The Sims 4 fans think one of The Sims 2's most infamous NPCs is returning in the new Businesses and Hobbies expansion pack: "Pls bring burglars back"

The Sims 2 burglar
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After revealing the upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Businesses and🅰 Hobbies ex💖pansion pack for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Sims 4, EA is posting new sneak peeks of the DLC – and one might just point toward the re🌠turn of an NPC known well by longtime fans of The Sims series.

It's an exciting time to be a Simmer between EA's nostalgia-inducing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:re-releases of the first two Sims games, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Sims 3 recently receiving its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:first update from EA in 10 years, and The Sims 4 teasing its upcoming hobby-related expansion pack. The new DLC channels some of the series' ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmost iconic momಌents with its Sims 2-esque Open for Business vibes, and it seems there might be more content reminiscent of past titles' own to come.

online, EA writes "wait… what actually was that?" Alongside the text is a short clip of The Sims 4 showing a mysterious masked, tall figure dressed in a lengthy coat and hat. The strange "person" – if you can call them (it?) that – rummages through a garbage bin before quickly walking away. A bushy gray tail can be seen sticking out of the figure's coat, implying that this is, in fact, not a person at all.

As fans speculate in the comments under EA's post, the figure appears to be a few raccoons standing upright on top of one another inside of a tr♛ench coat. While that's a cute thought on its own, it's the deeper implication that has the community excited – raccoons are associated with theft in pop culture, those shown in the clip seem to be stealing from Sims' trash, and there's a new coming to The Sims 4.

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With all of the "raccooꦓn things," as players describe, highlighted in Businesses and Hobbies teasers coupled with the aspiration, Simmers are theorizing that "burglars are coming back" and loving "The Sims 2 vibes." At the least, fans certainly hope it's the case, with one simply writing "pls bring burglars back" and another admitting EA "not bringing burglars back would straight up be incredibly sad" – a sentiment I agree with as a Sims stan myself.

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Elsewhere, players wonder whether the trench coat "Sims" are actually scam artists rather than the series' more traditional burglars. A recent thread sees fans discussing the possibility of con men, explaining that it could all be" related to the 'Schemer' business alignment" dropping with Businesses and Ho𝐆bbies. Only time will tell for 𝔉sure what EA is cooking up with its raccoons or trench coat burglars, though – and I can't wait.

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Anna Koselke
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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative🔜 design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousa꧃nd (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.