I think University is OVERRATED!

for me, im just tired of this whole teenage-rich-instagram-girl-disney-castle-princess-plumenometry vibe we've been getting in each pack. i've been dying for a more mature stuff and adulting.

for instance, TS3 Unversity gave us the the ability to 'woohooty texting' iirc which your sims would call another romance sim via phone then come over to mingle on your bed and act like nothing happen.

The only thing I remember about the University in Sims 3 was that I found it so glitchy I struggled to move my sims around the campus, never mind actually get a degree! So I guess that my opinion on University for Sims 4 is that it would be fine, sure, so long as it WORKS.

"CorkysPetals;c-17211439" wrote:

"simmerLella;c-17211370" wrote:
One thing that IS overrated about the packs is that the careers tied to college in an unmodded game are ALL WRONG.

Ever since Sims 2 the games allowed players to go into medicine and science without a degree and when the University pack was added, formal education was required for careers like artist, paranormal and sports agent. :/

Yup!! Exactly... :'( <3

"So_Money;c-17212125" wrote:

"Themrsg4422;c-17211779" wrote:
I find it ridiculous for sims to end up as highly skilled professionals without a college degree. Seriously....a surgeon who never went to college? It's just not realistic. Plus it's a huge part of many people's play styles. I want the option of my sims attending uni or not attending to add to my storytelling.

But there are so many ways that the game breaks immersion with its lack of realism. This is a drop in the ocean.

I mean, we’re talking about a game in which one man can build a space-faring rocket in his back yard and blast off into orbit from a launchpad right next to his house.

I never played that even once. Well, I was forced to see a bit of it with the geek festival. I avoid all that stuff. Some of us play a very different way. The rocket isn't forced to TS4 backyards. Players want choice.

Also, we're talking about the franchise too, and I know TS4 is cartoonier but some players want to pull focus away from the wackiness. The consensus is not that this game should ignore life and switch into full fantasy.

It's not even like we ask for less detail and more things like spinning into clothes. Some of us like changing tables (vs. spinning babies) and loads of detail, even though many probably play TS2 for that it doesn't mean they 100% quit TS4 or want entirely different things.

I don't think arguments like that are fair or are welcoming to many players' styles and preferences.

Same, I want an education pack for all ages not just single YAs. Why university packs don't let elders attend I never understood and seriously so many of my old classmates had multiple kids when they attended university and had to get daycare for them and pick them up from school. If the Sims is truly supposed to simulate real life, then it better not make a mockery of the school system that is so stuck in a fantasy world that it doesn't represent what college and university is really life. Oh also would like Sims to have option to not just go to universities, but trade and community colleges too. I want daycare, grade, and high school, because if modders can make it just using Get to Work files, I know it can be done to an unmodded Sims game too.