EA released its new roadmap for the rest of the year forThe Sims 4. The announcement featured tarot cards, with each tarot card outlining a different release forThe Sims 4in the coming months. One of the most exciting of these announcements was the next expansion pack, which will release on Halloween 2024.
According to beliefs in some cultures, October 31 is the day when the barrier between life and death is at its most fragile. This makes Halloween the perfect date for the release ofThe Sims 4’s new expansion,The Sims 4: Life and Death. There haven’t been many details of the content of the new expansion pack released yet, with more promised to come on October 3.
The Sims 4: Life and Death Releases on Halloween
It’s unusual for expansion packs inThe Sims 4to be revealed so early, with trailers for new expansion packs usually only releasing just two weeks before the release date.The Sims 4: Life and Deathis slated to launch at the perfect time, with Halloween being a major holiday in the USA, and October holding significance for many cultures across the world, particularly in Europe, as it’s believed to be a time that the spirits from the afterlife would enter the world of the living.
October is the perfect month to release an expansion pack forThe Sims 4centered on life and death, as it hits the spooky theme for Halloween. With a title likeThe Sims 4: Life and Death, the new expansion will likely include ghosts, the Grim Reaper, and the afterlife inThe Sims 4in some way.The Sims 4launched without ghosts, but soon added them in a free update.Ghosts can be added to householdsonce living sims in an active household have built a strong enough relationship with them, and are differentiated from their living counterparts with special abilities that depend on the manner of their death.
Possible Content in The Sims 4: Life and Death
While it’s currently unknown what content will be inThe Sims 4: Life and Death, expanding on ghosts would be a great step.The Grim Reaper is one of the most popular NPCs inThe Sims 4, and has been an enduring symbol ofThe Simssince the very first game in the series. Although ghosts have received more content since the launch ofThe Sims 4, especially with content packs likeThe Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff, there’s still more potential for the role of the Grim Reaper and the afterlife.
Giving the afterlife a physical location to visit would be one option. The afterlife inThe Sims 4could be home to iconic NPCs that haven’t made it toThe Sims 4, such as the Newbies. With the relatively new addition of world progression inThe Sims 4, where sims autonomously live and die,sims who die could appear in the afterlife world as ghosts.The Sims 4: Life and Deathcould introduce a mechanic to have living sims visit the afterlife to visit their dead relatives, or have the ghosts do the same if they want to appear in the world of the living as ghosts again.
Another mechanic thatThe Sims 4: Life and Deathcould include is a mechanic to bring ghost sims back to life. Rather than using Ambrosia, an alternative could involve a quest for a living relative to the world of the afterlife. Upon fulfilling the quest, the ghost sim could be returned to life.
