No matter the season, The Sims 4 nails the aesthetic and atmosphere of each one and is almost reason enough to jump on this expansion, but The Sims 4: Seasons has more to show than just the yearly weather. The frigid winter air can be felt rattling through bones as cool blues set into the nooks of warm homes with the fall of first snow, watching it steadily build through the season. Just playing through summer feels hot, as a warmer tone sets over neighborhoods matched by nights of heavy summer thunderstorms and heatwaves blanketing the streets. What really makes each individual season stand out is, of course, all the things to do and changing of the leaves, but The Sims 4 has gone above and beyond in getting the mood just right for each season. If The Sims 4: Seasons gets one thing right, it’s the feeling of each season. It means living out ones’ favorite season(s) and skipping those dreaded months, whatever the time of year. A simple feature for Seasons, but an important one, is that the seasons can be set to seven days, fourteen days or thirty days. What seemed to be a relatively short cycle when starting Seasons, allotting one week in game time to each season, proved to be just enough time to get comfortable with all the seasons in planning for the next cycle. Pick a favorite season or save the best for last, once that seasonal cycle gets going it won’t matter either way. Once Seasons has been implemented in game, The Sims 4 waste no time putting that yearly weather to work asking immediately what season the player would like to start in.
With The Sims 4: Seasons comes a slew of compelling changes that add depth to The Sims 4 were it had been lacking Seasons would be fun to play even without the other content (though it does help).
Hitting a good stride of yearly content, The Sims 4 isn’t running out of steam, yet, and while it took time to get to Seasons, it’s well worth it now that the seasons of sims lives are in full swing. Marking the fifth expansion after many real seasons of DLC, Sims can now enjoy year-round appropriate weather just like their real-life counter parts in The Sims 4: Seasons.