There are no official statistics on the typical age of a fan of the Sims series, but I would guess that most people who love virtual life are either looking forward to or reminiscing about their party-filled student days.
It is these groups that The Sims 4 Discover University is perfect for. Rather than sitting in lectures, this expansion pack focuses on hanging out in dorms, on campus and in bars, putting off homework and cramming notes until later. It’s actually just like real life. If you want to experience it for yourself, you can download The Sims 4 Discover University for free.
College isn’t for everyone
Would you like to live peacefully, eat, sleep and study in a dorm? Prepare to spend a few thousand Simoleons on a laptop and a few hundred more on a refrigerator. Would you like to move to campus for the entire semester? This means giving up your current job. Also, if you haven’t paid for your education in advance, remember that you’ll be burdened with student loan repayments when you return to ‘gray reality’. What? Nobody said it would be easy.
How will you fund this? If we have a wealthy character, this won’t be a problem. Otherwise, we’ll have to sell our furniture or apply for a scholarship. However, to receive one, we must meet a specific condition – for example, funding for athletes is available for characters who are very physically fit.
It’s a difficult start to student life!
New Sims may have a problem with this, though. Fortunately, the questionnaire-based character creator added in a free update a few months ago sets the initial characteristics at a level that allows you to obtain a grant.
When choosing a university and a field of study, we can see the rewards we will receive after successfully completing twelve selected courses. This is an opportunity to start a professional career several levels higher than average.
We study instead of learning
Whether we pay out of our own pocket, receive a scholarship to cover part of the cost of education or take out a loan to cover the rest of the tuition fees, it doesn’t matter. We can study from home and commute to classes, or – much more fun – we can move into a boarding house or dormitory on one of the two campuses or in an ‘independent university’ area with a pub, apartment and library.
Student life is best experienced in a student dormitory. It starts innocently enough: choosing your own bed in a double room and arranging your things on what appears to be ‘your’ desk in what is theoretically ‘your’ space.
However, it quickly becomes apparent that the dormitory is a mini-commune. People visit each other all the time, and students gather in large numbers in the living room with a TV or around the table football.
When I bought my first expensive laptop for academic purposes and put it on my desk, someone immediately got their hands on it. Fortunately, The Sims 4: University Life allows you to lock items – you can assign a bed or computer to a specific character and allow other selected Sims to use it.
Socialise, whether you want to or not!
Of course, this does not apply to everything, such as shared showers. There have been times when a Sim has received negative moodlets or even refused to bathe because of the company of a stranger. Well, interpersonal relationships in dorms are not as frivolous as they might seem.
Anyway, living among students means that your various needs are constantly declining. The beds are not the most comfortable, and when you have three homework assignments and presentations to prepare, there is no time to relax. Not to mention the parties in the courtyard every day and the opportunity to watch a football match at the stadium.
Pros and cons
One of the few not-so-positive aspects is that I have poisoned myself several times by constantly eating microwave food. It seems that it is difficult to encourage healthy habits among laid-back students. In fact, it’s impossible to buy a stove for the dorm, so we can’t cook Michelin-starred dishes with just a mini-fridge.
The upside of dorm life, however, is that the social index is always exceptionally high. This means you can join one of six fraternities, play with robots in the lab or play for the university football team, earning the support of the team and fans in the process.
In my opinion, the most important thing about The Sims 4 expansions is the new gameplay elements. I had a great time in the dorm, but not so much when it came to passing my classes.
Click below to download The Sims 4 Discover University for free – the university gates are open to you!
- Here is the link to purchase the game: The Sims 4 Discover University
- Genre: Simulator Games
- Supported languages: ES/ENG/MULTi
How to download The Sims 4 Discover University for free?
- Click the button in the body of the article
- Perform all the necessary steps of the process
- Complete a task to get the password
- Install the game and enjoy a high-level experience. The game is copyrighted – support developers
The Sims 4 Discover University system requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better.
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 3 GB
Recommended:
- OS: 64 Bit Windows 7
- Processor: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 18 GB