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The Sims 4 Life & Death EP
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm dead thrilled for once. (pun intended)

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/life-and-death-expansion-pack
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Coffee Addict Oct 3, 2024 @ 3:21pm 
i play with aging turned off so not sure a pack themed around sims dying is gonna be my thing since i do my best to keep my sims alive

just like with weddings and other group activities when having a funeral sims are going to be doing everything except what they are supposed to, some sims will be huddled in a corner dancing to a radio, sim children will all be doin the autonomous make a mess everywhere, if theres a bar on the lot sims will be making drinks that they put down only to make another and another, if theres a sink sims will be getting a glass of water non stop only to put it down not drink it then get another till the place is full of glasses of water

funerals are either going to be fun or horrible depending on if your the type of simmer who enjoys all the goofy things sims do or if you are a serious type
Sovereign Dark Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:12am 
I keep my sims immortal, as well, apart from those in my Legacy save. I'd otherwise have no reason to hold funerals..at least not for my own.
Even in case of my Legacy, I never do goaled events, anyway. Their birthdays/weddings weren't goaled. As a personal rule, autonomy ruins all things. It'll be nice to have graveyards for their dead, though.

I'm largely interested in everything else coming with the pack, most especially the Reaper career and ghost abilities. I'm sure it's not for everyone, which is certainly fair enough, but this pack's looking straight up my alley.
It also seems fuller than most EPs they've been releasing (GPs as EPs), and the team which works on darker or occult themes has generally done quite well on those GPs as well as on Paranormal SP.
Just my humble o. I haven't been as excited for a DLC since RoM. ;)

Edit: Should've been as excited for Paranormal Stuff. I didn't realise it was going to be as good as it is.
Last edited by Sovereign Dark; Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:39am
Xeriath Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:14am 
I read ghosts get a skill-tree so … this got instantly my attention. If I like what I see I maybe pre-order this one. I love new occult stuff and we all know if they break the game, then it is not because of the DLC but rather the pre-patch of a DLC.
miamew3 Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:26am 
I'm actually really excited about this pack. The Reaper and Mortician careers sound interesting, so i cant wait dip into them.

I wonder how the Rebirth system works, does your sims retain memories from their past life after being reborn into a new family?
Last edited by miamew3; Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:26am
Sovereign Dark Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:27am 
Originally posted by Xeriath:
I read ghosts get a skill-tree so … this got instantly my attention. If I like what I see I maybe pre-order this one. I love new occult stuff and we all know if they break the game, then it is not because of the DLC but rather the pre-patch of a DLC.

I hadn't read about a skill tree specifically, but it does mention new ghost powers. So yeah..I'm full on for that, and I fully expect mods to break on pre-patch. That's just a given. I don't ever pre-order any more, but I'll definitely get this pack.
MCCC, UI Cheats, T-Mex and LMS's mods usually update swiftly after pre-patches. Some of the other mods I use can wait. They're not as essential to me.
Sovereign Dark Oct 4, 2024 @ 10:33am 
Originally posted by miamew3:
I'm actually really excited about this pack. The Reaper and Mortician careers sound interesting, so i cant wait dip into them.

I wonder how the Rebirth system works, does your sims retain memories from their past life after being reborn into a new family?

That's how they'd written it..or it seems, it depends upon age of rebirth. If they're reborn as infants, I'd suppose? It states they'll have a special connection to sims from their previous lives. That's fascinating to me. Edit: Also, it states they may retain some milestones or skills, depending on rebirth age.

The careers look marvellous. Yep. I've always wanted my sims to be able to reap souls like Grim. He could use the help. xD
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James3157 Oct 4, 2024 @ 11:10am 
The trailer for Life and Death was good in my personal opinion, but unfortunately it got a lot of clown awards. The ironic part of giving clown awards to these trailers is that number 1 the actual gameplay might be better than what some people are expecting it to be just like what happened with Growing Together when it first came out had at least 70% positive reviews when it first came out at one point, number 2 most dlc packs are focused on the life part of The SIms 4 instead of death besides Paranormal meaning that it is supposed to be unique in some kind of way despite sharing similarities with various other packs like Paranormal, Vampires because of coffins for funerals, Crystal Creations, and Realm of Magic, number 3 some people giving those clown awards probably think that inZOI is going to be better than The SIms 4 despite the fact that is debatable,number 4 many people still love the The SIms 4 overall and are willing to pay for whatever dlc EA makes despite the frequent complaints and clown awards anytime something new is posted on The Sims 4 news, and number 5 some of the people giving clown awards might only give a clown award only because of EA not making The SIms 5 or at least as a partially contributing factor even if this dlc is going to be better than what some people are expecting it to be.
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Sovereign Dark Oct 4, 2024 @ 11:34am 
Originally posted by James3157:
The trailer for Life and Death was good in my personal opinion, but unfortunately it got a lot of clown awards. The ironic part of giving clown awards to these trailers is that number 1 the actual gameplay might be better than what some people are expecting it to be just like what happened with Growing Together when it first came out had at least 70% positive reviews when it first came out at one point, number 2 most dlc packs are focused on the life part of The SIms 4 instead of death besides Paranormal meaning that it is supposed to be unique in some kind of way despite sharing similarities with various other packs like Paranormal, Vampires because of coffins for funerals, and Realm of Magic, number 3 some people giving those clown awards probably think that inZOI is going to be better than The SIms 4 despite the fact that is debatable, and number 4 many people still love the The SIms 4 overall and are willing to pay for whatever dlc EA makes despite the frequent complaints and clown awards anytime something new is posted on The Sims 4 news.

I agree, James. I think players are just fed up, and I can't entirely blame them. I've been disappointed with many of Sims 4's releases, too.
I will give them credit where it's due, though. This L&D EP looks genuinely top notch and quite full, an expansion which actually looks like an expansion. Although, we can't tell how big the world will be as yet. Their gameplay review on the 17th will surely give us more information.
For occults players such as myself, this is the sort of thing which may keep us bound to The Sims. It will me and mine, anyway..because sadly, all I've read states InZoi isn't doing any of this type of gameplay.
We've never been able to play with sims after their deaths and I think that's massive. Again, just my opinion, but I think TS4 needed this kind of EP.

Edit: I do have to agree on the goaled events for funerals, though. They just never work right in any pack. Although, I don't happen to care about that, myself.
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Xeriath Oct 4, 2024 @ 2:29pm 
Originally posted by Sovereign Dark:
I hadn't read about a skill tree specifically, but it does mention new ghost powers. So yeah..I'm full on for that, and I fully expect mods to break on pre-patch. That's just a given. I don't ever pre-order any more, but I'll definitely get this pack.

Of course, this is all just rumors. I am sure their gamechanger are allowed to show material sometime after the gameplay trailer drops. So I hope one of them will go deeper in the ghosts.

I don’t mind pre-order games if I like the content which I see. I don’t use mods, so I don’t need to wait for any updates and most gamebreaking bugs get fast fixed from maxis/ea. We will see how it will be and if it gets unplayable again, I have other games in the meantime.
Xenon The Noble Oct 4, 2024 @ 8:25pm 
I pre-ordered it. I don't know if it is any good or not. it's just that I'm so bored. there not been a decent new mod or DLC in years. For mods it's all been maintenance for EA updates for boring DLC.
Originally posted by Sovereign Dark:
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm dead thrilled for once. (pun intended)

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/life-and-death-expansion-pack

They couldn't pay me to download it. I'm never spending another penny on this game. They just keep breaking stuff and never fixing it.
Sovereign Dark Oct 5, 2024 @ 9:39am 
Originally posted by Ceana of the Crags:
Originally posted by Sovereign Dark:
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm dead thrilled for once. (pun intended)

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/life-and-death-expansion-pack

They couldn't pay me to download it. I'm never spending another penny on this game. They just keep breaking stuff and never fixing it.

I get it, really. The game's still very buggy, which is my principal reason for using mods. Most of those I use are meant to fix many of the game's annoying bugs/other issues or skip over the repetitive stuff I've done two hundred times, and it plainly bores me by now. Some mods I use merely to change the game as I prefer to play it. Although, I know not every player can nor wants to use mods. I don't know that EAxis will fix all Sims 4's bugs in the future..not sure I can believe that, tbvh. It's had foundational issues from BG.

I felt the same about Lovestruck, though, so I'll just never buy the pack (and Bust the Dust Kit :/). In fact, LS had changed the way I choose to purchase TS4 content (and not for reasons one might presume, as some folks are wanton).
Not every DLC is for every player. Life and Death may not be appealing to a lot of players and that's understandable.
I'm sure the majority of packs aren't exactly made for players like myself, but I still enjoy many of them for some feature or another. Other packs? Nah. They offer me something between F and A. I've bought those as I've done every DLC before LS, and that's on me. L&D is just one I actually do want.

But yeah..skip it if you're fed up or it's not for you.. or for whatever reason. Absolutely.
Xeriath Oct 6, 2024 @ 5:36am 
The gurus are very talk active about this DLC and seems proud of this DLC. This normally means the DLC is pretty good playable and good proper tested, at least the feature which the gurus like. It is a good sign that SimGuruConor was on the team. He was too on Paranormal, which was a pretty good DLC.
Last edited by Xeriath; Oct 6, 2024 @ 5:39am
Sovereign Dark Oct 6, 2024 @ 11:11pm 
Originally posted by Xeriath:
The gurus are very talk active about this DLC and seems proud of this DLC. This normally means the DLC is pretty good playable and good proper tested, at least the feature which the gurus like. It is a good sign that SimGuruConor was on the team. He was too on Paranormal, which was a pretty good DLC.

Right. I saw that on the 3rd..or Trailer release day. I rarely log onto social medias, but I still have my TS4 Tw@tter account in use sometimes. Since I was impressed with the Trailer, I wanted to see what was the buzz on this EP.
A number of the Sim Gurus were going nuts over the pack on there. Connor, Morgan and Nova had mentioned working on it, I know. Ninja? I think that's Moitke..?? I don't know that he worked on it. He just hypes every pack, so I don't pay him too much mind. xD I can't remember who else, if any others. Maybe I'll log in this morning after I'm properly caffeinated. ;)
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