The Sims 4 Expansion Pack
Release Date: December 7, 2023
The Sims 4: For Rent is an expansion to a popular life sim by EA Maxis. It introduces the world of Tomarang, lets players become a landlord and allows several families to live in the same plot of land.
The Sims 4: For Rent is an expansion to The Sims 4, a popular life sim by EA Maxis. It introduces five new character traits (such as generous and nosy), makes it possible to share your land with your neighbors or become a landlord. It also adds a new world, Tomarang, inspired by Southeast Asia.
For Rent is the creators' response to those fans who prefer renting pre-made apartments rather than to purchase or build a house. The expansion lets us divide a plot of land, letting several families live there. In such a building, the neighbors will interact often by necessity. They can argue over money or party together.
Becoming a landlord grants us a new source of income, but it also brings such duties as repairing broken devices (or face the residents' wrath) and evicting problematic tenants. There are new aspirations tied to this mechanic, such as secret hunting or becoming a perfect neighbor. We can either live alongside our tenants or manage the property from our own home.
The expansion also introduces the Asian-inspired world of Tomarang, many new activities and items. We'll get to visit botanical gardens, ghost houses, animal sanctuaries, cook oriental dishes (such as tofu pad thai and pancit bihon) and purchase rattan furniture.
For Rent is a non-standalone expansion, requiring the base version of The Sims 4.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: EA Maxis / Maxis Software
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Age restrictions: 12+
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The Sims is a series of games created by Maxis studio and published by Electronics Arts since 2000. The games in the series can be described as life simulators, in which, directing the avatars we create, we act out scenes from everyday life, but also build them houses, which they can then furnish according to their own vision. The series has sold more than 200 million copies, making it one of the world's best-selling games, and has twice made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
A new video of the expansion for The Sims 4 has been released, in which players will be able to become barons of the housing market. The video, with gameplay footage, introduces the mechanics of the expansion.
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Marcin Przała
November 17, 2023
System Requirements for The Sims 4: For Rent Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 128 MB GeForce 6600 / Radeon X1300 or better, 26 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 650 / Radeon HD 7750 or better, 51 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for The Sims 4: For Rent Video Game.
GamesHub: 4 / 5 by Leah Williams
Very few expansion packs for The Sims 4 feel like they overhaul gameplay entirely, but For Rent does just that, reimagining how your Sims live their lives, and how they interact in the real world. While there’s not a whole lot more to the expansion pack than that, its changes to rentals and the introduction of community living makes it a stellar addition to The Sims 4.
Thumb Culture: 5 / 5
Honestly, with a pack such as this, there is not a lot to complain about. This pack is something the community has been asking for and lovers of The Sims will enjoy this pack. Although I have never agreed with spending L35 for an expansion pack, I will say that this is one of the first expansion packs that has changed my stance. This pack is well worth the money.
Screen Rant: 3 / 5 by Deven McClure
The world of Tomarang is beautiful, and there are several meaningful cultural inclusions like recipes and furniture that will undoubtedly help some players better reflect their own life experiences in-game and tell more meaningful stories. The EP may not add as many impactful features as a release like Growing Together, but the renting mechanics will help bring creativity into entirely new places both in of building and gameplay. The Sims 4 For Rent is by no means perfect, but it nails its titular feature and adds more overall creative potential to the game than many other recent releases for the franchise.
Average score from votes.