EA.com has leaked the name and the description of the next Expansion Pack for The Sims 4 – Eco Lifestyle! Check out what the pack is about:
Ready for your Sims to impact their world? Move into a community of fellow collaborative makers in The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack!* Play to change and make a difference in the new world of Evergreen Harbor. Help your new neighbors decide on a Community Space Project, reduce your eco footprint, and watch your neighborhood transform. You’ll be surprised by what happens when your Sims start making the rules.
Stay tuned on Sims Community for all the latest updates on the pack!
432 Comments
That would be awesome
Wow… That’s not interesting but we’ll see what happens.
Reply to Charlise
That’s “funny” how people like complaining. A looot. Who says eco-living isn’t compatible with farm life style. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Sims team merged both ideas in order to make a more interesting and up-to-date pack.
Reply to PeopleLikeComplainingALot
But you forget… this is EA we’re talking about.
Reply to PeopleLikeComplainingALot
People are complaining because we technically already have this in island living. What’s the use of creating an expansion on something we technically already have.
Reply to Let people complaining they’re spending money on this game
How about more specifications when it comes to creating? Can we talk about height variations? What about birth marks, freckles, moles? Heterochromia?
Reply to PeopleLikeComplainingALot
Framing is definitely incompatible with eco-lifestyle because animal husbandry produces huge carbon footprints. And I most definitely WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED if EA put those two things together (comprehensive packs for TS4 don’t seem to be their thing).
Reply to Lana
Definitely. It doesn’t sound like something they would do haha
Hoping for Off The Grid and sad about Country Livin’…
Reply to SonnyB
Don’t we have off the grid already in base game? It came out the same time as Island Living
Reply to SonnyB
Off grid is island living
Reply to SonnyB
Living off the grid came with Island Living
Reply to SonnyB
We already have off the grid lot trait
Reply to SonnyB
So much so that, like five people had to tell you it already existed. Maybe they’re not paying attention to what’s already happened either…
Reply to Elsie
Ur gotta be kidding me right? Off the grid is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
So, what I am reading here is that our SIMS will basically decide how the new world will turn out. So does, that mean that potentially the world will be different depending on how you play? I think this could be good if it goes the way I am thinking.
Reply to Tina
I see where your mind is going. Like the world starts off like a green beautiful community and can become polluted and disgusting overtime etc
Reply to Julissa
Or it starts out polluted and becomes beautiful? But also, I think it can be taken further than that into, like could it potentially go from a rural community to a city? Like what if the SIMS that moves in, isn’t into green farm land but high rises that prioritize recycling or something, etc.
Reply to Tina
That would be awesome
Reply to Luci
I enjoyed Island Living & Tiny Living. So, I’m trying to stay positive & optimistic about what sort of game play, items, & cc this will bring to the game. Perhaps it’ll bring in some elements of gardening & backyard animal keeping that we haven’t considered.
Reply to Tina
I think Eco Lifestyle would be more about going from the city back to rural. At least I hope so, because that could include farms.
Reply to Julissa
I like that idea.
Reply to Tina
Well, we do have this feature in Sulani already.
Reply to Liv
Not in depth at all! I wanna catch rain water and purify it to drink and use a composting toilet! There’s sooo much stuff to add if they wanted
Reply to Liv
Yes but this ep Sounds like mayby we can use it on every world.we see
Reply to Tina
It will probably be like the conservation career in IL. Keeping it clean will make the world prettier AND MAYBE unlock some game play? Either way definitely not buying this until it’s 50% off.
Reply to Alexis
Unlocking gameplay like chasing seagulls instead of just cleaning up litter? XD
Reply to Tina
That would be super interesting if done well. I hope you’re right.
Lol don’t we just love when EA leaks info about their games hours before the trailers drop! 😀
Thats it? Borrrinnng! At least in my opinion.
so no farming ??
Reply to commonnobody
I can see farming going along with this at least I’m praying for it too
Eco Lifestyle? Seriously!? An entire expansion pack? Would have much preferred a country/farm theme or something. I honestly would have preferred almost anything. Who cares about eco-friendly living in a video game? So boring -___-
Was really hoping for the country living pack as really wanted to have my sims build and run a farm. It’s something I miss from the sims 3 and was something I’ve been hoping would be introduced for a while now.
that doesn’t seem as exciting about country living 🙁
I’m very excited about this 🙂
Hopefully it is well thought out because if it doesn’t have depth it could get boring somewhat quickly
Actually so excited about this
EA should fix what they’ve already messed up before adding additional packs!!
lol they really just be making anything at this point .. the knitting pack is so disappointing and this agh, idk. But I’m excited about all the new plants they’re going to give us.
To me this sounds great! I was already playing with a cult/commune challenge on an off-the-grid island in Sulani. This pack sounds like it could be used for that kind of thing
Reply to Elina
Yes!
There could still be farm type stuff. If you grow your own food and raise your own animals that’s eco friendly isn’t it?
sounds lame 🙁 we wanted farm life, horses, cows and chickens!
I appreciate the hard work of every person developing The Sims 4 but seeing this title makes me kinda dissapointed to be honest… That’s personally my opinion but the TS4 lacks a lot more than just an environmentally friendly lifestyle. (don’t get me wrong I love the sims games and I’d probably give it a try) That’s just my thoughts on the title :/
smh I care about these issues but.. in a game? I have so many questions.. Are they trying to help me save money? Because they’re certainly doing thier part Like please stop with this enviromental crap and give us a theme we’d actually enjoy for once and stop having these stupid votes. Like I am in no means entitled but what happened to my horses maybe my sims want a pony 🙁
I hope it shows across all worlds and not just Evergreen Harbor. And this sounds a lot like what we already have in island living. And we all know how that pack turned out….
Eco living in a video game? LoL look at our Gaia right now. We can’t even take care of her.
Man I was really hoping for some sort of farming country situation
eco pack sounds boring.. but if the sims can have chickens and cows and start their own gardening with it that is something eco. otherwise it is like the feature island living and that is boring bc it was only in sulani.. i wish there were insects in evry world like the outdoor camping pack i dont know the name
Greta in the Sims as well? That girl is literally everywhere
Well this is dumb
That’s cool.. maybe the country livin is the game pack coming out and this eco pack is the expansion and the knitting is the stuff pack
Reply to Wendie
If that’s true I am disappointed to be honest.
I mean this could be a nice idea for a gamplay pack – but for an expansion pack? I dont know.
Guess we’ll see what it will be like in the trailer tomorrow.
I want the haunted happenings or what ever it was that one sounded the best
Reply to Jesse Griswold
Me too! More spookiness less about this conservation crap! More Mystery would save this sinking ship. Starting with Sulani, conservation…okay. Next small living also conservation oriented, and Now a whole pack? EA needs mystery adventure not this reduce carbon footprint stuff.
Really?! I was really really looking forward to a Country Livin type expansion pack…. oh well maybe it’ll be good 🙂
I have a feeling this shouldve been a game pack, it doesn’t have much content to be an expansion lol (seeing as we already got off the grid in island living)
A lot of simmers were hoping for country living, a little disappointed with this lol.
Reply to Amy
You don’t even know what will be in it yet. You’ve just read a blurb about it. I wanted country living too but this might be great, and be able to combine country living/farming with being eco friendly (since good farms are great for our eco system).
This is literally a watered down version of conservation in island living. Why do we need this??
I’m honestly sorta excited for this. I know most of you think that it will be similar to Island Living, but I think different. Maybe it has something to do less then cleaning up trash and *POOF!* your Island’s clean, but kinda more like keeping your air clean, eating healthier, using less gas, etc.
This sounds way too much like the Conservationist Career from Island Living…
I guess we’ll see tomorrow with the trailer.
Huuuh,instead of these expansion packs,how about giving us simmers 100% control of our sims (family),being able to drive cars,walk down the street without a load screen,hold hands while walking,kiss,put your child up on your shoulders,being able to buy a summer home on consoles,making the weather change,not having to point where you want your sims to go but being able to just use the controller and have them just walk there,being able to operate your boat on an exotic island,scuba diving, swimming with local marine life,I mean,I can go on and on about how to improve this game and expansion packs are NOT ALL it needs!
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I like anything ea puts out for a sims pack. I’m going to buy this definitely. I am someone who wants to reduce their carbon footprint. Thanks for coming up with game packs.
Ugh ♀️ this sounds like they did a whole expansion pack of the Conservationists career
It’s so dissapointing that they are dedicating an entire expansion to this while things like Realm if Magic or Outdoor Retreat were just game packs… The Sims 4 has so much wasted potential
Disappointed like lots of other people was hoping for a country / farming living expansion pack
Please, please include Vegan/Vegetarian as life choices somehow instead of having to spend a trait on being a Vegetarian who still gets milk from the fridge, anyway, even if Sims are going to stay default omnivores…
Sims Team: So you know that stuff we’ve already done in Laundry Day and Island Living? Well lets do that again. Yes again. But get this, we will CHARGE them again too. Its Brilliant brilliant brilliant!
Was the conservation career, off the grid lot trait, and tiny living not enough eco-friendly for the team? Seriously, how much of this do we need in the game? And to think there was a fake about a farming pack. Now THAT would have been new and interesting.
It’s so tiring to see that people keep complaining… Guys, we don’t even have the trailer yet! Just start getting happy of what you have and what you get, I swear life if so much sweeter like that
Reply to Saliore
I agree that it’s awesome that the Sims team is doing more to get the community involved and that they’re still releasing new things for the game, but keep in mind that people have the right to express their opinions and be dissatisfied with what is coming out for a game that they’re passionate about. Most of this comment section is full of simmers who aren’t as optimistic as you about the new pack, and that says something in that of itself. Also, eps are usually around $20 (I believe? Correct me if I’m wrong) so it makes sense that there are those who are hesitant to buy stuff that they didn’t necessarily want for a game that they like.
Reply to justanothersim
Expansions are usually 50 to 60
Eco Lifestyle could include cars… and pollution. Maybe even factories. I think it could be interesting.
Actually it didn’t sound that good, buuut I’m waiting for the Trailer tomorrow! Maybe they include farms with it, I don’t really know what to expect about it but I’ll give it a chance.
Here I was excited for farming and getting farm animals finally. I even built a farm! *sigh*
Oh well.
Not worth $60 to just get a recycling bin and solar panels. Will this new world at least have several lots? That’s about the only reason I will pay $60 for this…
This included nothing from the survey they did LOL
Im sure some people will love this but not me. Sims is where I go to live big, have a huge house do things I never would IRL. Its a game. I get that some people enjoy the eco living lifestyle but we already have choices like those with Sulani and Laundry Day. More things to do that really don’t even affect our sims mood. As long as my sim is fed and goes to the bathroom and sleeps, theyre happy. I need more things for them to do that I enjoy doing. Does my sim really care how small their eco footprint is? They barely care if the dog poops in the house or if they live on a bench and pee in a bush.
Reply to Selarono
Agree 100%
Reply to Selarono
I agree, but at least I save money this way. I only wanted two of the expansion packs so far, and none of the other stuff and game packs. If they were making a country expansion pack with farm animals I would have paid way too much for it, so with a eco-expansion pack, I will save money because I care about the sim footprint as much as they do… 🙂
I wanted the rumored country expansion pack for horses, chickens and cows and sheep and other farm animals. 🙁
I’m honestly kinda excited for this one. I get that it’s kind of in Island Living but I think this could be a lot different if they thought about it.
Reply to Robyn
but chances are, they didnt.
Wow… I have never been this disappointed with the Sims team. So much for listening to your community…
I. Am. Not. Impressed. We legit got Off the grid with island living and if it wasn’t in depth enough do a fix on the pack don’t make me pay £40 for another pack to get what we got in island living. I’m also really mad at the person who made the whole Country living fake thing because it seriously got my hopes up ACTUALLY being able to make myself and live how I live (on a farm and taking care of horses and other farm animals) . The sims advertises themselves with many reasons to play one of which being “Live your life” but I can’t do that without having one of the MAIN points in my life! I would much rather spend £40 on a pack I want and would use than £40 on a pack that was included in another £40 pack.
Reply to Not impressed
I think maybe stay open to it, they don’t go into much detail here and it may still have some sort of farming vibe to it “fingers and toes crossed!” I also really really want a farming pack for the same reason you do
I’m interested to learn more about it, but tbh it doesn’t even sound remotely fun so far. “Watch your neighborhood transform” – if this is the same thing as when you transform the neighborhood in Sulani or whatever its name is, then it’s not really a thing to be proud of. That one was really underwhelming.
But, let’s not be negative until we see and learn more about it.
Honestly, EA! Enough with the carbon footprint stuff. That’s real life and this is a game. Besides as everyone has pointed out we have this stuff already. Conservationist Career?! I’m being honest here, my sims already have too many outfits so knitting? Really?! A rocking chair?! I still want a private island where no other sims can come to without an invite. With 4 lots only. A real Mystery to solve and more things to unlock an example would be a tomb raider style adventure with things to explore and great mysteries hidden. Farming would have been better! How about traveling to the park with your infant in a baby carrier on a baby blanket? I mean…so many other choices. I don’t mind not having cars I know that S4 is not set up road wise for cars, but you could easily do a subway system. Sorry if this sounds like a rant but I do love the sims despite all of this.
It sounds so boring
I’m trying to stay open-minded but this sounds like it could potentially be the worst expansion pack ever. Tomorrow’s trailer should be interesting!
Are you kidding? This is just Island Living without the mermaids and that was the best part! SO disappointed, you could have given us anything but you went with a rehash of what we already have. Who said we wanted this? I also remember being promised something “unlike anything we have done”. Really?
Good thing I didn’t anticipate this pack to be anything remarkable. A full-on expansion pack? No. This series is just rapidly going downhill. And with another pointless stuff pack dedicated to “knitting” I really don’t know why I even bother keeping up-to-date with The Sims 4 anymore. Paralives is starting to look even better right now.
While I really enjoy the SIMS 4, I’m not the kind of person who has to own every expansion or pack. This means if this ends up not interesting me I simply won’t purchase it. And you shouldn’t either. Buy & support content you enjoy, if EA isn’t making money off of things because the community is not interested then the developers will have to change their strategy to create content that is sellable. Because at the end of the day EA is a corporation & have a bottom line to meet.
Lolol…seriously??? Omg….if this ends up being $40; I’ll pass. I realize they wont care, but in all honesty they should because this “expansion” thing is going from bad to much worse!!
It would have been fun to get like a royalty pack
I am excited to see what this pack holds although it is very annoying that THIS is the pack they’ve chosen to make. SO MANY people have voiced their opinion over MANY YEARS about what they want in a pack and very little of it has been worked on. If it were up to me, I would want WAY BETTER BABIES it seems illogical that our sims should have to worry about a carbon foot print and knit before we make and entire LIFE STAGE more fun to play. This is just my opinion although I’d love for someone on the sims team to take note of it since I know I’m not the only one who feels this way.
Isn’t that exactly like Island Living gameplay? Very disappointed and I love the vast majority of packs. People voted in the 2018 poll for farms. Why not farms?
I’m really disappointed, I expected cows, goats, pigs … horses to come! I was looking forward to farming, because it was missing in ep cats and dogs, it froze me a lot, so I hoped that you would come later with farm animals, but as I see it, it will be a useless ep again, which will really make me sad. Maybe you should perceive the player more and I doubt very much that someone wanted eco something … generations and country livin is a lot wnated and asked …lucky that the game paralives comes out… there will be at least have more options.
I think that this ep could be a lot of fun. I’m also really happy it’s not just going to be farming because if I wanted to farm in a video game, I would just play Farming Simulator.
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