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The Sims 4 Dine Out
Guides, Additions and Features: Own and Manage Restaurants!
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The Sims 4 Dine Out Game Pack released June 7, 2016 for PC and Mac. The new game pack adds restaurants to the game. Not just restaurants that Sims can visit, but restaurants that your Sims can own, operate, and design. Here's are my guides to The Sims 4 Dine Out, along with its trailer should you desire to see it in action:
Given EA's track record on game packs thus far, this is likely worth the $20 price tag to anyone who finds running and customizing restaurants appealing. It's probably not worth it if you'd only want to visit them or do not find the objects appealing, but that feature will be there for when players are in a game where they're not operating a restaurant.
Dine Out Screenshots
Right now, the main source of screenshots is the trailer. I've mainly acquired them from there so that people on mobile with low data caps can check out some of the images from the trailer. This gives you a chance to glance at new objects and decorations without pausing the trailer over and over.
Dine Out Gameplay Features
Restaurants are the main feature of the Dine Out game pack (it's not a full-blown expansion but definitely offers value). Sims are of course able to visit restaurants in town and order food, but it's more interesting to own them from a gameplay standpoint. Thankfully, we can do both. The pack ships with several pre-built restaurants, and the gallery will undoubtedly populate with great creations from Simmers around the world. Pre-built restaurants your Sim can visit for a date, as part of a club with Get Together or for family night.
Own and Run Restaurants - The Sims 4 Dine Out will allow us to own and run restaurants. The whole system is fleshed out, giving us control over every aspect whether we have Sims present or not. That's right, we can schedule them to open at any time no matter where we are, and this results in being able to run a chain of restaurants and amass great wealth. You can own a small diner, a five-star restaurant that serves expensive food or both!
Fully Customizable Restaurants - the layout is up to you, you're required only to place a few stations. The decor, lighting, mood and floor plan are all fully customizable just as with building a house. Of course, you'll be able to share your creations through the gallery.
Manage Staff - Three new positions exist aside from you (manager) - host, waiter, and chef. Obviously your host will greet an seat guests, while the waiters take orders and clean up. Chefs will cook food for the guests, and all three of these positions have required skills to make them better at their jobs. Training employees will improve their ability to please your customers. They will, of course, develop skills naturally over time, but you can fork over cash to help them improve faster.
Please your Guests - Your service, the menu, pricing, it all factors into how your guests will view your restaurant. You can rank from 1 to 5 stars, and higher ranking establishments will see more guests arrive at any time of day. Of course, there are hours they are more likely to visit!
Customize Menu - Select from hundreds (literally) of drinks, appetizers, desserts, and main courses to define your restaurant's menu. You're not restricted and can choose your own style, along with the amount of profit you expect from each meal through a markup.
Customize Staff Uniforms - it's not yet clear if we can select the uniforms exactly, but Sims in the trailer use anything from flair vest to classy uniforms when serving food.
Choose Restaurant Perks - with success come perk points, which you can use to give boosts to the restaurant - both temporary and permanent. They range from adding extra waiters to making customers tip you or reducing ingredient costs.
Fine-dining Themed Objects - The trailer features some objects that are new, and it's obvious we can probably design restaurants from simple diners, to expensive fine-dining establishments. This is an exciting development for people who use the gallery, as I'm sure some amazing themed restaurants will pop up.
New Create-a-Sim Additions
Click to Enlarge. New clothing and hair for males and females in Dine Out
New Build Mode Objects
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Click to Enlarge. This is just a selection of the new items players get when they buy Dine Out. There are also 7 pre-designed rooms available for your use.
Click to Enlarge. New Build Mode items to decorate restaurants (and home) in the Dine Out Pack.
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No, we won't be able to. It will be a lot like Get To Work, we are able to manage the employees and the restaurant, but we can't actually play as them. The Sims did an official live stream here (https://www.twitch.tv/thesims/v/70329065) and that has most of the features on it.
One of the SimGurus stated that there won't be any physical copies, other than the expected bundle (I think with Movie Hangout and Romantic Garden stuff). You can buy a code through Gamestop (and probably Amazon before too long) if you don't want to buy direct from Origin.
The most important question is: Will we be able to not only build a restaurant but also treat it as a home? Like... below is a restaurant and the floor above is where the owner of the "restaurant house" goes to after a hard day's work?
You could move into a empty lot then once your restaurant is created you could add the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen etc. Once you have done that just go to your restaurant and don't go back to the empty lot. You can then stay there and run your restaurant whenever you like! This is what i like to do when i own a retail store, hope this helps!
This is correct. It wouldn't count as your home lot I don't think, but you can just buy a really cheap home lot and then the restaurant lot. Might want to make a BIT of money first though, camp out in the yard and paint or something, because it is quite expensive to get a restaurant running, let alone the things you need for a home.
Why so darn late? I have to work later. I ran to the computer to get it and it wasn't available. I have to wait and waste playing time. I think it should be available in the morning!
I agree with you and prefer midnight releases. For some reason for these packs, they come out roughly 10 in the morning pacific time US. 3 hours from my post now. Someone said it comes out as late as the 8th in Australia. But they are ahead of us so it's nearly the same time I think.
I'm in Australia and the game is being realised today (8th) we are ahead of the US. which sucks but at least i got today and tomorrow off haha but sucks its soon late, will be worth the wait tho XP
ive been looking forward to it coming out for ages, just wish it would hurry up lol yeah it will be worth the wait in the end, im in the uk the 7th. Just excited haha
I live in Canada and it is Tuesday June 7th, I cannot find the new game pack anywhere. I clicked on your link and it isn't listed and I don't know why. Could you have the date wrong?
I was wondering if anybody knows when dine out will come out in the UK, as i have tried to find it on Origin to download it but i can find it on there. Thank you.
If you search 'The Sims 4' you'll see it listed and has 'Game Pack on the Way' written underneath the game pack art. Once it is released you will then be able to purchase it.
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Thanks.
Will we be able to not only build a restaurant but also treat it as a home? Like... below is a restaurant and the floor above is where the owner of the "restaurant house" goes to after a hard day's work?
Anyone know how much it will approximately cost in the UK?
Thank you
Sims 4 DineOut