Summary
The Sims 4is getting ready for Halloween with the release of the game’s 17th expansion, Life & Death. Including two new death-based career paths, a reward system for helping characters lead fulfilling lives, and the ability to control ghostly Sims, the upcoming expansion forThe Sims 4is scheduled to launch on October 31.
Plans toreveal the new expansion forThe Sims 4on October 3were announced earlier this week. Fans of the franchise already knew the name of the upcoming expansion due to a post made to the officialThe SimsTwitter page on October 1, which included a nine-second-long video of what appeared to be a living Sim dressed in the Grim Reaper’s robes. Still, little was known about what would be included in the expansion at that time.
The developers of the game have released both a three-minute trailer and a description of Life & Death on the game’sofficial website. The expansion will introduce the three-neighborhood realm of Ravenwood, where bothliving and ghost Simsreside together. The pack will also introduce two new death-themed careers, Reaper and Undertaker, in which players will help others transition from life to death either by conventional or supernatural means. Players will also be able to craft wills to bequeath their possessions, plan and hold funerals, and experience four distinct grief types: Denial, Holding It Together, Anger, and Blues.
Everything Coming to The Sims 4 in the Life & Death Expansion
The trailer starts with a somber tone as an elderly Sim dies in bed surrounded by his family, only for his daughter to go through the funeral, witness relatives bickering over the will, and reminisce about the good times she shared with him. She later visits his gravestone to see her father’s ghost resolve his unfinished business and ascend, asThe Sims 4version of The Grim Reapercomments that he thought he’d stay to master his ghostly powers. The website only vaguely mentions these powers and the progression system, noting that ghostly Sims will be able to earn Simoleons by racking up Fear or Goodwill from interactions with the living. Using the Baleful Bog, it seems even living Sims will have ways to access ghostly powers temporarily.
Of course, the expansion will also address the life side of Life & Death. Starting at the Young Adult phase, each Sim will be able to make a Bucket List, offering powerful rewards for checking items off and completing their Soul’s Journey, though it’s not yet entirely clear how these will differentiate themselves from previously establishedAspiration rewards inThe Sims 4. The expansion is available for pre-order now, and those who order the pack by December 12 will receive rewards including the Lasting Legacy Family Portrait, the Mournful Melodies Music Box, and the Plumed Elegance Mask.
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