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A great addition to the Sims 2!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 31
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was not very excited when I bought this game, but now I see that I should have been. The Sims 2 University is great! There are lots of new things you can do with your sims. So here are the pros and cons:

Pros
1. Having been playing this game for about 3 months, I haven't noticed any glitches other than the usual Sims 2 glitches (freezing, etc.)
2. Sending your sims to college is surprisingly easy. As long as they have some skills that they have built from childhood, they progress rapidly through the eight semesters. Once they graduate, it is much easier to get them good jobs and thus you are much more able to fulfill their aspirations.
3. Your sims now have "Lifetime Aspirations". These aspirations are linked to their normal aspirations (Family, Knowledge, etc.) and are usually quite difficult to fulfill. For example, a family lifetime aspiration might be "Have six children get married" and a knowledge lifetime aspiration might be "Max out 6 skills". These aspirations are difficult, but add more interest to the game, so that all your knowledge sims, for instance, don't have the exact same lives. Once you have achieved the lifetime aspiration, your sim remains on platinum aspiration for the rest of his/her lifetime. (You can still earn aspiration points, though.)
4. There are lots of new objects, including the instruments (guitar, bass, drum kit, etc.) and a few extra rewards such as the plastic surgery kit and the cash machine.

Cons
1. Sending your sims to college is fun, but it takes quite a long time for them to graduate. While it's not very difficult for them to pass all their tests, it is time consuming.
2. I was disappointed to learn that the NPC's still don't grow up with your sims. (I'm quite tired of having all my teenage sims fall in love with the same boys who will never grow up. Peter Pan, anyone?)
3. Your sims cannot join a band, but if you have more than one instrument you can ask another sim to "Join" and they will soon play music together, which is quite fun to listen too. Make sure the sim you choose has a high Creativity level, though.

All in all, I would say this game is worth the money. However, I would advise people to wait awhile after buying the Sims 2 to buy this game. It's better to get used to the normal game before buying the expansion pack.

Great Addition To Core Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: March 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The S2U EP is a great addition to the core of the Sims 2 game. Adding the new Young Adult age just "makes sense", so rather from going from Teen to Adult your Sims now go from Teen into Young Adult IF you take them to University (otherwise, they head straight into the Adult age after their period as a Teen).

The new Influence system added to the game is quite interesting. Now you can get your active sim to Influence others to do their bidding, which can be a lot of fun depending on the circumstances.

This EP had a very smooth installation, with no problems whatsoever. I don't use downloaded items/patches in my game so this may be why, as I'm playing the game as Maxis intended.

For those who've reviewed and "complained" they couldn't get the EP to install: If you have any "hacked" / third-party objects/patches in your game, you MUST remove these BEFORE attempting install of Sims 2 University. Quite a bit of downloaded items available since the release of Sims 2 were incompatible with Sims 2 University (since S2U completely updated the "core" of the game engine). Many "third-party" fan sites have NOT updated their items to be University compatible. Remove your third-party downloads (skins, patches, objects) THEN try to install University and I'm sure you'll have a much better go of it. :)

The most addicting expansion yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: March 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've only had this expansion for a day but I've played long enough to say that it's AWESOME! The new "young adult" age group fills in one of the age gaps The Sims 2 was missing. Now if they would have the "middle age" group it'd be perfect.

Anyway, I was impressed with the load times. I was expecting to wait half the day for my houses and neighborhoods to load, but it actually took less time loading than the original Sims did (if you had all the expansions for it).

Influencing other sims is an interesting new feature, and the new interactions like kicky bag, pillow fights, and hanging out makes it easier to make new friends and the cell phone makes it easier to keep them.

I was hopping there would be more new furniture, clothes, hairstyles, wallpaper and stuff but all the other stuff on the expansion more than makes up for it. It really is like another game all together. I'm addicted to The Sims all over again.

This game is great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 20
Date: March 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay well first off, I've been playing The Sims since they first came out. So I had to get The Sims 2. You just have to have a good video card and lots of space on your computer. Today I got the University expansion and its really fun. I was expecting more furniture and floors and walls and other objects but I was really glad of some of the things they made for build mode. I'm alittle dissapointed that they did not have an actual "Young Adult" age group. Once your sim turns into a teen they have the option to pick up the phone and call college and once they get there they turn into a young adult so you either go to college and be a young adult or stay home and be a teen. This game really isn't an expansion, its more of a add on to the core of The Sims 2. When you get to college you can pick to rent a house or live in a dorm with other people. Once you do that if you want you can call the sorority or the fraternity and you can try and get into The Greek System. You find a computer, pick your major, and then from there you have to build up skills and write a term paper which is pretty annoying and do your assignements and if you do that you will graduate from freshman to a sophmore and so on. So I'd recommend this game even though it is a bit challenging because you don't have much if any free time to spend shopping or socializing because by the time you finish your studys, eat, shower, and watch tv to get your happiness up you are to tired to do anything else. But still this game is alot of fun. You should buy this game.

Relive your college years!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 24
Date: March 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The sims 2 go to college and you can too with the latest Sims 2 expansion!

New Stuff: Great new 'do's for your Sims, a few more faces, clothing, music, and dorm-style living. The Sims now have cafeterias and professors to please, as well as a few new funky careers such as the Paranormal career. Personally, Its great not to have to worry about cooking your own food and cleaning the bathrooms! They've also added some mod new skins such as tattoos for the men and ladies!

My Sims are still freshmen yet, but I've spent several hours of enjoyable time planning their careers and love life. The only downside to this game is it does take a while to load. But once it does... Its well worth the wait! A++++ Game. You'll love it if you liked Sims 2!

Sum it up in one word, "WOW!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 18
Date: March 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What an amazing game. It just keeps getting better and better. Maxis and EA Games really know how to make an excellent simulation game. The Sims 2 University plays very much like the first, but now you can go to college. Your sims can join households very much like real life. You can work hard to get your sim to an excellent grade level, majoring in drama, math, sciences, history, etc. Just make sure your computer has space to spare, beacause it is a very big game that is well worth the 30 dollars!

WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF GAMEPLAY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: August 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I admit I was skeptical when I bought Uni since I had read all the reviews about bugs and glitches. But this game was AWESOME!!!

You get to send your sims to college.
You can live in a dorm, or a greek house, or a rented house. There is a new concept that allows your sims to influence other sims. You can make them write your term paper or pull pranks. And the new mp3 players help. When your "fun" meter is down, you can just select to "listen to mp3 player" and it goes really fast up!

And if you live in a dorm, you never have to cook because there's someone already working there. But if you want some extra pocket change, you can elect to work in the cafeteria or perform music on the guitar/bass/drums for tip, or be a tutor or personal trainer to someone.

At the end of your senior year, after your final exam, you have 72 hours to pack up your stuff and leave. But during that time you can P A R T Y ! If you select the telephone, you can choose to throw a graduation party and everyone shows up in their caps and gowns. And after you move out of college, and move in a real home. There is a career reward for college, which is a diploma and you can hang it up and read it and it will say what college your graduated from, what you majored in, and if you graduated with full honors.

And the new careers are so cool!

I had a guy who majored in mathematics, and he became a natural scientist and got to the top of that career. The highest level for it is "Ecological Guru". You only have to work on Wednesdays and you get 10,500 simoleons!!!

You are also able in neighborhood to move different families in the same house, so you don't have to build up their relationship and select "Propose >Move In".

All in all, this game is worth the $30 I paid for. If you are addicted to the Sims 2 original, trust me, you will love this expansion. My game has only crashed once, and I wasn't even using it, my brother was. B U Y T H I S G A M E ! ! !

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 :(

Sims 2 University!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: April 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love Sims 2. And recently, I bought Sims 2 University. It's amazing. You get new products for your origional families to buy, new career tracks, and the best part. Any of the Teen Sims, if you want, you can send to college. You follow them onto campous, where you can through parties, get engaged, visit comunity lots, or join Sorority's/Fraternitiy's.
Every so often - This may just be my computer -- Sims 2 University minimizes itself. My computer is really odd, and sometimes it bombs. YOU SHOULD STILL GET UNVERSITY!!! It's just my computer - but if your computer is like mine - I just advise you, save every 10, 15, 20 minutes or so... Just incase!
(I lost a whole house because I forgot to save. Whoops!)

Any way - This program is AWESOME -- It's WAY worth the money - If you have Sims 2, and you want some excitment, fun, or a challenge (college is DEFFINITLY a challenge on this), then this is a MUST BUY for you.

More reviews...because of stupid forgetfullyness.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Though, as I said, it's an awesome game, you need one heck of a video card and computer to run it. I have an nVidia Magic FX5200 video card (REALLY powerful), 120 gigs memory, and 512 megabytes RAM- and sometimes the images flicker and the images run slowly. But other than that, it's worth 40 pictures of George Washington.

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