Of course, The Sims 4 Life & Death expansion pack releases on Oct. 31 — Halloween. The expansion, priced at $40, will reveal the new world of Ravenwood and its spooky three neighborhoods: Crow’s Crossing, Whispering Glen and Mourningvale. It also lets players work as a grim reaper, possess ghostly powers, plan and attend funerals, and experience reincarnation.
A trailer posted on Thursday shows a Sim lose and mourn a loved one who saw his fate revealed in a Tarot card, and attend a fancy funeral and a hotly contested will reading. (One of the Sims actually pours one out for the departed at the funeral.)
There’s romantic activity with the departed, and the chance to work as the Grim Reaper, a mortician or a funeral director. (Since The Sims already has a Grim Reaper, trainees in that role start out as “Grimterns.”)
Living Sims take a Soul Journey, where they can be reincarnated after death if they meet certain goals. There’s a Bucket List to fulfill, which is populated naturally based on a Sim’s traits, or can be created by any young adult or older Sim. Ghost Sims can continue their Soul’s Journey and possibly earn a more powerful form or Rebirth with the Burning Soul Trait.
Sims can plan and hold funerals, decorate gravesites, attend grief counseling, and have out-of-body experiences.
The expansion pack can be preordered now. Those who buy it through Dec. 12 receive a few extra items — the Lasting Legacy Family Portrait, the Mournful Melodies Music Box and the Plumed Elegance Mask.
Fans seem to be finding the idea of the pack eerie-sistable.
“I hope the Sims stay more in line during funerals than weddings,” said one YouTube commenter. “If a Sim does push-ups next to a coffin, I’m losing it.”
Said another, “Finally now I can see the grandchildren of my dead Sim fighting over his/her properties.”
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