The Sims 3: Seasons

The Sims 3: Seasons is the eighth expansion pack for The Sims 3. After its initial rumors, EA had confirmed the pack through an online posting of the pack on its website on August 1st 2012, followed by a Summer Showcase on August 2nd 2012 which officially confirmed the pack and released the first official trailer for it.

Description
''Let your Sims swim in the ocean on a hot summer day, bob for apples in the autumn leaves, test their snowboarding skill on the half pipe, or welcome spring showers with a walk in the rain and a colorful umbrella. All-new activities, like soccer, and big seasonal festivals and celebrations bring the spirit of each season to life. Your Sims can pucker up at the kissing booth at the spring festival, or see what Halloween surprises await in the haunted house. Dress for the weather with seasonal fashions from sun dresses to raincoats and snow gear. With new foods, décor and weather effects, your Sims can enjoy the bounty and beauty of the ever-changing seasons and play with life like never before!''

Official

 * Delight your Sims with new activities for every season: Whether building an intimate igloo, carving a scary Jack o’ lantern, taking a plunge off the diving board or setting off all-new fireworks, your Sim can always find new things to do throughout the year.
 * Join the fun with seasonal festivals: Sims can get in a snowball fight at the annual winter festival, get their faces painted at the summer festival, whoop it up at the spring dance or bob for apples during the fall festival.
 * Experience the joy and challenge of changing weather: New weather effects and Sim reactions capture the power and beauty of nature! Sims can get a tan, be struck by lightning or catch a cold!
 * Bring the outdoors inside: Your Sim can now learn the recipe for pumpkin pie or style their home with new furniture and décor. There are a host of new items to ring in each season. Get a tanning booth in time for summer or ring in the holiday spirit with house lights and decorations.
 * Dress for the weather: Outfit your Sim in new styles for the season, including snow gear, wetsuits, raincoats, umbrellas and new Halloween costumes!
 * Welcome mysterious visitors: New weather patterns aren’t the only things appearing in the sky! Befriend an alien visitor and use their UFO to abduct a neighbor, invade a community lot or travel to the stars.
 * Relax in style in the Limited Edition Ice Lounge: Let your Sims entertain in style with the elegant ice bar, bar stool and pub table. Items like the ice dining chair, dining, table, coffee table, sofa and loveseat can add distinctive style to any room in your Sims’ home. The ice lounge also includes architectural elements to add a subtle touch of style to your Sims’ buildings.

In details

 * New Game Features
 * Ocean Swimming
 * Sims are able to swim on oceans near beaches and coastal areas.
 * It can be done year round (all seasons).
 * Sims cannot swim on waterways/lakes at community/residential lots.
 * SimsVIP Description: For the first time ever, your Sims can head out into the ocean for a swim in The Sims 3 Seasons! Whether it’s taking a dip off of the sunny beaches of Sunset Valley, or going for a paddle around the murky waters surrounding Bridgeport, your Sims are no longer confined to swimming only in pools. Explore previously unreachable areas in the world, or take along a floatie lounger for some relaxation! Your Sims can even brave the icy waters during winter in search of the Polar Bear Club moodlet!


 * Diving
 * Diving board(s) is/are added in the pack, which means Sims are able to dive in swimming pools.
 * SimsVIP Description: Sims can take a plunge using the all new Diving Board! Sims can enter the pool using a big cannon ball or slipping into the water with an elegant swan dive.


 * Snowboarding
 * Sims can snowboard on half-pipes.
 * They can only snowboard during the Winter season.
 * SimsVIP Description: Your Sims can head to the winter festival or plop down the snowboard half-pipe in their very own backyards to start learning how to snowboard! Practice makes perfect; the more time your Sims spend on the half-pipe, the better they will get, and the more EPIC the tricks they’ll be able to do!


 * Illness
 * Sims' health can get affected.
 * Examples are:
 * Sims can get tan when stayed out in the sun for too long
 * They can get struck by lightning during a storm
 * They can catch a cold
 * They can freeze
 * Allergies
 * SimsVIP Description: The weather can also directly affect the health of your Sims, giving them a tan if they stay out in the sun, getting them struck by lightning during a storm or even making them catch a cold or possibly freeze to death.


 * New Options
 * Weather Control Options - Seasons and weather are completely controllable via a brand new panel in the options menu. You want to experience winter for just one day? You got it! The length of a season — even the mere existence of a season — is fully customizable by the player!
 * Ability to turn on/off weather
 * "Tons of controls"

SimsVIP Description: ''This expansion allows you to outfit your Sims with new styles for every season, including snow gear, swimwear, raincoats and more. There are also new clothing options for toddlers, children, teens and elders, including new snow clothes and accessories for toddlers and new Halloween costumes for all ages. There are also a range of new hairs, featuring winter hats and the option to create completely bald Sims for the first time in The Sims 3!''
 * Create a Sim
 * New outfits for toddler Sims to elder Sims in different styles for each season
 * Snow gear (Winter)
 * Swimwear
 * Raincoats
 * Umbrellas
 * Four new children costumes
 * Spooky Day costumes for all age groups
 * New outerwear category
 * New hairstyles
 * Winter hats
 * Bald (no hair)
 * New face paints/masks

SimsVIP Description: Let your Sims swim in the ocean on a hot summer day, bob for apples in the autumn leaves, test their snowboarding skill on the half pipe, or welcome spring showers with a walk in the rain and a colorful umbrella. ''With the new transformative weather effects in the game, you can expect to see lots of new changes in your Sims’ worlds. From a snow-covered winter wonderland, to spring rain showers and bright summer sunshine, to changing leaf colors in the fall, The Sims 3 Seasons brings a variety of all-new creative possibilities. Brace yourselves for hail, fog, thunder, lightning and more!''
 * Seasons
 * Spring
 * During Spring, "Easter" occurs
 * Summer
 * Sims can get a tan if they stay outdoors for a period of time.
 * They may get a sunburn.
 * Fall
 * During Fall, Spooky Day occurs, a holiday based around Halloween.
 * Winter
 * During Winter, Snowflake Day occurs, a holiday based around Christmas.
 * There are snow storms such as hail
 * Snow ball fights (replaced with water balloon fights on other seasons)
 * Sims can build igloos and snowmen
 * Sims can be frozen solid
 * Sims who decide to take a dip during a particularly cold day may receive the Polar Bear Club moodlet, giving them a temporary immunity to the cold.

There are five weather types.
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Storm/Lightning
 * Hail
 * Snow
 * Children Sims and teenager Sims can skip school during snowy days


 * Unknown


 * Seasonal Festivals and Holidays
 * A new lot/venue is added in the pack. It is a festival lot.
 * Each season has a unique festival. Each festival has fun-filled activities for Sims such as competitions.
 * Each season has its own celebration, which Sims gather for the festivities for seasonal activities, food, decorations, objects and costumes.
 * Examples of such activities during these festivals are:


 * Eating contests (hot dogs, pie)
 * Carving pumpkins
 * Ice skating
 * Painting of faces


 * Watch fireworks


 * Holidays are the last days of these festivals before a few days time of changing season.
 * These holidays "is more hyped" than other normal festival days.
 * These holidays are "Easter", Spooky Day (Halloween), Snowflake Day (Christmas) and Leisure Day. This may not be the confirmed list of holidays.


 * Spring Festival
 * Egg hunt ("Search of Eggs" interaction)
 * Slow dancing on a Spring Dance
 * Summer Festival
 * Fall Festival
 * Bobbing apples
 * Trick-or-tricking
 * Winter Festival


 * New skills
 * Snowboarding - Your Sims can head to the winter festival or plop down the snowboard half-pipe in their very own backyards to start learning how to snowboard! Practice makes perfect; the more time your Sims spend on the half-pipe, the better they will get, and the more EPIC the tricks they’ll be able to do!
 * Soccer - That’s right – you’ve been asking for it for a while, and now it’s finally here! Your Sim can now compete in an epic shootout against another Sim, practice on their own, or even take part in a tournament! Just place the brand new soccer goals in Buy Mode, and watch any open space turn into a soccer pitch!


 * New hidden skills
 * Horseshoes (not confirmed)

The Sims 3 Seasons introduces the new traits “loves the cold” and “loves the heat.” Sims with these traits will enjoy more extreme temperatures, finding the cold or heat pleasant rather than uncomfortable. More to be added as more information are released in near future
 * New traits
 * Loves the cold
 * Loves the heat


 * New occult
 * Aliens - The Sims 3 Seasons introduces aliens for the first time in The Sims 3. Aliens are the occult for this game, returning from The Sims 2 with some intriguing updates. Stay tuned for more info about what aliens can do in the game!
 * Sims can befriend an alien and use their UFO to abduct a neighbor, invade a community lot, or travel to the stars (meaning travel outer space)


 * New career
 * For alien Sims only
 * The only new part-time job is Test Subject at a Science lab


 * Build/Buy Mode
 * Blueprint Mode
 * When in build/buy mode, players can create or edit lots by easily placing down pre-made room layouts.
 * They can also modify the details of design, décor and furnishings after done placing the blueprint(s).


 * New Build/Buy objects


 * New fireworks
 * Haunted house
 * Food vendors/stalls
 * Different food served on different season


 * Diving boards
 * Inflatable rafts
 * Kissing booth
 * Snow ramps
 * Horseshoes
 * "Love tester" machine
 * Gets the mood of the couple to be more romantic


 * New food/drinks

Food:
 * French Fries
 * Pumpkin Pie
 * Cotton candy

Drinks:
 * Hot chocolate
 * Egg Nog[sic]
 * Soda


 * New plant
 * Pumpkins - Sims can carve designs to them


 * New death type
 * Freezing to Death (not confirmed)


 * Others
 * New Social/Romantic Interactions - Sims can ask for a kiss beneath the mistletoe, send love letters, use the love tester machine and even create online dating profiles!
 * Sims are able to jump on water puddles.
 * Sims can walk or skate on ice.
 * There is an object which can change the weather, no matter what the season is on.
 * Gardening can get affected due to the weather, for example during the rainy day, the plants do not need to be watered by the Sims.
 * Wind effects are added in the pack.
 * Pets can interact partially to the seasons.
 * There are new Woohoo spots.
 * There are four new party types.

Editions

 * Normal edition - It only has original content for Seasons.


 * Limited edition - Normal edition with an exclusive lot and exclusive objects
 * On an Origin listing, the description about the exclusives says:

The Sims™ 3 Seasons Limited Edition

Relax in Style in the Ice Lounge Pre-order The Sims 3 Seasons Limited Edition and receive the exclusive Ice Lounge community lot. This sleek and elegant social club can be placed in any world from The Sims 3, and is available in all seasons. It is a great place for your Sims to chill on a hot day or get out of the winter wind. The venue includes new ice objects that can be placed on any lot to make your Sims’ lives just a bit cooler.

Build a hangout in your Sims’ home Let your Sims entertain in style with the elegant ice bar, bar stool, and pub table.

Make your Sims’ everyday décor cooler Items like the ice dining chair, dining, table, coffee table, sofa, and loveseat can add distinctive style to any room in your Sims’ home.

Spice up your architecture The ice lounge also includes architectural elements to add a subtle touch of style to your Sims’ buildings. Install the ice column, double door arch, chandelier, or wall sconce light to add some chilly flair.


 * The Sims 3 Plus Seasons - It is a combined pack which includes the base game and the normal edition of the pack.

Trivia

 * This is the second time that the games or expansions packs in two different "generations" of The Sims series have the same title, first being The Sims 3: Pets.
 * The expansion is bundled with The Sims 3 as The Sims 3 Plus Seasons.

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