Romantic Fun in The Sims 4 Lovestruck: The Dating Event Complete Guide

The Sims 4 Dating Events is clearly more detailed than ever with The Sims 4 Lovestruck features. It’s about whether your Sims are actually compatible, or enjoy the same kind of romance, and if the relationship feels good for both of them. This is a complete guide about how dating events work, and how your Sims put themselves out there.

How a Sims 4 Dating Event Work

If you’ve been playing The Sims 4: Lovestruck, you’ve probably already noticed that dating feels a lot more detailed now. It’s not just about making your Sims flirt a few times and magically becoming soulmates. Lovestruck adds:

• A Create a Date system for planning custom dates
• Cupid’s Corner for matchmaking
• New relationship mechanics like Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs
• Romantic Satisfaction
• Romantic Boundaries
• Romance Dynamics

With these new features it’s easier to find the love of your life, but not all Sims get along as a couple, some of them even have to go to Cupid’s Counseling…So basically? Dating is a lot messier, cuter, deeper, and honestly way more fun now.

Turn-Ons, Turn-Offs, and Attraction

This is where it starts to feeling way more personal. Before dating even starts you want to begin in Create-A-Sim and add Turn-Ons/Turn-Offs for your Sim, which affect how attracted Sims are to each other. As a result with this new feature the attraction is not random anymore. You are able to pick Turn-Ons/Turn-Offs like:

• Hair color
• Activities
• Characteristics
• Outfit color
• Fashion
• Romance Style

You can also add what preferences your Sim have, like sexual orientation, romantic preferences, and WooHoo preferences. All these things together will shape how your Sim will be compatible with other Sims they meet/date and how their relationship will work along the way.

How to Ask a Sim On a Date

You can ask another Sim on a date or to Create a date yourself through Cupid’s Corner, the phone, the calendar, face-to-face interactions, or the Relationship Panel. This will give you a few options like Get to Know You Date, Romantic Date, Romantic Repair Date, and Friendly Hangout (Only friends). There’s also a Blind Date option, which is exactly what it sounds like. Your Sim agrees to go on a date without knowing who they’re meeting until they arrive.

Create a Date Lets You Customize the Whole Event

This is probably one of the best features in the pack. Dates are customizable. You can choose what type of date you want, what venue, and what activities to do during the date. Once the date begins, it works like any other types of events in game. You have to complete goals to earn scores to be able to get a reward (bronze, silver, gold). During the date you can ask your date questions like how the date is going, if they want to change venue, or even end the date in a kind or not so kind way.

How Cupid’s Corner Matching Works

Cupid’s Corner is the lovestruck dating app, and can only be used by young adults, adults and elders. When opening the app through the phone or the computer your Sim creates a profile with a selfie and two traits. You also set the age range they want to date. As you can see my Sim Serena is matching with Clement (Father Winter). You can start by creating a date right away or add the Sim to your contacts and start from there instead.

Romantic Satisfaction

But it’s not only dating and having fun…to keep up with your relationship you have to please both of your Sims satisfaction. Which in other words means, how happy each Sim is in their relationship. One Sim can be feeling great while the other is quietly unhappy. The Romantic Satisfaction is affected by your Sims Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs, Romance style, and how how well their romantic interactions match their preferences.

Romance Dynamics

Romance Dynamics shape how couples behave with each other over time. The four dynamics are:

• Steamy
• Wholesime
• Strained
• Unpredictable

A wholesome couple will feel sweeter and more loving, while a steamy couple leans more into physical romance. Strained couples feel tense, and unpredictable couples can swing between affection and chaos.

The Sim Profile Helps Keeping Track of Everything

In a Sim Profile you can see what your Sims have learned about each other and their preferences, like traits, likes/dislikes, relationship status, turn-ons/offs and sentiments. You can even create a custom relationship label for your Sims!

Best Tips for Successful Dates

Plan your dream date well and keep up with the goals so you can earn the rewards. Gifts is also super helpful and a fun realistic detail, like feeding each other chocolate. The Romance Skill is also a tip to work on if you want to become a romance pro, you can read more about the Romance Skill here.

Dating is no longer just flirt until the romance bar is full. What do you think about the dating system in The Sims 4 Lovestruck? Have you created any dream dates? Let me know in the comments below. Always keep up with the latest news on Sims Community.