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LBonne24
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4 years ago

Today I bought the Sims digital deluxe as a gift for my mom and sibs& what even comes with base game

Hear me out.
I got this game when it first came out, because sims 3 couldn't run on my laptop, and I had literally sunken like 70 bucks on packs and then found that out after a lot of EA troubleshooting. So I've had this game since it came out. I own every pack, even the ones I didn't even really want. Little obsessed with the sims. I got the free stuff from signing up when it first came out, and all the little things they had us do.

Here's my problem, the game has changed. And that's cool. But are they gonna get the free stuff that we got? Like do new players get the holiday free stuff kit? Will they have to reload the game to get it if so? What about grim's guitar? Does that page/link still work?

So that's my question. But also, does anyone remember what base game was like? Was it super fun? It was first Working sim game, not counting the facebook one. But all I really remember about it was how buggy it was, and how excited I was to play and get new packs. And that I kept getting abducted, I never get abducted anymore.

I was like so excited when I decided to give it to them. But is it even the same game if you have all the packs vs if you have none? Like what did I actually give them? To be clear this is not me talking down on base game, this is me trying to remember what features are in basegame, so that I can talk them through play and stuff.

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  • Not sure what you mean by free stuff when you signed up first.

    If you got the deluxe edition you will also have the tiki bar, animal hats and a few outfits that come with it.
    link to the items in the delux upgrade

    The holiday stuff is available as a free DLC. It is not added automatically, you have to click to install it. At least that is what I had to do and I started sims 4 when it was around for a while. You can find it when you open origin, go to the sims 4 in your library and the select extra content. Alternatively in the start up screen in game you can go to packs and then free stuff.

    Grims guitar is also available when you look in the start menu in the game under packs and free stuff. I haven't tried it yet but I expect it to work. Why else would it be listed.

    The only thing that I know you can't get anymore is the picture frame with the family portrait. That one was only available at the launch of sims online.

    The mood lights from sims 3, the plumbob lights, will only be available for sims 3 owners.

    And of course if your mom & sibs patch up their game, they will get everything that was patched in for the base game over the years. For example I started after the toddler patch but immediately had pools, ghosts, the athletic career and all the other stuff from previous updates.

    edit to add link

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