by The Sims4 contains a plethora of Easter eggs and pop culture references if you look hard enough – and with EA’s latest expansion, some of the life sim’s latest references might just turn heads Baldur’s Gate 3 Stans.
It’s been a few days now The Sims 4 Life and Death released, and fans have spent that time learning the ins and outs of the spooktacular new expansion pack, and discovering all of its secrets. One such secret is a sneaky Baldur’s Gate 3 reference that highlights none other than Astarion, the beloved vampire companion from Larian Studios’ RPG, and can be found in Build and Buy mode on the “Sun and Stars Headstone” object “.
There is no way The Sims 4 is referencing BG3 in this. I love it 🖤😭#TheSims4 #sims4lifeanddeath #BaldursGate3 #TheSims #Astarion pic.twitter.com/TcUm8AWFHpNovember 2, 2024
“A grave that marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new, much more hopeful one,” reads the description of the gravestone. ‘Perhaps this is the perfect headstone to commemorate a cheeky little Sim who endured the trials of life’s shadowy depths, longing for the sun. Although perhaps not the full, concentrated power of the sun after spending so many years out of the sun. Just a little sun, as a treat, darling!”
It’s a clever little ode to Astarion, written about him and partly in his own distinctive voice. As a lover of both games, I’m obsessed, but it’s apparently not the only Baldur’s Gate 3 reference to arrive with Life and Death. As producer Molly ‘SimGuruNova’ Narkis writes in a answer to a fan after As she pointed out the tombstone, she was behind the Easter egg – and has another in store somewhere else.
that was me! hehe, I’m glad someone found it 🙂 I also have a little one buried there somewhereNovember 2, 2024
“That was me,” says the developer. ‘I’m glad someone found him. I also have a little one buried there somewhere.’ There’s no telling where this mysterious other reference is, or if it also has to do with the most bloodthirsty of all Baldur’s Gate 3 romancesbut I certainly hope so. From now on, every time I’m in Build and Buy mode, I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for any sign of Larian Studios’ RPG or its snarling pale elf.
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