| The Sims 4: Realm of Magic | |
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| Developer(s) | Maxis Redwood Shores |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Composer(s) | Ilan Eshkeri |
| Series | The Sims |
| Platform(s) | macOS Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One  |
| Release | 10 September 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Life simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Sims 4: Realm of Magic is a game pack for The Sims 4 , with a focus on witchcraft and magic, released on 10 September 2019. [1]
Responses to the pack were mixed. A review on the gaming website Polygon praised the pack as 'a fantastic pack to play around in' but raised the concern that 'this power fantasy is capable of automating and trivializing much of the game'. [2] A similar website, GamesRadar+ , gave the games positives as "brand new questline", "the chance to change the whole Sims 4 world" and "spooky new pet familiars". But, included the negative that it "can make day-to-day Sim needs irrelevant". [3]
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