A creepy chill is starting to drift in for much of the Northern Hemisphere. To me, that means pumpkin picking, spiced coffees, bracing walks… And moving back to Ravenwood to enjoy everything The Sims 4: Life & Death has to offer.
Or maybe not, since The Sims’ own Sadako has something wrong with her. Even more wrong than usual, that is.
Edith, an angry ghost child who lurks near Crow’s Crossing’s Well of Longing and Regret, has turned into the scariest thing imaginable: A strange man. At least, she has for some players on r/Sims4, thanks to a new glitch.
So what’s up with Edith?
Usually, Edith looks roughly like you might expect her to. She’s a Child Sim who happens to be a ghost, glowing a deep burgundy red colour to match her Angry moodlet. You can find her in the far corner of Ravenwood’s town centre, hanging around her well while generally tormenting the locals.
Since the last update, things haven’t always been as they seemed. Some Simmers have reported that Edith now appears as a grown man with glitched-out hands, while others have said she looks like a perfectly normal human (Sim?) woman.
Possession? Shape-shifting? Who knows, but whatever it is, it’s way freakier and creepier than her original design.
Edith’s peculiar appearance might have something to do with a known glitch in The Sims 4
In the most recent Sims 4 Laundry List, one of the (many) known issues flagged actually related to Child Sims and their ghostly selves. Specifically, the ghosts of Child Sims haven’t been appearing properly when their reason for sadly passing is related to overheating or freezing. Maybe this gives us a peek into Edith’s lore and her cause of death?
Since The Sims Team is aware of the issue, they’re most likely working on a fix already. If we’re lucky, we might even see the fix rolled out in the next update before the release of Adventure Awaits. It kind of makes sense to me that Child Sims might be more bugged than usual right now, considering the current season’s focus on childhood.
