{"id":3542,"date":"2025-04-02T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:30:29","slug":"the-sims-project-rene-has-new-footage-and-fans-still-hate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/the-sims-project-rene-has-new-footage-and-fans-still-hate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sims Project Rene has new footage and fans still hate it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is Project Rene doomed before it’s even out? (EA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EA<\/a> continues to face an uphill battle with its upcoming The Sims<\/a> game for mobile as another playtest yields new screenshots and footage.<\/p>\n

While EA has said it will never make The Sims 5<\/a>, choosing to instead continuously update The Sims 4<\/a>, the company still intends to release new Sims games, including Project Rene.<\/p>\n

Billed as The Sims but with multiplayer, EA has yet to give it a proper name or release date. But leaked info from private playtests<\/a> has already earned it a sour reputation among fans for its art style, with one playtester blasting it as boring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officially, EA hasn\u2019t provided any updates on the project in months though it appears to have set up yet another playtest for mobile devices. Unfortunately, if EA had hoped to turn fans\u2019 opinions around, it hasn\u2019t worked.<\/p>\n

The playtest was spotted over on the German Google Play store<\/a> under the name City Life Game with Friends, where it launched about a week ago on March 26. There\u2019s no sign of it on Apple\u2019s app store so it\u2019s exclusive to Android phones.<\/p>\n

Despite the fake-sounding name, it\u2019s definitely related to Project Rene since the screenshots on its store page match the leaks from previous playtests. Plus, EA is listed as the publisher, and you can see the iconic Sims green diamond (or plumbob) over the player character\u2019s head in video footage uploaded to YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the official Sims Discord channel (as spotted by fan site Sims Community<\/a>), the playtest is limited to certain regions and only set to last until April 4.<\/p>\n

It sounds fundamentally identical to the last leaked playtest since it also involves you working in a caf\u00e9, though the store description mentions being able to throw block parties as well.<\/p>\n

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