Parent Game: The Sims 4
The Sims 4: Discover University

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Summary

Hit the books and show your school spirit in The Sims 4 Discover University Expansion Pack, where Sims enroll in school, explore collegiate experiences, and enjoy extracurricular activities. Take classes that set your Sims up for success in engineering, education, or law careers. Discover robotics and ping-pong, plus make some mischief pulling pranks against the rival school. Study hard, sleep in, and high-five the school mascot – just make sure to keep those grades up!


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The Sims 4: Discover University Reviews & Ratings

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Review by Drewmeadyy [user]
February 17, 2021

My favourite expansion pack alongside Sims 4 Get Famous and city living, rightly so as it offers hours of gameplay and is so interestingMy favourite expansion pack alongside Sims 4 Get Famous and city living, rightly so as it offers hours of gameplay and is so interesting choosing what path they take whilst going university. You can create some interesting storylines within this pack and is well worth purchasing. Cons: There can be many lags including sims refusing to go to class and the amount of work to complete is excessive. Glitches can be common but regardless an enjoyable pack.

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Review by tangledwings [user]
June 19, 2020

There are so many bugs in this expansion that it is beyond frustrating to play. There is no kitchenette in the dorm rooms, but the cafeteriaThere are so many bugs in this expansion that it is beyond frustrating to play. There is no kitchenette in the dorm rooms, but the cafeteria doesn't open properly during operating hours. In fact, it is almost always closed. It also requires a loading screen to go to the cafeteria, so if you have more than one Sim, and they don't go to the cafeteria at the same time for every meal, you will lose control of the other Sim. Shall I continue? The game added one random roommate to my active household for no reason. The debate competition bugged out completely. Sims constantly put their homework down in the middle of nowhere and then leave. They also lose their bikes daily. University classes start whenever you arrive on campus, including noon on a Tuesday. You will be late to class and get docked for not doing your homework. The semester is only 5 days, and there is so much homework, you won't do much else. You cannot edit any of the buildings, and if you use cheats, it will completely bug out. Out of desperation, I added a fridge and stove to my Sim's dorm. Their dorm was removed from the list of available dorms and they were forced to move out at the end of the semester. All the other students started paying them rent, but would periodically move out because their "needs weren't being met", whatever that means. I didn't delete anything from the dorm. Fast speed and ultra speed stopped working completely. Every building is either a rabbit hole or has a loading screen, and yet campus feels empty and boring. There are so few buildings. The biggest dorm is still tiny. As other people have said, you can't send your Sim to class until after it has started. There are multiple academic buildings, so you don't know where their classes are. I hate this expansion. I hate it.

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Review by Cubed3
June 3, 2020

So much information, and so many possibilities that it can be almost scary. On the other hand, players are given the opportunity to design a whole new period of life for their Sims. While not always easy to navigate, Discover University definitely adds a lot to gameplay.

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Review by BlackBandit [user]
February 6, 2020

This expansion pack for The Sims 4 is really fun, but it has a few glitches. The homework for university students doesn't work, sometimes; theThis expansion pack for The Sims 4 is really fun, but it has a few glitches. The homework for university students doesn't work, sometimes; the little progress bar doesn't move. It's also very difficult to have a sim take more than a couple of classes at a time, including extracurriculars. My sims are always late to class, because the "Go To Class" button does not appear, until the time that that class is supposed to start, plus travel time (either walking or biking). Overall, it is a fun pack. Your young adult+ sims can apply for scholarships based on their skills and talents, and they can move into a dorm, a house, or live at home. There are many fun clubs and things to do, like debate or joining the soccer team. All in all, I'd recommend the pack, but I might wait to buy, it, until they update the homework glitch.

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Review by AllNewSuperfake [user]
January 22, 2020

If you have played every game in this franchise you already know that the quality of the DLC that comes out steadily declines in terms ofIf you have played every game in this franchise you already know that the quality of the DLC that comes out steadily declines in terms of quality and quantity. Since the base game is already mediocre at best, the DLC has finally reached the lowest score I could possibly give it. It is an insult to the franchise and only is a traditional SIms DLC in terms of a lying trailer, rehashed content that doesn't tie into the rest of the game (and certainly not other DLC) and some items that you were actually missing.As usual at this point you only get half of the content for twice the price. While you had lectures, sororities and a huge new world to explore in the Sims 3, you get a barebone dormitory, a miniature world full of rabbitholes, useless extensions to the club system, and roughly 100 additional items (40 % of them recolors or very specific and therefore useless for everyday building). Throw in 3 hairstyles and 3 outfits so that everyone appears to visit the clown college, and then dive into the gameplay loop.Which is doing homework and nothing else. The whole college "experience" is visiting rabbitholes and doing homework. And you'll have to do it for at least 21 long days, and you'll do nothing else. Of course you can live with "housemates" now who behave pretty much like visitors who occasionally sleep, don't give a frack about what time of the day it is and can savely be ignored because they don't even spot new traits.Yes, it's yet another DLC without any additions to the AI, but of course you get the usual army of bugs and glitches that will never be fixed.If you love gaming in the style of German work simulations, go with the street cleaning simulator instead. That one would gain at least one point from me. This one doesn't.

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Game Information
Release Date November 15, 2019
Publisher Maxis, Electronic Arts
Content Rated T (Teen)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Genres Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Themes Fantasy, Comedy, Sandbox, Romance
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S