The Sims 4: Get Together (PC)

Get Together is the second expansion pack to The Sims 4, following the release of Get to Work last spring. This new expansion is all about your Sims’ social lives – keep reading to find out what new features you can expect, or whether this latest addition is even worth it.

Gameplay

The new spots for your Sims to “get together” ensure that your Sims will no longer be spending their evenings having cocktails together on the couch. They can head to the new cafés to enjoy snacks and specialized coffees, get one to go, or even work as a barista. The nightclubs feature large dance floors and DJs that will get your Sims on their feet and keep them there. And if you prefer a more laid-back environment, there’s also a pub where you can play darts or foosball, or just relax with other Sims. Various theme events like “Knight Nights” and Ladies’ Nights provide a bit of variety, and the chance to wear special outfits, of course. Bars and DJ booths are portable too, which means you’ll also be able to throw parties in public areas. New design options include the ability to build natural pools, where your Sims can enjoy a swimming session or two (with or without a swimsuit) with heated water, bubbles, and swirling mists.

New Skills

Join a Club

A new club interface allows you to join an existing club or start your own. Before you can join an existing club, you first need to check out the requirements that the club places on its members. If there aren’t any requirements, any Sim can join, though there can also be certain limits based on age, skills, or other characteristics that might either bar a Sim from joining or make them a prime candidate for membership.

All clubs are centered around certain group activities, whether you decide to join the “Renegades”, “Powerhouse”, or the “Avant Gardes”. For example, the “Garden Gnomes” like to spend their time catching frogs, fishing, and tending garden; while the “Knights of the Hedge” prefer to play chess and wander through the hedge maze at the Von Haunt Estate. Whenever a club gets together, each time a member does a club-approved activity, they receive club points. Activities the club enjoys are listed in green, those that are banned are marked in red. If a Sim performs an explicitly banned activity during a club gathering, the other club members will berate him or her, or they might even get kicked out.

If you want to get together with your club, you can always set a specific date/time for club members to get together and do the activities particular to that club. If you want to know if a particular Sim already belongs to a club, all you have to do is move the mouse over them to see which one(s) they belong to. If they’re in a club that you’re not in, you can apply for membership through them. A Sim can belong to up to three different clubs at any given time.

Starting Your Own Club

If you want, you can also start recruiting members right away – the club menu will list all the Sims that meet the club’s requirements, and you can invite up to five members to start with. If you’d like to go into even more detail with your club, you can also pick a club logo and set regular meeting places, which can be someone’s home or a public place, such as a café, for instance. There’s also a special door that lets you create a room only accessible to club members. And if you want to make absolutely clear which club you belong to, you can even make a dress code for your members to wear at club meetings. This could mean having everyone dress in the “Country” style, making them all wear the same color, or even creating a specific outfit according to your exact specifications. So if your Sims are all into Star Wars, you can have them dress the part for their gatherings.

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Sound