Discover University set in England

"darrenfroggy;c-17306487" wrote:
On one hand, I hope the weather lives up to my current expectations.
On the other hand, all those robots not being waterproof or water-resistant in that weather? ;)

But it's awesome either way :D

This was the first thing I thought of when they said it was England weather! I really wish they thought that aspect through because I might be forced to download a mod and I know we'll get lots of complaints if every bot event just has piles of broken robots because of rain!

"dearie_blossom;c-17305485" wrote:
Set in England but has elective classes, cheerleaders, mascots and no kitchens in dorms.

Same! I completed my postgraduate studies in England and let me tell you, it looks similar, but it's got many differences. I think the dorm rooms were neutral and could be thought of as belonging to many different parts of the world, I liked that. A bit disappointed with the features of the pack as a whole, but I really liked the bike animations, the robots, and the class system, though I would definitely want some active classes, not going to lie.

"CAF84;c-17306533" wrote:

"alan650111;c-17305505" wrote:

"dearie_blossom;c-17305485" wrote:
Set in England but has elective classes, cheerleaders, mascots and no kitchens in dorms.

I am glad they are trying to have other influences besides America. This is an international game after all. There never were kitchens in dorm buildings where I went so it's realistic to me.

It is great to have a different feel to the place (like Windenberg and Sulani), but they never should have put that restriction in. If they want to make the game international, then they should make it as broad as possible. Restrictions are the opposite.

I’m a Brit too and from my experience, most unis have halls of residence which are flats of up to 6 single rooms with a communal kitchen area. All of my friends from school who went to different unis had the same setup. There are of course older halls that had a dining hall and no flats (I imagine, though I never visited, Oxbridge colleges to be like that. It just seems to strange to set the game in England/UK and then put a restriction in there that makes recreating British halls of residence (and I’m sure a huge number of other countries too) impossible to recreate.

They didn’t even explain why they’re restricted (if I recall, I may have been fuming at that point). How is restricting sand box play and the ability of players to play the game they want or tell stories they want, a new feature that we should want?

I am not going to buy the game till it’s on sale and until this is modded out. There’s not enough actual university experience in there to justify the £40 and I have zero interest in robots. I really like the CAS assets (especially the leggings) and the roommate system is great (especially as you can ask anyone to be your roommate not just place ads), but I am not willing to pay £40 for some CAS items, a roommate system and a rabbit hole uni experience.

Fair enough. From what I saw on the live stream, I actually thought the pack looked fun. Hopefully I won't be let down when I actually play it. I remember being so disappointed from what I saw from Get Famous that I held off on buying it. When I actually played the pack myself, it ended up being one of my favorite packs!

I agree it would have been better to not have the stove restriction. However, I think they were foreseeing the NPC roomies starting constant fires in the dorms when they did this. I am pretty sure Sims 2 had same restriction. I can't remember if Sims 3 dorms had same restriction.

"alan650111;c-17306554" wrote:

"CAF84;c-17306533" wrote:

"alan650111;c-17305505" wrote:

"dearie_blossom;c-17305485" wrote:
Set in England but has elective classes, cheerleaders, mascots and no kitchens in dorms.

I am glad they are trying to have other influences besides America. This is an international game after all. There never were kitchens in dorm buildings where I went so it's realistic to me.

It is great to have a different feel to the place (like Windenberg and Sulani), but they never should have put that restriction in. If they want to make the game international, then they should make it as broad as possible. Restrictions are the opposite.

I’m a Brit too and from my experience, most unis have halls of residence which are flats of up to 6 single rooms with a communal kitchen area. All of my friends from school who went to different unis had the same setup. There are of course older halls that had a dining hall and no flats (I imagine, though I never visited, Oxbridge colleges to be like that. It just seems to strange to set the game in England/UK and then put a restriction in there that makes recreating British halls of residence (and I’m sure a huge number of other countries too) impossible to recreate.

They didn’t even explain why they’re restricted (if I recall, I may have been fuming at that point). How is restricting sand box play and the ability of players to play the game they want or tell stories they want, a new feature that we should want?

I am not going to buy the game till it’s on sale and until this is modded out. There’s not enough actual university experience in there to justify the £40 and I have zero interest in robots. I really like the CAS assets (especially the leggings) and the roommate system is great (especially as you can ask anyone to be your roommate not just place ads), but I am not willing to pay £40 for some CAS items, a roommate system and a rabbit hole uni experience.

Fair enough. From what I saw on the live stream, I actually thought the pack looked fun. Hopefully I won't be let down when I actually play it. I remember being so disappointed from what I saw from Get Famous that I held off on buying it. When I actually played the pack myself, it ended up being one of my favorite packs!

I agree it would have been better to not have the stove restriction. However, I think they were foreseeing the NPC roomies starting constant fires in the dorms when they did this. I am pretty sure Sims 2 had same restriction. I can't remember if Sims 3 dorms had same restriction.

I say let it happen! Let it burn, let it burn! >:)

yay for the rainy and stormy weather, it's my favorite part of seasons, aside from heat waves. Also, did somebody say cheerleaders?? University will have cheerleaders??

No cheerleaders that I saw anywhere. But there are spirit events at each uni.

Watching the first gameplay videos & the rainy weather is real.

I don't think there are official cheerleaders but sims can perform cheers, like they could in Sims 2.

"dearie_blossom;c-17305485" wrote:
Set in England but has elective classes, cheerleaders, mascots and no kitchens in dorms.

Exactly and the buildings look American too.

And it has GPA! And sports scholarships. For a 'not set in America' pack it seems remarkably American.

"Simanite;c-17307024" wrote:
I'm British and I hate these European styled towns. I play the Sims to play out an idealised version of the American dream of yellow school buses and white picket fences.

This is exactly me too! To me it doesn't really feel like a Sims game when British things are included but it's nice to be represented, I guess.