Since its launch nearly 10 years in the past, The Sims 4 has been primarily freed from timed content material, with enlargement packs and free additions being obtainable at any level after launch. Nevertheless, that is altering in a brand new replace that brings a battle pass-style characteristic to the sport’s most important menu, and followers aren’t completely happy.
At this time, EA revealed its plan for Occasions in a weblog publish, describing every occasion as a “restricted time expertise, centered round a enjoyable theme, with free rewards or gameplay that provides new alternatives to your sport.”
Come for the merchandising machine, depart with a brand-new trait! 🤩
Occasions are right here in The Sims 4 as restricted time experiences with free rewards that provides new alternatives to your sport. ✨
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— The Sims (@TheSims) May 30, 2024
Every Occasion is free and provides 8 rewards over the course of 4 weeks, with new rewards being made out there every week. This format requires gamers to launch the sport on not less than totally different 8 days to say each reward.
The primary occasion, titled The Sims 4 Glad at House Login Occasion, will turn into out there for all gamers by June 13 and introduces a number of furnishings gadgets, a couple of new Sim equipment, and, most notably, a merchandising machine and a brand new trait known as Observe Makes Good.
The weblog publish clarifies that every occasion will finish in an additional week the place gamers can declare rewards they missed. Nonetheless, claiming every reward requires further dedication, and followers have not been completely happy about it, with many taking to Twitter/X to share their disappointment.
TIMED EVENTS IN THE SIMS 4???
fuck off. no. ur turning this sport right into a cell sport, that is NOT what we needed. pay attention, i hate when individuals say this, however WHO TF ASKED FOR THIS??? fuck all the way in which off with this bullshit.
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— OakieDokie (@OakSimStudios) May 28, 2024
This isn’t it. Gamers log into video games usually after they supply partaking GAMEPLAY. The Sims used to do properly with 2 EPs a year- they that stored gamers busy for months. Currently packs can’t maintain simmers attentions for two days earlier than they begin asking for the following one. see the problem? pic.twitter.com/NGYpN4A4sK
— 🏳️🌈AnotherPlumbob🏳️🌈 (@AnotherPlumbob) May 30, 2024
Different gamers, together with some responding to a publish on Reddit, complained concerning the sport’s ongoing bugginess seemingly being ignored to deal with Occasions. Others speculated that EA was establishing microtransactions for Undertaking Rene.
“It is clear that that is the way in which EA are eager to take the franchise. It is a disgrace that EA, a multi-billion greenback firm, feels the necessity to create a number of damaged DLC for a excessive worth then suppose ‘nah, we are able to nonetheless earn more money,'” a person wrote. “We deserve higher than re-colored gadgets from different packs simply so the info reveals that participant numbers are going up. I want we got real, unique free content material or higher but, deal with fixing the rattling sport as an alternative of modders doing it. Issues aren’t trying good for the way forward for the Sims franchise.”
EA beforehand confirmed that Undertaking Rene, which most followers are calling The Sims 5, will likely be free-to-play when it is ultimately launched.
We gave The Sims 4 a 7.5 in our unique evaluate, calling it “an excellent begin to what could ultimately be expanded into an excellent Sims sport.” Since then, it is acquired a notable variety of expansions and smaller patches, the newest of which have added vitiligo, sexual orientation, and pronoun choices for Sims.
Amelia Zollner is a contract author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Exterior of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun, and so they’re at present growing a sport known as Storage Sale. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.