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BUY THIS GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This Sims games were all amazing and I thought nothing could be better. Then Sims2 came out and *WOW* From building houses, to designing the houses, making the people who live there and controlling their lives, there are never ending possibilities to this game!! I am very excited to purchase the first expansion pack to the miracle series because there is a new young adult age group, 100 new items, 4 new careers, and endless hours of more fun with Sims2 University. I wish it came out today!!

GOING TO BE A WINNER THATS FOR SURE.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 101
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why can't Electric Arts release this expansion pack in the UK the same time it was released in the States. We have to wait till March 11th which is truly unfair.

Anyways back to reviewing the game, obviously I haven't had a chance to play it yet. But having read and watched the videos for this expansion pack. I am very excited, this expansion pack will allow users to take there young sims to college, where they can gain degrees which will unlock new careers. But the fun will come from watching your sims develop new relationships and new situations in the college town area.

This game will give users new objects including the pool table, drum kit, bonfire and many more including new wall and floor sets for your colleges and homes.

Just wish it was released nearer the time in the UK as it is in the US :(

Cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 97
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't have this game yet but it looks awesome!! I can't wait to get it and play it. Your sims can go to college with the new age group. If they earn a degree, you can unlock new careers. Plus the new clothing and furniture! Keep em' coming Maxis!

Already Returned Expansion for Refund

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 37 / 74
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I waited passionately for the day the first expansion would arrive. And after installing the game, I was disappointed with the poor repetitious music replacements, very longer load times, and extreme slow game performanece when trying to maneuver through a dorm. To top it off, my young adult inexplicably died after sitting down to eat in the cafeteria. This all happened in the first few minutes of the game. By the way, the option for "Young adult" is only available if you go to college. The expansion (2 CD's) will alter your save game files and will delete everything (including any downloads you have added) if you uninstall it.

Very, very disappointing expansion, with the price tag of a full game! There's also an advertisement for the next expansion coming this fall which is similar to Hot Date, that allows your sims to go out on the town to nightclubs.

I would be more grateful if they had just fixed the bugs in the main game, and perhaps add pets, like dogs and cats.

Awsome Game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 28
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was a great game I got it yesterday.I've played it for hours and hours and hours.The whole point of the game is that your sim is in collage and you have to try to pass every semister of your sims collage years.The only thing i didn't like is every semester is really slow even if you speed the time up.Overall this was a very good game.I would recomend that every sim fan to buy this game.

Hail Alma Mater

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 313 / 331
Date: March 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game last night and played it for two hours. I must say it's quite good. The gameplay is fairly easy; it's really less complicated than I imagined it would be.

What's New

* New "Young Adult" Stage - Once your Sims have gone through adolescence, they're ready to enter this stage in their lives and go to college. You do so by moving them first into the "Family Bin" and then move them to a dormitory (as you would normally move a family into a house). You can also choose from the Young Adult Sims already available in the Family Bin, or you can custom-create your own collegiate Sims (create up to eight per household).

* New Buy and Build Objects - Although I haven't completely explored the expansion pack, there are some new objects that add more fun to the game, like additional exercise machines, decorations, arcade games, communal showers, bonfires, etc.

* Influence - When you interact with other Sims or fulfill certain Wants, you gain Influence points. This feature allows you to "influence" other Sims into doing favors for you, like writing your term paper.

* Three University Lots - Sims State University, Academie Le Tour, La Fiesta College.

* Majors - Choose from a variety of courses which will help shape your Sim's future career path.

How the Game Works:

As I mentioned earlier, the gameplay is fairly simple. You can choose to play your former teen-aged Sims, pick the ready-made ones from the Family Bin, or custom-create new Young Adults.

Young Adults have four stages representing each year: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. Each stage or "school year" has two semesters, which has an X number of hours to complete. At the end of each semester, there is a final exam that your Sim has to take.

Complete all the academic work required (by going to class, doing term papers, studying, etc.), and your Sim will do well in school. The "Academic Panel," which normally shows career/skill path, displays your Sim's GPA, major, and minimum grade level to be attained. If your Sim fails, he/she goes into "Academic Probation" and has to repeat the previous term. If he/she fails a second time, he/she gets kicked out of school and into the "real world" where they transform into normal adults.

As a Freshman, your Sims start out living in a dorm. But as they gain more simoleons, they may choose to live in a private residence. As they meet more people, they can join a frat or sorority house by making a telephone call.

After your Sims have successfully completed all four years, they graduate and move on.

When my Sim goes to class, it's not shown what's going on in class. It's similar to when an Adult Sim goes to work. You only see/play your Sim when he/she is actually home. Partying and interacting with other Sims is the whole point of the game.

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Backup your files before you install the Expansion Pack

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 21 / 25
Date: March 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

So, being overconfident that I'd get through the installation flawlessly, caused me to lose all my saved games from Sims 2 because I had downloads that, I assume, conflicted with the expansion pack. When I sent my sims to college they just stood there on the curb, not moving, like zombies. I had to uninstall both the EP and Sims 2 and re-install everything. Fortunately I salvaged a few of my built homes and my "Downloads" folder. If you're like me, who downloaded A LOT of custom walls, floors, clothes, skins, furniture, etc. If you can salvage anything before having to uninstall, move the "downloads" folder to your desktop or something.

I re-installed both games now and am currently going through my downloads to try to weed out the bad downloads that cause my EP to not function correctly. So far, most of my downloads I was able to put back into the current "downloads" folder and get the game to work. However, I can only seem to enter one lot every time I load the game. If I exit a lot and try to enter another lot, it gets hung up on the loading screen, at which point I go into the Task Manager and close the game, so I can re-start it again. If anyone knows how to fix this problem, PLEASE let me know.

I haven't gotten to playing the actual expansion portion for too long, cuz I want to include as many of my custom downloads into the game first, but it seems interesting. I already saw someone streaking up and down the stairs of the dorm. It was pretty funny. I will probably update my review, once I put more play time in.

At first Boring..But Grows on You

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 17
Date: March 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

At first my review of the game was a little on the negative. But Actually after playing the game for awhile i kind of like it. Its really a good expansion because its a whole nother game. Its like you got a second game. Uni is an entire different type of gameplay and it takes you out of the Regular Sims everyday stuff that gets redundant if you been playing it for five years. Its fun..But when my sims start studying i get a little bored..Its a challenge though..It truly adds a whole new strategy dimension to the game..I 'd say buy it..

Near flawless install, with few exceptions

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 22
Date: March 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The installation recommends backing up the existing files (mainly the user files which is in your documents and settings folder in Windows XP). After setup completes, it then checks to make sure your Sims2 is up to date (possibly the orginal Sims2 update patch? not sure). The one thing that is lacking after install is the "Check for updates" website...it is replaced with a "Technical Support" website that didn't list any patches or updates, if available.

I failed to backup my Sims2 before installing the expansion pack, but I didn't run into any major problems that couldn't be fixed on my own. I had several pairs of speakers so I could dance to the stereo in other rooms, but when I loaded my saved game for the first time, the speakers were blaring 'store music' even when the stereo wasn't turned on and I couldn't turn it off without trading in the speakers and rebuying them. I didn't have any problems with other original objects acting strangely after installing Sims University.

I haven't really played the University part of this game yet, but I am happy with the new objects that are available in the "knowledge" section. Drums, Guitars...I'll be happy when I get the dancing cage and disco floor back again. And the new expansion pack that will be out in the Fall looks interesting as well, although we don't see much about it except for the Vampire lady.

I give Sims2 4 out of 5 stars, docking it mainly for having to rebuy a few items to get them to work properly. It's been great for the most part, with slightly longer load times, but still works well with my PC.

Got My money Back

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 17 / 36
Date: March 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is such a great disappointment from Maxis and EA games. This is so dysfunctional it totally ruins the process that most of us began last year in our new Sim environment. Deeply saddening that this new expansions doesn't even support it's own parent game. But, like all Sims fans, you'll have to own it- just for continuity purposes, if you're anything like me. I myself own all of the original Sims/expansions.

Finally, while the Sims 2 got off to a rough start with most people in the technical installation/playability phase upon first release, Maxis eagerly compensated and counceled via their website, realizing they threw it onto the shelves just a tad too soon. Now that most of us have it running relatively smoothly, here comes University, which will delete any efforts you have made in your original game.

Univerity is a vanity release. It adds nothing substantial to the original game or the environment, nothing really of the 'fun factor.' In fact, its the same model of game just with new wants and animations.

It's important to note that piling up demands on players is why the Sims Online failed to fetch the audiences everyone thought it would. It began with a boom but when players in a massive multi-player environment realized the demands were so incredibly high (i.e. sleep, eat, bathroom, skill, socialize, shower, eat, sleep) they left for games less like a job and more like... a game, including reverting back to their original sims, which, while having the wants and needs factor, at least provided the single player environment to accomodate those needs in.

The Sims 2 kept those sim necessities while adding independent 'wants.' Fulfilling or not fulfilling those can deeply damage your needs, and having multiple Sims (Or big families) can really end up in heated battle to avoid neglecting any one.

So Univerity comes along and adds to the pool of more 'Wants' that must be obtained in order to increase your sims overall mood. Again, there's little addition to the 'fun' factor. In fact I felt the product was a little pointless. However, the promise of the next expansion that takes your Sims out of the hermitage of their neghborhood seems more fun, if Maxis decides to let it be.

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