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The Sims four is getting a free content update, only there's a catch

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The Sims 4 is getting a costless content update, but only if you have the Spa Day game pack from 2015.

If you've not been using fan-made mods, you lot've probably been waiting for something new to practice in The Sims four since the Country Living pack that was released in July. Merely this Spa Twenty-four hour period update contains some new health-focused aspirations for your Sims: Zen Guru, Self-Care Specialist, and Inner Peace. Every bit well as this, at that place are new activities: manicure, pedicure, and face up mask.

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Nail art has been a long-awaited feature in The Sims 4, with many people resorting to mods to add together information technology into the game. It doesn't seem like much for the developers of Sims 4 to add themselves, especially when many long-time fans idea The Sims four lacked content compared to previous games in the series. But nosotros tin't complain about new stuff being added to the game, especially if information technology's complimentary (well, if yous've already bought the Spa Day DLC).

What we actually want is some brand-new stuff, especially things that aren't as easily added to the game with mods. Only with a new Sims game reportedly being in the works from EA, it's uncertain whether or not The Sims iv will go on to get much support in the coming years before the release.

The previously mentioned Country Living pack did come up at a good time to revitalize interest in the game, and before this there had been a tendency of EA releasing either one or two expansion packs a year for The Sims 4.

Of course, we'd love The Sims iv to go along getting new content and upgrades upwards until the release of the next game in the series. Only we wouldn't heed sacrificing that evolution fourth dimension if it meant the prospective Sims v got enough content at launch to feel like a fully fleshed-out experience, which many felt wasn't the case with The Sims 4.

With evolution costs for triple-A games continually getting higher, studios take to do what they can to subsidise this. However, releasing games lite on content at full price and locking "extra" features backside paid DLC is starting to get tiresome for consumers.

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