Your High School Years Rating!
SimTrippy
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Ok, I haven't done one of these since the university pack I believe BUT I am genuinely curious how everyone will rate this pack in particular.
Please remember, though, as always: this is supposed to be a helpful thread for those who are still on the fence about buying this pack. Also: feel free to voice your opinions, but don't go attacking others for theirs. And try to be at least a tiny bit objective
So, without further ado: on a scale from 1 to 10 - 1 being "I wish I could return this atrocity" and 10 being "Simtastic, best pack ever" - how would YOU rate High School Years?
Please remember, though, as always: this is supposed to be a helpful thread for those who are still on the fence about buying this pack. Also: feel free to voice your opinions, but don't go attacking others for theirs. And try to be at least a tiny bit objective
So, without further ado: on a scale from 1 to 10 - 1 being "I wish I could return this atrocity" and 10 being "Simtastic, best pack ever" - how would YOU rate High School Years?
Your High School Years Rating! 73 votes
1
8%
6 votes
2
4%
3 votes
3
2%
2 votes
4
2%
2 votes
5
23%
17 votes
6
9%
7 votes
7
24%
18 votes
8
13%
10 votes
9
6%
5 votes
10
4%
3 votes
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Comments
Yeah I absolutely agree! Still on the fence about my rating but I'm leaning towards an 8 for now. I'm just so hyped that teens finally have a life in TS4 xD I love social bunny for them, and I actually don't really mind that there's nothing really to do during class - it's kinda short anyway but I do like that they get such varied skills. My sim learned about Selvadorada in her culture class (don't remember exactly what it was called ^^). The pier is lovely, the new activities are nice, and again: teens finally have their own stuff to do, and that alone is
The other thing I don't like is that I created teen sims to be friends with my main character and they don't even show up on the lot to play with. If I go in and play them, then my main character doesn't go to high school. If there was a way to pick and choose which high school students attended the school (or if all teens in the game living in houses attended automatically) the game would be more enjoyable to me. I would also like to be able to choose who gets what locker even if they are characters I'm not playing. Also, we don't need to have a million proms. That's the the other thing I hate about the calendar. There's things that pop up that you can't delete, and if you avoid doing them, your sim goes straight into a negative mood. More freedom with the calendar is a must for me.... and maybe create middle school sims so you have an inbetweener, and actually have "years" and summer vacations so you can go through freshman to senior year - and attend university with friends with normal semesters, too. Just a thought.
I'm still waiting for my sim to go to a normal class, just as I feared she aged the day before the final exam so her first school day was an exam lmao.
In the end I went with 6 because I feel the pack has genuine replayability with the new careers, prom, new activities and objects, etc.
Where it falls short for me ironically is the high school aspect. No club gatherings, no schools in other worlds (without mods), different teens and teachers on a daily basis, rabbithole after school clubs, only four after school clubs. The whole school experience should have been so much more immersive and customisable than it sadly is. And sorry EA that school building is gross.
Once again Expansion Packs always lack of depth.
The Sages appreciation club
But, I do think there are as always a couple of weird missed opps that I do want to detract some points for, most notably:
0 for High School game play and immersion.
After the novelty wears off, I probably won't go to school with my sims anymore,
unless I get mods that increases the appearance of teens that actually live in the world, or better yet let me set a roster of who can appear.
Allows clubs to use the school after hours without limitations. Allows me to set school uniforms for everyday and active wear.
BB : 8
World : 3
Gameplay : 3
Bug and Glitches : 3
Cross-Pack compatiblity : 2
Rating : Around 4.
It's pretty and i like that we get to see our teens in classes and stuff but it's mostly reused animations, glitches, empty gameplay and rabbit holes.
Got the pack on release but cant.....stop......building......
(its a curse!LOL)
I don't have more game breaking bugs and even high school actions don't seem to have any huge problems.
I haven't tried everything yet, so maybe there will be some hiccups later, but my first impression of HSY is very good.
I think school lot being so big is waste of space. I would prefer smaller school as this monster isn’t necessary, and have one more lot with some sort of after school activity. Maybe active football and cheer or all of the extra classes?
I’m disappointed with townies, after werewolves pack where we got some truly unique sims. Here the only one that’ shines is Ash (both story and design), others feel super generic, even principle and her daughter.
I like the fact that all pre made teens attend school and they can finally meet in one place together. I wish they could truly actively participate in class, but I’m not super salty about how it is. At least they gain some skills during class so it’s not complete waste.
The pier is fantastic, my fav location in this pack especially creepy music from Ferris wheel. I like the randomness of cuddle cart that they can literally lost some romance. My sim got pop up about corny design inside, which was hilarious. New clothes for females are great, male part is disappointing especially hair department. My sim had a son and I play HS with him so I’m a little sad that his mom got cooler clothes and hair from new pack than he did.
I can’t give it higher score because to fully have the HS and teen experience I need other packs, namely Get Together (clubs, parties) and Parenthood (interactions with family and other teens).
Edit: and social bunny is fun for the first time, like first 2 hours of playing and then messages start to repeat and have absolutely nothing in common with life events. Example: my teen is the party animal teen so I made him organize dance party in the night club. It went well he became fast friends with all attending teens. I was 100 % sure there will be option to post about it on social bunny but it wasn’t. Instead the game told me:” go out and experience something to talk about it.” In moments like this the spell is broken and shallowness comes to the surface. But it’s a nice storytelling feature anyway. Just wish it could be more in sync with my sims, not so freaking generic.