EA giving The Sims 4 away for free possibly means that a new expansion pack is arriving for June 2019.
The Sims 4, the latest installment in the popular life-simulation series, is completely free to download right now on EA's Origin platform.
EA is giving the standard version away for free until May 28, but the Digital Deluxe version is a part of the free game library for Access subscribers.
With the charitable giveaway being so sudden and close to EA Play, does the timing mean a new expansion pack will arrive for June 2019?
How to download The Sims 4 for free
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- Download the EA Origin PC app and sign into your account (or register for one)
- Go to the My Home tab and select the Free Sims 4 promotion (offer only lasts until May 28)
- Select the standard version of Sims 4 and follow the on-screen instructions to download the game
- Once the game is downloaded and installed, you can start being the master of puppets by opening the My Game Library tab and clicking the Sims 4
The Sims™ 4 Create A Sim Demo Create smarter Sims with unique appearances, personalities, and styles in The Sims™ 4 Create A Sim Demo. Experience the powerful Create A Sim and directly manipulate your Sims with tactile precision to create the most unique and detailed Sims yet. If you've been living without the internet for the last six years or so, this article probably isn't for you. Unless you've just gotten your hands on a copy of The Sims 4 for the first time since your internet free life (RIP your friendships) and you're wondering about the hospital in The Sims 4. But, regardless of what it could be, the arrival of a new expansion is likely why EA is giving The Sims 4 away for free; it's a chance for the publisher to get even more people hooked. So you've been busy toiling away in The Sims 4, trying to give your Sims a glorious new world to live in. You've given them careers, names and personalities, and you're very happy with them.
Even if you're not a PC gamer or particularly fond of EA's Origin platform, this limited-time deal is still worth taking advantage of.
The Sims series is one of the most charming and accessible video games on the market thanks to its plethora of options and the way it allows you to be a mischievous God.
Why is The Sims 4 free?
The Sims 4 free deal was announced on Twitter by the series' official Twitter account, and the announcement was swiftly followed by a cryptic tweet from the game's GM, SimGuruLyndsay.
Lyndsay proceeded to further tease fans by saying that she's working on two presentations in preparation for EA Play. This has naturally resulted in the Sims community believing that a new expansion pack is imminent.
This was hard! I'll spoil the 2 for you (although I now wish I'd been more clever). I have 2 presentations I'm working on at the same time (consuming my days) and there are 18 days until EA Play. And I won't tell you what 350 is but it's not a code, it's an actual number.
— Lyndsay (@SimGuruLyndsay) May 22, 2019
The Sims team had already announced in April that an expansion and game pack would arrive within the next six months, and last year's the Seasons expansion was announced just two weeks before EA play. Plus, there has been a ton of clues that suggest new content will arrive in June 2019.
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It's impossible to guess what the expansion could be as the rumours about tropical content similar to Paradise Island was debunked earlier this month.
But, regardless of what it could be, the arrival of a new expansion is likely why EA is giving The Sims 4 away for free; it's a chance for the publisher to get even more people hooked and invested in the series to buy additional content and cosmetics.
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Sims fans eagerly awaited for the release of the Sims 4in September of 2014, but have found nothing but disappointment at the lack of content ever since. Even fan favorites--such as pools and toddlers--were missing from the original base game. Many fans, myself included, hoped that an expansion would soon release that would fill in those holes but the last three expansion packs have offered little to fix the lack of content. Here are four reasons the Sims 4 is no longer worth the investment.
A Closed Off World
In Sims 3 you could send your son to the neighbor's to play, make your husband go fishing, and work on your garden all without seeing a single loading screen. With Sims 4 you're stuck facing that annoying spinning crystal every time you leave your home lot and you can't interact with any of the other sims while you're away.
Pathetically Small 'World' Sizes
Here we have the Sims 3 base pack town, Sunset Valley. There are around 14 empty houses (only 2 or 3 of which you can afford right away), 19 empty lots for those who like creating their own homes, and 21 community lots (all of which you can visit without running into a loading screen).
This is one town you get with the Sims 4 base pack. While you start off with 3 towns, you get less overall. A single town only has around 20-30 lots total. Of the 21 shown here, there are only 4 community lots, 9 available houses, and 3 empty lots. Now with the 3 towns combined you get a somewhat decent start (minus the lack of community lots), the issue comes with the expansion packs. Instead of getting a new 60+ lot world, we only get a new town with a few extra lots. When the expansion costs about the same as the base game, this makes each one a waste of money just for the lack of towns.
Tiny Expansion Packs
With each expansion pack fans hope they might finally get their money's worth, but every time we get yet another reason to uninstall the series. Just to compare what we get now vs what we got with Sims 3, let's compare the one game EA remade for Sims 4 thus far.
Ambitions VS Get To Work
Both games allow the player to play their sims while on the job. Get To Work does a bit more interaction on the job than Ambitions but it still gave limited career options compared to its predecessor. Here is the quick and dirty rundown between the two.
Ambitions
New town: Twin Brooks
New career tracks: doctor, investigator, scientist, ghost hunter, architectural designer, and stylist
Ability to be self-employed (thus increasing the career tracks even more)
New trait: eco-friendly
New skills: sculpting, investing, and detonation
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Sims fans eagerly awaited for the release of the Sims 4in September of 2014, but have found nothing but disappointment at the lack of content ever since. Even fan favorites--such as pools and toddlers--were missing from the original base game. Many fans, myself included, hoped that an expansion would soon release that would fill in those holes but the last three expansion packs have offered little to fix the lack of content. Here are four reasons the Sims 4 is no longer worth the investment.
A Closed Off World
In Sims 3 you could send your son to the neighbor's to play, make your husband go fishing, and work on your garden all without seeing a single loading screen. With Sims 4 you're stuck facing that annoying spinning crystal every time you leave your home lot and you can't interact with any of the other sims while you're away.
Pathetically Small 'World' Sizes
Here we have the Sims 3 base pack town, Sunset Valley. There are around 14 empty houses (only 2 or 3 of which you can afford right away), 19 empty lots for those who like creating their own homes, and 21 community lots (all of which you can visit without running into a loading screen).
This is one town you get with the Sims 4 base pack. While you start off with 3 towns, you get less overall. A single town only has around 20-30 lots total. Of the 21 shown here, there are only 4 community lots, 9 available houses, and 3 empty lots. Now with the 3 towns combined you get a somewhat decent start (minus the lack of community lots), the issue comes with the expansion packs. Instead of getting a new 60+ lot world, we only get a new town with a few extra lots. When the expansion costs about the same as the base game, this makes each one a waste of money just for the lack of towns.
Tiny Expansion Packs
With each expansion pack fans hope they might finally get their money's worth, but every time we get yet another reason to uninstall the series. Just to compare what we get now vs what we got with Sims 3, let's compare the one game EA remade for Sims 4 thus far.
Ambitions VS Get To Work
Both games allow the player to play their sims while on the job. Get To Work does a bit more interaction on the job than Ambitions but it still gave limited career options compared to its predecessor. Here is the quick and dirty rundown between the two.
Ambitions
New town: Twin Brooks
New career tracks: doctor, investigator, scientist, ghost hunter, architectural designer, and stylist
Ability to be self-employed (thus increasing the career tracks even more)
New trait: eco-friendly
New skills: sculpting, investing, and detonation
Get To Work
New Town: Magnolia Promenade
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New career tracks: doctor, detective, and scientist
New skills: baking and photography
New trait: Sick resistant
Limited Traits
Sims 4 took away our ability to create complex people by limiting the number of traits to only 3. Sims 3 gave us a base of 5 with the ability to expand that if our sims worked hard and graduated college or reached level 10 of certain careers. At least there are mods to fix this oversight, unlike most of the other issues.
Sims 3 left somepretty big shoes to fill. It expanded the series, increased the capabilities of the player, and even gave us some new adventures to take our sims on. Sims 4 gave fans with high expectations a massive let down. Even the staples, like Ambitions, have released in Sims 4 in small quantities for the same large price tag. I think it's time we quit letting the Sims 4 take up space on our computers and upgrade to Sims 3.
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