

There’s also a Flea Market where you can shop for treasures, rummage around for exclusive collectables only available in San Myshuno and sell your own stuff by setting up your own stall. We went to a Romance Festival at Planet Honey Pop and spent loads of time chatting, tried some great food at the Humour and Hijinks’ Festival as well as singing pretty atrociously, and Geekcon, where we played games and had a go in the rocket ship. On other occasions, my new girlfriend Katrina Caliente and I visited many of the festivals that the City Living expansion pack has to offer. We drank, chatted, played video games and had copious amounts of food it was great fun and it made my time in this beautiful city mean something. After a knock on the door, I started talking to Arun and Jesminder (two wonderful people by the way) and we arranged to have a party in one of the Alto Apartments. I spent the first few days in San Myshuno sitting in my apartment, alone, because I’m not a very social person anyway. People knock on your door and ask if you want to hang out, others will invite you to some of the city’s wonderful festivals and others just want to chat on the phone. In The Sims 4: City Living, you feel like more of a member of a community, or like you’re on an episode of Friends. I got pretty distracted by making friends, completely forgetting I was supposed to be writing a column and reading a pile of books that I never managed to finish.

Whether you can’t be arsed to go into work, or you’d rather meet up with some pals for a coffee, working at home lets you do both, but making sure you complete your workload is important. One of the best features about these new careers is having the option to work at home. I started off as a paper deliverer, then progressed up the ranks past story researcher and beat reporter to checking out the finest art and food San Myshuno has to offer. You could become a Politician and fight the good fight, or work as a Social Media trend-setter and become far too popular for your own good. There are 3 new careers in City Living, and they are very modern, current paths for you to take. New Lot Traits become available and you can change them, adding a nice new way to experience city life. For example, my apartment on Culpepper was apparently haunted, and the landlord had a plaque in the apartment I wasn’t allowed to take down. Every one of the apartments comes with Lot Traits, which affect gameplay and add different outcomes to how your story unfolds. Apartments get much nicer as you move upmarket, and with enough money, you can add some fancy new furniture or equipment exclusive to The Sims 4: City Living. If you do want to move to nicer living quarters, expect to play a whopping £3500 a week to live in the Alto Apartments, or $1000 a week to move to the Jasmine Suites in the Arts Quarter. It wasn’t the best apartment, and the landlord had to do a fair share of maintenance, but it was my home. My first apartment was 18 Culpepper House in the Spice Market. There are some clear price differences in rent across San Myshuno, especially if you want to live Uptown. There’s always plenty to do when you’re not working, and visiting places like the Myshuno Meadows offers some opportunities for the romantic among you. The Spice Market has some basketball courts to practice your moves on, the Arts Quarter features a rather suave art gallery, the Fashion District is where you can visit the delightfully tacky Planet Honey Pop karaoke bar and Uptown is the kind of place where money is the only language you need. San Myshuno is a separated into four districts, each with its own personality. San Myshuno is a big city, and there’s plenty to do whether you want to explore the entertainment or soak up the culture, there’s something for everyone, even if it’s a bit overwhelming at first. From the moment I moved into my new apartment, it was obvious I had a lot to learn, from getting used to the loud neighbours partying to ungodly hours in the morning, to making sure I turned my work in on time in my new career as a critic. It’s tough moving into a big city after living in the confines of a small community the lights are brighter, the people are louder and the pressure to be somebody is greater.
