Name: LGR - The Sims 4 Seasons Review
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T20:32:16.000Z
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As we approach the fourth year of The Sims 4’s existence, finally we have long-awaited

Seasons pack for the game, being the fifth full expansion pack released so far.

It arrives at the expected retail price of 40 US dollars

and provides pretty much everything I’d hoped for.

I’ll admit, I was growing a bit concerned that they might leave out a lot of stuff like

they did with Cats & Dogs, or even release

each season individually through smaller packs or something.

But nope, I’m happy to say that this is a proper expansion pack worthy of the long-running

Seasons name, with only a few disappointing caveats here and there but more on that later.

And the first thing you’ll be doing is selecting your starting season when you load a game

from a list of the usual suspects: spring, summer, fall, and winter.

And while there is no new world provided in this pack, every one of the existing worlds

will be augmented and affected by each of these four seasons in some way.

Yep, even desert and tropical worlds have winter, but the temperature and weather experienced

in those locations will affect the weather, so you won’t get

random snowfall in Oasis Springs or anything like that.

As hoped, the weather is on-point in The Sims 4 Seasons

and is a true improvement to the overall experience.

Rain, snow, lightning, wind, clouds, and sunlight all play an immediate and impactful role to

make each passing day more distinct and every fleeting moment feel more alive.

Yeah I know it’s a virtual world of pixelated people who need to pee a lot, but dang it

if this stuff doesn’t put a big happy grin on my face.

Atmospheric effects like mist and fog, and ground effects like puddles and snowfall go

a long way towards making The Sims 4 a more immersive experience.

Yes there was a bit of an online howl when it was revealed that the snow no longer accumulates

with varying degrees of depth in this iteration, the way it did in previous Seasons packs.

That does suck, it would be nice if it was more than just

a white texture plopped onto the environment.

But in practice, it’s not something that I felt notably detracted from the overall

experience, because for me having dynamic weather patterns at all is what makes the

But thankfully, The Sims Studio did their part to make sure that it’s worthwhile by

For one thing there are hundreds of new hairstyles, clothing items, and accessories across every

one of the in-game ages and fashion style preferences.

This is one of the more substantial Create-A-Sim additions to The Sims 4 thus far,

And this makes sense seeing as there are new outerwear outfit types you’ll need to create

for each sim, in the form of both hot and cold weather outfits, which your sims will

change into automatically depending on the current temperature.

And while I initially found it a bit strange that there are no new traits to pick here,

that’s only because they decided to include them as aspiration unlockables instead, largely

consisting of buffs to sims’ abilities to tolerate or prefer certain types of weather.

Once you’ve gotten a sim decked out in seasonal apparel, they’re free to live their virtual

lives among whatever atmospheric conditions are thrown at them.

Speaking of which, it seems appropriate to explore the rest of the content through the

lens of each season individually, so let’s begin with spring.

This brings about mild temperatures ranging from decently cool to decently warm, as well

as plenty of potential for rain and thunderstorms.

The latter of which can be a bit of a problem, not only scaring certain sims and pets into

hiding, but also potentially striking close by.

Sure, you can play and even shower in the rain,

but is it worth the chance of being struck by lightning?

Apparently it is since there’s a chance of gaining some kind of lightning powers,

but that’s quite rare and you might just fry instead.

While your sims are very much affected by all this weather, they’re certainly not

restricted to mother nature’s whims exclusively.

Much like the Weathernaught and the Climatron in past Seasons packs, here you’re provided

a machine to control the weather yourself,

in this case Dr. June’s Weather Control Device.

It requires a bit of luck and high handiness skill to make the most of, but when it works

you can rework the world’s weather at will, and even change the current season entirely.

It isn’t the only way to manage weather and seasons though, since the options menu

provides several layers of customization to cut down or prolong various features relating

Another thing you have at your disposal at all times is the calendar, a much-appreciated

interface that not only reveals the weather forecast, but a list of upcoming events, work

days, and holidays for your current household.

And yes, holidays make a return in Seasons.

Love Day is the spring holiday, and it’s very much a valentine’s day kinda thing

where sims are encouraged to exchange flowers, give gifts,

go on dates, and generally get their freak on.

This works the same way as other temporary events in-game, with a little box at the top-left

providing a list of tasks to perform so that your sims arbitrarily have a good time.

But the best part about holidays to me is the ability to roll your own day of celebration

Ahh, the potential for silliness here, this is the kind of thing that I love in The Sims games.

It’s pretty much an extension of the existing club creation tool introduced in The Sims

4 Get Together, except this is a one day affair

with a set of traditions to apply to your holiday.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to create my desired Chair Appreciation Day since the

“item appreciation” tradition here only works with an ambiguous list

of things like decorative items, artwork, and plants.

Oh well, now it’s Clutter Object Day, a hallowed event where everyone appreciates

non-drinkable lemonade, cooks hot dogs, and goes streaking.

Let’s move right along to summertime though, because while this is pretty much the default

season that we’ve had in the game until now,

it’s also one that’s received several noteworthy additions.

The first, and most amusing personally, is the new radio station known as Summer Strut.

I don’t know what I expected from this, but I was pleasantly amused to find it was

a bunch of covers of popular “summer-themed” songs in Simlish...

[Simlish "Walking On Sunshine" cover plays]

Yeah this station is great, you get everything from Katrina and the Waves to Nelly!

Hehe, I also never knew that I wanted simlish Alice Cooper,

but now I don’t know how I lived without it.

EA, release an album of Simlish cover songs already!