Simply in time for spooky season, The Sims 4 gamers received their first in-depth take a look at the favored life sim’s macabre new Life & Death enlargement pack by way of a trailer launched by EA. Whereas each main Sims 4 enlargement brings one thing new to the franchise, Life & Death might take the cake so far as expansion-exclusive careers go, because it lets gamers step into the otherworldly sneakers of none apart from the Grim Reaper himself.
However clocking in for a job that revolves round telling different Sims when to completely clock out is not the one off-the-wall function included within the new enlargement pack. The trailer depicts plenty of wild new actions for Sims to participate in. From planning the right funeral to executing the final will and testomony of the deceased, The Sims 4 Life & Death enlargement pack provides gamers entry to an array of humorous (and at instances, heartfelt) content material to have interaction with.
As talked about above, gamers can now don the hood of the Grim Reaper, an NPC who has been part of the franchise because the very starting. The Grim Reaper profession path permits Sims to turn out to be Grimsterns–mentees of ol’ Grim who resolve the destiny of those that have lately kicked the bucket. (Sure, they even get to wield a scythe.) Grimsterns who meet Grim’s “soul quota” may even be dubbed Worker of the Month!
Sims who construct a adequate relationship with Grim might get an opportunity to see what he appears like below the hood, although his face is amusingly censored by the identical pixelated impact that seems when Sims strip right down to bathe or skinny dip. The new enlargement additionally consists of mortician and funeral director profession paths, together with an appropriately spooky new in-game world: Ravenwood, a bone-chilling atmosphere that includes three new neighborhoods for Sims to reside (or die) in.
Along with creepy new locales, fresh-from-the-afterlife clothes and furnishings, and the entire “receives a commission to be the Grim Reaper” factor, The Sims 4 Life & Death enlargement pack additionally features a actually game-changing new function: reincarnation. Sims who’ve lastly shuffled off this mortal coil can shuffle their method again to the land of the dwelling by finishing the Soul’s Journey aspiration. Sims with this aspiration might be confronted with plenty of targets starting from heartwarming (connecting with long-lost family members within the afterlife) to heart-stopping (scaring the Sul Sul out of non-dead Sims, only for enjoyable). Finishing the Soul’s Journey aspiration will earn Sims the “Burning Soul” reward trait, which permits them to return from the lifeless with out having to cook dinner up a plate of Ambrosia or undergo the entire “groveling at Grim’s toes with a Death Flower” factor.
The Sims 4 Life & Death enlargement pack retails for $40 USD and might be accessible on console and PC beginning on October 31, with a gameplay trailer set to go reside on October 17. Gamers who buy the sport by December 12 may even obtain the Mournful Mementos Digital Content material Set, which incorporates the next gadgets:
- Lasting Legacy Household Portrait
- Mournful Melodies Music Field
- Plumed Class Masks