The Sims 3 University life vs The Sims 4 Discover University// Which is better?

[Music] hi there thanks for watching my video so this time we're going to be comparing the sims 3 university life with the sims 4 discover university i say this time because this is the fourth video in the sims 3 vs sims 4 comparison series and if you haven't seen my other videos then feel free to check them out the first video which is the base game comparison is linked in the white box above now the sims 3 generations versus the sims 4 parenthood is linked now and the sims 3 island paradise versus the sims 4 island living is linked now so in this video we're going to be looking at the creator sim build and buy and most importantly the gameplay aspects of both games to determine which sims game did it better so let's get into it starting with creator sim in the sims 3 you get a selection of new casual college style creator sim items you get a nice selection for male and female sims plus there's a few new tattoos so your sims can express themselves with their bodies you get three new traits avant-garde irresistible and socially awkward plus six new lifetime wishes perfect student scientific specialist major master street credible blog artist and social influencer in the sims 4 there are also loads of pieces for male and female sims as well as tattoos and facial piercings the general style is pretty campus casual with some university merch thrown in there too for good measure surprisingly you don't get any new traits with this pack but you do get the new aspiration of academic swiftly moving on to build and buy you get a selection of university themed build and buy items in the sims 3 a few noteworthy items included are the party activities like juice keg foosball and the ping pong table plus a mini fridge and vending machine for all your hunger needs a megaphone to spew out your pointless opinions and a photo booth to take your mug shots you do also get objects that are specific to the major that your sims are doing but i'll get onto that one in a little bit in the sims 4 you also get a nice selection of additions for build and buy some of my personal highlights are the new bicycles a handy way to get around campus and get to your classes on time the juice cake a big part of college life as we all know and it's the center focus for the new party type of keg party speaking of parties your sims can now dick about competitively with the new ping pong table and when your sim doesn't want to face the light of day after a heavy night of kegging and ping-ponging they can eat their feelings from the new mini-fridge but let's face it the main thing here is the gameplay and that's why this video is mostly about the gameplay so let's just talk about that starting with the sims 3. so when your sim becomes a young adult they will receive a visit from a llama mascot the mascot will turn up to your house and will drop off a box university kit that includes a banner t-shirt and an aptitude test your sims can take the test and if they get a high enough score they can get some support towards their journey to university the good news is that your sims can take the test as many times as they want and your sims results will depend on their skills traits work experience and school grades if your sim does manage to get financial assistance in the form of grants to go towards their education this will show up in the test results too once your sim receives their aptitude test results they can enroll in university during enrollment you'll be able to choose your sims major along with the amount of credits they will take the more credits you do in one go the less time your sim will spend in university each university term will take one week your sim has the choice of six majors to complete communication fine arts business science and medicine technology and physical education and when that's all done it's time to pack up and leave the nest for the uni life university is in another world so there's no option to complete your degree whilst at home say goodbye to home-cooked meals and mummy doing your laundry you're out on your own now once you do move to the new university world you'll be able to choose where your sim is going to live you can choose from cheap and cheerful dorms or a sorority fraternity house after you make your selection you can go ahead and claim your bed one of the first tasks to complete is to go to the student union for orientation an opportunity to meet your fellow students and pick up some freebies from the stands it's worth noting that while your sim is at uni time outside essentially stops so your families will stay exactly the same until you return and whilst you're away your sim will not be able to get married or have a baby you also can't visit anyone from back home it's all over the phone until you get your degree and graduate your sims career tab will become the university tab and it will show you your sims schedule along with their responsibilities and tasks in order to get a degree your sim must attend classes and lectures as well as write essays and give presentations to get their grades your sims classes will be held at a rabbit hole building so you'll get to sit there and wait while they're away that being said there are at least some options to choose for their performance while they're at class you can have your sims socialize with their peers or suck off the professor if you like oh wait sorry suck up they can suck up to the professor lectures occur at the lecture halls and this is something you as the player can attend there isn't really much to see if i'm honest but it's nice to be included you can have your sim join in by asking questions take notes or they can just have a nap every friday your sim will have to take an exam make sure your sim studies before taking it you can use textbooks or computers to cram in some last minute revision there are also additional tasks your sim can complete in their spare time to increase their chances of a higher grade each major comes with a specific item that they'll need to use frequently to get ahead for communications they will get the mobile radio station you'll soon will have to broadcast interviews and report on events that are happening around campus for science and medication and the physical education degree you get the same object it's the anatomy skeleton and you'll need to research anatomy and test skeletal structure for technology there's the brain enhancing machine that can be used for studying brains i guess for fine arts you get a sketchbook which can be used for you guessed it sketching stuff and then finally there's business you get the business planner where you can work on and present your business plan if your sim is not overloaded with a hectic schedule they can check out the bulletin board and find dares to complete if your sim carries out these dares they will gain more influence when it comes to social groups social groups are a big part of sims 3 university life by the way they are essentially clicks of people who hang out regularly and do things that reflect their common interests the key thing to remember here is that it's all about influence when you first meet a new sim you can see an icon above their head which will tell you which group they belong to along with a number the number is basically their rank when it comes to influence your sim can check their social rank by looking at their smartphone and it'll also remind you of the type of things your sims can do to gain more influence there are three social groups to choose from the jocks the nerds and the rebels you can join as many as you want to join a social group you just need to befriend an existing member of the group and complete tasks that they are associated with once joined you'll start out at rank one the more people you talk to events you attend and interactions that you perform will increase your influence and therefore your ranking within the group as you would imagine each group is different and therefore require different things from your sim to impress them so let's start with the jocks the jocks are more sports focused and they like to party hanging out at b's bowler arcade taking part in sports and doing school cheers will help you get ahead in this group if you want to be a jock you'll do well to get in touch with your party animal side then there are the nerds typically they are pretty smart and prefer to hang out at keith's comic book store nerds tend to sway more towards activities like computer programming video games and comic books and finally you have the rebels their hangout of choice is the grotto and they tend to focus on taking a stand and shoving it to the man they are keen protesters they like to paint and don't be surprised if you catch them tagging walls and street art being a part of any social group can be demanding being part of all three whilst doing the maximum amount of credits is one heck of a challenge you'll probably need to use cheats for their needs if you want your sim to keep up their influence and make it on time to their many classes of course as we all know university isn't about classes lectures or even a degree it's about the parties the sims 3 university life introduces a number of new party types bonfire party juice kegger party toga party and masquerade so there are plenty of opportunities to take advantage of being young and free to help make your parties that little bit more memorable there are also a few new interactions like juiced kiss and streak you also have two new woohoo locations the murphy bed and the photo booth and if partying isn't your thing there are plenty of other things going on in the campus that will keep your sims occupied the sims 3 university life comes with a number of new community lots and rabbit holes you have the addition of the university hangout the student union and a coffee shop your sims also get new smartphones and you can customize the skins and use the phones to take pictures throughout your uni experience your sim can print off their snaps and hang them up on the walls to always remember their crazy college years when your sims uni journey comes to a close they will attend their graduation in robes and will gain an extra slot for a new trait plus career benefits there are three new careers all relating to the social groups so if you have a high enough social ranking you may be offered a job like art appraiser if you excelled in the rebels group video game developer if you were a total nerd and sports agent if you were top jock a few other things you get with this pack are four new skills street art science photography and social network and finally there's also the new life state of plant sim for some reason and that's pretty much it for the sims 3 so moving on to the sims 4 discover university so in the sims 4 you get a pop-up when your sim is a young adult telling you that it's time to start thinking about university you can use the computer to apply for university and after about two days you'll be able to check the status of your application and find out whether you got in there are two degree types you have normal degrees and you have distinguished degrees if your sim is lacking a few skills and there's a few sandwiches short of a picnic they will always be able to go to university to do a normal degree if your sim works hard at school and has high enough skills they'll be eligible for one or a few distinguished degrees you'll need 12 credits to get a full degree so even if you do the maximum amount of credits per semester which is four it'll still take you three sim weeks to get your degree you can choose how many credits you complete per semester which will impact how long it will take you to get your degree the type of degree you get accepted for will determine which university you will attend for your chosen major there are 13 different types of majors to choose from art history communications biology computer science culinary art drama economics fine art history physics psychology language and literature and villainy once you've decided which subject you want to take you have to figure out how you're going to pay for it education isn't free there's the option to get financial support from scholarships if your sim has high enough skills good enough grades or as from a low-income household they might get a scholarship to go towards the fees alternatively you can pay for it with a student loan funny there are two universities to choose from both located in the new world of bridechester on one side of the world there is brychester university an old school looking campus with buildings that look a lot like home to me the historical neck of the woods specializes in more artsy subjects like literature fine arts drama and history so if you want your sim to get a big career jump in one of these subjects it's rochester you want to go to then on the other side of the world lies the foxbury institute a high-tech boffin layer specializes in science-based degrees you'll want to go here for distinguished degrees in biology computer science economics or physics the normal degrees are completed at the university that does not specialize in that area so the aim of the game is to get into the best uni for your sims desired degree so if your sim didn't manage to get a distinguished degree they'll be studying drama at foxborough or science at brychester there are a few references to the rivalry between the two universities for example you can deface each other's statues and put your school banners all over their sports halls you may have noticed the middle section of the world in between the universities this is the safe space where people can come and sit on the fence there's a bar a library and a few university houses speaking of houses when your sims get into university they can choose whether they want to move into the university campus or they can choose for the first time ever to complete their degree from home if you do choose to move into the world of brychester you have the option of moving into dorms which are only available to the students of that university so you can't go to foxbury and live in the brychester dorms or you can stay in the neutral zone and live in the student housing in the middle neighborhood you'll probably even bump into lilith and angela pleasant who came with this pack too and live in the middle zone of brychester the university experience consists of lots of homework attending classes and lectures writing essays giving presentations and completing a final exam every friday like in the sims 3 you can somewhat decide what kind of day your sim is having by instructing them to do things in class like actively listen make friends or take it easy but unlike in the sims 3 you do not get a dedicated object per subject but in fairness there are like double the amount of choice when it comes to majors so okay this game really challenges your time management skills your sims will need to make sure they turn up to class and have their homework done on time otherwise their grades will slip the scariest part of all of this is that as far as i know there isn't really a way to check progress you just kind of have to hope for the best but as we all know university isn't for education it's for having a laugh so along with the classes and boring uni stuff you have to do there is the reintroduction of social groups only this time i think they're called organizations there are three new organizations per university so for brychester there's the you bright spirit corpse who are all about school pride you'll find the brychester dragon mascot and get yourself a selfie you can perform school cheers and show your dedication to your uni also in brighchester there's the debate guild the gang of squares that get together and practice debating and put the world to rights with their opinions and the third organization of brychester is the arts society they like to draw i guess and if i remember correctly your sim can even pose for a life drawing class then of course there's the foxbury organizations there's the foxbreeze spirit squad which is pretty much the same as the ewbright spirit corpse they're basically about trying to be the best and if it means putting down the other side and defacing their property then so be it you also have the bot savants who like to tinker around with robots and build themselves a little metal friend and what they get up to with their little robot buddies is none of your business needs are neat and the third and final group that foxbury has to offer are the brainiacs they proper love studying and learning it's like their favorite thing you'll find them at the library studying and learning so that's all for the groups or is it no it's not there is one more group that is not exclusive to one uni it's the secret society you do have to jump through a few hoops to get in there but once you do it's so worth it you get to stand outside and wear robes and sing to rocks so pretty epic the best thing about these organizations you get freebies your sim will get posters and t-shirts for the groups that they're a part of so that even when they grow out of university they'll never forget those crazy days but the sims 4 university experience doesn't stop there these years slash sim days are all about the parties get some other young people over and throw a keg party play some beer pong and get lucky also speaking of getting lucky there's the new woohoo location of the shower if you're wanting to get out of the house dorm for a while you can head to the cafeteria and get some cheap and cheerful grub you can head to a study spot and copy off your buddy's notes because you're too hungover and after you've taken your final exam for the last of your 12 credits you'll get a notification to attend your graduation ceremony when this happens your sim will change into their graduation robe and head to the ceremony here's the thing though nothing really happens it's surprisingly very underwhelming the graduation is basically just hanging out at one of the community lots whilst wearing a robe there isn't really much to stick around for and a few other notable additions that come with this pack are the new life state of servos which can be built by smart sims who have a high enough robotic skill and speaking of skills along with robotics there is also the new skill of research and debate there are three new career paths education engineering and law plus there are two new after school activities soccer team player and esports competitor and that concludes the game features for the sims 4 but which is best the sims 3 university life or the sims 4 discover university this one was a difficult call because i really like the rivalry between the two universities in the sims 4 and the fact that life still goes on in the sims 4 when at university is also a big factor to consider most players want the game to be as realistic as possible and the sims 4 did that with the flexibility of the university to be able to have your sims still live at home and enjoy other aspects of their lives does make the game more realistic it just opens up more choice you have a single mother sim who wants to better themselves but can't live on campus don't worry about it they are well catered for here that being said whilst this was a difficult decision i am giving this to the sims 3 and that's because whilst your sims have to go to university campus the whole experience is more immersive the objects are more sentimental like the photo booth you get and the ability to control what your sims post on social media and not to mention the ability to actually attend the lectures and go to the initiation with your sims it just adds a little more to what would otherwise be yet another rabbit hole so well done sims 3 you won this one let me know in the comments if you agree come at me in the comments if you disagree and i'll see you in the next video of this series which will be comparing everyone's favorite expansion pack seasons bye bye

Channel: Whiny Brit

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Length: 20min 48sec (1248 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 26 2021