Sims 4 High School Year's Negative thread

This is a positive pack for me, in theory, because it seems like it's going to add a lot of nice details to my current prep-school invented play.
Any negatives will be in the details.

Though it was funny from the very start: Why is this dude still in high school?
I cherish and love my shorter teens mod because it makes it obvious teens are not young adults, so I'm good there.

I hope there's a regular non-"promposal" way for them to ask to prom, because those promposals look goofy as heck.

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but in the blog post it said creators helped to make seven new lots in the world. Seven!? An expansion world? I know there could be empty lots and such but I'm really worried the world will be tiny now. I hope they give us lot numbers soon, just so we know either way.

"JemmaTheSimmer;c-18138961" wrote:
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but in the blog post it said creators helped to make seven new lots in the world. Seven!? An expansion world? I know there could be empty lots and such but I'm really worried the world will be tiny now. I hope they give us lot numbers soon, just so we know either way.

I think they are more lots, just that they made seven.

The teens look so OLD! But this is a base game problem. It was clearly a shortcut taken in development making the teens look almost identical to adults.

This is why nailing the execution of the base game is critical. Issues will have rippling effects later on in the entire generation

"simmerorigin;c-18138966" wrote:
The teens look so OLD! But this is a base game problem. It was clearly a shortcut taken in development making the teens look almost identical to adults.

This is why nailing the execution of the base game is critical. Issues will have rippling effects later on in the entire generation

Honestly it's not just the base game.The style of the clothes ,hair, and how they make them looks .Gives off a very young adult vibe.

"Horrorgirl6;c-18138964" wrote:

"JemmaTheSimmer;c-18138961" wrote:
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but in the blog post it said creators helped to make seven new lots in the world. Seven!? An expansion world? I know there could be empty lots and such but I'm really worried the world will be tiny now. I hope they give us lot numbers soon, just so we know either way.

I think they are more lots, just that they made seven.

Hm maybe an empty lot or two. But every time now for the last few packs, all the lots have been made by creators and EA haven't done more than setting up empty lots with a few trees or so. I'm not getting my hopes up on this one and if I'm proved wrong I'll be pleasantly surprised. Tbh that's been most of my thoughts recently with the sims, keep expectations low and I'll be pleasantly surprised if it's good.

A little bit of American high school drama vibes...

Oh wow. It’s the high school experience I never had. Take my money, EA, I’ll even pay double. /s

Rah, prom. Big whoop. I didn’t go to prom because I had horses to feed the next morning. Plus I wasn’t into that kind of thing.

Looks like the cheer squad has to stay on some kind of mat to be able to cheer. Also wasn’t crazy about cheer.

I’m not sure how eager I am to relive my formative secondary education years here. It seems very stereotypical of the high school tropes and I’m not sure how much that fits into my gameplay. Especially at EP prices.

I suppose I’d have to see more.

But why are they so oooooold looking? I was socially awkward as a teen (still am) and not into makeup or anything so I could easily have passed for a tiny middle schooler (also didn’t grow until the summer after my senior year when I shot up like 8 inches).

"Omri147;c-18138935" wrote:
Forgot to mention, it's a bit too Americanized for my taste. I know this is an American game but the trailer looked more like a TV show set to me than anything.

I would generally agree, but in this case the American style is ok because it's so well known worldwide through Hollywood films and series. You wouldn't want the German school system in the Sims.