The Sims 4 is bringing new life (and death) to the franchise. The Sims 4 is no stranger to the supernatural or the macabre, with spooky elements and character history dating back to the initial release of The Sims. The game could certainly be considered a horror game, especially with expansion packs like Werewolvesor even Careers, which allows a Sim to be an Evil Scientist. Life and Death The expansion pack promises to expand this even further with the official launch of the trailer for the new expansion.
There’s a lot of speculation and intrigue surrounding the trailer, with hints and nods to certain things related to a Sim’s life and death. This is relatively unexplored territory, despite players being familiar with Death when it comes to playing the game. The Sims. The expansion pack promises plenty of ghoulish vibes, but There’s one horror element noticeably missing from the trailer that’s scarier than anything included: Zombies, a Sim staple.
The Sims 4 isn’t bringing back life or death zombies
Zombies are a classic Sims feature
Life and Death There are a lot of cool things that make it scary, like allowing more in-depth roles for ghosts and those who love the macabre in general. Players can now have careers centered around death, like being a mortician or working for the Grim Reaper himself. Aligning yourself with the Grim Reaper allows the player to work with ghosts firsthand, aiding or dispersing them. Ghosts can also be extremely intimidating and scary, or gentle and loving, so the level of scary is in the hands of the players.
However, in a game focused on the dead, even hinting at a reincarnation arc, zombies are noticeably absent from the trailer. Ghosts have an expanded role and Sims can even now aspire to be a Ghost Historian, but the other horror staple in The Sims it’s simply missing without any reasoning as to why.
Zombies were a staple in previous Sims games
Life and death would have been the best time for his return
Zombies are out there The Sims since the original game Living big expansion, but have been practically absent The Sims 4. Zombie Sims emerged if a Sim died and their loved one was unable to beat the Grim Reaper in Rock, Paper, Scissors, but the Grim Reaper was in a good mood. In The Sims 2Zombies were more prevalent in the game, appearing in several expansion packs. Unlike The Simszombification is permanent in Sims 2.
There was a brief appearance of Zombies in The Sims 3: Supernaturalbut these zombies only appear during the lunar cycle or when drinking an elixir. This is usually only a temporary state and was the final appearance of the Zombies in The Sims franchise to date, making them absent for over a decade. In the spirit of Life and Death and all things Halloween, It might be a smart decision for EA to revisit a classic Sims monster this seems to be forgotten.
Zombies in The Sims are essential to really elevate whatever scary element the game wants to have. There is a lot of custom content created by existing players, including RoxxySims‘ entire family of zombie-looking Sims. There are customized Sims 4 mods that allow zombies, but EA appears to have abandoned these scary additions. Zombies are essential for The Simsespecially since there are no plans to The Sims 5as a Zombie Apocalypse mod could provide even more lore and expansions. There are a lot of spaces zombies could fit into, and EA would do well to remember this undead addition to the game for the future The Sims 4 happy.
Sources: The Sims/YouTube, RoxxySims/EA