The Sims 4: Intriguing Showers

Pinstar was able to play The Sims 4 during The Sims 4 Creators Camp, and reading about their Pinstar Legacy Challenge experience  intrigued me by the following info sneak-peek:

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And let me tell you about showers: They play a pretty big role in the Sims 4, and not just with hygiene. So at base your sim can “Take a shower” “Take a brisk shower” “Take a steamy shower” and “Take a Thoughtful shower”. Just plain taking a shower is the fastest in terms of just getting your hygiene up.

A brisk shower only fills your hygene halfway but is very quick and it leaves your Sim with an “Energized” moodlet. Energized is one of the emotions. A steamy shower leaves them in with a flirty moodlet. A thoughtful shower takes MUCH longer than normal and very slowly satisfies hygiene, but leaves them with the inspired moodlet. After all, we all do our best thinking in the shower.

As a funny side note, if your Sim is flirty already when they go to use the shower, they get the option to take a ‘cold shower’ which takes them OUT of the flirty mood.

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No more Evil/Extreme Showers from The Sims 3! There is finally a difference! Their legacy challenge article is full of interesting spoilers about The Sims 4’s bills and other basic things. I really enjoyed reading all the bits and pieces of information Pinstar encountered during their first game session with The Sims 4!

 

Nothing about Life in The Sims 4?

If I didn’t know what The Sims 4 is (I played “The Sims” games before), from the little to no information EA releases, I wouldn’t understand what the game is about.

They said nothing about our Sims actually LIVING their life. I mean how do weddings and engagements work? What kind of parties and dating in the Sims 4 is there? Nothing about jobs either. So far I see that we will be able to have a changed build mode, but I did not see any terrain sculpting tools and the pools will be sold in an expansion pack.

I need to know what my Sims will be able to do! They have explained practically nothing about the “playing” aspect of the game. I only hear of loading screens and the system behind the city itself.

This makes me think…
Is there going to be nothing to do in The Sims 4?
Can we even interact with the ducks in the park (you know, since its a new thing)?

The Sims 1 had an interactive pond, never to be seen again…?