We’re very a lot on the street to the following The Sims 4 growth, Journey Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new replace to carry you over till the massive day subsequent month. The brand new patch is obtainable now on PC, and can arrive on consoles on September 23.
The replace has a few options price discussing, and you’ll see how they lay some groundwork in anticipation of the sport’s subsequent, very a lot on-theme growth.
The massive new characteristic in the brand new replace is the Playground Venue, which is a spot the place sims youngsters can hang around and play. As a result of it’s primarily designed for kids, it’s an excellent place to seek out new pals to your personal.
You’ll be able to create customized playground venues, and share them with different gamers. Individually, you’ll discover an up to date UI for Occasion Planning. You’re now capable of filter out the particular venue kind you need (libraries solely, nightclubs solely, and so forth), due to the brand new filters.
One other large addition for little one Sims is the flexibility for the little ones to Play Faux with themselves, or with one other little one Sim. This new interplay will be discovered underneath Pleasant > Actions Pie Menu. There are a few widespread – and anticipated – choices to play with, similar to Play Fairy Story Fortress, Play Home, and Play Pirate Journey. This being The Sims, after all, all of them have distinctive VFX.
Elsewhere within the replace, there’s a brand new color variant of the Ecru Slouch Beanie in Create a Sim. Maxis has additionally tweaked the Soul’s Journey positive aspects and added Satisfaction Level rewards for every tier you full.
The replace’s console launch subsequent week will coincide with the launch of a brand new beta characteristic which you can choose into when you like. It’s referred to as Reminiscence Increase, and it basically makes an attempt to enhance the sport’s efficiency by optimising reminiscence utilization. You’ll discover it underneath the Different tab in Sport Choices.
Journey Awaits itself received’t arrive till October 2, however an enormous purpose why this replace is out now and never a little bit nearer to that date is that it permits mod creators to replace their work so it’s prepared for when the growth drops.
Talking of which, EA have additionally created a sequence of brochures for Gibbi Level, the brand new world which arrives with Journey Awaits. It’s a intelligent thought that allows you to see a few of the potential getaways you can create, and encourages you to examine again day by day for extra inspiration.
