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The Sims 4’s Parenthood Game Pack adds a lot to the game’s family life elements, making it a near essential addition to the base game.
The Sims 4 has received a plethora of additions that improve the base game in a variety of different flavors. Game Packs are the smaller siblings of expansions, adding fewer gameplay mechanics and items for a lower price. While there are currently plenty to choose from, the best of the bunch doesn’t add anything new and shiny, instead improving what’s already in the game. This is The Sims 4: Parenting, which enhances the family life elements that are a part of most people’s Sims games — and that’s always welcome.
Parenthood is like a mini version of The Sims 3: Generations expansion that came before it, improving family life and adding layers to toddlers, kids and teens. And while Game Packs like Vampires or Realm of Magic make more distinct, flavorful additions to the game, Parenthood improves the base gameplay with new interactions, enhancing every other part of the game in a simple but fun way.
Parenthood adds more depth to young Sims by adding character values, which parents, siblings and other adults can influence. These values have an effect on a Sim’s overall personality, what they do and how they react to things, which makes them more interesting to play or raise as an adult Sim. While it doesn’t yield random or hugely different adult Sims, it does grant a special bonus trait based on how they were raised. This gives Simmers the freedom to shape their children how they want through gameplay rather than Create-A-Sim, providing a new challenge.
Many of Parenthood‘s new interactions and activities center around toddlers, children and teenagers. School projects give them a new way to affect their school grades. They promote different skills, and some may require a parent with expertise in certain subjects to help. Teens and kids can also keep a private journal, which can affect their mood, as well as their writing and creativity skills. Parents and other Sims can snoop through journals to find out what’s going on in their life — and potentially cause conflict in the household.
Another major item that effects the whole household (or keeps it all together) is the Bulletin Board, which allows Sims (mainly adults) to post things like curfews, leave notes and even drawings for the whole family to see. It’s a way to simulate a busy family life with things to do or role-play them by leaving notes like “dinner is in the fridge” for teens who are home alone. Kids can even be grounded, and teens can have more angsty phases than what’s in the base game. There are also numerous other household items and toys for kids and toddlers to play with and family-themed items. Sims can even pack school lunches using the family or group sized meals, giving even food a nice new use.
Parenthood adds a lot to the average Sims family on every level, improve basic aspects of the game that pretty much all players will experience. Even for those Simmers who typically don’t bother with family or children, there will always be neighborhood kids to interact with. There are also new family activities and interactions, which makes this pack worthwhile. The Sims 4: Seasons Expansion Pack proved that the best Sims DLC adds elements that elevate the basic gameplay to a new level, and Parenthood reenforces that concept at a lower price point.
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