We’re very a lot on the street to the subsequent The Sims 4 growth, Journey Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new replace to carry you over till the large day subsequent month. The brand new patch is on the market 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 large new characteristic within the new replace is the Playground Venue, which is a spot the place sims children can hang around and play. As a result of it’s primarily designed for youngsters, it’s a superb place to search out new buddies in your personal.
You may 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), because of the brand new filters.
One other massive addition for little one Sims is the flexibility for the little ones to Play Fake with themselves, or with one other little one Sim. This new interplay could be discovered beneath Pleasant > Actions Pie Menu. There are a few frequent – and anticipated – choices to play with, comparable to Play Fairy Story Fort, Play Home, and Play Pirate Journey. This being The Sims, in fact, 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 factors 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 could choose into if you happen to like. It’s referred to as Reminiscence Enhance, and it primarily makes an attempt to enhance the sport’s efficiency by optimising reminiscence utilization. You’ll discover it beneath the Different tab in Recreation Choices.
Journey Awaits itself gained’t arrive till October 2, however a giant motive why this replace is out now and never somewhat 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 concept that allows you to see among the potential getaways you can create, and encourages you to examine again day by day for extra inspiration.