbing headline. But yes, it is stupid.

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          6 months ago

          Then why not “X, a chaotic new game inspired by The Sims, …”? Lol

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        6 months ago

        Or just cut out the “The.” Like we really don’t need that in there, it just adds more to the word salad tongue twister.