It wasn’t too long ago thatThe Sims 4announced its newest game pack,Dream Home Decorator, but it seems the “Summer ofSims” will continue with a brand new expansion pack. The pack has been teased for the last few days, butThe Sims 4finally released the trailer forCottage Livingearlier today andThe Simscommunity seems incredibly excited for it. The expansion releases next month and will feature a quaint, cottage-core neighborhood for players to experience. Farming has been highly requested by certainThe Sims 4players, and it seems likeCottage Livingwill more than deliver that kind of gameplay.
Despite a farming-oriented pack being requested so often by the community, it seemsThe Sims 4still had a few surprises up its sleeve. The trailer showed new animals to interact with like bunnies, cows, and even llamas.Adding llamas toThe Sims 4is by far the most surprising part of the newCottage Livingpack, but it’s not entirely unexpected.The Simsfranchise actually has a long-standing history with llamas, stemming all the way back to the originalThe Simsgame.
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The Sims History of Llamas
The Simsfranchise has included llamas from the start. All Sims live in “SimNation,” and the national animal of the fictional country is the llama. One of the first appearances of llama references inThe Simswas inThe Sims: Livin’ Largewhere Sims could wear a “Llamas” baseball outfit.The Sims: Makin’ Magicletsplayers use an ingredient called “Llama Spit”in some magic recipes, and if Sims reject an invitation to go somewhere, they often say they need to feed their llama instead.
The Sims 2saw the return of llama references, including a tribe inThe Sims 2: Castawaythat worshipped llamas.The Sims 2expansion packFreeTimeincluded a new game called “Don’t wake the llama,” which actually reappeared inThe Sims 4: Get Together. Perhaps one of the funniest llama references inThe Sims 2comes with a pop-up regarding the Head of the SCIA job, stating that “Repeated Llama Bleating”is an illegal questioning methodused by the SCIA.
The Sims 3ramped up the llama references even further, with the sports stadium in both Riverview and Sunset Valley being called “Llama Memorial Stadium.” Certain books available for purchase were also llama puns, including “The Silence of the Llamas”—obviously a reference to the 1990s thrillerThe Silence of the Lambs. Sims can also insult each other by implying the other one’s mother is a llama or,withThe Sims 3: Ambitionsexpansion, refuse to give someone a makeover because they look like a llama.
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Llamas in The Sims 4 and Cottage Living
The presence of llamas inThe Simsis a quirk that makes the franchise so unique and fun.The Sims 4has llama references in abundance, including the return of the Mean “Imply Mother Looks is a Llama” interaction. The pop culture references haven’t stopped either, with Sims being able to watch the premiere of “Game of Llamas,” a reference toGame of Thrones, withThe Sims 4: Seasonsexpansion pack.
Despite all these llama references, though, llamas have never appeared in-game as an actual animal.The newSims 4pack,Cottage Living, is changing this, though. The new expansion pack won’t be out for another month, but the reveal trailer shows llamas quite a few different times, including with one Sim shearing their llama. The inclusion of llamas inCottage Livingis only surprising because it would have been easier and more expected to add horses in-game.
However, llamas have never been inThe Simsfranchise in this capacity before, so it’ll hopefully add some interesting new gameplay alongside all the other features coming withCottage Living.The Simshas always loved llamas, and it’ll be fun tofinally see them in-game inThe Sims 4.
The Sims 4: Cottage Livingreleases July 22 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
