Cloudy with a chance of academic rabbitholes [trailer analysis]

"Zeldaboy180;c-17286763" wrote:
So basically it's going to be like every other university pack?

Sims 3 university only had one open classroom, and most people found it Incredibly boring.

Sims 2 University was closed and it was by far my favorite of the 2. (I don't dislike sims 3 uni, I just love 4).

Not a big deal to me.

I am the opposite of you. I found Sims 3's University pack to be the superior one while Sims 2 University bored me to tears!

Since there are other study-related activities (debates, robotics, art classes), not only partying, I'm okay with rabbithole lectures.

"alan650111;c-17286908" wrote:

"Zeldaboy180;c-17286763" wrote:
So basically it's going to be like every other university pack?

Sims 3 university only had one open classroom, and most people found it Incredibly boring.

Sims 2 University was closed and it was by far my favorite of the 2. (I don't dislike sims 3 uni, I just love 4).

Not a big deal to me.

I am the opposite of you. I found Sims 3's University pack to be the superior one while Sims 2 University bored me to tears!

I thought both were good, just that Sims 2 was something else. I think it's hard to mess up a university pack, but we'll see lol.

I dont mind rabbitholes when it comes to classes and all of that. Even debatting like in this pictures... i have a feeling its gonna turn bad in the game. Sims not even listening and anticipating in it.
Remember the sims city living and how no one is watching the politic speech....
Or Get Famous with the price nomination ceremony... and again how no sims is paying attention and actually sits down...
Even getting married in the sims is like such a hassle to this day and in my game they rather dance during the ceremony then sit down and watch it.

I have no issues with that. I liked attending class in TS3, but I also loved Uni in TS2.

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17286731" wrote:
I don't understand why everyone is screeching to attend classes with your sims. It was awful in TS3 when I had to keep forcing them to not fall asleep and otherwise it was... my sim sitting there listening to someone talk. That's all it would be in a Uni pack, an active high school, or an active elementary school.

So. Boring.

And I don't understand why some people think starring at the screen while your sim disappear is fun, this is a university simulation and universities in real life are boring, also you could do some things in class like take notes, ask professer a question, it's nice to be able to control and have option, it adds immersion..

"alan650111;c-17286908" wrote:

"Zeldaboy180;c-17286763" wrote:
So basically it's going to be like every other university pack?

Sims 3 university only had one open classroom, and most people found it Incredibly boring.

Sims 2 University was closed and it was by far my favorite of the 2. (I don't dislike sims 3 uni, I just love 4).

Not a big deal to me.

I am the opposite of you. I found Sims 3's University pack to be the superior one while Sims 2 University bored me to tears!

I agree with that. When TS2 University was released it was amazing for me and I enjoyed it so much. But I played a Sim in University again last month and it was boring - Your Sim will write their paper on their computer for a few hours, then learn a skill point and at this point you're already set up for the rest of the semester. You couldn't even really change your dorm room because it was just a ~ 3x4 tiny room. So you could either max out all skills while you're at University or make friends with everyone, but besides that there wasn't much to do. Even parties weren't really fun because in TS2 you could only ever invite 2 Sims.

TS3 University let you sit in on classes, the majors had different special objects you had to work on, you could join groups on campus (though I found them incredibly annoying outside of University :D ), you had different lessons on different weekdays, you could earn money by doing day jobs, you could have different party types in the whole University world etc.

I love both games, but TS2 University just didn't age well for me, especially in comparison to TS3 University.

I'm pretty sure classes will be rabbit holes 'cause you know what is missing from trailer and screenshots? Professors! Who is teaching our sims???

Anyways I do not mind either variants - classes being active or classes being rabbit holes. I enjoyed attending lectures and practical classes in TS3 but I didn't mind it TS2 style as well.

First, this was the reveal trailer and not the gameplay trailer. So we've not actually seen all that much of the actual gameplay yet.
Second, the screenshots are from a debate event, not from classes. Debating is a separate activity to classes so that says nothing about how lectures will look.
Third: as others pointed out, the description of the pack mentions attending classes vs working on presentations or projects.

"Not all images appear in-game." is pretty typical for game trailers, not just The Sims but others too. It's not like a movie trailer that only uses footage from the actual movie (and even movie trailers sometimes contain parts that get cut from the final product). It means that maybe this room was built to showcase debate but it won't be included in the prebuilt lots, that maybe there won't be Sims wearing specifically those outfits and being part of the debate clubs, etc.

It's an academic building, yeah. But it's just as likely to be a lounge or a library or a common room as it is a classroom (and those chairs are base game ;)). Debates take place in a variety of locations, depending on what the school has available. And yes, students will wear "uniforms" or rather clothing with the school logo, ideally clothing that I'd call "Sunday best" (blazers, shirts, ties, etc).

And anyway, just as many people requested the social activities related to university life as the education side. If anything, I've seen more requests for parties, juice stands, etc than I did for active classes. I'd wait for the gameplay trailer and more information before assuming what you did here, OP.
Personally, if attending lectures is a rabbit hole, I won't be bothered. There's going to be stuff that Sims can actively work on for the academic side of it all.

unpopular opinion: active lectures would be pretty boring tho. it's like staring at the in-game aquarium for ten sim hours.