Summary
- The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack introduces new features for dating, relationships, and romance.
- Ciudad Enamorada, a world dedicated to inspiring amorous interactions, offers three neighborhoods for Sims to explore.
- Heart-themed furniture, clothing, and build items allow players to add more romantic elements to their home.
The dating lives of Sims are due a groundbreaking makeover with the highly-anticipated expansion pack that fans are lusting after, The Sims 4: Lovestruck. Set to be released on July 25th, 2024, with a detailed gameplay trailer expected later this month, The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack has teased changes that have been in high demand for years, from polyamorous relationships to dating apps and eggplant costumes.
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Simmers have long turned to mods like Wicked Whims to expand on the underdeveloped romantic possibilities in The Sims 4, but The Sims 4: Lovestruck is set to deliver an expansion pack designed to satisfy. Alongside shaking up how Sims date, fall in love, and keep their relationships thriving, Electronic Arts is promising new neighborhoods, furniture, WooHoo spots, clothing, and even a unique Romantic Career path that will appeal to hopeless romantics. Here’s the most exciting confirmed new features for fans to look forward to with the arrival of The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack.
8 One World And Three Neighborhoods
New Areas Dedicated To Inspiring Romance
As is tradition for every expansion pack in the franchise, The Sims 4: Lovestruck has been granted a unique world, Ciudad Enamorada, where Sims can become enamored with their true loves. The Sims 4 franchise is no stranger to providing scenic locations that serve as perfect backdrops for romance; love can spark anywhere, along the sun-soaked beaches and stunning waterfalls of Sulani, Henford-on-Bagley’s idyllic countryside, or even in Tartosa, the bridal-themed Mediterranean world introduced in The Sims 4: Wedding Stories.
However, Ciudad Enamorada is a world dedicated to inspiring amorous interactions, home to three charming neighborhoods, the suburban heaven of Plaza Mariposa, the leafy utopia of Vista Hermosa, and the fancy upmarket date location of Nuevo Corazon. Sims can indulge in their heart’s desires in intimate cafes, nightclubs, gyms, and parks, with an optional ‘Singles Hangout’ Lot Trait that attracts local lonely hearts.
7 Heart Themed Furniture, Clothing, And Build Items
Allows Players To Add More Romantic Elements To Their Home And Sims
Rumors are flying about spotted details in the The Sims 4: Lovestruck teaser trailer that might indicate the debut of round pools, Cupid and Eggplant Costumes to be worn during WooHoos, heart-themed decor, and even axolotls spotted in glass enclosures. What is known for certain is that the iconic fan-favorite Heart-Shaped Double Bed is returning to The Sims 4 franchise.
Introduced in the first ever expansion pack, The Sims: Livin’ Large, and reappearing in The Sim 2: Apartment Life and The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff, the heart-shaped bed grew a cult following that is finally being satisfied once again with The Sims 4: Lovestruck. Simmers who purchase The Sims 4: Lovestruck between June 27th and September 5th will be rewarded with ‘Heartbreak Happens’ Digital Content, which includes the Herbert Heart plushie, Basic Breakup Double Bed, and Cry Me a River Eyeliner.
6 A New Romance Career And Romance Skill
Sims Can Become Professional Romancers
The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack brings with it new Romance Aspirations, Traits, and most notably, a new Skill and Career. The Paragon Partner and Romantic Explorer Aspirations will be added to gameplay, alongside two new traits and fears. Sims with the ‘Romantically Reserved’ trait will take their time connecting with potential partners, while bearers of the ‘Lovebug’ trait fall in love fast, sometimes suffering unrequited love as a result.
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Realistically, Sims can now have a Fear of Intimacy or Being Alone to contend with on their dating adventures. New romantic interactions and abilities can be unlocked if Sims work on their new Romance Skill via dating, such as scanning the room for love interests and emotionally connecting with their partners. This will undoubtedly be helpful for Sims looking to progress in the unique Romance Consultant Career, fostering love between Sims in the community.
5 New WooHoo Spots, Romantic Interactions, And Romantic Death
Spice Up A Sim's Love Life (And Death)
Electronic Arts have officially promised three new WooHoo Spots in the new expansion, one of which has been confirmed to be the portable ‘romantic blanket,’ which theoretically can be placed in multiple locations; Sims are shown to lie on the blanket and become ‘wrapped up in passion,’ giving a whole new meaning to Spicy Blanket Burrito For Two. The remaining two WooHoo spots appear to be a new Closet and a saucy rentable room at ‘Beso Rápido’ (which is ‘Quick Kiss’ in Spanish) for Sims who can’t wait to get home.
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New Romantic Interactions have also been advertised, from feeding lovers chocolate strawberries to a seductive dance. Not one to shy away from tragedies, The Sims 4 will see Sims suffer more detailed Heartbreak animations and debuffs if romance fails; The Sims 4: Lovestruck trailer teases a new Death by a Broken Heart, although there are no details yet about how easily this demise will be triggered in gameplay.
4 Turn-Ons And Turn-Offs
Customize Chemistry For Sims Looking For Love
Gone are the days of forcing two uninterested Sims to kiss like dolls. This romantic pack is reinstating a long-lost feature, Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs, to measure attraction levels between dating Sims. First debuted in The Sims 2, the Chemistry system attributed lightning bolts to suitors if they met the limited requirements of a Sim’s desires.
The Sims 4: Lovestruck version will expand on the existing Likes and Dislikes categories in Create-A-Sim from a 2021 update, which personalizes a Sim’s taste for music, food, and conversation topics (introduced with The Sims 4: Growing Together expansion pack). Sims will now be Turned-On or Turned-Off by the behavior, hairstyles, clothing, interactions and personality traits of their dates and will even be swayed by whether the planned dating activities are to their liking. Matchmaking love interests in The Sims 4 has never been more detailed.
3 Romantic Satisfaction And Relationship Dynamics
New Requirements Must Be Fulfilled To Maintain Happy Relationships
A romantic partner in The Sims 4 is no longer just a roommate that keeps the double bed warm. Once Sims have found their beloved, a certain level of romantic and friendly interactions will be required to keep the love alive with the Romantic Satisfaction feature. Players will no doubt enjoy figuring out how to keep high or low maintenance love birds happy together.
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Depending on a couple’s patterns of interaction, they will be awarded one of four Relationship Dynamics: Wholesome, Steamy, Strained, or Unpredictable. Wholesome relationships are balanced and genuinely loving, whereas Steamy dalliances are primarily physical. Unpredictable romances are classified as “on-again/off-again” couples that regularly fight and make up. Cruelty and mean interactions between romantic partners will create Strained love affairs.
2 The Cupid’s Corner Dating App
An Online Method Of Finding Love
Comedy movie ‘Simder’ is now a reality with the launch of a brand new Dating App in The Sims 4: Lovestruck. On ‘Cupid’s Corner,’ Sims can upload a selfie and design a dating profile, specifying desired traits and even the age range of their potential dates. After filtering out incompatible and mismatched admirers, Sims can chat online and ask to ‘Create A Date.’
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Previously, Sim dates were dictated by pre-determined, restrictive goals, but this new dating system allows players to customize Sim dates (from the venue to the activities) and determine which achievable goals will make the date successful. In 2022, the ‘Social Bunny’ App revolutionized virtual communication between Sims in The Sims 4: High School Years expansion pack, but it missed opportunities to improve on its flaws. 'Cupid’s Corner’ will undoubtedly send the Sim dating scene into virtual romantic chaos.
1 Polyamory And The Romantic Boundaries System
No Cheating Or Mods Are Needed For Polyamorous Love
There are no more restrictions on the number of love interests one Sim can collect. For Sims 4 Challenge Completers (who must date multiple Sims to succeed in Black Widow and 100 Baby Challenges) and players seeking representation for non-monogamous lifestyles, the introduction of Polyamorous Dating Options in The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion pack are long-awaited and transformative; polyamory is just one of the many missing features in The Sims 4 that is being rectified with the new expansion.
The addition of a Romantic Boundaries System enables players to set relationship boundaries and define what physical and emotional cheating is and how jealousy is triggered for each relationship. Notably, players will be able to disable jealousy and exclusivity altogether and create polyamorous or non-monogamous Sims who will break no hearts while romancing multiple Sim suitors.
The Sims 4
- Released
- September 2, 2014
