{"id":1740772,"date":"2022-07-15T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/?post_type=station&p=1740772"},"modified":"2022-07-18T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T10:42:15","slug":"play-deadly-pranks-and-be-a-teen-trendsetter-in-the-sims-4-high-school-years-expansion","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/play-deadly-pranks-and-be-a-teen-trendsetter-in-the-sims-4-high-school-years-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Play deadly pranks and be a teen trendsetter in The Sims 4 High School Years expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like Molly said when she covered the announcement<\/u><\/a> of The Sims 4 High School Years expansion pack, I don’t exactly look back on my teenage school days with much fondness. For me high school was mostly boredom, getting bullied, and four consecutive years of French lessons that only prepared me to ask for directions to the library should I ever visit Paris.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, after attending a presentation about the High School Years expansion, I have to admit the school looks a lot nicer and the kids seem a lot friendlier than I remember them in real life. Hopefully high school will be more fun to play than it was to experience.<\/p>\n

High School Years finally gives teenaged characters in The Sims 4 more to do and new ways to express themselves. Yes, they can attend class (which will raise their skills), take exams, and deal with homework (yuck), but outside of the classroom things get a bit more fun. Students can join the football team or cheerleading squad, or take part in the chess club or the computer club, giving you a basic choice of being a nerd or jock, basically. Socializing with classmates can take place in the cafeteria, hallways, and at a new town pier where there’s a ferris wheel, a tunnel of love, and other rides kids really loved back in, like, the 1950s.<\/p>\n

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You can skip class, too, but you should be mindful of your grades\u2014screw up or slack off too much and you can get detention, or even get expelled or flunk out, which can leave you locked out of certain brainy post-high school careers. If you fail to graduate you will have the option of completing your high school degree online as an adult, however, so there’s still time to turn things around even if you’re a dropout.<\/p>\n