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The Sims 4’s next Expansion Pack to be announced in a few weeks

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In today’s official announcement The Sims Team has stated a couple of things regarding the future of The Sims 4 and what they’re working on. Among the statement that they’re planning to update The Sims 4’s skin tones and addressing some of the community requested features, they’ve also stated that they’ll be announcing a brand new Expansion Pack for The Sims 4 “in just a matter of few weeks”.

To set the expectations for the community, they’ve stated that some of the currently requested features such as babies, farming, cars and bunk beds won’t be a part of this Expansion Pack.

In just a matter of weeks we’ll be sharing more about our next Expansion Pack, which we’ve been working on since last year. I want to set expectations now, though, that cars, babies, farms and bunk beds are not part of this EP. We understand how important these features are to you but we want to be honest that they are not part of this upcoming pack.

 

The last expansion pack for The Sims 4 – Eco Lifestyle was released on June 5th. With some of the “foundation” Expansion Packs already being released such as Pets, Seasons, University and others, the next Expansion Pack could be a surprise. Personally I’m hoping for a return of Hobbies and more activities for my Sims that will flesh out their personalities even more, but time will tell.

Until then stay tuned on Sims Community for all the updates on the next Expansion Pack!

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Penny T
Penny T
4 years ago

The sims team stated that we the players of the sims ate not going to get what we want. They ate saying we don’t matter. But we need more skills and hobbies. But all I wish to know why they can’t give us what we want. Why have they stuff that we don’t want and expect us to buy the stuff we don’t want. Why should we waste our time playing a game we use to play so good and spend money on becoming a boring. Adding Harry Potter theme and Star Wars was a waste. Please bring everything back to what we liked and loved about this game back. Give us milkshake maker back. Allow us to make more alcohol drinks. Give our sims more to talk about. Look at the real world. Add drums, saxophone, and other musical instruments, allow us to start a band. Add sewing machines. We can build a garage but no vehicles to drive or motorcycles to drive. In island living we should of had surf board. We had skating rinks but winter retreat. We can’t have skate boards. We can’t have anything. Not even more stuff to grow. This game is boaring and dull and a big waste of time and money. If you can come up with retro looks and hippie looks it would be cool. For laundry days should of have added a iron and ironing board that actually worked. Push mower or riding lawn mower and vaccum cleaner your sims could actually use. Who ever is making these packs do it right for the rest of us.

Anita
Anita
4 years ago
Reply to  Penny T

What’s the problem with making a hippie? There are both sliding pants, long, floral skirts, and long hair.

Andrene Swaby
Andrene Swaby
4 years ago
Reply to  Penny T

They did want to add iron/iron boards but only if they had leftover in the budget which they ended up not having as stuff packs have very limited resources compared to an GP or EP. If they were going to do hippies I would rather it be a SP like they did in the past. I think adding a little Harry Potter theme wouldn’t have been bad if it went along with ROM like having spell casters attend actual school (like a boarding school) and having easter eggs. It wouldn’t overpower the pack as it would still be generic. Unlike star wars which was too niche for the sims, had some good ideas put was poorly executed and was an EA money grab at its finest. If it had been more generic at least players who like space, aliens and played with aliens would’ve had a pack for them (and updated aliens because frankly they need the tier perk list that vampires have because they’re lacking) and I think that group is larger than the star wars group especially after reviewing this pack.

Sims3stillrules
Sims3stillrules
4 years ago

Please be Generations or something similar that provides more family gameplay and add depth to the game, the sims and their lives. They have absolutely no personality or whatsoever. Better not be a freaking supernatural pack. Hotels would be ok I guess but I’d prefer more depth in relationships over that any time. I want something that ties all the loose ends together by adding more in depth interactions! Oh and yes, I NEED STORY PROGRESSION in my towns!

Ethan
Ethan
4 years ago

I’m not much caring at this point. I’m just tired.

Marie
Marie
4 years ago

I like the idea of hobbies, if they are going to bring back anything, I would want more dept in game play—please. But if I was them I would take the opportunity to make the game better by doing some of the items we requested.

Andrene Swaby
Andrene Swaby
4 years ago
Reply to  Marie

I think that was a popular vote in the poll the team did regarding gameplay (and personality). I really think we need the sims to be fleshed out including updating the babies and the occults specifically mermaids and aliens and adding more everyday things that people use and do like hobbies. I really, really hope they take TS4 as a big lesson for what not to do with TS5. Granted TS5 isn’t going to be on a mobile engine like TS4 so that puts it way ahead at the starting gate.

Anita
Anita
4 years ago

In winter, what belongs to winter is usually released, in summer, what belongs to summer. These are just my fantasies, but I think – can be a winter vacation in an alpine village, with hotels. Because the survey was an Alpine city.

Isla
Isla
4 years ago

There was a leak on Twitter, claiming it will be a murder mystery expansion, “Murder at the Mansion” https://extratime.media/2020/09/08/sims-4-new-expansion-leak-murder-at-the-manor/

Rene
Rene
4 years ago
Reply to  Isla

Yeah I saw this and it would be different in a good way. The team hasn’t (that I know of) said it was or wasn’t accurate as they usually will say if something is fake if enough people mention it. I’m curious if the team would have murder in the title especially since their customers range in age and some of them require a parent to purchase so I would think the marketing team would ponder on if this will impact sales. Granted, the game isn’t bloody and even the deaths are that graphic. Maybe it’s not the final title. And if it drops around early November it would be perfect even though it’s after Halloween.

Rene
Rene
4 years ago
Reply to  Rene

*deaths aren’t that graphic (or scary)

Amber
Amber
4 years ago

I miss bon voyage and the 3 different vacation destinations

Also I want burglary again it was such a rush lol

CircuidD
CircuidD
4 years ago

I don’t really care for cars, babies or any other traditionally mentioned options. I wish they fixed that awful emotions system. Right now it overrides everything and personality traits are nonexistent, reputations non impactful, relationships do not affect gameplay in any meaningful way, interactions are very limited or sloppily one sided, differences between sims are not noticeable (no attractions system, likes dislikes). I wish they just fix it. Right now they are emotionally unstable clones. Little happy robots that occasionally go into a rage because they burned their toast and look near suicidal because they have to pee. In terms of buildmode this game is fantastic, but in terms of gameplay it’s a shell of its predecessor games like sims 3 or sims 2. Even the neighborhoods although more open then 2 and less then 3 still are less interactive. Half of the animations are gone, nuance that made the predecessor games fun are gone. Apparently now the idea of fun gameplay is to sit in front of a computer watching your sim do the same, reading overly long descriptions of adventures you won’t actually take part off, making everything not challenging or having things just materialize from thin air. Not to mention the list of constant glitches. My idea of an expansion pack would be “The Sims 4: making sim interesting”. They cut traits, animations , moodlets, likes, dislikes, quirks, nuances, tasks to actually watch sim complete, but hey It is pretty.

Turbot
Turbot
4 years ago

Please don’t make us do household chores, doing them irl is enough for me 🙁

Justin
Justin
4 years ago

So, like. It’s been a month. Where’s our news?

Anabelle
Anabelle
4 years ago

yeah, I really would love it if the sims 4 added the ability to own multiple lots. not including shops, vets, etc.

Amanda
Amanda
4 years ago

I think we should have a twilight saga stuff pack and game pack and a Harry Potter stuff pack and game pack and and a farm game pack with horses and unicorns and sheeps and donkeys and goats and ducks

Gargaen
Gargaen
4 years ago
Reply to  Amanda

I bet the next EP will be The Smurfs themed.. (which coincides with the skin colour improvements that they’re planning to release soon).

Stevie
Stevie
4 years ago

What if they are releasing around Halloween and we could be looking at ghost hunting, werewolves, the faries ect.

Amanda
Amanda
4 years ago

I think we should have a Sims 4 farm game pack and fairy stuff pack and a twilight saga stuff pack and Harry Potter stuff pack