Summary

New Kits announced forThe Sims 4have fans scratch their head , wondering why Electronic Arts does n’t refresh late DLC release instead . Fans ofThe Simsseries are no strangers to disappointing updates and kits , but the most late proclamation is an interesting choice for the team to make . With the addition of a raw shopping handcart button while in - plot , The Simsblatantly promote players to purchase more face pack , andfans are becoming more and moreconcerned with the quantity of the paid DLC over the timbre of it .

The Kits , officially herald byElectronic Artsafter a leak reach the community to begin with , are calledUrban HomageandParty Essentialsand let in a few item for Create - A - Sim ( CAS ) and for Build Mode . Many actor are ask why theSimsteam at Maxis decided to make these new token only available behind a paywall . Reddit userswondered why they did n’t choose to refreshen an existing pack , or just let in these various items in a loose update , instead of making player pay for a few detail .

On X ( formerly Twitter),misc3nenoted thatMaxis could have well tally the items inParty Essentialsto the already availableLuxury Party Stuffpack , peculiarly since the item fit the aesthetic already and there are very few items in both the fresh outfit and the live pack .

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TheUrban Homagekit is a partnership with Ebonix , who is responsible for the mostrecent diversity update in theSimsCreate - A - Sim , and dives into more of an 80 , 90s , and early 00s aesthetic with promising colors and more diverse option for nails , clothes , and headpieces . These detail , while some are unequalled , do have a few pieces of clothing that look like they already existed in - game .

Some of the other detail might have been better suit to be included as a free update , especially the unexampled headwrap . Fans were by all odds hoping to see more out of these new Kits , and theupset fans bring up a good point questioning why certain items are include as innocent update and others are hidden behind a paywall . Each of the Kits are $ 4.99 USD , but between the two there are only around 50 items and some seem similar to subsist CAS and Build Mode items .

Other players are calling out how boring theParty Essentialsitems are , mention thattheyfeel lackluster and somewhat otiose , consider the other more fun decoration that already subsist . There is a big difference between the quality of the packs Maxis has been output over the last few Kits and fans are clear how much thetotal cost ofThe Sims 4paid contenthas become . Hopefully , with the community fix its ruling sleep with , EA and Maxis will listen and snub back on the paid DLC move forward for bothThe Sims 4and future labor .

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Sources : Electronic Arts , Reddit , misc3ne / cristal

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