The Sims 4 is getting a free content update, but there's a catch

The Sims iv is getting a complimentary content update, but there's a take hold of

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The Sims 4 is getting a free content update, but only if you have the Spa Day game pack from 2015.

If you lot've not been using fan-fabricated mods, you've probably been waiting for something new to do in The Sims iv since the Country Living pack that was released in July. Only this Spa Mean solar day update contains some new wellness-focused aspirations for your Sims: Zen Guru, Cocky-Care Specialist, and Inner Peace. As well every bit this, there are new activities: manicure, pedicure, and face mask.

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Nail art has been a long-awaited characteristic in The Sims iv, with many people resorting to mods to add together it into the game. It doesn't seem like much for the developers of Sims 4 to add themselves, especially when many long-time fans thought The Sims iv lacked content compared to previous games in the series. Just nosotros can't complain about new stuff being added to the game, especially if it's free (well, if yous've already bought the Spa 24-hour interval DLC).

What nosotros really desire is some brand-new stuff, specially things that aren't equally easily added to the game with mods. Just with a new Sims game reportedly being in the works from EA, it'southward uncertain whether or not The Sims four volition continue to get much support in the coming years before the release.

The previously mentioned Country Living pack did come up at a good fourth dimension to revitalize involvement in the game, and before this there had been a trend of EA releasing either one or 2 expansion packs a twelvemonth for The Sims 4.

Of class, nosotros'd love The Sims 4 to continue getting new content and upgrades up until the release of the next game in the series. But we wouldn't mind sacrificing that development fourth dimension if information technology meant the prospective Sims 5 got enough content at launch to experience like a fully fleshed-out feel, which many felt wasn't the case with The Sims 4.

With evolution costs for triple-A games continually getting higher, studios have to practise what they can to subsidise this. Nevertheless, releasing games light on content at full price and locking "extra" features behind paid DLC is starting to become tiresome for consumers.

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