Sims 4 high school years

I really do enjoy high school years but the pack has mixed reviews.  It tries to do a lot of things and some of them miss.

+ the CAS and build and buy are superb.

+ introduces some of the best premade sims in the game.

+ gives teens more to do and improves teen life stage quite a bit.

+ the boba shop and the new world is good, like a high school drama setting.  Not the best world but it’s good.

+ thrift system and after school stuff can be fun.

+ prom is good but it is short.

+ great pack to take screenshots and tell stories.  One of the best.

- there were some bugs but I didn’t run into anything bad, just kids getting up during exams etc.

- school is only one customisable lot fixed in place, it looks so sad and empty until you edit it and there’s not many pupils unless you use mods. 

- there’s really not much to do at school, one of the weakest parts of the pack.  Your sims only use one classroom, the cafeteria and a really basic gym.

- pier is nice but it’s only rabbitholes. Sports field isn’t usable.  

- the sports day and career day aren’t very interesting.

- cannot customise the experience (which teens at the school, what day is prom, jobs at career day etc) without mods.

- a lot of the features like social bunny and school and pillow fights become repetitive really fast.

Personally I recommend this pack because the CAS/bb, environment, townies and better teens.  But it’s good not great and not nearly as good as it could be if school was better.  I don’t regret buying it full price but you might wish to wait for a sale.  I would buy it again though, I really enjoyed playing around with it.  Just be aware the school isn’t anywhere near as good as the trailer or screenshots make it look.  

If your expectation is 6/10 or 7/10 then you shouldnt be disappointed.  For me it’s an 8 as I play lots of teen sims but it will depend on what kinda player you are how much you will enjoy this.