Sims will act on their own if you don’t give them any instructions, so you and your friends can always just sit back and eat popcorn while they live out the bizarre micro dramas of their digital lives. While your sim is showering or heading off to work, hand the controller to a friend and let them instruct their sim to write a novel or flirt with their neighbor. Shoving a lot of sims into one house makes co-op even easier. Thanks to the newly released console versions of The Sims 4 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game finally feels less like a creepy dollhouse of your own design and more like an experience to enjoy with a friend on the couch, passing a controller back and forth.Īs ever, there are dozens of ways to play this game, whether you’re a weirdo like me who finds inner peace looking at furniture options, or someone who wants to find creative ways to murder characters. Most Sims games have been limited to players with gaming PCs, but the new console releases finally level the playing field. There’s no two-player option, and if you aren’t in the driver’s seat it can feel like peering over someone’s shoulder into their virtual life. Everything about the game on suggests a quiet time for one.
Since the release of the very first quirky life simulator The Sims in 2000, it’s been my go-to game for a night by myself.
