How did we come up with such a high DLC content? Very simply Electronic Arts has taken the contents of expansions of the old chapters (there is a habit of repeating the usual types of DLC in each cycle, for example the one on animals and the one on travel have had an iteration in each chapter), and divided them into several Packs . So The Sims 4 has a lot more content than its predecessors? Not exactly. When The Sims 4 has eight expansion pack, eight and sixteen Game Pack Stuff Pack , not counting the next three DLC already announced (one for each type).The Sims 3 had eleven Expansion Packs and nine Stuff Packs during its life cycle of just over five years.The Sims 2 had eight Expansion Packs and ten Stuff Packs during its nearly five-year lifecycle.The Sims had a total of seven expansion packs during its four-year lifecycle. Some of the features introduced in some of its DLCs later became content of the basic version of The Sims 2, such as the ability to organize parties at home and travel around the neighborhood. Other expansions have also been proposed in the successors, such as the one dedicated to animals.With The Sims 4, a new type of DLC was introduced, called the Game Pack . Game Packs are a cross between Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs: they introduce some minor mechanics, as well as items and clothing. It is precisely the presence of this new type of expansion that makes a big difference between the amount of content released for The Sims 4 and that released for the previous chapters . The Stuff Packs, introduced in the era of The Sims 2, were cheap expansions that don’t offer new game mechanics, but focus more on providing new items and clothing.Expansion Packs have existed since the days of the first The Sims. They are the most expensive, but also the ones that provide the most content, including new locations, mechanics, items and things to do for our Sims.My problem with The Sims 4 , as you can see in the title, is with its DLC . Something has changed in Electronic Arts’ approach to this, both in terms of quantity and quality of the released expansions.įor those not familiar with The Sims DLC, I briefly introduce the Expansion Pack and Stuff Pack :
I love the role that has been given to the emotions of the Sims and I also appreciate the step backwards made with the open-world, an excellent feature on paper, but not that great in practice. I want to start by saying that The Sims 4 is an excellent game and I even prefer it to The Sims 3. I bought all the Expansion Packs and got The Sims 3 at d1. It didn’t have the same charm as The Sims 2, but it had some interesting features. Despite their differences, both The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 were great gaming experiences even without purchasing any DLC . I immediately fell in love with all the features introduced in the second chapter, even playing it for 12 hours non-stop. I didn’t have a lot of friends at the time and was usually home alone all day, and The Sims 2 kept me company through those tough years. I’ve been a huge fan of The Sims since 2004: after playing the first chapter for two weeks with my cousin, I returned home to find that The Sims 2 had just been released. At the time I was playing exclusively on consoles (I still had the first PlayStation), but I made an exception and bought it.