What's new, what's missing and what's bizarre in The Sims 4

Kim Wallace and I are the biggest Sims fans in the office, and she walks me through the opening moments – including character creation and house purchasing. We also talk about some of the things in The Sims 4 that are 

It might be a PC exclusive to start, but The Sims 4 has an appeal far beyond the master race. Electronic Arts isn't making its newest Sims game especially demanding hardware-wise as a result.

Today's big release of Sims 4 was not celebrated by OS X devotees thanks to EA's decision to make the game a Windows-only affair, at least for the time being. An FAQ posted on the Sims 4 website makes the potential future of a Mac edition unclear

The Sims 4 suffers from a number of bugs on its launch day, ranging from character pathing issues, levitating rooftops and demonic noodle babies. Also, there's no pools yet, which you'll eventually forget about when trying to erase the image of demonic 

The Sims 4 has received a Day One Patch in a bid to address issues ranging from minor bugs to a couple of crashes. The full list of patch notes explains issues when you try to "go on dates with the Reaper" should now be fixed, along with problems to do