The Sims 4 is striding purposefully into the verdant splendour of summer season with a brand new nature-loving growth, which additionally occurs to mark the return of fairies as a playable Sim-type.
The truth is, for all its speak of the pure world, EA’s Enchanted by Nature growth reveal suggests fairies – final seen in The Sims 3’s 2012 Supernatural growth – are very a lot the main focus this time round. Mom Nature, it appears, is recruiting Sims to swell her fairy ranks, and gamers that decide to heed her name will discover their Sims graced with skills enabling them to nurture crops, manipulate objects, change the moods of others, and extra.
A variety of wings, pores and skin tones, ears, tooth, head equipment, glowing tattoos, and extra are promised so gamers can create the fairy that fits their whims, and as soon as that is taken care of, they’ve the choice of following two distinct fairy paths. Harmonious Fairies are all about serving to others discover well being and steadiness, whereas Discordant Fairy are the chaos gremlins of the fairy world, flitting round and making life just a bit extra harder for different Sims with their mischief.
Whatever the path they select, gamers will must be conscious of their fairy Sim’s particular wants: reasonably than meals, fairies are sustained on the feelings of others, so you will be hoovering up all kinds of emotions to keep away from Emotional Hunger. On the upside, you get a particular fairy WooHoo to impress the neighbours with, so there’s that.
And talking of neighbours, The Sims 4’s Enchanted by Nature growth incorporates a new world within the type of Innisgreen, break up into three distinct districts. The Coast of Adhmor is a peaceable seaside village, whereas Sprucederry Grove guarantees a “vibrant mix of pleasant retailers, cosy houses, and draping ivy that blur the road between civilisation and the pure world”. Fairy centered gamers, in the meantime, will likely be desirous to make a beeline for the enchanted woodland sprawl of Everdew. One phrase of warning: luck is its personal power in Innisgreen, and Sims selecting to dwell right here will expertise good, dangerous, and peculiar luck, impacting their profession, love life, and extra – so luck-modifying charms might turn out to be useful.
Amid all this, there’s speak of recent adventures, abilities, traits, and a brand new mechanic within the type of steadiness. Sim that fail to remain emotionally grounded will steadily grown imbalanced, which might make life slightly trickier. They could, for example, be taught abilities extra slowly, and if their steadiness continues to deteriorate, they’re going to enter ‘very imbalanced’ territory, at which level they’re going to begin creating Illnesses like Emotional Void, Simoleon Fever, Sonic Sinuses, and Greenie Meanie – which makes them a greater gardener, however actually, actually offended on the similar time.
Sims struck with Illnesses can get respite by crafting cures and elixirs utilizing the brand new Apothecary Desk. By foraging and gardening for brand new substances, gamers can comply with remedy recipes producing “fantastical results”, and all this ties into the brand new Elixir Fanatic Aspiration, and the Naturopath occupation, enabling Sims to monetise their newfound Apothecary abilities.
And that is just about all the pieces EA has revealed to date. The Sims 4’s Enchanted by Nature growth launches for all platforms on tenth July, and prices £34.99/$39.99 USD. Gamers who buy the growth earlier than twenty first August get a few extra gadgets, together with the Lofty Leaf Pond, the glowing Mycena Lantern, and the Disguised Dwelling Fairy Residence.
