Sims 4‘S the latest extension package, Enchanted by nature, It was introduced to the market at the beginning of this month, adding fairy tales to the game, magical ailments and charming recent clothing and furniture. As a fan for life Sims Franchise I decided to immerse myself in the game after a few months of not touching it, fully prepared for disappointment.
Most veterans with Sims 4 I probably understand my anxiety. Sims The franchise recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the last 10 years have been focused The Sims 4, which was released in 2014 with only no content. The game was launched without franchise staples, such as swimming pools or color adjustment options, and even diminutive diminutive children-a diminutive SIM-Yoy package would simply transform into a school-age child after aging. EA repaired this by adding content to the game over the next decade through free game updates and a recent DLC in the form of expansion packages, game packages, packets of items and sets. As chilly as many of these additions theoretically, many of them were disappointing in practice, usually because of errors and disappointing content.
For a gigantic part of its existence, Sims 4The game loop looked more or less like this:
- Take a ungodly amount of time to build Sims in Create-A-Sim mode, while trying to find matching color samples for clothes.
- Take even more time to build a house where they could live or improve the finished house for your preferences.
- You immediately get bored and/or frustrated with worms and the lack of nothing to do.
- Loggy for several months.
So when I fired Enchanted by nature, I didn’t expect anything particularly special. I created a fairy tale named NYX and liked to mix and match recent items to clothing with other DLCs to create a charming, ethereal outfit for her. Shortly after the introduction of NYX to her recent home, she received a phone call from the gloomy reaper himself, offering her work as a reaper of souls. (Yes, it’s a real career song. It was introduced with last year Life and death expansion.)
After a kind rejection of the Grima’s job offer, Nyx came out at the night of drinking and dance at the fairy bar, where she learned the love of her life, another fairy of Nadya. Their relationship moved quickly and shortly after joining the household, Nadya watched in horror how Nyx hit him lightning after she did not serene one of the gnomes living in her house. (She survived, it’s fine.) Nyx and Nadya began to serve and decided to expand their family, having a “scientific child” (which allows Simom of the same sex to children who divide genetics.) They ordered only one child, but somehow ended with a pair of twins, which I immediately swapped Nightmare fuel with a little leverage in creation. It is a kind of imaginative freedom and charming chaos that I wanted since the first launch of Sims 4.
I realized a few hours of the game that something really was going on: I had game. Since then, I have not fought for a combination of costumes (a normally common phenomenon Sims 4 get rid of the iteration functions Simslike non -standard hair, clothing and furniture colors). The game still has some technical quirks – Nyx seemed to catch a recent kind of ailment every other day – but for the first time my experience from the game was not completely sounded by Bugs. For the first time since I received it ten years ago Sims 4 I felt complete.
But this is probably because I have all 98 DLC packages.
Yes, you read it well. Sims 4 has Almost one hundred DLC packagesfrom the price from $ 5 for a single set up to USD 40 for a full extension package Enchanted by nature. Now, of course, no one forces you to buy every DLC, but considering the lack of content in the basic game (and the fact that it is Sims 4 It does not allow for full color adjustment of clothing and furniture such as Sims 3 I did), you will have a fairly mediocre time, trying to dress SIM or decorate a room if you do not throw away some DLC packages. If you want all of them, it will start you about USD 1,600, depending on the type of sales or DLC packages, they are available at this time.
I’ve always been a little purist when it comes to Sims. I really don’t moderate my game (apart from using Mc Command CenterNecessary mod, almost all users using them) or download non -standard content made by the player, because I hate playing with a giant mod fold after each game update. I have been playing this way since then Sims It was first launched in 2000. I bought each extension package for Sims, Sims 2, Sims 3, AND Sims 4. But there are some quite clear differences between earlier iteration Sims and its current form.
The main difference is that the first three iterations Sims They were already humorous when they started. Yes, I was looking forward to every DLC, but they were not required that the game was complete because Sims 4Sims games were Already Well polished and pleasant during the premiere. Packages with DLC have strengthened the game while . Sims 4The extensions are largely used to fill the gaps, which should not be at the beginning, which is part of why they are so damn.
For comparison, Sims 3 He had 11 expansion packages and nine packages for 20 DLC packages. How, at the hell, we arrived at the point where players need a four -digit budget and almost 100 DLC packages, so that playing a digital dollhouse is involved?
I finally have a great time Sims 4. But the fact that it took ten It seems that EA is heading towards MMO.
