Be aware, though, that this will just be the base game. I’ve got it on good authority that it’s perfectly playable, but there’s so many expansion pack shenanigans for The Sims 4 – ranging from werewolves to high school drama just this year alone – that you could end up down a very deep rabbithole indeed. If you want to navigate all the extraneous Sims add-ons then you couldn’t go wrong by checking out our resident expert Rebecca’s guide to the best The Sims 4 expansion packs. EA and Maxis say they’ll continue to support The Sims 4 with “packs, kits and Sims Delivery Express drops into the foreseeable future”. Anyone who owns the base game for The Sims 4 on Origin, the EA app or participating digital storefronts will be given the Desert Luxe kit as a gift between September 14th and October 17th, which you can check out the details for here. In other Sims-related news, yesterday saw an update for The Sims 4 called Groundhog Day, which should make getting older more reliable, among other fixes. You can read the full patch notes here. Rebecca took The Sims 4’s werewolves expansion for a moonlit stroll with her Sim pal Scott when it released in June, and thought it was the best supernatural add-on for the game yet. “One of my biggest issues with The Sims 4 until recently was the lack of interactivity between add-ons,” she said, “so it was lovely to see that Scott not only recognised other supernatural Sims by their scent, but had a unique moodlet documenting his reaction to each one. Getting his groceries delivered by a vampire made him immensely angry, while meeting a mermaid at the local bar rendered him dazed.” The Sims 4, available on Steam and Origin, goes free to play for PC and consoles on October 18th. Remember though: it’s just the base game. I’ve already lost too many people to The Sims expansion packs, I don’t want to lose you too.
