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Don't buy this if you own the sims 2

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 19
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I saw this game featured on the sims website as an add-on to your current sims games, so I thought it would be a great gift idea for someone so I went out and bought it. I thought the price was a little high for just an expansion but I got it anyway. When I got it home and looked at the package, it says it comes with the sims 2. I bought it for someone who already has the sims 2, university, and nightlife. So now I have to go through the hassle of returning it and ordering the right one from ea and hoping it will get to me on time for christmas.

The fun goes on!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game ever! I'ts worth all your money! You can do so many new and cool things! You can create toddlers, children, teens, adults, and elders! There are tons of clothes, hairstyles, and make-up. You can even choose between fat and skinny Sims. They get older and have wants and needs. The aspiration choices are family, knowledge, money, popularity, romance, and, for kids and toddlers, grow up. They can cook lots of different things and have a new skill: cleaning. There are also lots of new jobs, social interactions, objects, and more! The possibilities are endless! I have been enjoying this game and I am sure you will, too!

Fun for a short while.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This isn't a bad addition for your Sims as long as you don't expect an expansion pack along the lines of Sims University/ Nightlife. What you are buying is a disc that provides new outfits and goodies for your Sims to enjoy, such as Christmas trees, presents, festive lights, wreaths, decorations and so on. You can now cook a holiday feast and receive a visit from Santa too. Just make sure that you have a fire alarm installed before you put the Christmas tree lights on...oh, and don't pet the electric reindeer.
This is an add on that is limited in its interest, fun at Christmas for a few days but not interesting enough to keep the interest levels high for long. Still, it is a low price, and it's always good to add to the Sims inventory.

Really disapointed....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 22
Date: April 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited when this finally came out but when I played it I was really disapointed. It slowed down my computer very much and it kept freezing. I couldin't even play it for 1 minute. Also when i did get to play it, it was really boring. Barely nothing happened. Also when I tired to unistall it I couldin't.... so I had to uninstall the whole Sims. I did not like this game at all.

Do your homework

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the holiday edition of the entire game. If you go to the EA website you can order the holday party pack for $15 which will give you the 40 bonus items. You can get some of these items for free on the websites but not all of them as far as my knowledge. The "party pack" also includes free shipping so all you'll be paying is the $15.
Unfortunately, the description Amazon got from EA (I think) sucks and leads to people thinking this is a cheap scheme.

ALL new content in this game available for FREE download on official site!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I feel a duty to write this review, because if you're going to buy this game, or are even thinking about buying it, you should know that all of the holiday content is available for FREE on the official site. I actually bought the Holiday Pack (the one meant for those who already own The Sims 2 base game) and was SEVERELY disappointed and angered when Maxis began posting this same content on there website for FREE. That meant I had just wasted FIFTEEN bucks on something that, if I had just waited a week, I would've known that I could just go download this stuff without having to pay ONE red CENT.

There is MUCH more they could've done with this pack, INCLUDING not charge what they did. I STRONGLY advise AGAINST buying it!!!

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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. I only started playing last night and was up much later than I should have been. Getting up this morning to go to work was really difficult because all I could think about was what I was going to do in my little Sim world. I am a big fan of the original Sims and expansion packs. This one has so many more options it is going to take me quite some time to figure it all out. My only problem with this game is load time...some things take forever to load. I highly recommend this game. The Holiday stuff is fun. I am not sure if there would be more Holiday stuff to chose from if I paid extra for the Holiday stuff seperately. Someone told me that you might be able to get the missing stuff on the official Sims 2 web site. I will have to look into that.

Freakin Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is seriously addicting. Make sure you set aside at least a few years for playing this game. Actually "3 years or more free time" should be in the system requirements.

Before buying...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Before buying this edition, please understand that it is not intended to abe an expansion pack. Even though it looks different, all it is intended to be is the same, basic Sims 2 game (the first one that came out). It has a few items in it that sims can purchase that aren't in the regular Sims 2 program, like some holiday decorations, but it is still only the original Sims 2 game, repackaged. If you already have the Sims 2 game, the number of items involved probably won't be enough to make it worth buying a second copy of the game.

On the other hand, if you don't have the Sims 2 original game, then this is a good buy. Sims 2 has great graphics and is fun even for adults (I'm a 39 year old female and I enjoy it). It can, however, run sort of slowly at times - and causes my system to crash occasionally. But it's worth it. Just make sure you have the minimum system requirements and then some before buying.

Sims 2 Holiday Edition

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had been planning on buying the Sims 2 since it first came out and I cam across the Holiday Edition while in the process of purchasing the regular edition, so I didn't have the problems of confusion that other people seem to have.

I don't really care too much about the holiday stuff and haven't used it yet. My only gripe is that sometimes the game goes REALLY slow and it shouldn't because I have a brand new laptop that is three months old with 75% free hard drive space, so I can't understand why sometimes in the game time goes super slow. It also takes a while for stuff to process than the original Sims did, but I'm not complaining about that so much.

Overall, if you don't have Sims 2 at all and want holiday items, then get this editon. But not if you already own the game. And I guess this was a slick ploy by EA Games to get more sales but at the same time, people really should read and do research before purchasing. That would be the lesson learned here.

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