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[[File:TS4GTW Icon.png|left|60px]]'''''The Sims 4: Get to Work''''' is the first [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 4]]''. It was released in North America on March 31, 2015, in digital and physical formats for PC, and digital for Mac.<ref name="release date" /><ref name="release confirmation"/><ref>[http://simsvip.com/2015/02/04/ea-announces-the-sims-4-get-to-work-expansion-pack/ EA Announces The Sims 4: Get To Work Expansion Pack by SimsVIP]</ref> It includes three new active careers; Detective, Doctor and Scientist, and also allows Sims to own and manage their own retail businesses. It is a spiritual successor to ''[[The Sims 2: Open For Business]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions]]''.
  
[[File:TS4GTW Icon.png|left|60px]]'''''The Sims 4: Get to Work''''' is the first [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 4]]''. It was released in North America on March 31, 2015, in digital and physical formats for PC, and digital for Mac.<ref name="release date" /><ref name="release confirmation"/><ref>[http://simsvip.com/2015/02/04/ea-announces-the-sims-4-get-to-work-expansion-pack/ EA Announces The Sims 4: Get To Work Expansion Pack by SimsVIP]</ref> It includes three new active careers; Detective, Doctor and Scientist, and also allows Sims to own and manage their own retail businesses. It is a spiritual successor to ''[[The Sims 2: Open For Business]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions]]''.
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== Official description ==
  
== Official description ==

Revision as of 19:04, 20 March 2018

The Sims 4: Get to Work
The Sims 4: Get to Work
The Sims 4: Get to Work
The Sims 4 Get to Work Cover
Developer(s) Maxis, The Sims Studio
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Series The Sims
Platform(s) Windows, macOS
Release date(s) NA March 31, 2015 [1][2]
EU April 2, 2015
March 20, 2018 (console)
Genre(s) Life simulation
Mode(s) Single-player
Media DVD or Digital (PC), Digital-only (Mac)
System requirements Minimum system requirements on TheSims.com
Themes Careers, Business
Creature Alien[3]
Neighborhood Magnolia Promenade
TS4GTW Icon

The Sims 4: Get to Work is the first expansion pack for The Sims 4. It was released in North America on March 31, 2015, in digital and physical formats for PC, and digital for Mac.[1][2][4] It includes three new active careers; Detective, Doctor and Scientist, and also allows Sims to own and manage their own retail businesses. It is a spiritual successor to The Sims 2: Open For Business and The Sims 3: Ambitions.

The console version was released on March 20, 2018.

Official description

Rule the Workplace

You rule the workplace with The Sims 4 Get to Work. Actively control your Sims while they’re on the job, and determine whether they're headed toward a big promotion or are becoming the workplace menace. Jump to the rescue and save countless lives as a Doctor, torment your neighbors with mischievous inventions as a Scientist, or investigate crime scenes and crack the big cases as a Detective. If you’d rather be your own boss, you can even create, customize, and manage your own retail businesses and become a Simoleonaire! You decide how your Sims get to work.

KEY FEATURES

Become a Doctor, Detective, or Scientist. Control your Sims in all-new career venues, and use your analytical mastermind to create crazy inventions as a Scientist, see what secrets you uncover as you investigate crime scenes as a Detective, or treat patients, deliver babies, and perform emergency surgery as a Doctor.

Create unique retail businesses. You rule your business! Create any type of retail business you desire, including bakeries, clothing boutiques, art galleries, bookstores, and many more. Customize every facet of your business with Build Mode and watch the Simoleons roll in! Select what items to sell, manage your employees as you see fit, and schmooze your customers to close the sale.

Learn new skills. Teach your Sims some new skills to create more unique objects to enjoy in The Sims 4. Capture the picture-perfect photo or bake and decorate a delicious treat with the new Photography and Baking skills. Display your creations at home or sell them to earn some extra Simoleons!

New features

New gameplay objects

New gameplay mechanics

  • Brand new active careers.
  • Sims can now run different kinds of businesses.
  • New Life state: Alien
  • New Secret lot: Sixam
  • Hospital birth.
  • Illness system.
  • New Baking skill.
  • New venue: Retail
  • New radio station called Easy Listening.
  • New alien exclusive !#*%&$@% television channel.
  • New Geodes collection.

World and neighborhoods

The Sims 4: Get to Work includes a new independent neighborhood - Magnolia Promenade. Magnolia Promenade is not a full world, and contains four lots, three of which have prebuilt stores, and one empty lot that the player can build their own business on. Get to Work also includes a secret lot called "Sixam" (which is "Maxis" spelled backwards), which can be found using the Wormhole Generator, available at level 10 of the new Scientist Career. Sixam is a great place to find some alien friends or find new collectables.

Active Careers

The Sims 4 detective screenshot

A detective.

Main article: Profession

Get to Work also introduces active careers, which are the main focus of the expansion. These careers give the player an opportunity to follow Sims to work. When the player is following a Sim in their workplace, the player is given tasks that are needed to be completed in order to have a promotion.

There are three active careers: Detective, Doctor and Scientist.

Retail Business

Retail Panel Closed

Owning a business.

Main article: Business

In Get to Work, Sims can once again have their own retail businesses.

The simplest way of managing the store is through the Owned Business Panel located in the bottom right of the UI, next to Needs. From this panel, players can manage a Sim's retail store or restaurant as they would with a Register. The Business Panel shows each lot's name, whether it is open or closed, and number of hours opened for.

There is a variety of retail businesses such as a photo gallery, bakery, book store, or clothing shop. Shops can sell practically any item.

Aliens

TS4 Alien Mind Control

Alien mind controlling a Sim.

Main article: Alien

Sim-like playable aliens return in the Get to Work. Aliens are similar to those in previous games, though there are a few differences. For example, they appear roughly the same as before, but glow slightly when feeling strong emotions.

Aliens can be created from the Create a Sim menu. This is similar to the Supernatural Type button from The Sims 3: Supernatural. From Create a Sim, players can choose from a range of alien face presets, unique eyes, and a range of skin tones such as blue, purple and green. They can also adjust the pointy ears. There is also a range of alien-like makeup which can also be used by normal Sims.

Price

Get to Work was priced at $39.99 USD and £29.99 GBP at launch, the same as the original pricing of an expansion pack for The Sims 3.[5] Expansion pack prices for The Sims 4 are intended to be similar to prices for The Sims 3 expansion packs in most locations.

Trivia

  • The photography skill along with digital cameras used to be exclusive to Get to Work, but they were added in to the base game in Patch 57.

Gallery

Music

Alternative

  • Robert DeLong - Long Way Down
  • Paper Route - Zhivago
  • New Politics - Everywhere I Go
  • LIGHTS - Up We Go
  • Big Data - The Business of Emotion

Easy Listening

  • Bg RL Ps - Lolligag
  • DT Jm me - 16th Precinct
  • DT Jm me - Long Road Home
  • L'Estrange - Cityscape
  • L'Estrange - Gallery And Hilary
  • Marsac - Beat Trekers
  • Marsac - Carnaby Street
  • O'Brien - Elevator

Pop

  • Katy Tiz - Whistle
  • Red Atlas- Wild
  • Krishane - Drunk and Incapable
  • Echosmith - Nothing's Wrong

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sims 4 Get To Work: March 31st Release Date on SimsVIP.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Sims 4 Get To Work Releases March 31st, 2015 on SimsVIP.com Retrieved March 15, 2015
  3. ↑ The Sims - Time for your Sims to Get to Work! - Official Site
  4. ↑ EA Announces The Sims 4: Get To Work Expansion Pack by SimsVIP
  5. ↑ "The Sims 4: Get To Work". Origin.
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