The latest Sims 4 update will take you far, far away—as far as Orlando or Anaheim. Whichever one’s farther for you, I guess. Honestly, during a pandemic, anything that’s outside your own home is far enough.
The Sims 4—Star Wars: Journey to Batuu is an upcoming game pack set on the same planet as Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the theme park expansion that opened last year at Disneyland and Disney World. Batuu, a planet on the outer rim, is home to Black Spire Outpost, which conveniently has the kinds of things you’d expect to find at a theme park: rides, costumed characters, all sorts of themed merchandise and food, and more. It’s about as immersive as theme parks get, and as a guy who’d go to Disney parks once or twice a month before COVID, I’m desperately missing it.
Well, it looks like I’ll be able to return to Batuu without any coronavirus fears through The Sims 4. The trailer for the new update shows a Sims village that roughly follows the layout of the real place; this virtual cantina actually has seats at the bar, though, which would be a huge step up for the ones at Galaxy’s Edge. The lead sim in the ad gets wrapped up in all kinds of Star Wars business with R2-D2 at her side, and meets up with Galaxy’s Edge characters Hondo Ohnaka and Vi Moradi. As a Star Wars fan who loves theme parks and is deeply ambivalent about The Sims, it seems kind of cool to me.