History VideoGame / TheSims4

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A failed attempt to cast a hallucination has a chance of backfiring on the vampire caster, leaving the poor vampire hallucinating under his/her own compulsion.

* ''For Rent'': Releasing on 07 December 2023. Introduces the South East Asian inspired world of Tomarang and the ability to own and manage rental properties. It will also add a gameplay mechanic to allow for multiple active files on one lot.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: ''The Sims 4'' is the first generation of the game to regularly include same-sex couples among its pre-created Sims. Curiously, all of the three married lesbian couples introduced so far have a child, while the first two married gay couple didn't: the first male-male couple introduced are obsessed with their dog and show no indications of planning to expand their human family, while the second married late in life and so are unlikely to be adopting kids when they're already elderly. The third male-male couple makes up for this by not only having a child of their own but they also have a grandchild.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: ''The Sims 4'' is the first generation of the game to regularly include same-sex couples among its pre-created Sims. Curiously, all of the three married lesbian couples introduced so far have a child, while neither married gay couple do: the first male-male couple introduced are obsessed with their dog and show no indications of planning to expand their human family, while the second married late in life and so are unlikely to be adopting kids when they're already elderly. It's presumably somewhat unintentional but noteworthy nonetheless.

* TeensAreShort: {{Averted}}: for the first time since their introduction into the franchise, Teens are the same height as Sims in the Young Adult/Adult/Elder life stages. Ironically, this led to a bit of a backlash from the fanbase, because it made them harder to tell their age at a glance.

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* MythologyGag: When sims fall asleep while scared, they can have nightmares, which are described in a notification. One is about drowning in a ladder-less pool and wondering why they couldn't just climb out, which is how many players killed their sims in the first two games before ''The Sims 3'' made the ladders optional.

** Dark purple for Scared[[note]]added in a later update for the Paranormal Stuff pack.[[/note]]
** Fine has no color at all.

* FreshmanFears: The description of the ''Wall o’ Gym Lockers, Large'', mention that it give nostalgia of high school gym class, and that it stores everything short of freshman hazing victims.

* UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}}: The University of Britechester in ''Discover University'' is a fictionalized, Simified version thereof, described as having been founded nearly a millennium ago by a princess as a private academy for the royals.

* ProductPlacement: For ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Wars Episode VII]]''- the outfits and hair styles of various Star Wars characters are made available in the game to drum up interest in the Star Wars games (of which EA has the license to) and the movie.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The developers of ''Get Famous'' appeared to have some [[DevelopersForesight foresight]] as to how easy to acquire and annoying some fame quirks could be. For example, the Vain Street quirk that famous Sims have a chance of getting whenever they interact with a mirror which causes them to need to [[{{Narcissist}} look at themselves in a mirror frequently]], or else they'll become tense. In the Acting career, practicing in front of a mirror and as such getting this quirk is pretty much inevitable. No need to fret, though. In the Rewards Store, there is a cheap Quirk-B-Gone potion that only costs 250 Satisfaction Points.