Detailed look into The Sims 4 Lovestruck’s most complex features.
The Sims Team shared a bunch of useful information about The Sims 4 Lovestruck‘s new gameplay mechanics: Romance Dynamics and Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs. As well as how they play out during your gameplay.
You’ll be able to choose from four different Romance Dynamic options to better determine your Sim couple’s autonomy. While your Sim’s Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs will determine how easy will it be to build up the new Romance Satisfaction meter.
Take a look at the detailed overview of these new features below:
Romance Dynamic
Romance Dynamics is Lovestruck’s parallel with Growing Together’s Family Dynamics. It pairs autonomy between romantic partners. So, if you give a couple a steamy dynamic they’ll be all over each other. While a couple with a strained dynamic will be pretty unhappy and not necessarily nice to each other. You can set these in Create A Sim or as you’re playing the game, the game’s gonna suggest one of these based on how you’re playing. It makes a really distinct impact on how relationships look and feel all on their own.
Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs
This is how two Sims feel each other about romantically. You can change these any time by coming back to Create A Sim just like Likes and Dislikes, but there are some key differences between those two.
There are three different types of Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs:
- Physical (Hair Color, Outfit Color and Fashion)
- Personality (Way of Life and Characteristics)
- Romance Styles
The physical Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs accompany all the physical features of your Sims. Well, at least the features that they can quickly change with a quick trip to CAS. Unlike the Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs that we had in The Sims 2, there are no options to choose whether or not your Sim is attracted to more muscles or more love handles, do they have a beard or not and more. It’s purely based off their fashion choice alone.
When it comes to personality, there are two categories including Way of Life and Characteristics. The Way of Life is a category about Skills and different things that are part of a Sims experience. Like for example, being Broke or being interested in Sims that are already taken. The team revealed the full list of Way of Life options, including:
- Academic
- Arts & Crafts
- Broke
- Career Minded
- Culinary
- Drink Making
- Engineering
- Health & Sports
- Highly Skilled
- Interpersonal
- Media & Technology
- Nature
- Performer
- Self-Employed
- Sense of Humor
- Slacker
- Taken
- Wealthy
Characteristics are based off of Sims traits. Some Characteristics options from The Sims 4 Lovestruck merge several traits into one, including the ones from previously released Packs. For example the Ambitious option, which not only includes the Ambitious trait but also Overachiever from High School Years and Generous from For Rent Expansion. The team has only shown the first panel of the Characteristics, but based off of the Traits we currently have in The Sims 4 series, you can already assume what the rest of these Characteristics could look like.
And last but not least, Romance Styles determine how your Sim prefers to engage with romance. These Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs will directly impact changes to your Sim’s romantic satisfaction level. You can choose between five Romance Styles including Affection, Flirting, Gift Giving, Physical Intimacy and WooHoo.
In-Game Preview
Both Relationship Dynamics and Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs can be checked out in the Sim Info Panel. In The Sims 4 Lovestruck Livestream, the developers revealed what the panel looks like with the new Expansion Pack. Your Sims could be unattracted due to the different Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs, but their Relationship satisfaction can still be Fine if you work enough on your Sims’ relationship.
Both attraction and romantic satisfaction is tracked seperately for each Sim. Each Sim could have a different level of attraction or satisfaction in the relationship. In particular, Romance Style Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs are important to consider when engaging romantically as they significally influence changes through a Sim’s satisfaction. Sims who are turned on by a particular romance style will have more romantic satisfaction if this desire is being met. If a Sim is being turned off by a particular romance style will have less satisfaction when engaging in this type of romance.
Ultimately, the combined romantic satisfaction of both Sims in the relationship actually influence the rate at which the romantic relationship fades away. But, if you’re able to keep both your Sims very satisfied in a relationship then it will actually build up over time instead.
Your Sims will also be able to choose to share their preferences and personality information with other Sims in live mode interactions. Either asking for another Sim’s information or sharing your own.
What are your thoughts on the new mechanics coming with The Sims 4 Lovestruck Expansion? Share your comments down below!
