Irresistible Sims rarely fail at social interactions, and Socially Awkward Sims are the opposite, sometimes stumbling over their words when talking to other Sims. Avante Garde is the quintessential hipster trait they love to talk about all the things they enjoy that you've never heard of. Herbs can also be added to cooked food or thrown in a bonfire, and depending on the herb, can provide positive or negative moodlets. You get an offer to join these jobs when you gain very high influence with the rebels, jocks or nerds, respectively.Īs always with a new The Sims 3 expansion, we have new collectables, herbs and coffee beans, which you can use to make teas or coffee, and there are new insects as well. Three new careers have also been added, each suited to one of the social groups: art appraiser, sports agent and video game developer. The rebels love a good protest or tagging buildings with Street Art skill, and they like to hang out at the coffee shop drinking organic herbal teas and bucking the status quo. The nerds prefer to spend their time at the comic book shop, and they love to succeed in mental challenges and do well in school. The jocks spend their time at the Bowl-o-Rama and enjoy sports and throwing the best parties on campus. Social groups are a big new addition the three groups offer benefits and like-minded friends for your Sims.
You can't party all the time, but University Life is full of other possibilities. None of the other Seasons holidays are celebrated. If you have The Sims 3: Seasons, you get a Spring Break between terms to throw a lot of parties, though you don't leave the university lot during the break. If fun isn't your style, though, you can always throw a protest for anything under the sun, from clowns and beetles to death. You can throw a bonfire party after dark, throwing herbs into the bonfire for different effects or cooking food on the fire. You can throw a juice kegger, at which you can do juice keg stands or play juice pong (got to love that "T" rating). It's about parties, too, and University Life adds several new types. In your off time, you can study using your new nameless-but-very-familiar Smartphone, which can also be used for games, texting or social networking forming study groups or practicing skills related to your major can also increase your grade.Ĭollege isn't all about the learning, though. Lectures are semi-interactive instead of just fast-forwarding until your character is controllable again, like with classes and non- Ambitions jobs, you can control some of your Sim's actions, choosing between taking notes, asking questions and, of course, sleeping through it. The schedule changes some depending on major and class load, there's at least one lecture day, and exams are always on Fridays. Your Career tab becomes your Graduation tab, on which you can find your schedule, how well you're doing in your term, and a constant, ominous countdown to your next exam. While at college, you can't have a full-time job, only part-time, and unlike in real life, your Sims cannot get pregnant or married during that time. Once you move in, you choose a room and claim a bed before all the good ones are taken, and then your college experience begins. You can live in a co-ed dorm, sorority, fraternity, or to rent a house in town if you don't want to deal with roommates. Sims University, the unoriginal but descriptive name of your school, is a town in its own right. You only get the trait slot the first time you graduate, though, so there's no bonus for extra degrees. In addition to your degree, graduation gives you an extra trait slot. More courses cost more but also lead to higher degrees, which mean more money once you graduate. You can then choose the length of the term, between one and two weeks, and how heavy your course load will be. Someone with a high painting skill, for example, is a natural fit for a Fine Arts degree, and if he or she chooses to study it, it'll be cheaper than for those without artistic inclinations. Before starting college, though, you want to take an aptitude test to find out what you should study and if you qualify for tuition assistance. You can only study one major at a time, so completionists will want to go at least six times to get a degree in all: Business, Communications, Fine Arts, Physical Education, Science and Medicine, and Technology. The Sims 3: University Life is the ninth expansion in the The Sims 3 collection, and many fans have been clamoring for it, but does it live up to its predecessor, The Sims 2: University? In a word: mostly.Īny Sim from young adult to elder can go to college, and they can go as many times as they want to.