Plus veryfirst brand-new Stuff Pack in 2.5 years.
EA hasactually released another of its Behind the Sims showcases at the web, this one bringing verification that The Sims 5 – or codename Project Rene as it’s formally understood at present – will certainly be a free-to-play videogame, as formerly dripped, and will existside-by-side alongwith The Sims 4. Oh, and there was likewise some news on The Sims 4’s initially Stuff Pack in over two-and-a-half years.
First, though, Project Rene and the news it’ll certainly be free-to-play – or as EA is more insistently phrasing it, “free-to-download”. Either method, the crucial thing here is that no core videogame purchase will be needed, and EA is likewise eager to include there’ll be no membership and no “energy mechanics” – so that’s at least one predatory mobile monetisation technique off the table.
As to what a brand-new mainline Sims videogame created from the ground-up to be free-to-play may appearance like, a Project Rene task listing quickly gottenridof from EA’s site earlier this year pointed to an in-game market including authorities and user-generated material (both complimentary and paid) – something else EA has now more or less verified.
According to EA, Project Rene “definitely won’t start with whatever you have in The Sims 4”, however will “add brand-new experiences and material over time”. The concept here is that fundamental functions, such as weathercondition, will be totallyfree to everyo