My Brutally Honest Review Of The Sims 4 High School Years

This Is The SatchOnSims Review of The Sims 4 High School Years Expansion Pack.

I reviewed the gameplay, CAS, BB and many other things in this review. I have timestamps to find your desired section here:
CAS - 00:00 - 02:53
Build/Buy 02:54 - 05:15
World - 05:16 - 08:56
Gameplay - 08:57 - 16:39
Bugs/Glitches - 16:40 - 18:06
Cross-pack Features - 18:07 - 19:23
Personal Note/Conclusion 19:24 - End

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[SatchOnSims]

My stupid ass didn’t realise the drama club was not a part of this pack (LOL)

[bwabbystrabewwy]

I swear to god if male sims get one more swoopy-toothpaste hairstyle I will scream

[isabelanitap.]

By now my motto with The Sims is "I didn’t expect anything but I’m disappointed anyway". Literally, it's even written on my forehead probably.

[dichromatism]

i really wish they had included truth or dare, spin the bottle, and other teen party games that teens could have played at home & other places around the world. also if they're going to have lookout places, then they need makeout actions & more private seating options. like logs, crates, boulders amongst the trees (with fireflies and dragonflies) where teens could makeout. also teen vandalism options around the world for the troublemaker teens.

[wano_ZA]

Its funny how in the trailer, the highschool looks amazing and it's filled with so many decorations, but ahhhh in the game, its absolutely empty and super ugly honestly 🤣

[alexiscormier]

I wish instead of rabbit holes, we had some sort of cut scene (at least). How cool would it be to have a cut scene of you and your sibling or SO riding the Farris wheel with you. That way you could take screenshots. It would just feel more real. Same thing with the love booth and haunted house. I want it to feel like they actually did something.

[shawolsarah]

Thank goodness there are still honest reviewers like you. I’m tired of others glossing over bugs and hyping half baked gameplay

[CeramicShenanigans]

I feel like the sims team needs to go back and play the sims 2 and 3 to understand why people enjoy their games. They've lost the plot, this is basically a shell of the teen content we got in sims 3 generations. Prom was a rabbit hole then and it still felt more engaging that this, and their were consequences to skipping school and staying out late.

[MLadyAzzera]

SimmerErin just did a video revealing the credits, confirming there were ONLY 6 QA employees on High School Years, which was the same as My Wedding Stories. For reference, she said that over 30 QA employees were assigned to City Living.

[cultofcffee]

I sort of wish they added stuff like (yes I have a list):
-Councillor office (for stressed students)
-Uniform
-Science lab
lessons)
-different PE options like swimming, cricket, football track and field etc.
-Actual OPTIONS on tests
-Bigger/more decorated school
-More students from the actual neighbourhood (as in any teen in that save who are enrolled appear regardless of whether you’re playing their household or not
-More students from the actual neighbourhood (as in any teen in that save who are enrolled appear regardless of whether you’re playing their household or not
-a year system for teens (don’t know exactly what the system is in a America but it’s like year1 year2 year 3 etc.)
-Strikes on school record until expulsion (fighting or woohoo-ing are a no go)

-Popular sims can feel stressed from suddenly turning unpopular
-Popular snobby sims becoming awkward around unpopular sims
-Unpopular sims becoming sad from being picked on (we all know the kids who make snipy comments)
-Honor students
-Whole year grade scores on a bulletin board
-School trips!
-school work experience (literally just a normal job but only for a day.)
-Career fair interaction(whichever career you’re interested in decides your work experience job)
-music lessons
-trying to skip school through school nurse
-fire drills a but no one does what the're meant to(y'know, like real life)
-friendship groups
- upset at friend stealing crush (drama)

-If you do a prank and get caught, you have detention to rectify the damage caused (e.g pranked toilet so now you have to fix and clean the bathrooms after school)
Low grades + multiple detentions =angry parent(s)
Literally breaking bones because kids CAN do dumb stuff
Wheelchairs? Like- please?

Staff room restricted to only teachers
Teacher gameplay to teach and mark tests

If I think of more I might add them on

[scottdufferland]

If they can make a werewolf frame, they can make a teen frame.

[ChanelAnice]

This is a kind of specific request, but on the topic of cross-pack compatibility, I feel like one consistently missed opportunity is adding more movie options. It would be cool if we got 1 or 2 new titles with expansion packs and game packs. I don’t want to watch Sims of the Dead again! Little details like that are a small add that go a long way and just show that they put thought into integrating the packs.

[mlem]

I hate that social awkward translates to "almost everyone dosn't likes you" xx. I'm super introverted and many people would call me socialy awkward(which i can totaly sign) and i was happy over this trait. But then i saw gameplay with this trait and it was just ... this is not was i personally think social awkwardnes means. All in all, the last updates, the werwolfe pack and now this pack. It all seems so shallow gameplay-wise, as always :/.

[queenrisaisyourenemy]

This pack feels more like a game pack than an expansion pack. Thus, I’m going to buy this pack when it’s 50% off.

[Twirlingbarbie]

The Sims team literally gave up. I decided to stop buying the games for full price and thank god I didn't buy this immediately after the launch

[leo]

This game feels more like a student project with every pack.

[sun_haven]

Ok so from what ive seen from your review i think this pack should have been a game pack there is no reason people should be spending 40 bucks for high school tbh

[waretaSL]

For me, the annoying thing about only being able to build the high school on the copperdale lot (and i guess the same thing applying to britechester for universities) is that you can't really simulate a high school experience set in other cultures/countries, because copperdale is just so... american i guess. Aside from that, mostly what i expected from the pack

[susangraham]

I agree about the men's hair. I've played Sims for many years and throughout the Sims history there have been less styles for men

[beardalaxy]

This expansion just makes me more excited for Paralives.