The Sims 4: City Living

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 75
  3. Negative: 26 out of 75
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  1. john95x
    Nov 19, 2016
    1
    Way too expensive considering how little content this DLC adds. Literally a new skin for the base game + a few new skills and activities (singing, social media, protesting) but otherwise nothing special. Definitely not worth 40$. I am having major buyer's remorse right now. This DLC should be priced at 20$ or less NOT 40$.
  2. hekcl
    Nov 23, 2016
    0
    It's too expensive that contain little content and already have been in base game. This city is too small and not include empty lot that can build anything like restaurant or store that you can management.
  3. zillak
    Feb 7, 2017
    4
    This brings very little in terms of actual new content to the game. In addition I was really let down by the fact that you have no real build options. You cannot build apartment buildings in other cities or for that matter build any more in San Myshuno town. You can't build apartments from scratch like you could in The Sims 2.
    Perhaps the most interesting thing was the "work from home"    This brings very little in terms of actual new content to the game. In addition I was really let down by the fact that you have no real build options. You cannot build apartment buildings in other cities or for that matter build any more in San Myshuno town. You can't build apartments from scratch like you could in The Sims 2.
    Perhaps the most interesting thing was the "work from home" option, but as this only applies to the new professions added with the expansion, it doesn't really add that much to the game as a whole.
    Get it on sale if you like, but it's definitely not worth full price.    … Expand
  4. mirta000
    Nov 1, 2016
    1
    it's an expansion that is 70% base game content recycled, but it is still being sold for 40$. What you're really buying is a nice backdrop and a privilege of living in EA prebuilt apartments. Even if you are a The Sims 4 fan, I would recommend to get it on sale.
  5. reviewfrom19842
    Dec 26, 2016
    0
    Only made for money and nothing else. There is a new city and that's it pointless thing. EA loves money and that's why they make these things.........
  6. Jake71887
    Apr 16, 2020
    1
    Even on a 50% sale this isn't worth the money. The new neighborhood is riddled with bugs that pop up constantly. Interactions break constantly, ultra speed breaks because of the festivals, the camera weirds out when you go to the street. Years later and these bugs haven't been fixed yet.
  7. tinyfeline
    Dec 19, 2016
    1
    I thought this expansion would make it more similar to The Sims 3's city regarding the design when you're choosing where you want to travel to, but it didn't make much of a difference. Honestly, the game packs and stuff packs together are more worth buying than this expansion pack... the only remarkable thing is that there are apartments. It adds little more than nothing to the game.

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. NZGamer
    Jan 19, 2017
    90
    City Living gives us a township full of life that’s easy and fun to explore. With new ways to do jobs and fun interactions with neighbours, this is one expansion any Sims lover should add to their collection.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 13, 2017
    65
    Discovering new additions is fun, but it does not last long, because the game gets repetitive quickly. [01/2017, p.71]
  3. Worth Playing
    Jan 4, 2017
    93
    The Sims 4: City Living encourages you to be constantly out and doing things. In a word, it is refreshing. It's precisely what I felt was missing from the base game of The Sims 4 and from every expansion since. My only true criticism of it is that it's an expansion. I wish that the base game could've felt as real as City Living does, and I wish I didn't have to spend $40 on top of the $40 for The Sims 4. If you've been holding off on The Sims 4 until That One Expansion, City Living is the one.
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