To celebrate The Sims franchise’s 15th Anniversary on February 4th, Origin is offering a free trial for The Sims 4!
Starting January 22nd (4:00 PM PST) through February 2nd (10:00 AM PST), Origin users can download and play The Sims 4 for 48 hours at no cost! The Sims 4 joins the ranks of games such as Titanfall and Battlefield 4 as part of Origin’s Game Time program.
Claim your free trial through the store page and get to Simming! Your time starts after launching the game for the first time.
Hidden in the Granite Falls Forest lies the entrance to a secret lot known as the Hermit’s House! While you’re on vacation, fast travel to the Granite Falls Forest National Park to start your adventure.
During your expedition you will encounter multiple scenarios in which you must choose the correct answer to proceed. Some of these scenarios come in two different forms, indicated in our guide with an A or B.
Step Forward, lest ye be an embarrassed coward.
Upon further investigation, you stumble upon either a web blocking your path (A) or a bubbling brook (B). You could try to find another route to avoid the web, or stop to fish in the brook.
Keep Walking or Go Through Web
A) Face your fears and traverse through the spider web. The other route is much worse, trust me.
B) Congratulations! You’ve just avoided a painful encounter with Ursus Arctos!
You may now find yourself growing tired and are given an option to rest (A). Otherwise you’ll spot a shiny object in the distance (B).
Sally Forth or Ignore The Object
A) Sure, take a nap. That’s if you don’t mind ticks attacking you in your sleep.
B) Avert thine eyes! That’s no object, but a woodland monster!
Traveling onward, you’ve discovered a sacred cove. But who is that mysterious Sim?
Travel Towards the Sim and enter the Deep Woods
Not to worry, brave adventurer, it’s just a peaceful hermit! You’re now free to befriend him, mooch off of his belongings, and fish to thine heart’s content!
The cool beanie visor hat is exclusive to children no more! The Adult Beanie Visor is available for teens through elders in all nine original colors!
Download it here!
*Requires the Outdoor Retreat game pack.
Notice any bugs or have suggestions? Let us know in the comments!
The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat adds an assortment of outdoor apparel, from zip-down jackets to warm cotton sweaters. Before you head out to Granite Falls, check out our catalog of the new clothing options available.
Women receive six new hairstyles consisting of ponytails, pigtails, and hair buns. Sorry fellas, you lucked out, as you only get two new options to choose from.
There isn’t much color variety with the new hats they’ve added. Only one of them contains interesting variations with neatly designed logos and mascots.
The clothing options for men are more geared towards hiking apparel, with zippers on jackets in all sorts of locations. Hiking boots take up the majority of the new footwear, and they even added some hiking sandals and split-toe shoes for comedic value.
Sleeveless shirts and vests seems to be all the rage in this game pack. With the emphasis on shorts and mini-shorts, the clothing options seemed to be more geared towards the more younger and youthful Sims. However, the selection of footwear echoes the theme of the game pack…so put on those boots, it’s time to go hiking!
There’s even more graphic tees and shirts for kids, however they blew it out of the park with those billed knit beanies. We bet the modders are just racing to be the first ones to convert them for adults.
It’s sad to say, but the bear costumes just fall flat, and are one of the lowest points to the new clothing options in the pack. You can wear them no matter what gender or age you are, but they just feel out of place compared to the other costumes in the game. However, it does seem to have an effect that causes Sims to tense up when NPCs wear them nearby.
Women on the other hand received some nicely designed outfits with sweaters tied to the waist. They look exceptionally great and fit well with the theme of the game pack.
It appears that, at least since December, Simmers have been plagued with a bug that prevents them from loading up their families. Apparently they got kicked out to the neighborhood screen upon loading the file. This issue has been finally resolved as of today in the January 13th patch!
Another interesting bug that was fixed today made the fertility rate skyrocket, causing a new baby boomer generation! Aside from that, Johnny Zest will finally have his name spelled correctly after seemingly being swapped around for no reason!
Bug Fixes
UI / Text
Tomorrow marks the release day of the full Outdoor Retreat trailer. This time we got a look at the new horseshoes activity and some of the new build mode objects included in the pack. Sims can end a romantic night of sitting by the campfire and gazing at the stars with a little woohoo in their tent.
We’ll be breaking down all of the game pack’s content in our overview after its release this week.
A new 16-second long teaser for the Outdoor Retreat game pack was released today. The full trailer is scheduled to arrive sometime next week, so stay tuned!
New content is coming to The Sims 4 starting in January in the form of Game Packs. A Game Pack is much like the Stuff Packs of previous Sims games, but with additional gameplay content as well. These are the first paid content packs for the game and cost $20.
Outdoor Retreat is the first of these packs. It includes a new area called Granite Falls. new costumes such as a bear suit, new hairstyles, and new objects to interact with like a campfire and tents. Additional info is coming in January, so stay tuned!
Announced back in October, the highly anticipated careers update is now available!
The Athlete and Business career tracks were added to the game, each with two branches.
At level 7 of the Athlete career, a Sim can choose between the Professional Athlete and Bodybuilder branches. while Sims in the Business career have a choice of either Management or Investor branches.
In addition to the new careers, Sims can now acquire Paid Time Off by going to work, and have three days at the start. Female Sims can go on Family Leave during their third trimester of pregnancy, and both parents can take off after the birth of their child.
Many small adjustments were made to the game with this update, most notably:
Three new cheats were added to the game, and another was fixed. Testing cheats (testingcheats on) must be enabled in order for these cheats to work.
The Set as Head cheat has been fixed and can now actually be used. After enabled testing cheats, you can shift click on any object and place it on your active Sim’s head.
The sims.give_satisfaction_points # cheat allows you to instantly give your Sim satisfaction points based on the number inputted.
Players looking to unlock all career reward furniture without doing the work can use the bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement cheat.
At last, the Move Objects cheat has made it to The Sims 4! bb.moveobjects allows you to place any item in any location, disregarding placement rules. In addition, pushing the 0 number key will move an object down, while the 9 number key will move it up.
Deck the halls this winter with a wide variety of Holiday themed objects for the Sims 4. From Christmas, Hanukkah, to Kwanzaa, this pack features an assortment of objects like a Menorah, Kinara, and a Christmas Tree. Tacky holiday sweaters and hats are also available for your Sims.
Accent your walls with Holiday Garland and Christmas wreaths. Place some snowflakes behind the curtain for a slight hint of a winter wonderland. You can even click on the Christmas Tree, Menorah, and Kinara to lighten the room. Each of the candles can be lightened individually, to count down to that special day. Get into the holiday spirit, by dancing along to new tunes on the Winter Holiday radio station.
Holiday Celebration Pack Object List
