![]() Parenthood builds upon the gameplay features that were added with the Toddlers patch, and allows for a much much more family-oriented play style. Oh, well.Īnd then, just in time, the Parenthood game pack rolled out. ![]() (Yes, I’m a nerd, but you knew that already.) This really wasn’t meant to be made public. I started documenting their story in a virtual journal, photos and all. Akira Kibo, IMHO the cutest boy-townie that came with the City Living EP, to be her boyfriend and legacy-cofounder. I started a new game, made a cute new Sim, and began planning how she would survive and, hopefully, thrive. That was exciting! After more than two years, I was ready to start my first Legacy Challenge in The Sims 4. But in January this year, a free game patch rolled out which added the Toddler life-stage along with every gameplay feature you would expect to go with it. I simply turned ageing off, forgot about family-oriented gameplay, and enjoyed the other aspects of Sim life that EA evidently wanted us to focus on. But with the game as it was, without family-oriented gameplay features, a Legacy Challenge wasn’t doable for me-and, I guess, for many others as well. These challenges are great when you play sandboxey games like this one, because they give you a clear goal and help you churn out a story about these characters you’re spending so much time with. One of my favorite ways to play The Sims, even since the original, was to do freestyle Legacy Challenges, where I would bring a family from rags to riches across many generations, starting with one very poor Sim. ![]() No to Toddlers, yes to dance parties.Ĭaring for toddlers had been a core part of gameplay during the previous two games, so a sequel that lacked that feature just seemed off. But I promise you, if you’re invested in the rearing of virtual spawn, to see them age from a crib-bound baby into a fully-autonomous approximately nine-year-old is jarring as fuck. You might ask yourself, why make such a big deal out of toddlers? Nobody likes those. That alone turned lots of people off the game. The Sims 4: Parenthood Game Pack Maxis/The Sims StudioĪt launch, The Sims 4 lacked the Toddler life-stage, which had been part of the game since The Sims 2. But with the addition of the Toddler life-stage earlier this year, and the new Parenthood game pack last month, TS4 now invites players to have as much family as they think they can handle. I’ve bought DLC after DLC but, until now, none addressed my one major qualm about the base game: its lack of family-oriented gameplay features. The Sims 4 has been out for almost three years now, and I’ve been playing it almost since launch.
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