Since the decision by Electronic Arts and Maxis to make the sims 4 free, the number of followers of the life simulation game has skyrocketed. The game has over 70 million players, many of whom have been coming since last fall. This July 20, EA will add a new expansion pack to its long collection of additional, but paid, content with the addition of life on the ranch.
Since the first installment of the franchise in the year 2000, the little virtual beings have come in multiple extensions to raise families, go to university, spend afternoons together, take trips, etc. A financial stroke of luck for EA (each piece of content sells for between 10 and 40 euros) which has renewed these (same) game add-ons with each release of a new version, also covering the main social issues over time.
Therefore, the American company is counting on these additions in particular to attract new players willing to invest a few euros to enrich their gaming experience with additional objects, additional cities to explore and customization elements to build their houses.
Life on the ranch, the newcomer
The next to be added to the list on July 20. life on the ranch, will appeal to lovers of the great outdoors with its clear inspiration from the great American West. It allows you to create monumental ranches, rustic stables or more intimate stud farms, customize mounts of all kinds, raise and train them, add animals to switch to breeding mode. The extension also allows you to enjoy outdoor activities on horseback, rides, competition, but also organize your ranch to organize parties with local cowboys, farm workers and become the largest landowner in the valley, whether in agriculture, ranching or as a winegrower.
With dozens of expansions and games available, the franchise also owes its success to the wide spectrum of players it can reach in this way, depending on the affinities of each one and the possibility of associating each additional content independently to enrich their game. virtual life simulation experience. Whether you have more of a respect for the environment, a desire to focus your game on social interactions, to favor family life, work, travel, or to put an otherworldly spin on your game.
Our top 5 bundles for The Sims 4
If you fell in love with the free version of the game, here are our 5 essential expansion packs to take your Sims to another dimension and enrich their adventures. Each usually brings at least one new world, Sim customization accessories, but also items for your builds.
Seasons
If you only have to have one, it is undoubtedly the pack Seasons. With this, the life of your Sims will be marked by seasonal changes and not only by their environments. Furniture, hairstyles, accessories, professions, but also the effects of the weather on your character and his life, with dedicated activities in winter and summer and something to celebrate Christmas with dignity. A need.
Life in the city
Building your Sims’ home on your little piece of land is fun. Sending your Sims to live in the city in an apartment is another experience and necessarily new jobs to fill them. The city of San Myshuno is added with its more or less accessible neighborhoods depending on your resources and your orientation desires. Each neighborhood has its activities, its parties, its bars, its restaurants to visit, with friends or alone. Who says they live in an apartment also says neighbors with whom it is better to have good relations… And if you are a city dweller who wants to send her sim to change her life, you can opt for country life.
high school years
Do you want to (re)play your high school years? EA has got it all figured out and is offering an extension to play a character before the age of “young adult.” And all the traits of adolescence are transcribed, with the ups and downs of the hard life of a high school student (accompanying them to class, doing homework, going to the cafeteria, doing extracurricular activities, being a cheerleader or athlete, going out with friends). …), but also his age with his first love or the appearance of acne and the need to reaffirm his personality. And if you want to play it older, there is also the extension In college. But you won’t follow them in class.
paradise islands
Want to send your Sims on vacation? To make them change the scene there are several proposals, but our preferences go by paradise islands with its change of scenery on the island of Sulani, its local culture and folklore, its beaches and its abundance of summer activities (canoeing, diving, sand castle building, sunbathing, swimming with mermaids or dolphins, etc.). The equivalent of the mountain is called snowy getaway.
glory hour
One of the negative points of sims He spent a lot of time losing touch with his character when he went to “work” and then went off screen. Now it is possible to follow him in his profession, make him progress by learning new skills, make him climb the ladder with At work which offers several professions to choose from (scientist, doctor or detective). And we really follow each pixel hero on a daily basis, both in his operations and in his investigations, according to his choice. And the situations are crazier than each other. glory hour It is the extension to become a star and become famous by multiplying the castings and reviewing the sets before turning on the red carpet.
If you don’t feel like investing in expansion packs, it is possible to add a bit more content and experience with the smaller game packs. However, please note that there is a package for Star Wars fans called trip to Batuu which sends players to a world populated by Jedi. We meet emblematic characters like Kylo Ren, Rey, the Stormtroopers and all the rebels from the edge of the galaxy. We boarded the Millennium Falcon before going to the Cantina.
Ranch Life: An expansion pack for The Sims 4 available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC, and Mac on July 20.
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