The Sims 4 High School Years World Overview 

Coming from a small town in the USA, that was also a minning town, our library was a double wide trailor. Having a 20x20 for the library is pretty great! Also " There's a lot of places to explore, but not really much out here" is the perfect discription of a small minning town.

This looks amazing, if the gameplay holds up, I’ll be seriously impressed! Playable classrooms and graduation events that aren’t rabbitholes? Discover University might need an update after this 👀

It would be pretty cool (especially for a rags to riches type gameplay) where you redo the highschool to be a bit rundown (mismatched chairs, worse equipment etc) and then when the kid makes it out snd gets rich they “donate” to their alma mater and then you refix up the highschool and outfit it with the latest gadgets and cool stuff.

I wasn’t sure about the thrift store and bubble tea store being a combo lot type, but thinking about it, it could be a fun way to make two functional separate stores next to each other, which is something I’ve always wanted to do but just accepted there would be no way to do it. I think it could be impractical for some people or on some lots, but I’m excited at the idea of making something that looks like two separate stores, that is also both functional :)

The paint on those parking spots looks to be inspired by students in their senior year (17/18 years old) who can pay for their own spots and many schools will let them paint/chalk whatever they want on them! It wasn't allowed at my school but I know people who went to a school that did allow it. Students got very creative with their spaces, lol

Really wish they'd incorporate things like apartments into other worlds. This seems like a nice pack for some apartments, same with University. That being said, this does look fun and I'm excited for it and the lots look nice

It'd be cool if the bleachers were useable and you could ditch out there! Additionally, it'd be cool if you could get caught by the principal or janitor!

I feel like a yoga room would fit so well in the upper room of the thriftea shop

I agree that the boardwalk area should be a lot. It could just be a tiny lot at the front - a bar (maybe not for a teen-focused pack haha) or nightclub, but then depending on packs you could make it a cafe, karaoke bar, restaurant, etc. I think a lot of the community lots would fit the space nicely, and then it would be a win-win of an extra "real" lot and an "easy" way to travel the boardwalk if you just wanted to do boardwalk things.

The trim on the library platform roof is the very first platform trim recolored -- The Armageddon Platform (white swatch). You can't eyedrop any platform trims unfortunately...

THERE ARE SO MANY 'LIFE IS STRANGE' REFERENCES!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!! The rich Prescotts, the Prices, the kind of Arcadia Bay-esque world. The Price's house even kind of looks like Rachel Amber's house!

Jesus. That quality drop between the first house and the second house almost knocked me out.

Based on my high school I’d have to assume the decorated parking spaces are student parking. When I went to school you could pay to get your own spot and paint it Also this does feel very small town in America. Think hocus pocus. Or Gilmore girls. Even a little bobs burgers or back to the future

This gives me life is strange vibes, especially with a Price and Prescott family

I think Kristina when she becomes a teen and Nina's or Angus's children would be great as the main characters in the next LP for this pack! I'd like to see some friendly rivalry or something between them edit: I've just realised actually.. this whole 'small' town looks just like Hawkins ? Like seeing the town library and the surrounding small lots/houses.. or is it that I just have watched Stranger Things so much I'm already seeing things lmao

James. I adore you for making chapter markers in your video but the fact you also put lot size and lot makers in it to is just *chef's kiss* thank you, thank you, thank you.

That looks A LOT like home. It's a generic version of any town you'd find in the Gold Rush country in the foothills of California. All of those houses and designs - even the school - and the landscape scream HOME to me. There are a lot of victorian-era homes in that area, and a lot of 'old west' vibe. That corner building looks exactly like the old saloon downtown. I mean, 1849 is when the gold rush hit, so people came flocking from the East Coast and Midwest to find their fortune, and brought their designs and cultures with them, and never left. That's where you get "miner 49er" and why that highway is called Highway 49. I grew up on that highway. There are gold mines all over the place there. I grew up next to an active mine. When they blasted with dynamite, the concussive wave would rumble under the neighborhood. I learned how to pan for gold before I turned 10. Only ever found flakes in the local creek. Mostly just dug up quartz in the yard. When we were kids, we were told to be careful running through the hills because there were undiscovered mine shafts with ventilation holes we could fall into. That makes me sound old, but it's really just a rural small town. Not much has changed in decades. I live in L.A now. I rarely get to go back to where I grew up, so I may get this pack if only to have my self sim "go home." The EA team had to have modeled this after a small foothill mining town. Small towns like the one I grew up in are a great place to retire, raise a family, or hide bodies. It's not really a place to build your life. I had to leave to discover the rest of the world, and see just how small my own world was.

"There's a frog right here, good to know" - James scouting the area for the next rags to riches (teens to riches? proms to riches?)

I’m excited to see the schools people make. The one they built into the game is just too huge but since they included a list of required attributes, it’ll be easy to make cool schools in a more appropriate size

My wish is that when you study at uni and choose the teacher career, you should be able to teach at a high school as an interactive career

I feel like the upstairs of the bubble tea/thrift store would also make an amazing Club Hangout with Get Together. Maybe even do a after school club yourself that way.

MsGryphi is one of my fave build youtubers bc of her aptitude with detail and making really Real looking houses! I def recommend her videos for people who like that, and she's doing a state build series of making houses that look like they are from a US state!

CallMeKevin has such an opportunity to create the most bizarre school. I imagine moving the white boards and desks around is going to really screw up the game

It would have been cool to even have a rabbit hole of “hang out under the bleachers”

I wish the pier had a lot, it would make it easier to get there and I think it would make a great lot for building a little cafe

i love the small town vibes it’s reminding me of so many shows/movies like stranger things, riverdale and IT

So happy MsGryphi is finally getting much deserved recognition, especially from my favorite youtuber! congrats Tonya! you deserve it!

I'm so happy they're bringing in creators to make the houses. I feel like they have a better feeling for what is needed and what looks good. Small details that makes such a difference

I actually love this town!! The lots are giving me Granite Falls with the river side/woodlands feel which is excellent because I always wished we could live there. This world is perfect for family gameplay. I want to start in Lasuli Point, it’s so pretty! I hope in future we get some more grassy suburban lots that actually share a fence line. It might not be “exciting” but I think we have enough spaced-out homes that are surrounded by shells/scenery. It would have been great to have three or four houses in that street with the odd sideways lot, all sharing a fence line, no shells and good for a family street.

totally agree with James' point that the amusement park area is a bit disappointing but getting high hopes for the gameplay! Wish to see James creating own version of the high school before starting the LP!

i wish that the bubble tea store and thrift store could be separate lot assignments. maybe this pack couldve been an excuse to add a fusing mechanic where you can fuse some lot assignments together. a spa with a hot spring npc automatically use. a library-gym combo so the one in moonwood mill would have sims that automatically work out. a cafe that also works as a bowling alley due to it being part nightclub/lounge/bar. of course lots sims can own/live in wont work but all the others could

Gosh the highschool must've been an ea, it's so huge and empty... I get they always go for the bare minimum but dang they really don't know how to use space

That means Sims won’t known the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school football.

This looks.. familiar... =D ty for making this video, it was a blast building for this pack

Oh my gosh this world is STUNNING!!! I will use this constantly! Haven’t even seen any build/buy, gameplay, or CAS but I’m already sold just for the world. Very excited for this pack!

I’ll try this out. I just wish they put in more residential lots. The last few worlds have only had 1-2!

I'd love to see Misdemeanoir Volt 2.0 make a return for the Highschool Let's Play since they have experience with being in a school setting with one of the Bigwallets

The auditorium should be a gymnasium with indoor bleachers and basketball hoops when not being used for special events. They also should’ve had a “Pep Rally” special event for this venue

I actually like all the small lots, I always feel pressured to fill in larger lots! I’m very excited for this to come out :)

I get massive life is strange 1 and 3 vibes

Another one!? Wow! Thank you SO much for getting these out so timely! You're my favorite Simmer for a reason! 😄

Typically sims 4 pack lots of nice elements to add to the game but frustratingly limited due to the existing faults and limitations of the game. Love the creator sims lot builds honestly some of the best aspects of the world I kind of knew that the school would be limited but I was hoping that we could build schools in other worlds with the 64 x 64 lots so a little disappointed there I was imaging a high school in some of the base game worlds such as oasis springs or Newcrest giving those worlds a community revamp which in my opinion they lack but I’m excited to play this pack

Maybe for the LP Angus can hangout too? He now got his cure free from werewolf life and decided to move somewhere else, starting a new life (if teacher is a thing in the high school maybe he can try?) definitely need an adult with the teens. So far Hazel has been busy trying for more babies so maybe Kristina can just live with her brother instead🤣 agree with one of the comments to go high school with Nina's or Angus' child together

Little fun fact for James and some viewers who don’t know. A lot of school allow for Senior parking. So seniors or the highest grade in high school are given designated parking spots that they can paint, customize, accessorize in anyway they want. That’s their parking spot for the whole school year. So those painted parking spots aren’t for faculty. They are for students. This isn’t every high school in America though. Mine doesn’t have this. But I know a lot that do so yeah just some explanation on the painted parking spots. I hope James sees this. I think he’ll think that’s cool.

The "faculty parking lot" is actually the student lot, we decorated our parking spaces at my high school as seniors since many of us drove to school, it was so cool to see this in the game

I literally could hear the piano start to play when we got to the purple flower meadows 😂 there's no way that wasn't Twilight inspired. Also, has anyone ever seen the movie Problem Child 2? The minute I saw Teeter Rock that's all I could think of 😅 I hope someone makes a mod for the bleachers. They were prime Ditch Class and Make Out spots. Big miss for me!

I bet the debug stuff for this pack is INSANE.

Thanks, James! Love your overview videos! These community builds are great! Excited for the LP!

so proud of freezerbunny! hope he gets to do more EA builds in future packs. I really love his builds and he is an architect irl and shares a lot of historical background on different types of builds which i love learning. All the creators did an amazing job. That one almost empty house with the no railing stairs definitely reeks of EA work LOL.

This whole world and all the little quirks (like the student painted parking spaces some commenters mentioned) are just fascinating to me as a non-American. I'm excited to see what the gameplay is like, I'm gonna go straight to the next vid you have up!

I love a loooot of things from this world, worlds in the sims 4 have come a long way, but one thing that made me laught is the parking lots. They made the disabled spot and I really really understand they wanted well, but the idea of them is that they are supposed to make going in a building easier, but that spot is the furthest from entry doors and additionaly you'll have to go through the whole parking with no space for pedestrians xD they wanted well but did it almost in the worst possible way

I’m so impressed with how in detail you’re going with this overview, thank you for your hard work!!!

Thank you so much James for doing such a thorough review of the world and the lots! I wasn’t able to watch the live stream today for very long and I feel like there was just so much distracting conversation that I couldn’t really take in what I wanted to see which was the world! I always appreciate what you do 💜💜

Normal people: "wow i can't wait to send my sim to class" Me: 🌠🎸 *HELLFIRE CLUB HEADQUARTERS* 🎸🌠

This is so cool! I'm so excited for the new series! I hope you enjoy this new pack as much as we do James!

Thank you so much for shouting out MsGryphi for the builds they did!! I follow them too and so it's nice to see different people I love shout each other out like this ❤️❤️

The area with all the purple flowers gave me major twilight vibes! And yes I think it’s very reminiscent to Riverdale. I fully plan on having the Blossoms move in

THANK YOU for showing the world!!! I had already pre-ordered this pack, and now I can't wait to start playing. I agree that there "should have been" SOME kind of lot on the pier. However... guess I'll see for myself, "just how long" it will take my sim to get there and leave. Fantastic job with showing off the houses!

I love the pure positivity and praise you show towards the creators who worked on this pack! It's so refreshing to see people building up others. Thank you for being so kind!

I really wanna see someone build a Southern California type school, outdoor lunch area, portables, chain link fence

I literally just finished watching the other video. What a treat! Thank you

Thanks for showing the neighbourhood off so well, James. 🥰 I really appreciate all of the hard work you put into making these videos for us so we can make informed decisions about the various packs and such.

Thank you so much James for doing a very in-depth look around the world and also including your own opinion on things. No matter how long the videos are I'm always tuned in 😊

No one: _unreleased game:_ James Turnery ❤️❤️

Such a cool pack!!! It looks fantastic and the lots and world are really fantastic. I can’t wait for all the new game play, I’m so excited for it!!! The cafeteria could maybe be divided up into a cafeteria, and another room that’s a library or “student lounge” that we had at my HS…you could use some of the rattier furniture from Werewolves in the student lounge. I’d love it if there was an interaction with the bleachers for the classic HS move “sneak under bleachers and make out,” 😁

This was so great, really enjoyed your reaction, and sharing the world with us.

Thanks for the thorough review of the map and world. I agree that there should have been one lot next to the pier. That would be a great place for a restaurant or burger joint. I'm thinking that I might add a burger joint to the lot where that starter house is with the boards all around it. On the small starter house lot near the pier, I might try adding a lighthouse with a woohoo spot. If we can swim in those spots, can we sail or jet ski there?

Remember, in the trailer, how there was a shack of some sort and it looked like the teens might go up there and hang out, is that in the world? Could that be the haunted house?

The High school itself was very disappointing to see, I’ve gotten used to EA having actual players build the lots and it coming out absolutely amazing. Seeing the high school felt the same as when I saw that one build in Get Famous, the 64x64, very underwhelming and disappointing

I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to do this! I always watch your and Clare Siobhans reviews to see if I want to buy it. This looks like a really cool addition with such a big world.

I love the art deco vibes this town gives off, like you can really tell the school has a 1920s style to the exterior and with the shapes in the doors/ interior floors and walls. Also the shapes in some of the items like a rug at the counter in the tea shop even tho its in modern colors. I guess the lore is the town was really active in mining in the 20s or something but I love that super classic american vibe when it comes to the style!

A very worthwhile overview of the world and all of the lots. Thanks.

Can’t wait to replace the high school building 😅😅

I must say i'm a little disappointed how the school looks, on the trailer it looked so cool and well decorated, but now it seems pretty empty

At 18:49 when you eyedrop a platform texture, the game always shows No Results Found. It’s a bug and once you press the platform icon, it will show you which texture was used

Oh also as someone from a small town we definitely have a small library with a park next to it! We have other bigger buildings but ... not much bigger. I think the biggest building "in town" (its on the outskirts so they wouldn't have to pay town taxes) is our walmart hahaha

Every world is beautiful and lovely, well made I hope there are more more lots in each world

Thank you so much for making this video going into depth in Copperdale!

Mixing this with werewolf pack and world gives me twin peaks vibes. Totally what I’m here for

Thanks for doing these videos James. I know they took a little time and it is appreciated. MsGryphi (who I follow also) has videos up showing her building of the starter homes in this pack.

You know what we want James lol, a build tour and a world tour in one day.

I'd really love to see you give the high school a full makeover further down the line. Loving all your videos, always!

I am just so excited for this pack! It looks so good and james has so many storyline options.

I feel like I can see James making a mental note as he goes around the world for a rags to riches LP and I am here for it.

Surprised none of the lots have the climbable lattice/ladder thing. It’s funny that the one lot has a exterior door and sneak out windows. 😆

Prescott reminded me of the prescott family from life is strange and now I can't unsee the small town resemblances to what I remember from LiS.

The new world looks beautiful, looking forward to the pack. So happy that the sims community do a lot of the builds now too! :D

Oh my goood, the library is BREATHTAKING, it looks amazing!!! What a beautiful lot!!!

From what I can see for now, I think they made a brilliant job with this expansion, I already love it 😍

The Prescott lot is giving me Riverview vibes of that huge dishevelled, maze-like mansion up on the hill overlooking everything.

The thrift store area is exactly modeled after the Warner Bros lot in LA where they filmed Pretty Little Liars and Gilmore Girls. 100%

With Werewolves, Vampires and Spellcasters added now, I want to make it Sunnydale.

looks like rental lot is the one to reinnovate for the family since the rest of them are so tiny. love that build so much, looks like nice place for shell challenge as well

I love how the school is across a river so when the students grow old and become parents, they can tell their children they actually had to cross a river to get to school

I'm actually in the process of planning a realistic high school to build on this lot, should be amazing, can't wait to start building it!

Really excited to see your school build 😁

so excited! hope the gameplay is fun and not laggy

Ty soooo much for this video! I think I’m going to be obsessed with this pack I can’t wait to use it in my legacy challenge ☺️

I was hoping to get the multiple choice lot type been addended to this new mega update we could make café/library or lounge/restaurant ... ooh well I am not complain 😅TY for the video J 🥰😍

I am so damn hyped for that Ferris Wheel. I have a little story planned out.