Instead of being able to freely wander your Sims neighbourhood, you have to click on a menu to travel to a different location, watching a loading screen for any quick jaunt. Everything flows together and feels like a real town.įor some reason, The Sims 4 ditches all of that. Or you can head for the shops, discover strange plants in the suburbs or just catch up with a buddy en route as Sims walk the streets and can always been seen going about their everyday lives. You can nip over to your neighbours’ homes, rummage through their bins, borrow a cup of sugar or just say hello just by walking there.

One of the best things about The Sims 3 is that it feels like your household is part of a bigger neighbourhood, and one that you can freely explore without seeing a loading screen.

However, in lieu of anything Sims 5-related actually happening though, we’re here to pull together the biggest requests from the community for The Sims 5 gameplay features. And if you're looking for something new, here are some great games like The Sims.All the Sims 4 cheats in one handy, ahem, cheat sheet.Best Sims 4 mods to tweak and improve your game, from immortality to driveable cars.It might not mean anything for The Sims 5, but it is certainly interesting. First spotted by a user on Reddit, a number of EA Maxis vacancies revealed the studio was ramping up a 'new, unannounced title', which it referred to as its 'next big production', asking for people specifically experienced in creating 'excellent user experiences for new IP'.

It's also worth mentioning that back in January 2020, Maxis went on a huge hiring spree. Interestingly, Maxis has started dabbling with some kind of timed Sims experiences in The Sims 4, with events like The Sims Sessions, which was a bit of a strange music festival that lacked the spectacle of other in-game events.

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