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 Great Game, Great Expansion Pack. Need I Say More? |  4.0
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by  Narphinean
from The Big City, NE, United States | Sep 4, 2008 |
THE GOOD:
~Addition of many cool new features, such as an improved dating system.
~New Pleasure Seeker Aspiration, as well as a "secret" aspiration.
~New items, clothes and characters (vampires!)
~New 'Downtown' Area adds spice to a night out on the town.THE BAD:
~Sometimes clunky processing can occur while downtown.
~Vampires can be picky, making them a hard-to-use feature of Nightlife.
~Dating and Casual Groups can be confusing at times. SUMMARY:
The Sims 2 really hit the mark with what it wanted to bring to gamers. It was an improvement over the highly successful Sims 1 game, could be played for hours, and had hundreds of options. But for those few gamers who managed to finish all that could be accomplished, there soon came expansion packs. One of those was Nightlife, which dealt with the city life of the Sims. Little did anyone know just how much fun it could prove itself to be...
As with the original Sims game, the point is to control characters (Sims) as they go around their daily life, grow up, get married, and raise families. You can create your own characters if you like, or use the pre-made ones the game has already installed. What Nightlife adds to this is the 'Downtown' area, which is essentially a collection of venues where your Sims can shop, eat, party, game, have fun, take dates and friends, meet people, and even run into some creepy characters (vampires - more on that later). It also adds fun little items for purchase and placement in homes, such as a DJ booth, a photo booth, drink bars, fire generators, and decoration.
Along with the new items came new Aspirations. For those of you who don't know what Aspirations are, they are a sort of list of things that a certain Sim would like to do before they get old (or die, depending on age). The things they would want to do would vary with Aspiration (for example, a Sim with Fortune Aspiration always wants to make more money). In Nightlife, two new Aspirations are added to the several already on the game. One is the Pleasure Seeker Aspiration, which causes your Sim to feel a need to have fun and enjoy life (often at the expense of their needs). The other one, however, is "secret". All I will tell you is that it's plenty of fun, and that some great fun will be had trying to find it!
Another new feature of Nightlife was its new dating system. No longer could Sims simply go up to one another and instantly hit it off. Now, good matches for dates are determined by things such as zodiac sign, physical features, and even Aspiration. Although this new system can get a little frustrating, once you get used to it, it's fun and a lot more realistic (at least, as realistic as a Sims game can get).
Again, we see the return of the Sims' own language, Simlish, which is used by a Sim to express emotion and mood, as well as an alert if there is something that he or she need. But Nightlife takes the audio one step further, as not only can a Sim listen to music in their own home, but they can go downtown and dance to all-new music mixes that the DJ spews out.
However, when the game comes to ease of play, it leaves a little to be desired. Although the controls are simple, the processing speed can sometimes be uneven and stick in one place. In addition, there are little problems with the Sims, especially vampires. For example, vampires must be in their coffins by daybreak, or else they experience a drain in their motives (not good if you want to keep them alive). However, if you put them to bed as the sun comes up, they'll still hop out of their coffins to hiss at the sun. Another problem is with downtown venues: sometimes, it's hard to get a Sim away from something they are set on doing, and since lots are large, it can be hard to get them to come to where you can see them easily.
All in all, this pack is fun, and a good addition to an already addictive game. It fits in new surprises, such as the vampires and new items, and still manages to keep the main point of the game. If the slightly high price tag doesn't catch you off guard, you might want to consider making this your first expansion to the game. After all, how could this game universe possibly get any MORE vast? |
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| Sin in the City! | 4.0
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by  The Rising Nebula
from , IN, | Aug 9, 2007 |
THE GOOD:
1. New Neighborhood known as Downtown!
2. Bunchs of new Community lots, such as; Restaurants, Clubs, Art Gallerys, Parks, Pools, and Shops.
3. Vampires!
4. Cars!
5. New Pleasure Aspiration!
6. Turn On's and Turn Off's
7. Sims can now go on Dates!
8. Blind Dates can be made by the Gypsy!THE BAD:
1. No storyline just like with all the other games.
2. Vampires cant spawn children that will be vampires too.
3. Driveways can't curve
4. Takes WAY too long to travel from home to community lots.
5. Still can't kill another sim with you sim.
6. Teenagers still can't get pregnant.
7. Money is hard to make. SUMMARY:
The Sims 2: Nightlife expansion pack adds so many new features that aren't only amazing but fantastic as well. Some of these new features include; the Downtown city, cars, vampires, pleasure aspiration, turn ons/offs, dates, and much, much more!
The game features a completely new neighbor called, Downtown. It has a total of 44 community and residential lots. These fun and entertaining lots all are different in some way, each ether being a type of; bar, club, park, art gallery, shop, pool, or hedge maze. With all of these community lots filling the streets of Downtown your sim is always going to have fun in some way or another, ether by; dancing in groups, going out on dates, going out for group gatherings, driving around town, shopping for new clothes, socializing with friends, eating at fancy restaurant's, taking over the DJ booth at a club, or doing many other fun activities.
Since Pleasure is the newest aspiration most sims in the city of Downtown have this as there aspiration. Pleasure sims basic callings of life are to just have fun, by doing something entertaining such as; dancing in a group, DJing, playing cards, driving around town, and going out on dates. These sims tend to be distracted from partying all night so they usually can't hold up a job for long. But it is the city and partying is it's main key, to fun.
Not only will you just have fun but you can experience along with vampires! Vampires are entirely new to the sims 2 games. They are extremely rare in there kind but if come into contact with, be prepared for getting a piece of there DNA after they decide and bite your sim passing on there inhumane traits. Vampires have amazing features that come along with them such as; being able to turn into a bat and fly, having no reflection in a mirror, and also being able to pass there traits onto another. The only downside to these sims is that they must be kept away from the sun and they are only seen outside at night. Usually a normal vampire will stay in it's coffin all day long and then wake up at night.
Sims now have the option of going out on dates with other sims. Sim relationships can now become started just by picking up the phone and inviting another sim out with your sim. They can ether pick that sim up and take it to a community lot or the sim could simply wait for a cab like it has in all the other sim games. Your sim hasn't lived the Downtown life without going on dates, so hurry up and find that special someone or they may just all be taken.
Another amazing and wonderful new feature added into the Sims 2 games from the Nightlife expansion pack is the use of cars. Sims can now buy and own cars, instead of having to call a taxi to take them places they can simply just drive themselves there. No longer will a sim ever have to wait for a taxi cab to come pick them up and take them to another lot, they can drive anywhere they choose as long as it's in the neighborhood or the city of Downtown. Sims can even experience a variety of different interactions inside there vehicles, such as; turning the lights on, kissing another sim, turning music on, dancing to the music coming from within the car, driving your children to school, and teenager sims can drive themselves and maybe there siblings to school.
So with the Sims 2: Nightlife expansion pack's many brand new features, sim's lives will be completely changed and revamped then they ever have been before. Sims will ether experience the feeling of vampire teeth sinking into there neck, "WooHoo"ing in a barely private Photo Booth, or driving along the open rode with the wind in there face, anyway they take on life they will always be having fun! |
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