Should I buy University or Eco?
Just started getting back into playing! I have the other EPs, so which of these two would you recommend and why? Thanks!
Forum Discussion
I took a break, too, from February to June due to the whole pandemic crisis and some career problems I had to work through, so I know exactly how it feels, I'm glad you're back and enjoying the game.
I don't own Eco Lifestyle yet, but I'll buy it in a few days (thank you, Amazon Gift Card, hahaha), so I can only speak for Discover University. I bought it in December, some weeks after its release date, and I use it in all my save files to this very day. It's a fairly versatile pack with somewhat predictable gameplay but able to push your Sims stories forward, should you choose to do so. All the degrees work pretty much in the same way, but the way they are incorporated into careers is what makes the bigger difference. I don't know if you use Mods, but I found one that makes specific degrees necessary for specific careers, and it's made my game much more challenging and rewarding.
Another aspect I really like is the fact that you can attend university from home and go to classes the same way Sims go to rabbit hole careers. It's not as exciting as living on campus, but you can choose to play as a single parent, have a dog or cat, a part-time job, and so on. Attending classes from home leaves my Sims with more free time to earn income and work on their skills. I play many save files this way, even making my Sims earn degrees way well into their adulthood -never too late to make your Sims dreams come true, right?
Most of the bugs and glitches that came with Discover University have been fixed, if not all (I never had issues with it, that's why I'm not completely sure), so that's an advantage over Eco Lifestyle which, judging from various threads on these forums, are still ridden with lots of glitches. If you are 100% sure you're going to like the new features and/or absolutely need the CAS and BB Mode objects, then I say you go for it. I just don't see how much replayable Eco Lifestyle can be after weeks and months of gameplay -the main features seem a bit uncreative to me, but it's only my personal opinion after all.
Happy Simming whatever you decide!
I don't own Eco Lifestyle yet, but I'll buy it in a few days (thank you, Amazon Gift Card, hahaha), so I can only speak for Discover University. I bought it in December, some weeks after its release date, and I use it in all my save files to this very day. It's a fairly versatile pack with somewhat predictable gameplay but able to push your Sims stories forward, should you choose to do so. All the degrees work pretty much in the same way, but the way they are incorporated into careers is what makes the bigger difference. I don't know if you use Mods, but I found one that makes specific degrees necessary for specific careers, and it's made my game much more challenging and rewarding.
Another aspect I really like is the fact that you can attend university from home and go to classes the same way Sims go to rabbit hole careers. It's not as exciting as living on campus, but you can choose to play as a single parent, have a dog or cat, a part-time job, and so on. Attending classes from home leaves my Sims with more free time to earn income and work on their skills. I play many save files this way, even making my Sims earn degrees way well into their adulthood -never too late to make your Sims dreams come true, right?
Most of the bugs and glitches that came with Discover University have been fixed, if not all (I never had issues with it, that's why I'm not completely sure), so that's an advantage over Eco Lifestyle which, judging from various threads on these forums, are still ridden with lots of glitches. If you are 100% sure you're going to like the new features and/or absolutely need the CAS and BB Mode objects, then I say you go for it. I just don't see how much replayable Eco Lifestyle can be after weeks and months of gameplay -the main features seem a bit uncreative to me, but it's only my personal opinion after all.
Happy Simming whatever you decide!
