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E3 2014 - THE
SIMS 4 PREVIEW

By Ruth Krabacher
There are few series that are quite as prolific as The Sims and, in a
more cynical light, quite as successful a “cash cow” series.

T

EA’s demo of the new game is led

here are few series that

own allowance)—picked because

are quite as prolific as The

it gave me all the expansion packs

by producer Ryan Vaughan, who has

Sims and, in a more cynical light,

without having to convince my

been part of the series since its very

quite as successful a “cash cow”

parents I needed The Sims: Hot

beginning and has already taken

series. And now, with a mere thirty

Date. It’s a series near and dear to

fans through a preview of its build

Sims games and expansions under

my heart, if only because it allows

mode and Create-A-Sim. Introducing

their belt, Maxis has decided to

me to indulge my micromanaging

this demo, Vaughan explains

reinvent the series for a fourth

tendencies and then set the kitchen

what’s been a sneaking suspicion

time in less than fifteen years,

on fire when I get bored. With every

of mine since those first trailers:

and introduce The Sims 4.

new generation of the game, The

the goal of Sims 4 is to return the

Sims seems to introduce a new

focus to the Sims themselves. To

Complete Edition was one of the

aspect for me to control, and it’s

this end, the studio has rebuilt

first video games I ever bought

obvious from right out of the box

most of the game’s design tools

with my own money (or well, my

that The Sims 4 is no different.

from the ground up, making

I’m relatively certain The Sims

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