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Additional career and business running expansion pack for fourth series of well known simulation game

Additional career and business running expansion pack for fourth series of well known simulation game

Vote: (260 votes)

Program license: Paid

Developer: ELECTRONIC ARTS

Works under: Windows

Also available for Mac

Vote:

Program license

(260 votes)

Paid

Developer

ELECTRONIC ARTS

Works under:

Also available for

Windows

Mac

Pros

  • New jobs with creative skills
  • Ability to open up your own business
  • Tons of fun inventions to play with

Cons

  • Plenty of busy work advancing in a career path
  • Detective job is a bit underwhelming

Get to Work is an expansion for The Sims 4 that expands deeply on the occupations of your Sims and provides you with a whole raft of new features and materials for customizing their lives - or terrorizing their lives, as the case may be. The Sims series, and Sims 4 in particular, have earned Electronics Arts a lot of money and created a loyal and enthusiastic fanbase. But while new expansions are released regularly, the addition of a rich and meaningful work-life could hypothetically change the Sims dynamic in a big way.

The biggest pull here is the fact that you can now interact with your Sims at work, and there are three new jobs that mix up the formula of vanilla Sims in some really fun ways. Each of the jobs comes with their own career track, and following them through to their conclusion is the best way to make the most of this expansion. Detectives go through the methodical process of investigating crime scenes and comparing clues, while doctors get to deliver the babies of other Sims in the neighborhood and use their own detective skills to suss out diseases.

But the biggest expansion of content comes with the scientist profession. Maxis' irreverence is on full display with a job that draws on pulp fiction mad scientists. Wanting to freeze your fellow Sims or make the whole neighborhood take a nap? You have the option with Get to Work. Scientists can even discover alien life and venture to bizarre new worlds to investigate them. The other jobs may make incremental changes to the formula, but scientists pack in a whole lot of new content.

Just keep in mind that the new focus on work also changes what it's like to control your Sims at home. In other words, it can often seem like your new Sims simply work to live. The amount of rest they need when they get home greatly narrows the amount of time you can devote to social activities with your Sims. It's a more expansive approach to the lives of your Sims that can also paradoxically feel much more narrow. Fortunately, you can always revert back to the original if you find yourself wanting to return to the classic. You also might find yourself more interesting the deeper you get into the career track. Just like anything in the Sims, success is all about maxing out skills and balancing your time. Your Sims will start on the lowest end of the totem pole but eventually find themselves in control of some of the coolest features available in the game.

But new jobs aren't the only addition in Get to Work. The other big elephant in the room is retail businesses. This new system adds value to the jobs and skills that are already present in the Sims 4 by letting you open up your own shop. Success largely means chatting with customers until they're persuaded to buy something, but it definitely adds value to the new photography and baking skills. This also plays to the strength of Sim's massive catalog of items. Pretty much anything in the game can be sold in your store, and that lends a huge amount of value to every job that exists.

Get to Work is the rare expansion that actually fundamentally changes the experience of a core game. The new jobs let you explore new worlds and peddle just about anything. The fact that it's the first expansion for Sims 4 means there's room to grow, but it's a hefty package in its own right.

Pros

  • New jobs with creative skills
  • Ability to open up your own business
  • Tons of fun inventions to play with

Cons

  • Plenty of busy work advancing in a career path
  • Detective job is a bit underwhelming