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Which game should I get?
Sharpheart
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So, I've been thinking about which sim game I should get next... I've got it down to the sims University, Late night, or Island paradise. In your opinion, whats the best qualities of each game? And the worse?
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If you want your sims to experience the whole university college thing and have added career option then university
if you want night clubs celebrities and vampires then late night
and if you want to build your own resort be a life guard snoorkle etc then island paradise
i personally like late night the best it comes with a lot of new things and is really fun to play
a lot of people have had problems with island paradise and i find university boring infact i have never completed enough terms to gain a qualification
Island Paradise
My favorite features from UL would have to be the new Bonfire and Juice Kegger parties, the ability to have 7 traits instead of 5 through earning a degree and achieving a certain social group level, and having the ability to start a career at level 4 with a degree. I haven't reached the new life state yet, and I don't usually focus my sims' lives around attaining influence within a social group, so I've only had one sim get into a career that came with reaching level 10 of a social group.
My favorite features from IP are the new mermaid life state, being able to own and upgrade a resort, the new building materials, and the ability to go scuba diving. I don't use the new Lifeguard profession very much; also, I really enjoy having sims that make nectar, so without basements in the houseboats, I usually opt for land-based houses. I do like the versatility of the houseboats though.
I think the one EP out of these three that I couldn't play the game without would be UL because it is very versatile. There are a number of different degrees your Sim can get, and it comes with a lot content that I use in every one of my families. IP is nice and does have a few furniture and clothing items that I can use regardless of what kind of family I'm playing, but Isla Paradiso is very glitchy for me, as are some of the other towns, so I usually stick to Moonlight Falls or Sunset Valley. It's not as much fun to use some of the IP features if you aren't in Isla Paradiso, so I really don't use many of the things from that EP except for clothing, furniture, and the waterfall braid.
It really depends on what kind of game you envision for yourself. Late Night has a lot of really awesome content with the new Mixologist career/profession, celebrity status, vampires, the new neighborhood, etc. So I would get an EP based on the kind of story you want to tell with your sims. I mostly play legacy-style games (not the challenge though), and UL was a really family friendly EP in my opinion because almost every parent wants to see their kid go off to college, and my sims often meet their spouses at uni.
I love the vampires in Late Night, but if you have Supernatural that's a bit of a con for getting LN. However the clothes and hairs are great, I use the clothes on most sims!
IP is great, though, because you get houseboats and islands and resorts etc. However some people have problems with the town on this EP because it's a big file and there game cannot support it!
I love observing NPC and bar is a very nice place to watch sims.
Late Night is the only city world, with subways, and a lot of social life. You also get musical instruments, start a band, the celebrity system, and vampires. It's a great world for vamps, or young singles. There's not a lot of space to build family homes though, and if you don't have a car it takes forever to cross town on the subway. You can get mugged as well.
Island Paradise has mermaids, fight with a shark, discover islands, run a resort (which I've never tried - too busy flirting with mermaids), become a lifeguard, scuba diving skill. It's also probably the prettiest EP world, the rabbitholes are lovely, with a real holiday feel. I relax just looking at it (until the lag, but NRaas mods have fixed that for me. And it was my own fault for having every EP on at once anyway, greedy).
University is fun to play through a couple of times, but quickly gets boring (at least, it does if your family has 6 kids). You get plant sims, streaking, a lot of social stuff, three new careers (I love game developer) and the chance to be crushed to death by a folding bed. If you're sending a born in game sim with a lot of existing skills, and they sit the admission test and get a good score, they'll probably only need to go to uni once (two sim weeks). If you've just started a new sim/family, and they are totally unskilled, they will need to go two or three times to complete their degree (boring as anything). If you have a sim that needs Charisma skill, uni is the easiest place to learn it, especially if they live in a dorm. If you buy them a car, because walking everywhere takes sooo long, don't forget to put it back in their inventory before they leave to go home at the end of term (an expensive mistake I made twice).
Hope this helps. Good luck with deciding, and have fun playing once you finally choose