{"id":9497,"date":"2022-11-03T16:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/the-sims-4-is-finally-letting-me-mess-up-my-house\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T16:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:16:07","slug":"the-sims-4-is-finally-letting-me-mess-up-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/03\/the-sims-4-is-finally-letting-me-mess-up-my-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 4 is finally letting me mess up my house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since The Sims 2, clutter has taken up the vast majority of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-4-cc-maxis-match-custom-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom content <\/a>library. There&#8217;s never been enough of it in the games, which is why I&#8217;m stoked to see that The Sims 4 is releasing a brand new kit dedicated to nicknacks and doodads.<\/p>\n<p>The Everyday Clutter Kit looks to be taking my favourite part of the building process and giving simmers a ton of personal touches to throw into builds. There are only a couple of screenshots to go off right now, but I&#8217;m already sold on what I can see. The things that stick out the most to me right now are a group of three used mugs (complete with obligatory stains and used teabags), a headphone stand and a pair of reading glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are also clutter items that can help give more flavour to sims&#8217; personalities. There are makeup and jewellery stands, a ring light, plus a ton of fitness stuff like water bottles, dumbbells and a yoga mat. There&#8217;s also a mini chess set for our smarter sims, plus a graphics tablet for the more creatively inclined. Clutter can make the difference between a Sims build looking lifeless and lived in, and extra clutter has frequently been a request from players who love decorating which makes this Kit a pretty neat addition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: EA)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the only kit coming, either. There&#8217;s also the Pastel Pop Kit, made in collaboration with Sims YouTuber Plumbella. The kit sports soft pastels and shapes, with dashes of &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s inspiration in its patterns and palette. It&#8217;s a super cute kit and feels fitting for Plumbella&#8217;s style. She&#8217;s been a great creator in the community for years, and I spent many hours in 2020 watching her while holed up in <em>those times <\/em>with The Sims 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still not sold on the concept of kits as a whole\u2014it&#8217;s nice to see more focused concepts that wouldn&#8217;t necessarily be big enough for a Stuff, Game or Expansion Pack\u2014but it does feel like a minimal-approach effort to bridging the gap between winding down on The Sims 4 in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-5-project-rene-multiplayer-gameplay-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Rene<\/a> announcement. Regardless, the clutter kit will definitely end up in my ever-growing collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-sims-4-expansions-and-game-packs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sims 4 expansions.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both kits are set to release on November 10.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]The Sims 4 is finally letting me mess up my house<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>Ever since The Sims 2, clutter has taken up the vast majority of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-4-cc-maxis-match-custom-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom content <\/a>library. There&#8217;s never been enough of it in the games, which is why I&#8217;m stoked to see that The Sims 4 is releasing a brand new kit dedicated to nicknacks and doodads.<\/p>\n<p>The Everyday Clutter Kit looks to be taking my favourite part of the building process and giving simmers a ton of personal touches to throw into builds. There are only a couple of screenshots to go off right now, but I&#8217;m already sold on what I can see. The things that stick out the most to me right now are a group of three used mugs (complete with obligatory stains and used teabags), a headphone stand and a pair of reading glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are also clutter items that can help give more flavour to sims&#8217; personalities. There are makeup and jewellery stands, a ring light, plus a ton of fitness stuff like water bottles, dumbbells and a yoga mat. There&#8217;s also a mini chess set for our smarter sims, plus a graphics tablet for the more creatively inclined. Clutter can make the difference between a Sims build looking lifeless and lived in, and extra clutter has frequently been a request from players who love decorating which makes this Kit a pretty neat addition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: EA)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the only kit coming, either. There&#8217;s also the Pastel Pop Kit, made in collaboration with Sims YouTuber Plumbella. The kit sports soft pastels and shapes, with dashes of &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s inspiration in its patterns and palette. It&#8217;s a super cute kit and feels fitting for Plumbella&#8217;s style. She&#8217;s been a great creator in the community for years, and I spent many hours in 2020 watching her while holed up in <em>those times <\/em>with The Sims 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still not sold on the concept of kits as a whole\u2014it&#8217;s nice to see more focused concepts that wouldn&#8217;t necessarily be big enough for a Stuff, Game or Expansion Pack\u2014but it does feel like a minimal-approach effort to bridging the gap between winding down on The Sims 4 in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-5-project-rene-multiplayer-gameplay-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Rene<\/a> announcement. Regardless, the clutter kit will definitely end up in my ever-growing collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-sims-4-expansions-and-game-packs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sims 4 expansions.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both kits are set to release on November 10.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}