Though, the children not crying isn't a problem to me, the games are still enjoyable because it offers something for everybody. But it depends on if you make your children emotional, nice, sensitive beings or perhaps if their mood was way too low or if someone they love die, I don't know, but I always keep my Sims happy. Though, the weird thing I found out about the games I mostly played, Sims 2 and Sims 3 was the children never cry but the other age group of people can. and it can influence the life that they have. You can create characters with detailed looks and create whatever personality you want to create with them, like emotional, hot-headed, neat etc.

The Sims has always been a nice game for everybody to play. You're a god controlling your sims, building houses, and buying things so it's not much different from simulator games such as Roller-coaster Tycoon, Virtual Villagers, Virtual Families etc. I would player theme park games such as Roller-coaster tycoon, Sims Theme Park, Virtual Villagers etc.

I've always had a soft spot for simulator games since I was a child.

The sim 3