Which university-related expansion pack do you love most?

This sums up what I do with my sims at college.

I only played the Sims 2 and Sims 4 university EPs. Sims 4 has bicycles and robotics, which are the main selling point to me, so technically Discover University wins over University Life. Still, for actual uni gameplay I think I still prefer Sims 2. It is better integrated into rotational play and I can see my sims' current study progress without needing a mod.

TS3 Uni was so much fun. The trailer ACTUALLY was a good representation of what came with the pack, and the gameplay you get to experience. I miss ping pong, graffiti, juice kegs, SOCCER, and cliques. Getting extra trait slots for graduating Uni, was a HUGE motivation to finish school. Especially since my PC back in the day couldn't handle mods.

I am saying 3's because I felt it had the most impact on my Sims' lives outside of school, but I really liked 2's as well. I very much understand the feeling of university life being a sectioned off from normal life, so I never minded that, and they were interesting for a change of pace.

I don't hate 4's DU. It is solid enough beyond the pathing problems. However, I do have a bone to pick with the grading system. 3's could be finicky, too, and 4's is fairly realistic, but I hate having to guess about my Sims' performance. There should never be a case where my Sim attended all classes/did homework but ended up with an unexpected D in one class and As in all the others because I happened not to notice (s)he was habitually late to one in particular. Yes, realistic, but even when you micromanage you have to be incredibly observant just in case something does happen. A very simple UI keeping me updated on the individual grades or progress bar could have fix this. Not to mention, I still find it kind of odd to have usual neighborhood foot traffic on campus. What are all my 5 star celebrities doing hanging around the dorms?

I suppose my main problem with DU in particular is it sometimes feels unfair in ways the other Uni EPs weren't, especially when you are doing larger households. I find it the most realistic, but that doesn't by necessity make it the most fun.

"Calico45;c-17967838" wrote:
What are all my 5 star celebrities doing hanging around the dorms?

They are showing off their skills and knowledge and abilities to the students so that the students can become talented celebrities like them.

I liked how you got more want slots in the Sims 2, felt like a big sim achievement that they went to college. Would have been cool if they added more wish slots for the Sims 3 as well instead of getting more traits.

I had University for Sims 2 and 4 so can only compare those two. I found Sims 2 University to be more fun. While I don't regret buying Discover University, I've found the university experience is too much work. That's all my Sims have time to do and no time for fun. There are things I prefer in Discover University like being able to live off campus and study part time and the student organisations. Sims 2 University had more focus on the fun dorm life, than the work itself which made the game so much more fun. University is my favourite pack from Sims 2.

I love Discover University in 4, and just about all of my main-rotation sims have degrees...

...but Sims 2 University was a masterclass in the art of integrating college life into broader gameplay. The Young Adult life stage meant something special in that game.

I chose Sims 2 as I loved moving my Sims ready for college into a household and moving the whole household into the dorm so they experienced college and graduated together! Because I was able to play them as a household there was always drama, flirting, and helping each other out with homework and studying going on. I remember Lilith autonomously started flirting with her sister's boyfriend and they then started fighting in the dorm! Some of my sims would meet their future spouse and fall in live during college. Although it can happen in Sims 4 it is frustrating as can only play one sim at a time and it is difficult to play rotationally in college because of the way it is set up. I really miss the way Sims 2 did it! As a result I rarely play college in Sims 4, although I know I need to try again

@maggiemae8135 I think The Sims 4's concept of university has taken a lot from The Sims 3 than The Sims 2. In The Sims 3, you select one Sim or several Sims that you want to be enrolled at university. You pay the fees, and then you are set. Then, you spend the time on the campus, and afterwards, you are allowed to return to the home base. It is structured very similarly to World Adventures.

The Sims 4 playstyle is very similar to The Sims 3 playstyle, in which your main focus in on one Sim, and that's it. Unlike the Sims 3, in which you can easily switch Sims in a household and control those Sims by the minutiae, the Sims 4 does allow you to switch control of Sims in a household, but you also sacrifice direct control. This forces you to only control 1 Sim at a time.

Yeah, I agree. It really sucks.

But, that's The Sims 4.

I am just hoping for a new The Sims game... but if that The Sims game involves online and multi-player, I will pass.

I liked playing through Sims 4 University, tried to play Sims 3 University but I was bored within 5 minutes of booting into the world