Sims 4 High School Year's Negative thread

Upset that the amusement park /carnival items are all rabbit holes
losing hope we get non rabbit hole ones ever now *sighs*
I didn't want carnival just to go eat stuff and vanish into nothingness

Unlike 'Werewolves', I liked this trailer and what I saw in it. Nothing looked bad...but here's where having seen all this before comes in:
-How much of what was in the trailer is trailer fluff?
-I'm guessing due to how much of it was prom-focused, this'll be the big selling-point of the pack, which then leads me to wonder how fleshed out other aspects will be.
-Football will be like soccer, for sure, given they didn't show off anything sports-like.
-Cheerleading will be very basic and tied to the mat object, most likely.
-The only substantial things I saw were the school layout, the proms, the amusement park, and that one shop.
-It pretty much looks based off of a CW show, which means it is basically a made-for-tv interpretation of American high school, with all of the tropes, but modernized and sanitized (and with 30-somethings acting like teenagers). Usually they're filmed in Canada, funnily enough.
-I'm definitely going to need the Livestream for this one (wish they still did gameplay trailers). I really want to know how useful it'll all be. I'm one of those who notices what isn't shown just as much as what is.
-I need to see how...blurry/drawn on the body hair will be. They didn't give enough of a good look in the trailer, especially in the back/torso area. Looked good on the legs and arms, though.
-The b/b style was...ecclectic.
-The cas styles were so made-for-tv that it hurts.

American high school dramas have this weird thing where they blend time periods, the teenagers are all so far past drinking age that the bottles are the ones carded, they're always set in some stuck-in-the-past town with people just barely older than the teenagers all acting as if they're boomers, blending super posh upper-class people with lower-class people who look like their only financial struggles are wrapped up in a shopping addiction, always some sort of diner everyone hangs out in, and it's always got some kind of run-down outskirts and/or an amusement park, an old-timey theatre, and the high school is essentially a university all its own. All it's missing is a slew of pickup trucks that all the kids drive (alongside a beater or two) and a drive-in.

This is a made-for-tv high school experience. That's not a bad thing, mind you, but I do wonder what all will be usable past reenacting everything from Dawson's Creek to Riverdale, and pretending there's an actual place on Earth that lives like that.

"Simmingal;c-18139013" wrote:
Upset that the amusement park /carnival items are all rabbit holes
losing hope we get non rabbit hole ones ever now *sighs*
I didn't want carnival just to go eat stuff and vanish into nothingness

The carnival is a rabbit hole what is even the point in adding it

"ChadSims2;c-18139036" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18139013" wrote:
Upset that the amusement park /carnival items are all rabbit holes
losing hope we get non rabbit hole ones ever now *sighs*
I didn't want carnival just to go eat stuff and vanish into nothingness

The carnival is a rabbit hole what is even the point in adding it

Any proof of that?

"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.

While worlds are awfully small, this means seven lots are already built-up. There will be some empty lots too (I guess 3-5). That puts the world at (underwhelming) 10-12 lots if there are no EA-built lots.

It does seem very "American", nothing wrong with that but for certain worlds like Sulani or Windenburg this could clash. Cheerleading for example.
Really hoping the ferris wheel isn't a rabbit hole but there didn't appear to be a sim on it.

"Horrorgirl6;c-18139043" wrote:

"ChadSims2;c-18139036" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18139013" wrote:
Upset that the amusement park /carnival items are all rabbit holes
losing hope we get non rabbit hole ones ever now *sighs*
I didn't want carnival just to go eat stuff and vanish into nothingness

The carnival is a rabbit hole what is even the point in adding it

Any proof of that?

The windows on the ferris wheel booths are frosted over, not see through.

I'm planning to get the pack as of now. I am a little disappointed that nothing was done to make the teens look like teens. Surely something could be done to make them look younger even if height remains the same

I'm disappointed that after school activities center around sports and cheerleading. Only a small percentage of students participate in those activities. Why no band or drama clubs? Something for artsy students? Oh well, at least we got science fair.

I’ll reserve most of my negative comments till I get confirmation of my possible disappointments.

But I didn’t like that they didn’t mention a high school lot just that we could customize the existing one. It wouldn’t make sense for some of my Sims to go to this particular school. That would be a big downside.

This one is a little bit nitpic but I wish that the cheerleading object came in invisible, like the aisle from the wedding pack.

I also feel like this was perfect opportunity to add sleepovers. But I didn’t see that mentioned.

"alanmichael1;c-18139012" wrote:
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.

My entire exposure to the german school system was Druck but you know what, it was fine.