As part of a handful of 25th anniversary updates, The Sims 4 start screen just got a big overhaul. My first instinct was of course to recoil in the face of a major visual change, because even small tweaks to social media feeds activate the human fight or flight response—and this redesign in particular initially had me thinking I should be asking the squad where we're dropping. But after deactivating my amygdala, I think this start screen is a major improvement over every Sims 4 start screen we've had in the past decade.
If you've forgotten how things changed over the years (I did) the Sims Community fansite has a helpful refresher on several old Sims 4 start screens. Sat next to each other, it's a little unnerving how the list of packs you own just kept encroaching on the menu over the years until 2020 brought us the panelled look that gives me Windows 8 flashbacks. Lest we forget already, this is what we were rocking as of last week:
