im kinda Torn between if University should be a game pack or a tradional EP due to the one idea i had of Sims getting there college education a two pronged approach they either go to college like in the EPs in the past or go to a local community college that works like a career rabbithole.
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I can see maybe why people wouldn't want that though. I'm a big fan of the perpetually spring-summertime worlds because they're just so pretty, but I think others would prefer a spooky world or a more run down city world or something else-but I don't really see that suiting a University EP. So if they made another world like Willow Springs I can see why they might get some backlash-I'd like it though.
University could do well in a GP I believe. Dine Out and Spa Day are both awesome GPs, I really see GTW as more of a GP as well-so I think Uni could pass for a GP although they may end up calling it an EP. I haven't experienced TS3 University, but I've seen mods that let you follow your sims to school.
In a University EP/GP I hope to see periods of down time-just like in college. Something would signal the beginning and end of the break period (which would be a couple hours long or so) and then you could explore the lot and talk to other sims, explore dorms, get in some trouble maybe? Idk but the constant tasking in GTW was fun but I'd appreciate some "recess" time for Uni sims. If not, then the ability for your Uni sim to "travel to University" through their phone, and then they can mess around with other sims (woohoo mess around included). That'd be really neat.
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thats why i want to go with the two pronged approach like getting your education in a college world or a community college Rabbit hole in the sims world where they live in.
A game pack featuring one new community lot that you can visit only, watch your Sim sit in a lecture with the interactions copied from TS3 while the mascot is brought out doing the recycled college dance.
Nah, it should be an EP. Even though it would be more like TS2 that TS3 with the closed world setting, it would be a great shame to see such a great EP reduced to just a GP
agreed.
that sounds more like a School version of Dine out.
Plus, how big do university campuses really need to be? A Granite Falls-sized world (if not slightly bigger) seems pretty decent to me. We don't need another Windenburg or San Myshuno.
All we need is space for a library lot (with the option to use a library in the other worlds if necessary), a couple of specialised classrooms depending on the Major (say, Science, Law and Humanities - which would be drama or art, essentially), as well as one or two Dorms (which could easily reuse the apartment system) and one or two Frat/Sorority houses, and a hidden Secret Society lot. Have the lots separated by a quad where all the students hang out, and you've got a decent-sized campus.
Maybe a football field or something too, instead of the usual Big Park. Trombones/Trumpets as a new instrument for band geeks, Cheerleading and Football as a new Fitness activity, and voila! That's the college experience in a nutshell.
the more I think about it. Your pack idea would work it would break new ground the Uni theme is starting to getting stale after 2 sims games so a Full School System EP would work better and even complement a Generations pack for sims 4.
I like University but I hope we'll get something new with it this time around. Like an Education EP that adds school too. Would love to follow kids and teens to school, go to Prom, do sports, be a cheerleader, do after school activities like ballet, that sort of thing. I know there's a school mod already, but it's not really the same because there's no new gameplay.
Far too broad and space-consuming thematic to fit into a GP, GamePacks work for smaller and focused but also complex themes such as destination worlds such as Beach for example or gameplay-heavy venues such as a Movie Set.
And in a EP if they don't put any rabbit hole for class time, no rabbit hole for the new career (or like the one in Get to Work or City Living),add private school for children and teen, out-of-school activity (like in the sims 3) and other idea.
Basically School update & university EP