

The rival school is always trying to start fights and talk trash throughout the game. Especially when you consider that your dad will buy you a new car if you maintain a 3.0 GPA!Īnother mini game is football, which isn’t very much like real football as you can see here:įor example, you can’t select any plays on offense or defense you may only select how many yards each play is, which gets old after a couple of series.Įvery week, there is a football game and the final week there is a game against the rival school. Or you can choose to cut class with the popular kids, which will make you more popular but won't help your GPA one iota. If you do well on the quiz your GPA will go up. The app features various mini games, including quizzes like this:
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Some of the characters even sounded like my real friends.Īfter school, you have choices in which you can do including working out which helps your athleticism, since you have an opportunity to try out for the football team as a quarterback, studying which boosts your GPA, or watching TV which boosts social status. You can make friends as well as enemies depending upon the choices you make.Īll of the characters in the game are very realistic and behave a lot like real high school students. As soon as you arrive at school you'll be approached by all types of people including a girl you can flirt with and the star varsity quarterback. Regardless of your choices, you are a new student at the high school. Among other options you can choose from several different characters and select the classes you will take. When you launch the app for the first time you have many options for your simulated high school life and choices you make in the beginning influence the course your high school career will take throughout the game.

This simulator/game was surprisingly realistic and more fun than I expected. Mac's 17-year old son and a high school junior. Everyone knows how tough it can be to balance your social life, sports, and academics, and it is just as challenging in this game. Have you ever wished you could relive your high school years but make different choices and do different things? Well now you can with the new app from Electronic Arts, Surviving High School, a simulator/game that allows you to make the kinds of decisions you would make as a high schooler. As a junior in high school I think he has a much better handle on what high school is like, how well this simulation/game emulates the real deal, and how much fun it is to play.

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NOTE: While the Mac Observer content management system says that I wrote this review, it was mostly written by my 17-year old son Jacob.
