The Sims 4 High School Years preview: Too cool for school

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If you told me today I had to go back to high school, I might have a minor breakdown, but school in The Sims 4 High School Years expansion actually seems like a pretty good way to spend four years in the life game. Game director George Pigula and lead designer Jessica Croft said during a press preview that the team spent a great deal of time and effort on creating as authentic a teenage and high school experience as they could, drawing on classic CW and Disney high school movies for inspiration alongside grittier, more serious ones such as Euphoria in the process. If what we saw during the preview is anything to go by, it looks like they might have even surpassed themselves. From the highs of getting good grades to the lows of a messy breakup, high school in The Sims 4 is a place you probably won’t want to leave once graduation rolls around – assuming you aren’t kicked out first.

The High School Years is shaping up to be one of The Sims 4’s more expansive expansions, with several robust new systems and ways to help develop your Sim. The high school experience of actually being studious (or not) is a significant part of the expansion, as you’d expect. You go to class, study for exams, hang out in the cafeteria at lunchtime, and try to find clubs that match your Sims’ interests to maybe make some new friends and further your aspirations. 

High School Years introduces a new set of teenage and school-related aspirations, such as the Drama Llama (self-explanatory) and Fast and Free (no rules, no cares). Like the childhood aspirations, your Sim needs to complete these while they’re still a teeanger, and they may help influence their growth later in life, like in college if you have the university pack.

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