It's been almost ten years since The Sims 4 made its debut, and in the time since, DLCs have filled out the core skeleton of the title. However, some essential cogs in the machine that made The Sims into the world-beating franchise it is today are still missing from The Sims 4's expansion packs, and Maxis could serve itself well by adopting a blast-from-the-past method to its packs as Project Rene draws closer to becoming a reality.