The original The Sims received a whopping seven expansions, and now receives its first pack in the form of The Sims 2 University. Cynics might argue that this is all overkill, but when a game is a huge creative and commercial success like The Sims 2, who wouldn't want more? The Sims 2 University sure gives you more. You get a whole new young adult life stage, plus a new influence system, new careers, new interactions, new items and decorating schemes, and, of course, a whole new experience: university life (or at least, university life American-style). That new life experience is something of a letdown, but the new items and strategic options more than make up for it. Buppah rahtree movie. Even if the university-lifestyle angle doesn't appeal to you, you'll still get plenty of features that apply to the core game, too.

There's a new influence system that lets your sims make other characters do their bidding, from sprucing up the yard to picking a fight with someone to playing with a sibling. Your sims gain influence points by fulfilling 'wants,' which is akin to how the existing aspiration system works. Now, many familiar goals, like a sim's child making good grades, grant both aspiration and influence points. The new features in The Sims 2 University aren't just about points and strategies. There's a lot of stuff that's just plain fun. Tired of the same old TV shows and stereo tunes?

Now there's a new sim sports channel, for example, so your sims can laze away on a Sunday afternoon, munching chips and watching the game. Speaking of music, your sims can now play cool new instruments.

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In 'The Sims 2,' improved graphics make the environments and characters much. In 'The Sims 2,' adult sims have and raise kids the old fashioned way: Two. Jul 28, 2014 - This mod makes your teenage female sims pregnant, woohoo, and have miscarraiges. Adult female sims will experience miscarriage.

You can buy an electric upright bass, a drum kit, and a guitar, replete with effects pedal board, and more. As ever, the animations for the new items are a kick to watch, so you'll see show-off guitarists playing behind their backs and drummers flipping their sticks into the air midsong. Oddly and inexplicably, child sims can't use these neat new instruments. (So much for starting your own sims Partridge Family.) As for the university portion of The Sims 2 University, the pressure cooker of rigorous course schedules and intense studying is replaced by fairly easy academic demands, though balancing those with a social life is realistically challenging. The alcohol-fueled adult antics that many students use to unwind are replaced by drinking juice and pulling lame, PG-rated pranks. The Sims 2 University ships with three ready-made universities, each with its own layout and vibe, though the differences are mainly just cosmetic. You can basically do the same things at any of them, and you can access any of these universities (or ones of your own creation) from your existing sims neighbourhoods.