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Beautiful furniture ,and art decor for sims homes.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: September 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A first I wasn't to keen on it felt a bit ripped off. I have since gotten into the objects and really like them now. I wasn't to keen on the fur coat addition and clothing. I thought they could of used some "fancy" clothing for the kids in it. The art decor is beautiful and the new furniture, wall coverings, and floor. Excellent job thanks maxis for all these cool packs you keep making , I'll always buy sims til the day there is no more sims stuff. Overall I really like this stuff pack and can't wait to see the pets.

Too expensive at $19.99, wait for a sale

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 104 / 106
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The idea behind the stuff packs is great but Maxis is going to have to work on the particulars for the packs to be a success. The artwork is lovely, the furniture very sleek and the outfits are great. However $19.99 is too much for my budget when this stuff pack only includes 60 items. Same as Family Fun I'm waiting until Glamour drops to $10-12.

Although the clothes for the adults are really nice I think it would have been good to add dressy clothes for elders and children too. The artwork is beautiful but it would have been a plus to have more from different eras. Same as the furniture. Glamour is more than just Art Deco. If they had included more styles in furniture and artwork I would have bought this immediately.

If Maxis really wants to compete with the custom content on fan sites they're going to have to increase the amount of stuff included in a pack or lower the price. There are many fan sites that have beautiful high quality custom content for free. Maxis is going to have to set the bar a little higher to grab my attention at the price they're asking.

Where's the couch??

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm still not impressed, even though my Sims have a new couch (after a reviewer, thankfully, clued us all in on the fact that the new chair is actually a piece of sectional sofa. So when you go looking for the couch in Buy mode, just look for the living room chair icon.) What doesn't impress me is the price for this new 'stuff'. It should have been a little bit cheaper.

In this add-on, you get a few pieces of furniture, some lamps, a couple rugs and paintings, new mirrors, some sculptures, a new very small vase, a new "old" stereo, some new clothes (mostly formal and new pj's..love the new silk pj's), one new women's hairdo, and some wallpaper/flooring/etc. You also get a couple of new pre-fab houses in build mode, Forsythe Place and a one bedroom loft. After playing around with the new stuff for several hours, and adding the new house & loft to the neighborhoods, I am glad I bought this add-on but still feel its priced too high. I love the new house, Forsythe Place, but wish a garage had been included in the design.

Maxis must've been in a rush to get this on the market too. The manual has an obvious error. It refers to the neighborhood 'Pleasantview' as 'Pleasantville'. Goes to show there wasn't much thought put into this product before release.

It does fix old glitches, which I'm happy about, and I like the new loading screen music. And there are other subtle changes that were made to the game as well (slightly altering the original once this is installed), some of which I don't like.

Overall, I am glad I got it, but would've been much happier spending less for it.

Better for collecting than playing.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: September 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This new set (a complete living room and bedroom with a few new outfits) hints at what fans have been asking for without expending any extra energy. The new pieces are nice, with reflectivity effects that liven up the rooms, but don't fit in well with the style of the base game and the expansions (the issue mentioned in another review with the sofa isn't correct--the chairs can be connected like kitchen counters to make long sofas as in Nightlife).

For anyone who is making a collection this is a nice addition. If you have a choice between this and a marked down expansion pack--get the expansion instead. If anything the stuff packs appear to be an experiment in marketing rather than a thoughtful addition to the objects and outfits (which are classified oddly--most of them are for formal wear only and cannot be used as everyday clothes). The TV that was a free download when purchased from Bestbuy feels like it should've been left in the pack--it fits in too well to have removed it as an incentive.

Personally, I would rather they either put out more stuff packs (one a month with the same amount of content) or just save the content for the expansions (since Pets is rumored to have no new clothes and no emphasis on new objects).

Like the game but I am experiencing problems!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: September 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure if anybody else has this experience but when I downloaded that expansion pack and started playing it, it was terrific until I started building my new house. When I chose the wall tool and drug along walls to make my rooms the walls were flashing red over and over. Plus the walls in the create a family room was doing the same thing. If anybody else has any experience in that and knows how to get rid of that please add that to your next review. It would really help me in knowing that my $21.35 didn't go to waste!!!

A waste of money.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: September 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Some of the Sims 2 expansion packs add tons of new features, new jobs, new stuff to do. This is definatly not one of those expansions. For your money you get some new outfits, some new items to buy and thats about it. Not only that but many people (myself included) are having a lot of problems with Sims 2 after installing this expansion. I ended up having to uninstall it just to be able to play Sims 2. If you want to get a bunch of new clothes and items you're better off to go online and just download some of the tons of great player made items.

I wasn't expecting much and I was still disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: September 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

$19.99 is too much to pay for what is included. Now that I think about it, 60 pieces isn't much to go around. I was expecting to find more new clothing (there's no new swim or athletic clothing, no new tops or pants, just full-set stuff under everyday and formal). I was expecting items/furniture across all categories (not even close). It also seems like very little in the way of new building materials. I won't buy this sort of expansion pack again, just the functionality expansions. This is just money-grubbing on the part of EA.

Better than Family Fun, but not by much. Still too pricey!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I should have learned my lesson from the Family Fun Pack. The Sims2 fan in me just had to have everything though (for some reason I resisted the Holiday pack...).

Pros
-Some nice new items. I liked the new stereo, as well as some of the new decorations. Some of the new clothing looks cool too. I've found more of the new items useful than those from Family Fun Pack.

Cons
-Price! $19.99 for these few new items? The additions in this pack are not worth more than $5.00 (maybe less)!
-Some of the new items weren't worth a dime! Though some of the new clothing may look good, most of it I would never select for one of my Sims.

In Summary:
The term "Glamour Life" has a number of implications behind it. A new type of car would have been nice (or at least more color options on the existing ones). New party items, some sort of nod toward jewelry, and other pricey items would have been nice as well. So much more could have been done with that theme! What this pack gives you though, is a major disappointment. The price doubles the disappointment. If you can live without it, wait until it hits the bargain bins. Hopefully the Pets Expansion will make up for this disappointment.

RIp Off!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If I could give it negative 3 stars I would. This is just EA being Greedy. They could have offered it for free on the website like they did with the stuff before or they could have included it with the next expansion pack. You're better off going to one the fan site that offers better stuff to download for free.

Sims 2 Glamor Life Stuff

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Anyone's opinion of this game is relevant to their expectations.

There is a difference between expansion packs and stuff packs. EPs (expansion packs) come with many new features. SPs only have new items and clothing. This is a STUFF pack.
You'd probably be better off paying twice as much for a bunch of new features than getting a stuff pack. But if you really are into sims and want a good stuff pack, this is the best one. The artwork is beautiful, as well as the new gowns. The marble floors make the homes look very elegant. There is also a very modern new fountain that I like. You will enjoy the pack as long as you are expecting items, not new features.

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