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The best expansion pack- with some downs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow. Finally, a downtown. And boy, is it huge. I'll let you in on a little secret that Maxis forgot to mention- even with my computer (256 MB Ram, Penitum II, brand new Radeon 3D accelerator) the downtown sticks a little bit. Sure, it's bearable and most people won't care, but it is a bit irritating. Oh well, there ain't no perfect game.
One more minor complaint (if that's what you'd like to call it) is that this expansion pack is smarter when it comes to making friends. Complimenting a person over and over will not make them your friend. The computer now can figure out that you're a fake when you do this. You have to mix it up, and it is much easier (and much more tempting I may add) to go too far too early. It takes time to make a friend. So, in that respect, the game makes it a bit harder. Now, out with the positive.
I loved being able to go downtown. If the carpool is there waiting for you to go to work, you can hop in a cab and be back several hours later- but the carpool is still there and the clock resets to the time you've left. Your energy meter goes down while you're gone, of course. However, it goes down a bit more slowly than it would if you were home. The social, fun, comfort, and room ratings go way up briefly when you first arrive downtown, but then go back down when you get home.
Now here's a feature I know you're gonna love if you have The Sims. Say you've got John and Harley, each living in a different house. You can go into Harley's game and go downtown, and you can see John downtown as well (even though you are not in his game). So John gets the same social benefit as Harley does, even if it isn't his game. Cool, huh?
Overall, the game is a great buy. It adds more gameplay rather than just a bunch of objects that you can download from other fan sites. The game is a MUST buy for any Sims owners. This is the one to get, if you can get just one. Second would be Livin' Large, and last, the party-pooper House Party. Happy dating!

A nice change

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Finally our Sims can leave the house! They are still confined to one lot though even downtown and you can only control one Sim at a time while they are downtown. The roommates will be there but you will not be able to do anything with them. I have also had problems getting the downtown area to run at double and triple speeds on my computer, it will only run at normal speed. It is a great expansion though and a must for Sims fans. While few of the new items can be added to your home, you do get to build great new shopping centers, clubs and restaurants in the downtown area (which is already almost completely full when you buy it, you have to delete shops to make your own in Neighbourhood 1). New elements have also been added to relationships. You Sims can now gain interest in various subjects so as to become more compatible with other Sims. They also have a lifelong friendship meter and a daily friendship meter so your relationships are not so fickle anymore. This does seem to make love relationships harder to form though as both lifelong and daily meters come into play. It is certainly a challenge for dedicated Sim players.

All in all I am enjoying it and it is great for racking up those friends necessary for your promotions.

still working out the bugs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The latest Sims expansion pack provides new (much-needed) variety in everyday social interactions. This feature makes gameplay more interesting, but it does seem to complicate making friends somewhat (your Sims are now touchier than they were before). The other major new feature, of course, is the downtown area, where your Sims can eat fancy (expensive) restaurant meals, shop for formalwear, swimsuits, and pjs, and buy gifts for other Sims, all of this for a pretty heavy price. However, this area is a great addition to The Sims, as you can finally get them out of the house and let them meet a variety of new potential friends (ie, career-boosters). I've had trouble, though, making friends downtown or getting any really exciting interactions going there; it seems I always end up just meeting people there and then getting to know them at home. Maxis' predesigned downtown areas are nice-looking, but my recommendation is that you design at least one lot on your own (no charges for building downtown!) and incorporate everything there-- all kinds of shopping, all kinds of dining, someplace where they can have a lot of fun quickly.
The new pack is definitely worth your money, mainly for the new variety it provides. The 125+ new objects are mainly available downtown, so don't expect a lot of new design opportunities at home. A few warnings: When I first began to play Hot Date, I had 128 RAM, the minimum amount Maxis recommends. With 128, gameplay could be sluggish if a lot was going on on-screen, particularly downtown. After a few days of playing like this, the additional 128 I had ordered finally arrived, and the game is much smoother with 256. The game isn't at all unplayable with 128, but do be aware that it's going to be painfully slow at times. My major complaint (and the reason for the 4 stars instead of 5) is that this game is prone to freezing and cutting off without reason, which happens enough (3 times in two hours, one night) to be incredibly annoying. Maxis, though, has been pretty good about putting patches on the Sims official site in the past, so let's hope to see corrective measures after Christmas.
All in all, though, don't pass this one up! Hot Date, even more than House Party, is the cure for any boredom in your Sims' lives; it's relief from their everyday routine. A lot of the new interactions are really amusing, and designing downtown areas (again, for free!) is going to be a big hit with all the Sims fans who love designing houses.

Hot Date Downtown

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Sims Hot Date expansion Pak is the best Sims expansion pack yet featuring a new down town area. You will be able to take you speacial sim to a night on the town. You can build your own downtown you can make cafes ngihtclubs resturans etc. Downtown will also feature 2 beach plots in which to build on. There are over a 100 new items which in the build menu have a pink backround. Most of the new objects are for the downtown area but can be used in you home as well with exeptions. Such as the cash register. There are also several characters in the downtown area that are not playble such as an old lady. So overall this new expansion may be the best thing that happend to the sims since the big screen tv.

very good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i'm actually in france so i had to wait 2 to 3 month before buying it.Then i understood what was all the fuss about.All the object menue is organised with new items (cookies,birthday cake , jacuzzi with the form of a heart, sofa....) and the most ecxiting is that you can go in town(even if all the shops and restaurent are a bit similar ) before when you wanted to do a romantic dinner it was impossible you were always obliged to take care of the others before they come and reck your dinner weing on the floor or falling asleep.All the problemes are solved you can now go at the restaurent and you can buy presents for your boy/girlfriend, (rings,flowers,magasine,clothes,chocolates,.....)
A last word to say that that hot date sim disc will boost your daily life !!!!!!

Great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Maxis has done it again! The Sims Hot Date is great. I have Windows ME, but so far, I haven't had any problems. This expansion pack offers many more objects and organizes it well. There are the same interactions, but different levels of intensity, such as "Kiss polite" or "Kiss fiery". The ability to go downtown adds to the fun. True, it is hard to get a date and keep it, but that's a part of the challenge. I encourage people to buy it if they're Sims fans.

Just Plain Hot

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: September 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

With all that I have heard and read, one of the coolest features I think that will be added according to PC Gamers first big interview with Sid Mier (the creator of The Sims and Simsville) would have to be the DRIVE-IN movie theater. Sure, the flower shop and clothing stores are cool, but think about it for a second, you can only buy the clothes that you could wear for free if you change clothes with the dresser, the costume box or even the "7 Deadly Sims'" washer and dryer. And you can only buy the flowers that you probably already have in your house after creation and design.
The only downfall to having a new expansion pack is the problem that I had with the Rollercoaster Tycoon Expansion Packs. Once you install the new EP most of the time, you can no longer use the codes or cheats, I already can't use three-fourths of The Sims cheats because of the House Party EP and the updated patches from the website.
One thing that I would REALLY like them to do is add a 3rd storie, rounded walls, and apartment building settings to the house building options. This would open up creation and design in so many ways, it would take the game to such a new level and open many doors for recreation of various famous buildings, churches, banks, houses, and other wonders of architecture. Although a third storie would hold high restrictions and probably not offer too much hard drive space it would truly distinguish this EP from the rest. Except for the fact that they may have already thought about those ideas for the fourth EP which is pretty much at this point inevitable.
I also heard that with Hot Date they added pets, but I already have the pets from 7DS and they are not all that, and they die if you don't feed them, like the fish, and that stinks.
This game should prove to surpass the others though, and that is why I am looking forward to my Pre-Purchase ability, knowing that the first two expansions sold out completely within a 40 mile radius of my house in approximately 8 hours. I was at work in the mornings of both release dates, and I am not missing this one.
Hope you enjoy the EP as much as I know I am. And if you wanna see some of my House Party houses just look under Zeteo_Aletheia and Acedog_007 at thesims.ea.com's "sims exchange." I should have my latest updated families such as The Scooby Doo Family and The Goonies along with some 8 member families in which you can download to get cool superhero and famous movie character skins.

Hot Date, what else can you say... it's the best!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Sims is such a great game. Admit it. I personally couldn't live without. But you know... the Sims just isn't enough. I mean you get bored of it, that's why Livin' Large was created. But even Livin' Large is boring. More items to buy and build, yipee. Big woop! I mean, c'mon you're Sims need to party down once in a while. That's why House Party was created. But what if you're sims aren't party people? What if they're more romantic and want to go out with there lovers. On a date perhaps... In Hot Date you have everything from every sims game you own and have installed plus more. Hot Date is going to be such a hit! You should definetely buy it. It's a great game. I can tell.

And You Though It Couldn't Get Any More Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you loved The Sims before, you have another thing coming. The Sims addict will simply adore this new expansion pack. More commands, more items, and the addition of a downtown area will undoubtedly suck you in like it did the first time you ever played. You'll have to work quite a bit to really go on a "Hot Date", but that's where half the fun is, right? If your current installation is already choppy, however, you might want to restrain yourself. All those additional commands, items, and areas will suck up more RAM and processor time. The choppiness only gets worse. On a Celeron 466MHz with 384MB of RAM and a Voodoo 3 video card in Windows 2000, it is playable but a little irritating. Areas take longer to load which also gets frustrating. If your system can handle it, this expansion will make a lovely addition to an already splendid game.

Wow! (That's pretty much the only word that can describe it)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Sims just keeps getting better and better with the latest technology and countless new features, which is definitely proved by the third expansion, Hot Date.

New steamy interactions, new....um....encouraging objects, and a great new feature--you can actually leave the house to go downtown!! FINALLY!! Anyway, there are new interactions. I don't mean just simple interactions, but different choices for each interaction. Do you get what I am sayin'? Just one example of this is hug. There has always been a hug interaction. However, now there are special typees of hugs, which include: friendly, intimate, leap into arms, and romantic. Another is flirt. New choices for this incluse growl and check out. Kiss also has many new types. Be careful though--if you choose the wrong one of these many choices, you just might get a slap across the face. One totally new interaction is "take home." If you are downtown, and you think something is going on, choose this. Otherwise, beware. This could end your date and possibly even your relationship. Also, now you have a daily relationship score and a lifetime relationship score. Daily relationship means how you feel about them that particular day. Lifetime relationship means whether or not your sim thinks that he/she could have something more than just a cruch going on. Some "encouraging" (as I had called them before) are the love seat (which really lives up to its name, if you know what I mean) and the love bed, which vibrates, and your sims can "play in bed." (they go under the covers and bark and moan and move around, but you don't see anything, so don't worry about little kiddies--they won't see anything.) There are also new objects, home makers, and skins.

Going downtown is great. You can go on a date with someone by inviting them with you, or you can go there by yourself and try to get someone. The only disadvantage is that you can only control your character and you can only bring one other person with you, unlike the Vacation expansion pack, where you can take and control your entire family. Anyway, back to Hot Date. You can shop, eat, dance, and more downtown.

I highly recommend this game to any Sim lover.

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