SimGurus shared a bunch of new information on Twitter about The Sims 4’s latest Game Pack – Outdoor Retreat! Some of these Tweets mention how this Pack will only be available for digital purchase and not retail and SimGuruSarah also reveals that we’re getting a new NPC with this pack – a bear!
Game Packs in The Sims 4 will have LOTS of new features, new gameplay, new clothing, new objects — for the same price as a TS3 Stuff Pack.
— Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
To compare, TS3/TS2 Stuff Packs just had objects and clothing with zero new gameplay. How cool is that? I’m so excited. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
Remember a few weeks ago when I said I’m working on my favorite Sims feature ever? That feature is the bear costume. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
Folks are asking: Game packs fit in between Stuff and Expansion. Like Goldilocks. Stuff Packs < Game Packs < Expansion Packs — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
@JohnBigOz OutDoor Retreat will be available as a digital download. — Shannon Copur (@SimGuruShannon) December 19, 2014
@adventfear @Cinderellimouse Think of Game Packs as smaller Expansion Packs. We make content as needed where it fits and is fun. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
@Simmer_BN We determine this on a case by case basis, as with all content. We won’t always have Traits, or Skills, or worlds, etc. for all. — Grant Rodiek (@SimGuruGrant) December 19, 2014
@HugDopey @SimGuruGrant @SimGuruLakshmi Granite Falls is a Destination world, which means you can vacation there. All of the camping items.. — Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 19, 2014
@HugDopey @SimGuruGrant @SimGuruLakshmi …are available in Buy mode and you can use them on lots in any world. — Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 19, 2014
@luizmartins2602 It features our Campground mascot, Stanley the Jackalope! — Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 19, 2014
@DaletheSim @justproud2b @HugDopey @SimGuruGrant @SimGuruLakshmi You can visit a Destination world & you can extend your vacation infinitely
— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 20, 2014
@DaletheSim @justproud2b @HugDopey @SimGuruGrant @SimGuruLakshmi But it is not a residential world like Willow Creek and Oasis Springs.
— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 20, 2014
@sharkloverplaye And yes, there are waterfalls – several of them 😉
— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 19, 2014
@sharkloverplaye I totally thought of you while we were adding waterfalls 😉
— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 20, 2014
@LuckyLunayre Both! Anyone can dress up as a Bear, and a special Bear Trickster NPC roams Granite Falls causing trouble….
— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) December 20, 2014
See this worries me. In the past if you had a base game from a country (USA) then wanted to buy expansions, etc you had to buy it from your base games country. Since I live in Germany as well, this was a problem as none of the games EA makes is compatible. So I had to always find a way to get someone in America to buy my expansions, etc so that it would be compatible with my base game. So my fear here is that since I have a USA base game again, when they do this and force us to buy it as dlc, will I be able to get it if I am in Germany AND if so, will it be compatible as Origin knows what country you are in and forces you to buy your games, dlc, etc in that currency and in the past, they were not compatible. If you did not have a European base game you were screwed unless you had a way to get them from overseas. Now with Origin and forcing me to buy dlc instead, I am scared I will no longer have access to content that will be compatible with my base game. Does that make sense? :-((