The events of take place around 25 years after. Many characters return, older but not always wiser. Children from the first game are now adults, while adults are either elders or deceased of old age.
This is great for lore-focused players, as they can continue their previous storylines with canon events of. And it isn’t just the base game’s lore, as families from multiple expansions intertwine.
Some returning Sims are not fully playable, but instead fill out the family tree, memories of the living, or arrive as ghosts in the night.
It is possible to revive dead Sims with devices like the Resurrect-O-Nomitron from, a similar process as rebirthing Sims in .
However, this mainly works for Sims that have a physical gravestone or urn. Attempting to resurrect only a memory will lead to glitches, including possibly corrupting save data.