University Coming?!!
Maxis uploaded all the new Sims from the rebranding (another topic entirely), and one of their bios, for Morgan Park, really caught my eye and I'm HOPING it's a look into the future! Morgan is all...
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"LMcGE;c-17167178" wrote:
I think a well fleshed-out education pack for all ages would be great. The issue with university is that each country has their own way of doing university, e.g. Greek houses just are not a thing in the UK but I understand they are in the US. Each country will have its own university options and traditions so it would be great if we had options of things to implement, a little like we can make our own holidays in Seasons, rather than have to do something that may be alien to our experience, if we don't fancy it.
Yep, it needs lots of options, so the player can pick and choose the style of university their sims go to.
Here in Australia, we don't have greek houses, and we barely have dorms. Cheer leading isn't a thing, university sports are not a big deal, they're usually just something people play in their spare time.
Pub crawls are a big deal.
University clubs are where you meet people, and engage in your hobbies/interests.
We don't have 'college towns', because our university campuses are in our major cities (and some larger towns). Most of our capital cities have multiple universities.
Most students live at home, with their folks, or in share houses. Most people go to uni in their home state, and in their home city.
Dorms are mostly just for international students, and rural students in their first year. (Recently international students have been complaining about the lack dorms available to them.)
Australia doesn't do freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. Most of our courses are 3 years in length. The reason for that is because 'freshmen year' is just year 12 of secondary school here.
It'd be great if there were a couple of universities, and each had several neighbourhoods "attached" to them. Eg, one university could be attached to Newcrest, Willow Creek and Magnolia Promenade. If you live in any of those neighbourhoods, you can attend that university from home. If you want to attend a different uni, you'll need to live in a share house or dorm.
It'd also be great to have the option to take some of the uni courses from home, by computer. A super handy option for sims in a low level of their career to be able to upskill, and skip up a level or two.
More variety is what would make the game more engaging, and more entertaining.
