New Sims 4 expansion gameplay shows Growing Together isn’t always easy
New Sims 4 expansion gameplay shows us that growing together doesn’t always mean doing so in harmony. The Sims 4 Growing Together expansion pack arrives in March, focusing on the relationships between family members in the life game. As a new trailer shows, that means more choices about how your Sims interact, and how they build (or break) bonds with others.
As many people will be all too aware, families aren’t always the picturesque hub of love and support that they’re made out to be. While a lot of us are fortunate enough to be close to their family members, it’s sadly not true for everyone. Relationships get strained, ideologies clash, people grow apart – the bond between family members can often be among the most complex and challenging of all, for any number of reasons.
The Sims 4 Growing Together looks to better capture that reality, allowing you to fine-tune the relationship dynamics between members of a family to give a better representation of the various ways families can behave. As seen in the Growing Together gameplay trailer below, you can choose between a number of different ‘family dynamics’ to represent the relationship between individual Sims within a family setting.
In the trailer we get a glimpse at four possible options. ‘Close’ and ‘Distant’ seem the most straightforward, representing family that spends a lot of time together or has grown apart. ‘Difficult’ allows you to capture a more antagonistic relationship, while ‘Jokesters’ is a nice choice for that classic sibling banter that sees you pranking and teasing one another in a more loving, playful manner.
EA Maxis says this system will extend beyond a simple menu choice, and you’ll be faced with making key decisions that can affect your Sims’
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