Did anyone else notice that in the "official leak" of the DU EP description, it specifies multiple times that you can study engineering, education, or law. It doesn't state it as if those are just new careers, it says it as if they're the only degrees you can get at university.
"Take classes that set your Sims up for success in engineering, education, or law careers."
"Attend a lecture or work on term papers and presentations – the more your Sim learns, the better they will be in careers like teaching, law, and engineering."
Should we take bets on if that's the schtick of this EP? Only able to go to college to study for the new careers that come with the EP. I'm willing to bet that's it, judging by TS4's track record.
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And the education, law, and engineering degrees would require specific degrees, most likely.
There's a villainy class mentioned in the description. Why would they include that if the only degrees and career options you get are those new three ones?
I mean, villainy could easily tie in with a law degree.
I also noticed the "juggling of a soccer ball". Does that mean it's not going to be a group activity with 2 or maybe 4 Sims?
I believe bicycling is going to be limited to the Uni world. People shouldn't get their hopes up over that one either. They might recode the other worlds for roads or paths, but we shouldn't set ourselves up for disappointment.
Villainy was just...I don't even know what to say about that one.
Also, what's the deal with the going to class in dress slacks or jogging pants? HOW is that a major selling point? I get that it's supposed to represent a choice, but why would you consider that important enough to include in a synopsis of this pack?
I believe Uni is coming next month, but that description is so weird!
I feel like that is so on point for TS4. They've prioritized and focused heavily on aesthetics for the entire lifespan of the game thus far, so when I read that I wasn't really surprised. You know that the way your sims dresses is going to have absolutely no impact on the gameplay, despite the "there’s always a way to show school spirit or impress a classmate" tidbit at the end.
Oh, I parsed that as "University-themed CAS assets, from ultra-casual to dressy options", in addition to "school colors".
I think Law, Education and Engineering are new careers that will require a degree to unlock. I don't think the pack implied that they would be the only majors, or classes, offered.
The word like implies they are giving examples. If it were only these three choices they would have stated it as "...the better they will be in the careers of teaching, law, and engineering."
Regarding the jogging pant/sweatpant thing, it's very much on point with teen-young adult fashion and its relatable and will help sales. And they always mention the cas stuff in the description. Like literally always. Go and look.
And the villiany class, if it's an actual criminal class, is very good classic sims humor and I'm glad we are seeing stuff like that again.
Did they talk about CAS in TS2 & TS3 descriptions? I honestly can't remember. Clothing is not a selling point for me, not with the amount of amazing CC available.
For TS3 it seems like they mostly mentioned it about stuff packs, except this Late Night tidbit (I didn’t check all the packs.)
No there will be partying as well.
On the sims 3 box it says:
Take a break and party
Hang out around campus, hold a group study session at the coffee shop or just go bowling
Experiment with social groups
make friends with rebels, jocks or nerds to unlock in game benefits
The World is Your classroom
Attend class, sleep through student lectures and get hands on with lesson specific objects
On the sims 2 university it says:
College town and 125 new items
Play solo or join a band
New life stage
Home plastic surgery kit
Milk the cow plant for energy.
It’s only in the sims 4 is CAS items used as a selling point.
Can't wait for those low-rise sweatpant recolors and lobster mascot t-shirts. 👏
Yeah, lol. Is it meant to be a crawfish? I guess that would make sense since Willow Creek is themed after Louisiana? I still really don't like it.
But yeah looks like a kidney xD No crawfish!
I like this one. I would make marketing team rewrite their description in this very basic way for each TS4 game. In order for not to create false expectations and to actually flash out how many selling points are there in a pack. Both for us and for themselves )
Please allow the children to ride bycicles too.
I don't think he means actual unicycles. He said "UNI" (as in short for university) cycles.
They might have unicycles, but I think it was meant to be a play on words rather than an actual item.
I thought he only mentioned it because of UNIVersity and biCYCLES. Could he literally mean unicycles👀