She also ate all her meals in the district’s common area, meeting strangers who’d one day be her roommates and friends. Within the first day, she bumped into her new neighbor, Salim Benali, a featured new sim in City Living.
I created my sim, aptly named “Sydney” as well, and moved her into an apartment.
In my Discover University review, I told you the story of the Benali kids, but the Benali parents are actually the result of the City Living pack. So, as will be customary when Sydney reviews The Sims, let me tell you a story. This leads to some of my favorite moments in The Sims 4. City Living, combined with other packs like Get Together, make it where much of your sim’s lives can be up to in-game events rather than your control. Really, it’s the new mechanics of other sims in City Living that make it so appealing to players like me, because now, your sims can have living, breathing, social lives. These elements make playthroughs feel more alive and less closed-off, as other sims are only an elevator or door away.Īpartments come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors from studios to high-rises and from dingy to beautiful. Here, all your neighbors and passersby gather to play basketball, eat street food, play music, or just hang out until the wee hours of the night. Even though you sacrifice having a backyard, each district has common areas that you can access from your apartment. Now you have neighbors only a door away, instead of a loading screen away. My favorite thing about apartments is how they compensate for The Sim 4 ‘s lack of open world in a way. You can also apply lot traits to lots outside of San Myshuno, which adds to the character of different homes. Lot traits can be great, like higher fertility rates or helping plants grow, or they can be super annoying, like stuff constantly breaking or house ghosts. Not only does the decor change with each district, but so do the lot’s traits which is another new element. Some apartments are spacious and luxurious, to match with the upscale part of the city, the fashion district’s apartments are more chic and affordable, the spice district features more ethnic and family-friendly apartments, and the cheap district’s apartments are cheap, but a little barren and dingy. Apartments have pros and cons and reflect the district of San Myshuno they’re in. To give you an idea of how much I have solely lived in apartments, I forgot backyards were a thing-legit forgot. The city, people, and districts of San Myshuno make City Living such a fun experience.Īnother big new feature is apartments. It’s a way to be more realistic, but also add interest (unlike adding laundry, which has also happened for some reason). The new globally-inspired decor, cuisine, and clothing is also fascinating and adds to the appeal of the pack. This injection of cultures is more than welcome and adds more variety to the game, which I really enjoy. The sims around town are a lot more colorful, have ethnic names, wear cultural clothes, and eat more diverse cuisines. The name itself speaks to the pack’s focus on global influences. One of the biggest and most obvious additions in City Living is the city of San Myshuno. Maybe it’s the hustle and bustle of the city, maybe it’s the global aesthetics, maybe it’s that the world just feels alive in this pack-regardless, I love this pack. I admit that The Sims 4was severely lacking before this expansion, but in my very biased opinion, City Living saved the game for me.Nine times out of ten, it’s the character, city, and content of City Living that I pick over anything else. The Sims 4: City Living remains one of my favorite expansions and if asked to give all up but one, I would keep this one. The bubble bar mirrors real-life hookah but isn’t labeled as a drug in The Sims.
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