![]() Of course, EA has added a plethora of other new items that aren’t holiday themed. However, Christmas was a success, I had Santa’s phone number and it was soon New Year, where we’d have our second date. The snow was severely impacting my days and the longer nights didn’t help my generally extroverted Sim. I spent time making snow angels, building snow pals and having snowball fights – which reused the water balloon assets – before Christmas rolled around. Then Winter came and my moment with Santa was approaching. The rest of the day was a disaster as ghost-like gnomes followed me everywhere breaking my appliances and generally causing chaos. The option to praise them by leaving treats out is prompted, but I decided to kick open the gnome and steal the treats inside their terracotta forms. Of course, a little silliness had to creep in, and waking up on the game’s version of Thanksgiving will see gnomes scattered around the house. Clicking this will festoon the house appropriately, leaving the other tasks – usually chatting with guests, cooking a grand meal or, specific to Harvest, praising Gnomes. There’s a running theme of decorating the house, which is done via a stack of boxes mimicking the kind our parents keep in the attic. Each of these celebratory days requires certain goals to be met and doing so will improve various stats of your Sims. Adjusting the temperature of the house seemed to help, as did an Autumnal romance and successful Thanksgiving. The nights began to draw closer and my Sim got colder, again affecting his mood. Investing money in a roller skating rink for the garden proved a success during barbeques and would, later in the year, double up for ice skating.įall crept in, as it tends to do, creating piles of leaves to jump in… or even ‘WooHoo’ in. Between trips to the park for water balloon fights and collecting honey from my new beehive – which I sold for an extortionate price – Summer felt that it passed quickly and showed little compared to other seasons. Taking him outside the following day to jump in puddles with a friend perked him up though and soon Summer rolled in, bringing more flowers and better weather. When a storm rolled in towards the end of Spring, my Sim became scared of the thunder, which caused a spike in grumpiness as he missed out on sleep. The weather system has a direct impact on your Sim, making them a little more well-rounded they can now get too hot or too cold and this is reflected in their mood. Taking advantage of the new gardening career, I abandoned my career goals of becoming an astronaut and decided that flower arranging suited me better. I started with Spring because it seemed the obvious choice and watching the flowers bloom around the garden was uplifting. The default is seven ‘in-game’ days, which fits nicely.Ĭhoosing which season to start in is a lovely touch, meaning the ability to save a favourite until last is possible. The latter somewhat takes the enjoyment away, however, because the celebrations and special days stack up too closely. ![]() ![]() Interestingly, the length of a season can be set in the options menu, allowing for long periods or shorter bursts. After all, life comes with reasons to celebrate and Seasons does all it can to offer these options to the player. Seasons hasn’t gone out of the way to add a great deal of content compared to other expansions, but what there is rounds out the life of a Sim very nicely. It’s all rather preposterous, but such is the beauty of the base game. Let’s just say that dinner was a success and we met up the following day for a date, him still wearing his fancy Christmas outfit. My friends had just left, thanking me for a lovely evening and so I invited the jolly fellow for dinner. Eight O’Clock rolled around and Father Winter appeared at the fireplace, bearing gifts. We shared presents and holiday cheer, which met the criteria for a successful Christmas ensuring happiness for my Sim. I prepped my house, put up the festive decorations, invited my friends over to a grand meal. So, when I found out I could romance the game’s version of Santa Claus – named Father Winter, for various reasons – I decided that this expansion might just be the best thing to hit the franchise for some time. Freedom reigns, problems are dealt with and hilarity ensues. It’s probably not the fairest metric to use, but it’s a game that allows you to block your Sims inside the walls of your house and starve them, so it feels fitting. I like to gauge the additions to the Sims by how crazy I can get with new content.
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