Ok, I haven't done one of these since the university pack I believe BUT I am genuinely curious how everyone will rate this pack in particular. Please remember, though, as always: this is supposed to be a helpful thread for those who are still on the fence about buying this pack. Also: feel free to voice your opinions, but don't go attacking others for theirs. And try to be at least a tiny bit objective ;)So, without further ado: on a scale from 1 to 10 - 1 being "I wish I could return this atrocity" and 10 being "Simtastic, best pack ever" - how would YOU rate High School Years?

Honestly I'm having fun with it so far. There are some disappointing aspects such as not many teens being at school, and the small bugs I'm getting but other than that it's a pretty good expansion so far.

"sam123;c-18158895" wrote:Honestly I'm having fun with it so far. There are some disappointing aspects such as not many teens being at school, and the small bugs I'm getting but other than that it's a pretty good expansion so far. Yeah I absolutely agree! Still on the fence about my rating but I'm leaning towards an 8 for now. I'm just so hyped that teens finally have a life in TS4 xD I love social bunny for them, and I actually don't really mind that there's nothing really to do during class - it's kinda short anyway but I do like that they get such varied skills. My sim learned about Selvadorada in her culture class (don't remember exactly what it was called ^^). The pier is lovely, the new activities are nice, and again: teens finally have their own stuff to do, and that alone is :heart:

I gave it a 7, but I probably should have given it an 8. It might be my favorite pack ever for CAS & build/buy, but you literally have more options when you don't follow your sim to school than when you do, lol.

I give it a 5. Great build buy, nice CAS, pretty world, new party type, new lot types and a new career. Overall I think it will be fun to play-through. I don't rank it higher for three reasons: 1) The pack is called high school but doesn't offer much in terms of HS and neither does it offer unique enough game play to help teens feel different from playing a young adult. 2) The game play is rather shallow and a lot of it is because there is little to no cross pack integration 3) While the pack does offer very nice things, what it offers in terms of content comes off feeling more like a game pack then it does an expansion.

I gave it a 5 because I agree with Mr_MuffinTop on all counts. The other thing I don't like is that I created teen sims to be friends with my main character and they don't even show up on the lot to play with. If I go in and play them, then my main character doesn't go to high school. If there was a way to pick and choose which high school students attended the school (or if all teens in the game living in houses attended automatically) the game would be more enjoyable to me. I would also like to be able to choose who gets what locker even if they are characters I'm not playing. Also, we don't need to have a million proms. That's the the other thing I hate about the calendar. There's things that pop up that you can't delete, and if you avoid doing them, your sim goes straight into a negative mood. More freedom with the calendar is a must for me.... and maybe create middle school sims so you have an inbetweener, and actually have "years" and summer vacations so you can go through freshman to senior year - and attend university with friends with normal semesters, too. Just a thought.

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29 Replies

wexxam
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Honestly I'm having fun with it so far. There are some disappointing aspects such as not many teens being at school, and the small bugs I'm getting but other than that it's a pretty good expansion so far.
Joanne_Snow
Legend
3 years ago
"sam123;c-18158895" wrote:
Honestly I'm having fun with it so far. There are some disappointing aspects such as not many teens being at school, and the small bugs I'm getting but other than that it's a pretty good expansion so far.

Yeah I absolutely agree! Still on the fence about my rating but I'm leaning towards an 8 for now. I'm just so hyped that teens finally have a life in TS4 xD I love social bunny for them, and I actually don't really mind that there's nothing really to do during class - it's kinda short anyway but I do like that they get such varied skills. My sim learned about Selvadorada in her culture class (don't remember exactly what it was called ^^). The pier is lovely, the new activities are nice, and again: teens finally have their own stuff to do, and that alone is :heart:
DragonAge_300905
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I gave it a 5 because it can use some improvements on the class room like watch our sim doing a real with consequences dentition and popups matching the visual game play. Also I really wanted my sim to have a graduation ceremony but I couldn't make it happen. I don't know why.
SimDork23
3 years ago
I gave it a 7, but I probably should have given it an 8. It might be my favorite pack ever for CAS & build/buy, but you literally have more options when you don't follow your sim to school than when you do, lol.
MrMuffinTot
Rising Hotshot
3 years ago
I give it a 5. Great build buy, nice CAS, pretty world, new party type, new lot types and a new career. Overall I think it will be fun to play-through. I don't rank it higher for three reasons:

1) The pack is called high school but doesn't offer much in terms of HS and neither does it offer unique enough game play to help teens feel different from playing a young adult.
2) The game play is rather shallow and a lot of it is because there is little to no cross pack integration
3) While the pack does offer very nice things, what it offers in terms of content comes off feeling more like a game pack then it does an expansion.
KatHoppa
New Rookie
3 years ago
I gave it a 5 because I agree with Mr_MuffinTop on all counts.

The other thing I don't like is that I created teen sims to be friends with my main character and they don't even show up on the lot to play with. If I go in and play them, then my main character doesn't go to high school. If there was a way to pick and choose which high school students attended the school (or if all teens in the game living in houses attended automatically) the game would be more enjoyable to me. I would also like to be able to choose who gets what locker even if they are characters I'm not playing. Also, we don't need to have a million proms. That's the the other thing I hate about the calendar. There's things that pop up that you can't delete, and if you avoid doing them, your sim goes straight into a negative mood. More freedom with the calendar is a must for me.... and maybe create middle school sims so you have an inbetweener, and actually have "years" and summer vacations so you can go through freshman to senior year - and attend university with friends with normal semesters, too. Just a thought.
wexxam
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"SimTrippy;c-18158904" wrote:
"sam123;c-18158895" wrote:
Honestly I'm having fun with it so far. There are some disappointing aspects such as not many teens being at school, and the small bugs I'm getting but other than that it's a pretty good expansion so far.

Yeah I absolutely agree! Still on the fence about my rating but I'm leaning towards an 8 for now. I'm just so hyped that teens finally have a life in TS4 xD I love social bunny for them, and I actually don't really mind that there's nothing really to do during class - it's kinda short anyway but I do like that they get such varied skills. My sim learned about Selvadorada in her culture class (don't remember exactly what it was called ^^). The pier is lovely, the new activities are nice, and again: teens finally have their own stuff to do, and that alone is :heart:

I'm still waiting for my sim to go to a normal class, just as I feared she aged the day before the final exam so her first school day was an exam lmao.
ChadSims2
Rising Rookie
3 years ago
I'm giving it a 5 it could have been a 10 easily had they actually given the player control with clubs and built-in systems to set school outfits and who attends also its severely lacking cross pack integration content is shallow when it really did not have to be a lot of the game play is there just locked out of high school.
alexspoom13
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
After just a few hours playing I hovered somewhere between 5 and 6.

In the end I went with 6 because I feel the pack has genuine replayability with the new careers, prom, new activities and objects, etc.

Where it falls short for me ironically is the high school aspect. No club gatherings, no schools in other worlds (without mods), different teens and teachers on a daily basis, rabbithole after school clubs, only four after school clubs. The whole school experience should have been so much more immersive and customisable than it sadly is. And sorry EA that school building is gross.
Sara1010p
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I have spent a bit of time playing, I am enjoying the parts of the pack that work correctly, but I have been hit with the travel bug, the aging bug and the bug that prevents prom from actually starting. I haven't gotten to graduation yet, so don't know if that will bug out for me or not. I have spent a full week in school and both my teens are showing full progress with the check to move from C to B, but that hasn't happened yet either. I would give it a higher score, more 8 or 9 if it weren't for the bugs.