The Sims team took to Twitter today to announce their development plan for the foreseeable future. The roadmap, titled It's all relative, will be expanded during the upcoming community stream on January 31. In the meantime, here's everything we know about what the team has up its sleeves.
Sims 4 San Sequoia Roadmap
We know that the Sims is planning a major update for early 2023. In addition to bug fixes, this update will primarily focus on improving the infant life stage so babies are no longer decorations that need occasional interaction.
The roadmap is designed to look like a family tree, which has led many fans of the franchise to speculate that all of the upcoming releases will revolve around improved family dynamics. Elements like children being able to ride a bike and infants being able to move independently of an older sim have been missing from the game since its initial release in 2014. While not yet confirmed by EA, Simmers are hopeful that the hinted expansion pack will be similar to the Sims 3 Generations, which added substantial gameplay mechanics to both toddlers and elders.
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The icons used for the two kits are a pair of underwear and toothpaste. The Sims team has not announced what these two kits will be, but the iconography has led players to believe that these kits will add in more clutter and interactions surrounding daily living and hygiene. For the most part, sims and their houses are largely self-cleaning and require much less upkeep than past game iterations. These kits can potentially add elements of The Sims 1 through The Sims 3 that players have missed in the Sims 4.
Each element of the roadmap appears revealed sequentially, so as it stands, we can expect to first get the major game update, then the two new kits before finally receiving the mystery expansion pack sometime in 2023.
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Published: Jan 10, 2023 03:13 pm