Love is in the air, at least for the amorous inhabitants of The Sims 4, with EA revealing that its upcoming Lovestruck expansion is all about romance and infatuation. A surprisingly raunchy trailer for the DLC offering shows off the kinds of moves inhabitants of the free-to-play social sim will be able to pull when it launches on 25th July, and preorders or purchases through until 5th September will be rewarded with the additional Heartbreak Happens Digital Content pack.
Players can look forward to customizing their Sim's Cupid's Corner dating app and meeting interested others for intimate interactions such as cuddling in bed or some steamy, seductive dancing. At an expensive $59.95 (or your local equivalent), we hope the offering is appropriately robust and that interested punters' most fervent desires are met.
Are you a Sims 4 super fan? Will you be lining up to get luck in love with the game's upcoming Lovestruck expansion? Keep things Rated T for Teen in the comments section below.
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Polyamory’s being added in the update alongside it too. Honestly thought Sims were pretty fluid in that regard already but apparently this can remove negative ‘cheating’ modifiers if the Sim has that trait. Makes sense, the game represents human nature, as varied as that is.
This will be so wild.
Oh, gosh...
Another DLC again?
My The Sims 4 game data size on PS4 will keep getting bigger from new update. 😫
Enough with the endless DLC for The Sims 4.
@Anti-Matter there is no end. Sims 5 will come out in near future and will double down with that monetisation style.
I was curious what all DLC's cost for the Sims 4, so i went and put all of them in the cart on Steam.
The total price is 885 euros, and this is with the steam sale going on where many of them are discounted.
That's some insane monetisation if i've ever seen any.
@savarunl I never understood this argument. You don't need to get them all to enjoy the game. I've played Sims before (Sims 2 and 3, I think) and I'd usually buy one expansion, maybe two. If the base game offers enough content, then all the extra content is completely optional.
@naruball I never claimed you need all the DLC's. I claimed it's unhinged monetization. The full game (cause all those DLC's are part of it now) does cost close to 1000 euros, even if you perosnally do not want the full game.
It's just scumbaggery in it's finest form to charge for any and all features above the basegame, many of which were already present in previous entries. And when the Sims 5 inevitably launches, they'll do the exact same thing again.
I can't understand how anyone even tries to defend this kind of practice.
@savarunl it could cost 100 times that and it still wouldn't change anything. It's optional. End of story. Again, if the base game is barebones (like the features that you mentioned that have been removed) and you need all the extra to enjoy it, then I'm right with you. Otherwise, it's complaining for the sake of complaining.
@naruball No, not end of story. The DLC features are all part of the gameplay, optional or not. And the basegame IS very barebones compared to previous entries.
Besides, the entire point is not even if it's optional or not, the point is that adding almost 1000 euros worth of DLC's with features that should have been either in the basegame or added for free, like in many other games, is insane monetization.
Just look at this new DLC alone, 60 euros for a barebones feature that they could've just decided to add in a courtesy patch, but no, let's milk the players some more.
The way you're defending this malpractice almost makes it sound like you're part of the EA social media team.
@savarunl 60$ game no addons = good
Exact same 60$ game with optional addons = bad
What
Removed - disrespecting others
@savarunl you think i’ll agree with you if you call me names?
Just want the new expansion to not be broken. Wedding Stories is still busted.
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