The Sims 4’s new Lovestruck enlargement brings some spice to Sims’ love lives, however these lives might quickly be turned the wrong way up with the discharge of a death-based DLC that is at present rumored to be within the works.
It began when in style Sims YouTuber Lilsimsie started a livestream showcasing the Lovestruck enlargement, which incorporates numerous new furnishings objects. One in every of these new objects is a poster that includes an aged Sim taking a jog. “Why are you encouraging elder Sims to train? Disgrace!” she teased.
However SimsGuruNinja, an EA worker who works on the sport, occurred to be lurking in her chat, and his reply was as fascinating because it was cryptic: “However don’t be concerned. Elders will die higher quickly.”
Predictably, the livestream’s chat exploded with pleasure, with Lilsimsie demanding solutions.
“What are you aware?!” she requested.
SimsGuruNinja replied, “Meant elder [Sims] will LOVE higher quickly.”
Based mostly on the smiley face emojis included on the finish of his message, the interplay appeared to point that SimsGuruNinja was merely protecting his playing cards near the chest in the interim, as a result of his reply to Lilsimsie’s preliminary query concerning the train poster is senseless within the context of affection.
EA and Maxis have been identified to cover Easter eggs with hints about future enlargement packs inside newly launched DLCs. Much more damning is the truth that, all through the Sims franchise, death-by-treadmill has been a comparatively widespread demise for aged Sims, who’re susceptible to dying of a coronary heart assault in the event that they do an excessive amount of cardio with a low Health ability. They’ll even die from “WooHooing” an excessive amount of. Together with a poster of an aged Sim doing cardio appears moderately out-of-place in a DLC centered completely on romance, which has led to hypothesis that the unusual poster is a touch relating to the content material of the sport’s subsequent enlargement pack.
Sims content material creators, leakers, and even builders engaged on the sport have additionally hinted on the existence of a death-based enlargement pack, with one content material creator–who additionally precisely predicted Lovestruck’s existence–cryptically tweeting, “Truthfully? I’d DIE for one more EP this yr.” In the meantime, one other “Sims guru” shared a cryptic tweet indicating that she’s engaged on one thing huge, and that it has nothing to do with the Lovestruck enlargement pack, which releases July 25.
However there’s much more proof supporting the concept that a lethal new DLC could also be on the way in which, and it is at present tucked away within the sport’s information. Based mostly on data discovered by way of datamining, Sims followers have uncovered a tentative schedule that appears to counsel that one other new enlargement pack is certainly on the way in which, and there seem to solely be two different DLCs (probably sport packs, stuff packs, or kits) scheduled to come back out between Lovestruck and the following enlargement pack. In line with the game’s files, the order of launch is as follows:
- Growth Pack 16 (The Sims 4 Lovestruck enlargement)
- The Sims 4 DLC 84
- The Sims 4 DLC 85
- Growth Pack 17 (potential “Drop Lifeless” enlargement)
- The Sims 4 DLC 86
- The Sims 4 DLC 87
- The Sims 4 DLC 88
- The Sims 4 DLC 89
- Growth Pack 18 (unknown enlargement)
Although EA has but to verify something relating to the upcoming expansion–which gamers are at present calling “the Drop Lifeless enlargement pack”–it will surely make sense to launch a death-themed DLC round Halloween. Moreover, given the period of time EA and Maxis have just lately spent revamping Sims’ love lives, it is excessive time they offer ghost-Sims some appreciation, too. Since gamers now can plan a Sim’s marriage ceremony proper right down to the apparel of friends and the kind of marriage ceremony cake topper, letting gamers plan detailed funerals–and expertise enjoyable new methods to kill off their least-favorite Sims–seems solely honest.
Loss of life has at all times been a significant a part of the franchise, with Sims able to dying in numerous comical methods, from being squashed by a rogue Murphy mattress (or meteor) to the basic death-by-drowning (in a pool that has had its ladders mysteriously eliminated by some unseen power). Sims who’ve obtained a particular, very uncommon flower can plead for the lifetime of a fallen fellow Sim, probably inflicting the Grim Reaper to vary his thoughts and allow them to reside. However, they will at all times select to easily let their simulated member of the family die, then begin up a romance with the Grim Reaper as an alternative.