Seasons or Discover University?
I've been looking into adding a new expansion pack (I already own Get Together, Cats and Dogs, Get to Work, and City Living), especially with the Black Friday deals so good right now. So far, Seasons ...
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University has always been my favorite packs in TS2 and TS3.
My game play basically has three pillars.
-College life experience
-New friends, new loves
-Academics.
TS4 is heavily slanted towards academics and I find it more boring than the TS2 and TS3 versions.
I find my sims more focused on homework, term papers, presentations, skill building, and getting to class on time.
Your awareness of where your sim stands academically at any moment is nebulous, so you find yourself over compensating to make sure your sim gets good grades.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_22_20_12_25_17_PM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
This is a dorm makeover by the way:
There are other lacking features like no true fraternities and sororities and the secret society is a cult that makes your sim a slave to sprites.
For these reasons, I recommend Seasons, unless college academic game play is your love.
My game play basically has three pillars.
-College life experience
-New friends, new loves
-Academics.
TS4 is heavily slanted towards academics and I find it more boring than the TS2 and TS3 versions.
I find my sims more focused on homework, term papers, presentations, skill building, and getting to class on time.
Your awareness of where your sim stands academically at any moment is nebulous, so you find yourself over compensating to make sure your sim gets good grades.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_22_20_12_25_17_PM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
This is a dorm makeover by the way:
Spoiler
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_23_20_1_13_22_PM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
I made over these dormies and looked forward to my sims interacting with them, when they had time.
They moved out of the dorm after the first semester.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_24_20_1_49_59_AM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
This is the Britechester student commons, a symbol to why this game is boring.
Your sims are supposed to come here to eat, unless you make them eat microwaved food in the dorms, which you don't want to do.
The dormies will flood the dorm with fattening foods however, forcing you to clean it up when it all begins to spoil.
I added a stoveless kitchen so I can store it all in a refrigerator. It works. Better than going to the student commons.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_27_20_10_26_46_AM.png
I made it over.
I also added something that should have come with University, instead of sold separately in a stuff pack.
$10 here, $10 there.
The main floor has a social lounge and cafeteria.
The upper level has a study area and a games area.
This is worth visiting now.
I made over these dormies and looked forward to my sims interacting with them, when they had time.
They moved out of the dorm after the first semester.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_24_20_1_49_59_AM.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
This is the Britechester student commons, a symbol to why this game is boring.
Your sims are supposed to come here to eat, unless you make them eat microwaved food in the dorms, which you don't want to do.
The dormies will flood the dorm with fattening foods however, forcing you to clean it up when it all begins to spoil.
I added a stoveless kitchen so I can store it all in a refrigerator. It works. Better than going to the student commons.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/f116/cireking213/09_27_20_10_26_46_AM.png
I made it over.
I also added something that should have come with University, instead of sold separately in a stuff pack.
$10 here, $10 there.
The main floor has a social lounge and cafeteria.
The upper level has a study area and a games area.
This is worth visiting now.
There are other lacking features like no true fraternities and sororities and the secret society is a cult that makes your sim a slave to sprites.
For these reasons, I recommend Seasons, unless college academic game play is your love.
