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Maxon wrote:
> Yeah the subject of the new EP seems to have split opinion doesn't
> it? I like the sound of it but then I went to university (in fact
> I'm still there as a grad student) and enjoyed it but a lot of people
> seemed turned off by the idea. Mind you I'm not too keen on the dorm
> idea either - or the Greek houses - but then I'm a European and went
> to university as a mature student so didn't personally experience
> either. I bet most Maxis employees are college graduates though and
> that's why they thought of it as an idea for an EP.
Well, I think this whole game is really aimed at folks in the 18-25 year old
age group. So the idea of University shouldn't be surprising. Look at all
the aspects of the game as it is and it's obvious it was made BY young
people FOR young people. No middle aged life span, not being able to make
adult children in CAS for adult parents, having only dingy looking gray hair
for elders, having no realistic looking body meshes, etc. I'm almost 50 yet
in the game I can make the "Jeanie" sim either sleek, young and smashing
looking, or worn out, sagging and drab. :-( There's days I feel like the
latter, but not typically. And I haven't looked like the young smashing one
in a while now. <g>
I'd really like to see some realism put into this game, like the possibility
of having wheelchairs, more hair styles (honestly, no one I know wears their
hair anything like the available styles), elevators, handicapped ramps (for
community lots) and that sort of thing. I'd also like to see some
completely different trees and larger shrubs. I am getting pretty tired of
birches, bays and willows. LOL
Jeanie
However, all the
> objects that come with the new expansion will be available in the
> ordinary neighbourhood lots too including the gym equipment and the
> coffee house stuff - both of which I really (really) want in my
> community lots.
>
> Best wishes
> Maxon
>
>
>
> "Jeanie" <Nobody@home.com> wrote in message
> news:YXqPd.65209$eT5.41814@attbi_s51...
>> Maxon wrote:
>>> The first one I think - it just adds extra sim days for those sims
>>> that go to university. It won't affect your sims who don't go or
>>> change the age of any pre-existing sims - it's just an extra age
>>> stage which has to be lived out in a different neighbourhood (the
>>> sim college). The young adult stage won't be available in the
>>> regular neighbourhoods. I'm still hoping for a middle age stage.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>> Maxon
>>>
>> Well, poop. I was hoping it would add another age to everybody in
>> the game. I seriously doubt if I would ever play the dorm life
>> option to that game. The only reason I'd even consider buying it
>> would be to add to the life span of all the sims (apparently not an
>> option after all) and to add objects and animations and such.
>> That's the only reason I bought Expansion Packs to the original
>> game, too, though I did really like Unleashed for the bigger
>> neighborhood and the pets.
>>
>> Jeanie