EA has released a massive new The Sims 4 update ahead of a new expansion that's due to arrive next week, and the update brings lots of new spooky goodies including new death reactions, ghost creation, and more.
The Sims 4's latest expansion Life and Death is set to launch on Halloween (because of course it is), and a free update has been released ahead of that launch to prepare The Sims 4 for a spooky time.
First up, Sims can now react to other Sims' deaths "based on traits and relationships", so you might see your Sim weeping for the death of a loved one, for instance, or even "retching at a stranger's death". Charming.
You can now create Ghost Sims during the Create a Sim process, and once a Sim has passed on, they'll become a Ghost Sim with a new set of needs including the likes of "Goo Waste", "Spooky Diversions", and "Apparition Cleansing".
If a Sim that's married to another Sim dies, they'll be widowed, but the Sims can ask to stay married in order to reinstate their marriage status if you wish them to.
Perhaps most importantly, per the patch notes, "Sims can WooHoo...