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5 stars but only if uve got the other sim games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: August 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Downtown is a neutral location, so to speak, where dates happen. Hot Date is about being in Downtown with your date. Just like you can with a house, but on a larger scale, you'll be able to build Downtown into whatever you want, creating different parks, restaurants, clubs, shops, and other venues. Downtown will look very different from your original neighborhood--picture a street of small boutique shops and restaurants--and will also have its own nonplayer characters (NPCs). Many of the components are new and fit into the style of a downtown district but can also be added to your homes if you wish. Aside from the building of Downtown itself, the new expansion will involve the social interaction between two Sims. In the regular game, you get to directly control the members of your household. If people are hungry, you make them eat. If they need sleep, you make them sleep. But in Hot Date, you control only one Sim, the one who initiates the date. That Sim follows your commands, and you can control him or her throughout Downtown. Although you'll have a companion on your date, you won't have direct control over that person. He or she can leave at any time if he or she is bored. If he's hungry, and you don't feed him, he can just get up and walk out on the date. The challenge of the game comes in keeping the date interested in you and indirectly controlling how he or she acts. So if that date is hungry, you'll need to bring her to a restaurant where she can order food. If she's bored, you might bring her to a dance club. Hot Date's style of gameplay is different from that of the Sims. Now, instead of controlling people directly, you can nudge them along only by picking up on their motivations and then using your controllable Sim to lead them to interaction spots where they can meet those needs.

The point of the date is to keep the two people--one you control and one you lead--on the date as long as possible to see all the cool things in Downtown. There are various social interaction rewards laced throughout the game. Fans of the Sims will recall the "love bed" reward, which you receive if you can get two Sims to make out on the love bed together. In Hot Date, there will be plenty of rewards of that nature. If you manage to keep the date interested throughout the evening, you'll be rewarded with lots of cuddling and making out. Maxis says that the gameplay is controlling one person and using that person to meet the needs of your date, getting him or her to follow you to reward places. Of course, like in much of real life, the way you get your date to follow you is by taking out your wallet. Everything costs money in Downtown. You need to pay to get into clubs, buy food at restaurants, and buy items when shopping. By using your money, you can boost your date's mood--once you've picked up on what motivates him or her, of course. In the regular game, if you want to meet a Sim's need for nice food, you might buy an expensive refrigerator. Of course, on a date, you can instead just go out and buy food for your date and thus meet his or her expensive food needs. By using Downtown, you can thus satiate the appetites of Sims, but without having to buy permanent solutions for them, like the fridge.

To actually get a date going, you can go to Downtown and just pick up a datable NPC hanging out there. Or you can invite a Sim to a date over the phone. With Hot Date, a new option will be granted when talking to Sims on the phone: a date option. You can call a person up and ask him or her to meet you in Downtown for a date. Seconds later, a taxicab will arrive at your doorstep. You can step in and your next stop will be Downtown, where your date will be waiting.id like to thank game spot for the review and all round this game will be totally great, now all thats left 2 do is to order it and wait.

Is it HOT in here or is it just The Sims?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Sims Hot Date just came out today (November 13th) and I fortunately pre-ordered it. I got it today! >:D I have to say, this Expansion Pack is awesome. You can go to Downtown, a place where you make a park, a resturant or a mall. It's superb because you can actually send it to The Sims.com as if it was an Exchange Album! And not to mention new objects! It's fab in everything... except 2 flaws: The first flaw is not really an issue, but there are no new jobs (well there are a lot of jobs anyway so it's not really a big deal). The second flaw is a BIG issue; Remember how the Sims was rather fast paced in Livin' Large and House Party? Those days are OVER! This is really slow. It's slow in Downtown!;it's slow when MAKING Downtown, it's slow BEING in Downtown and it's slow SHOPPING in downtown. But who cares? It's still a fabulous game! This game, is definately worth your money.

GOODIES: It's the Sims as you know it only ENHANCED!
BADDIES: No new jobs; excruciating slowness

THE VERDICT: One of the best Sims games ever; a fantastic Expansion Pack that will change the Sims forever...

The best Sims expansion yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: November 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The Sims was my favorite computer game. I got it as a gift for Christmas, Livin' Large that February, and House Party that May. I was completely hooked. I played it at every chance I got. But come House Party, I was let down..and I didn't play the Sims again until yesterday, when my dad brought home The Sims: Hot Date.

This has renewed my siming experience. You go downtown, meet a "Townie" (a non-player-character who lives downtown), ask them out, shower them with gifts, dine, kiss, and perhaps come home with a new partner in life! It adds so many new social interactions, from the "Extreme Tickle" to the "Entertain with Puppet" to the "Fiery kiss". The Love Tub, swing, picnic basket, etc. add a more romantic element to the Sims-something that hadn't played that big of a role in the original game.
The only let down was that kids can't go downtown, and the Townies sometime come out with odd outfits-randomly chosen heads and skins from your collection. For example, I got a Townie with a Santa Claus head and a biker body! But this can be fixed with programs that can be downloaded on the 'net.

All in all, this is a game not to be missed by any Sims fan.

Fun....yet twice as challenging.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: February 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I know that the idea behind the sims is to challenge you to make a family survive in a "real" world sort of situation. I loved the first sims, plus the two add-ons after that. With hot date, that sims are finally allowed to leave their houses and go downtown. They can meet many people in these downtown areas, at parks, resteraunts, and stores. The game is definately fun in the aspect that you can go downtown to talk and hang out, but that is where the challenge starts.

In the previous sims games, as well as this one, relationships are needed to help you stay happy, move ahead in your job, etc. But in "hot date" the relationship aspect is twice as hard to build. You can fall in love with somone in the morning, and by the end of the day they wont even like you. That is the drawback of this game, plus friends are twice as hard to make, and take twice as long.

While you can go on dates downtown, the people are a lot harder to get to know. It is definately more challenging than the first sims+adds, but for anyone looking for a leisurly gameplay, will not get it in "hot date". It is fun! But due to the fact that the stress level and difficulty of it is much higher, It lowers the fun.

Love the Sims, but maybe this is ahead of its time?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was quick to purchase this expansion pack because I have really enjoyed the The Sims and Living Large, but I am less impressed with their newest expansion pack.

As the other reviewer said - it is slow, slow, slow. We actually had to uninstall it on our current Sims computer and reinstall it on our faster computer (thus losing all of our other characters to the new game) just to get it to run reasonably well. Even with the faster system - it still hesitates alot. I think they made the Downtown area a little too bustling!

But, it does have some cool new items (mostly walls and floors) and an enhancement to the relationship meter that will make the game more challenging.

I would say, if you have a top of the line system - buy it. Otherwise wait a year until things improve.

It's a Great bame! But......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I soon as the game came in the mail I installed it and spent the whole night playing it. However, after a few days my addiction has already ceased. However, it is still loads of fun to play the game with friends. Also, I have all of the previous expansion packs and when I put this game into my computer, my computer became very slow. So I had to reinstall the game w/o the House Party Epack. But to the details:
This EP makes the game a lot more fun and a lot more interesting. First of all, I like the new method of inventory in the buy mode and I love all of the new items. I love the new lights that can be hung from the ceiling, especially the ceiling fan.
Finally, There are ways of impressing girls other than giving her home cooking and hugging her the same old way. Now, when you visit a resturaunt and sit in a booth, you can invite the girl to cuddle next to you then there is a list of things you can try. But you beter be careful. If the chick says no, you're (...). Your relationship meter is plummeting. Oh, if you want to quickly fall in love with a women, avoud the women walking around town. They are tough puppies. I had both of my relationship meters up past 100(New: lifetime relationship meter) and I invited her to my house. (WRONG MOVE!!!) The chick told me she was fed up with me and she left me there, heart-broken on the street. You can never tell how for you can go with one of those townies.
Anyways, with all of the new interactions, items, and add-ons, it is a great game, and I recommened any Sims fan or not to get this game. I love it.

City Of Love has found the Sims

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ahh yes, love is definitely in the air in the world of the Sims. Here is yet another expansion for "The Sims" for those of us who do not have a life and must resort to having a more interesting one in video games. (That's a joke, calm down and take a few deep breaths.) With this new expansion, "The Sims: Hot Date," there are more features to play around with than ever before.

The very game itself really has no point or objective, it's just purely for entertainment's sake. (And it is very amusing for us who are too lazy to live our own lives.) You create the Sims and you move them in. In a way, you get to play God. You control them and tell them what to do. Your prime objective is to keep your Sims happy. Of course, you can make their lives a living hell as well. It all really depends on what kind of a mood you are in that day. And with this new expansion, you are given even more social interactions like never before. You are also presented with tons and tons of new objects, meaning that there is more than one way to "score."

Yes, all of the expansions seem to have themes. This one is, of course, "love." Now, with a new downtown feature, your Sims can date. Sounds easy, right? Not really. As where in the first one you only had one relationship bar to worry about, now you've got two. A lifetime bar and a daily bar, which will of course make things a little more difficult for you. Better make sure your Sim likes you before you make a move on him/her, or you just might get slapped. (It's pretty embarrassing, especially in public.)

The graphics are really cool and the sound is also pretty impressive. But the Sims' mindless chatting can sort of get on your nerves, especially when you can't even understand what the hell they're saying. Since this game is on a PC and there's a lot going on, the game can run very slowly. This is unavoidable, no matter how fast your computer is. So, if you want to take care of that and make the game run a little more smoother and quicker, you're going to have to go to the graphics menu and change a few things. (I guarantee you that it's helpful. The game may not look as good as it originally did, but it runs MUCH quicker.)

By far, the coolest feature is the downtown feature. There are plenty of things for you to do there. Instead of just being stuck at home like in the previous versions, you now get to go out and party. There are a variety of places for you to visit. The sky's the limit. (Well, actually it's the computer screen's the limit.) Sims can meet one another, and for the first time ever, date one another. A very cool feature indeed.

Overall, I found "The Sims: Hot Date" expansion to be entertaining and clever. If you loved recent Sim games, then you are bound to enjoy this one as well. Remember, you have to have a pretty fast PC to play this game properly, and you'll have to play around with the graphic settings some. And make sure you have plenty of memory, because this thing's going to take up a whole lot of it. A very amusing game, it is. I could go on and on about all sorts of things you can do in the game, but what fun would that be? The fun part is discovering the new features and interactions for yourself. Just know that it is a great game that is bound to entertain for hours and hours.

Note: I know it says it on the box and people are smart enough to figure this out, but just in case, you do need "The Sims" in order to play this game. Your current Sim games do not have to be re-installed and your saved games should still be there after the patching is done.

Can't get enough of your love baaaabe.....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: December 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Hello People,

Thinking about buying this title yeah? Well I believe if you've bought the last two expansion packs (House Party, Livin It Large) then this one will definetly be one you'll want to buy since this one has more items compared to the last two expansion packs and that it is the freedom to take your date around in the town.

Although I find the game somewhat harder in terms of trying to get friendly with people...well...in a sense of being friends or being very friendly if you know what I mean ;) Becoming friends is easy...but trying to find a lover is hard stuff man. Instead of being like the last version of The Sims, you cannae really dive straight in and kiss them (Dammit) instead you have to work round it because they get kinda picky. Peck on the cheek goes a long way which is one of the new interactive options available.

I've not played the game to it's extent yet but another cool feature as mentioned earlier is the options to take your partner (or yourself if your not cool enough) to the town. Remember that you could give gifts to people in the last versions? Well in this one, you go out and buy your own gifts, your own cloths etc and take your date to dinner and hehe...play footsie.

It's definetly best to buy this game people...it's funny and well worth it.

Note: It's not mentioned on Amazon but this game works on Windows 2000 and in my country hehe, this game is for 15 y/o and over...you'd understand why when you buy it.

Hope you enjoy reading this and hope you buy this title.

Downtown for your date

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: September 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After installing this expansion pack, a new area will be added to your neighborhood. Now you can go to downtown alone, or with someone accompanying you there. You can do some shopping on clothes, magazines, and other stuff like flower and teddy bears. You can have your dinner there, and do lots of things.

To go there, call a taxi using your wall-mounted (or regular) phone. A few minutes later, a yellow taxi come in front of your house and you (or maybe with someone else) may go to downtown and have some fun there. Going to downtown is a good way to raise the relationship meter and buying some things for your own need.

Your relationship will also get more complicated with this expansion pack installed. You will discover new ways in interacting with people around you. This could be a good point if you like to try new things on your character in the game. In the other hand, this may become a pain for them who are having characters with not much time available for interacting with people in the neighborhood.

Overall, this expansion pack is worthy for The Sims series fan.

WOW! Downtown Sims!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

All the way from buying new PJ's at the store to playing footsies in a booth at a resterant makes the Sims Hot Date a top of my list. First the Sims was my ideal game, but as soon as they started Living Large and having House Parties, the Sims grew better and better. But Finally, it came, a perfect game, the Sims Hot Date. In the Downtown area, you can buy teddy-bears, chocolates, lolipops, flowers, jewlery, clothes, and even the game'The Sims' for your Sims! You can sail boats and feed fish in a pond, have a Romantic picnic, have an icecream, hotdog, hamburger, cooler drink, or even a personal slice of pizza in most shops and stores. Your Sims can even take a swim or have a grill out on the downtown Patio. I recomend this game for any person who is interested in computer generated people or who likes to fool around on the computer.

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