SIMS 4 EXPANSION PACKS RELEASE DATES UPDATE

The Sims 4 Cottage Living expansion pack has as many layers as a trifle.

You can even populate it with animals like ducks, swans, and alligators (can you imagine if alligators were native to England? The chaos). Nothing says pastoral English life quite like a moss-covered pond, and the new tool lets you build one anywhere on your lot.

SIMS 4 EXPANSION PACKS RELEASE DATES UPDATE

Perhaps most importantly is the addition of the pond tool, which is a free update coming to the base game that couldn't be timed more perfectly. There are so many lovely new build options that add an extra layer of lived-in realness to the world of Henford-on-Bagley. I meticulously placed smatterings of daisies and lavender bushes all over the property, and hand-painted a new pink-hued stone path. Everything you could imagine you'd find in an English grandmother's Gloucestershire home is in this pack, down to the basket of cross stitching supplies tucked away next to a shabby emerald green armchair.Дuring my preview, I spent at least four hours building a warm and inviting cottage tucked away on a large plot of land that was mostly dedicated to my crops and farm animals. Or maybe you'd prefer a toadstool that doubles as an actual seat? Cottage Living has it. Do you want a circular stained glass window depicting an adorable fox? Cottage Living has it. CottagecoreД¬ottage Living is like a wicker basket packed to the brim with delicious goodies, except the basket is the build menu and the goodies are thatched roofs, creeping wisteria, and adorable knick-knacks that would make a minimalist hyperventilate. With that level of squee comes the necessary danger of all of these animals dying, however, so make sure you go into options and turn that off right quick if you want to avoid what happened to me вЂ“ the camera panned over to a wild fox dying in the far corner of my property and I cried so hard I had to go pet my IRL cat for a few minutes to calm down. Cuddling your cow will cause it to let loose an adorable chorus of moos, and wild rabbits will hesitantly approach you looking to become fast friends. There's also a new canning option that will let you make a variety of delectable preserves and a whole host of English-inspired new recipes (Yorkshire pud, anyone?).Д«e warned: The Sims 4 Cottage Living takes the cuteness factor that we saw in the 2017 Cats and Dogs expansion and turns the dial up to a level we've never seen before. Speaking of ingredients, The Sims 4 Cottage Living adds even more ways to garden with gigantic plants that you can turn into delicious meals or put into the weekly Finchwick Fair competition. And with new Lot Challenges, like Simple Living requiring Sims to cook only with the ingredients they have available (goodbye, infinite fridge), Cottage Living is one of the most cohesive packs yet. The animals all provide goods for your Sim to use in cooking, baking, and knitting, as well. Chickens can roam anywhere if not properly fenced in, showing up by your side while you're trying to fertilize crops, and llamas will pitch a fit if you try to groom them without getting to know them first. Simmers have been asking for a farming expansion for nearly a decade, and the options for introducing farming are endless вЂ“ do you add a whole host of livestock that require a ton of management, or give players large-scale farming tools like tractors and harvesters? For Cottage Living, EA settled on a garden-to-table theme, which fits in well with the quaint English countryside towns that inspired Henford-on-Bagley.Д¬ottage Living lets you buy and take care of chickens, cows, and llamas, and all three animals seamlessly integrate into The Sims 4's particular brand of irreverent humor. Cottage Living covers all these areas, making it a must-have expansion for every type of Simmer вЂ“ and EA goes above and beyond with free new content, as well. There should be build items that add more variety to home design, Create-A-Sim (aka CAS) items that allow for more character customization, and new gameplay elements that entice players to spend even more time in the life sim. Now that I've spent some time playing The Sims 4: Cottage Living ahead of its release on July 22,I'm happy to report that it delivers on every advertised front вЂ“ and then some.Д«ecause of how broad The Sims 4 experience is, its expansion packs need to cover a lot of bases for all of its different player types. Naturally, Simmers were cautiously optimistic, wondering aloud if the gameplay would actually mirror what EA was presenting. Not only is it finally introducing farming to the game, but its trailers promise a bevy of new, tangible content. That's why the announcement of The Sims 4 Cottage Living garnered so much excitement.

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