Name: LGR-《模擬人生4魔界》評測 (LGR - The Sims 4 Realm of Magic Review)
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Greetings and welcome to -- another Sims 4 pack is already out?

Seriously folks, Realm of Magic is the thirtieth pack for this game now, with a rumored university

But for now it’s all about the eighth game pack, Realm of Magic, a $20 addon released

And as the title suggests, its focal point is on giving sims magical abilities, being

only the second pack dedicated to the idea since The Sims Makin’ Magic back in 2003.

Of course there’s been no shortage of supernatural gameplay in The Sims series since then, but

Realm of Magic takes a more focused approach similar to the Vampires game pack, where an

old idea is reimagined and remixed to hopefully provide an experience that’s more elaborate

In this case, that means sims can now embrace the lifestyle of a Spellcaster, which is a

combination of witch, wizard, shaman, alchemist, and overall chaos-bringer with a god complex.

Becoming a spellcaster begins in the new world of Glimmerbrook, a quiet little neighborhood

Nonetheless, it holds a hidden secret that isn’t hidden or secret at all: a huge magic

portal sticking out like a sore thumb at the top of this waterfall.

Entering the portal will teleport your sims to the realm of magic itself, creatively called

This is an instantly spellbinding location

featuring four stony islands floating within a lavender void.

You’ll wanna visit the large central island first though, which houses Magic Headquarters:

a multi-story building that reminds me of an Elder Scrolls Mages Guild campus.

Inside are several floors of spellcasting paraphernalia and practitioners, and if you

wanna join in on the excitement simply walk up to any one of the three sages wandering

Or you can skip that step by starting with Create A Sim, enabling the spellcaster life

state at the beginning of your sim’s existence.

Cuz yeah, magic-users are handled the same way as other supernatural states like vampires,

mermaids, aliens and the like, selectable from the start along with two new aspirations

However, spellcasters do not have a secondary form,

so sims that are magical stay magical, all the time.

The only thing differentiating them from normal sims is perhaps their clothing and hairstyle,

should you choose to provide them with attire befitting a supernaturally-inclined sim.

And by that I mean applying any of the new hairstyles, makeup, accessories, and all the

other stuff that’d fit right in on the set of Once Upon a Time.

Curiously, there are no new hats of the traditional witch or wizard variety.

I don’t know if this was done on purpose to differentiate spellcasters from witches

and wizards, or if it’s a glaring oversight because The Sims 4.

Either way, tick that spellcaster checkbox, or make your existing sim complete a brief

fetch quest and congratulations: you’re now a game-breakingly capable mage

Seems a tad careless on the part of the elder spellcasters, but whatever, you can electrocute

sims with your brain so I’ll let it slide.

As immediately enjoyable as this is though, it’s still a good idea

to use caution when recklessly doling out your newfound strength, since there’s a

real chance of overloading your magical charge and exploding into a cloud of enchanted death.

So yeah, there’s no mana or anything like that to worry about.

Magic can be used constantly, but each spell will increase your sim’s magical charge,

raising the risk of blowing themselves up.

There are several ways around this, so it’s avoidable as long as you’re not acting like

a maniac 100% of the time and make some effort into improving your skills.

Much like the aforementioned Vampires pack, Realm of Magic provides a variety

of RPG-like levels and perks to unlock through a skill tree.

Performing magic and taking part in training provides experience points towards your spellcaster

level, with five of these unlockable overall.

And along the way you’ll unlock talent points to commit towards earning greater powers and

shorter cooldowns, with a new row of perks unlocking on each level.

You also have a spellbook containing 24 spells and 15 potions to learn divided up into four

schools of magic: practical, mischief, untamed, and alchemy.

The first three can be performed at any time once you learn them, increasing your magical

charge, while alchemy consists of creating and ingesting potions that all have a chance

And naturally, potions are made by mixing ingredients and brewing them together in a

cauldron, either alone or with the help of up to three other sims.

Or you can just make giant bowls of chili or macaroni and cheese, whatever man, you do you.

Items from all around the Sims 4 world can be used in potions, but The Magic Realm in

particular features a garden for providing a few of them.

It’s mostly just a convenient location to harvest things like frogs, valerian root,

It does have an abandoned greenhouse, but you can’t go inside of it so who cares.

Yeah, exploration and world-building is definitely not the focus of this pack, even though it

feels like there could’ve been ample opportunity for it considering these fascinating environments

But nope, it’s really all about exploiting those four schools of magic in any order you wish.

You’re not restricted to one type of magic or another either, making your spellbook a

kind of all-you-can-eat buffet of phenomenal cosmic powers.

Each spell and potion can be acquired multiple ways too, from scouring bookshelves for ancient

tomes, to enlisting the guidance of the Magic HQ sages, to practicing spells and experimenting

with the cauldron, and even dueling with other spellcasters

to extract their knowledge through supernatural combat.

These duels usually occur right on the spot, but for added drama you can take it to the

Each fight is instigated by selecting the winning stakes, like dueling for knowledge,

magical artifacts, ingredients, or simply as a way to settle friendly or heated arguments.

dueling is without much personal risk and is actually rather tame.

Ironically so, considering the untamed magic being used.

And there’s no interaction either, the outcome relies on unseen dice rolls affected by your

sim’s experience, charge amount, and luck.

Fun enough to look at initially, but after watching the seventeenth identical duel with

randomized outcomes I was pretty done with it.

Especially since my sims often ended up cursed anyway.

Yeah, one potential outcome of frequent magic usage is making the situation inadvertently

And that’s true for almost every magical activity: dueling, spellcasting, potion stuff,