The Sims 4 has recently celebrated its 4th birthday. It was released on 2nd September 🦄2𝓡014 and has been expanding ever since through additional free and chargeable content.
The 4th game in The Sims franchise currently boasts 5 expansion packs, 6 game packs, and 14 stuff packs. These, alongside free updates and patches, have added a great deal to the game. There are now 9 worlds to explore and a number of new careers and hobbies. They alꦗso add new clothes and items, reflecting different cultures and worlds.
Something I’ve always loved about The Sims franchise is the incredible attention to detail that goes into each aspect of the game. There are so many tiny intricate details that can easily pass you by but which help to make the experience of playing so immersive. From aspects of the background to tiny elements of the soundtr🏅ack, the attention to detail makes the franchise stand out.
While many of these details come with new content many more are added to the base game through the reasonably frequen🃏t free content updates, the most recent of which gave players a selection of Caribbean themed build buy items and clothing.
When you stop to examine the different areas of the game and take time to pay attention to the background you will find a huge number of tiny touches that you’ve likely missed before. While it would take all day to list all the intricacies of this game here are 30 hidden details I found in The Sims 4.
30 Left Handed Sims Exisﷺt
Have you ever noticed that Sims can be either lefꦐt or right-handed? I certainly didn’t but I think this is one of my favorite tiny details. In real life, while the majority of people are right-han꧅ded there are obviously also left-handed people in the world.
The Sims seems to reflect this accurately, with most Sims defaulting to right handed but a section of them preferring to eat with their left hands.
For those who would love to change this as far as I’m aware there is no cheat code for it, but the hidden trait can🍌 be set in some mods.
29 🤪 ❀ Teens Can Be Given The Talk
If you are a parent then you will find an option under friendly interactions to give your teen a woohoo 🅺tal🐬k. This is an amusing interaction and you can expect a great reaction from your teen.
Make sure you watch your teens reactions as you educate them about the world.
As in real life,﷽ the parent looks slightly awkward as they deliver an impassioned speech to a teen rolling their eyes. It also lasts much lo💙nger than is comfortable, until everyone is embarrassed.
28 🐟 Don’t Be A Weirdo 🐼
If you start doing weird things expect other Sims to react to you. For instance, if you take ph✨otos of other Sims they will be annoyed. Expect to get some interesting looks 🅠and for Sims to walk off in a huff in response to you invading their space and privacy.
Gone are the days when all your weird habits were ignored. Expect shock if you decide to shower in the rain and embarrassment if you💫 make a fool of yourself. Sims in the town will react to your actions, even if you aren’t cont🦋rolling them.
27 Sims Love Singing In Theꦬ Shower ☂
You may expect a 🔴musical Sim to randomly burst into song, and in fact, they do, but did you know all Sims are prone to musical interludes?
No 𝕴matter what your Sim’s skills or traits the vast majority of them will sing in the shower. Maybe not very often but it seems the temptation is just too much for most.
I’ve rarely had a Sim who can resist b🍨elting out a tune in the saf✃ety of the shower. However, the tunefulness will vary. Singing is a skill so if you don’t have it expect your Sim’s bathroom boogie to fall flat.
26 Sims Willꦉ Proudly Display Their Kids Art
For a while now there has been the ability to have child Sims create drawings via the creativity table. You can choose the subject and your 🐠child will produce you a loving masterpiece in crayon. These can then be placed on the wall through build and buy mode.
However, the family organizer object from Parenthood takes out the hassle of this process. Photos and artwork will autonomously appear on the board, lovingly placed there by your Sim child’s parents or older siblings.
25 Snow Globes Are Functional 🧜
City Living brought not just the city of San Myshuno but also the snow globe collection. Hidden in boxes around the city these snow globes are beaut💎iful collector's items.
As they are so tiny you would be forgiven for assuming they ar𒆙e a static collectible.
However, as with many similar items, this is not the case. Each snow globe has it’s only tiny animations. Fromꦺ the love hearts which fall over the freezer bunny to the meteor which falls next to the dinosaur. Each reflects different aspects of the game in intricate detail.
24 🌳 Doctors Are Very Thorough
The doctor꧋ career has some great detail and quirks. When patients are being examined there are subtle clues to𓆉 show their condition.
Sparks fly when you take the temperature oܫf someone with a fever and if you look in someone’s ears the light shines out the other side of their head. You can also see stars if your patient is dizzy.
The hospital itself is not short of d꧂etail either, with moving x-ray machines and intricate machines, the most worrying of which is the machine which pregnant wཧomen are put into.
23 Windenburg’s S♛ea Has Some Surprises
I actually went out to the Bluffs to spot this one as I’d never noticed it before. Although you may need to ang👍le the c🌱amera so it’s close to ground level, if you look out you can see beautiful boats.
I even caught a glimpse of a distinct sea monster shaped creature.
The shores are Windenburg are far fr♌om boring. As well as the boats and the occasional lurking visitor there𓆉 is also a seaplane. These seem to rotate with different patterned sailboats coming and going along the shore.
22 🦄 Traits Affect Your Mood 🌟
Different traits will affect your Sims as they go about their day. These are very detailed and far m♒ore in-depth than you may realize.
Examples include a sad mood-let if a family oriented Sim is away from their partner and kids at wo꧃rk. Materialistic Sims get frustrated if they haven’t bought anything recently while loner Sims get anxious around strangers.
These traits are vꦿery detailed, affecting moods as well as behavior, meaning Sims react realistically to situations they encounter.
21 ♏ Moods Affect 🍌Your Life
The mood you🦄r Sim is in will affect how they do things. Cooking angrily often results 𝓀in a mess and a bad quality meal, while being in a happy mood will boost the quality of your dish.
If 🍃your Sim has a negative mood, like being angry, sad, or uncomfortable it will have a negative effect on any items you are produci💮ng. Sometimes a Sim can be too uncomfortable to perform certain tasks at all. It’s a nice reflection of being too tired, hungry or sad to be able to be creative.