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Macintosh : The Sims 2 Seasons Reviews

Below are user reviews of The Sims 2 Seasons and on the right are links to professionally written reviews. The summary of review scores shows the distribution of scores given by the professional reviewers for The Sims 2 Seasons. Column height indicates the number of reviews with a score within the range shown at the bottom of the column. Higher scores (columns further towards the right) are better.







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This expansion is definitely worth it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you're bored of The Sims 2 because it seems to shift in circles of the same routine, over and over again with the exception of a few changes (different families, different jobs, etc.) then Seasons is definitely for you. The seasons not only add many different climates but the weather actually changes! From snow, to rain to a blistering hot day your Sims will never be bored and will always be facing some surprising circumstances. You're getting this review from the point of view of a 16 year old who's played the Sims games since pretty much the dawn of time (I jest, but you know what I mean) and I'll list you the pros and cons below.

Pros:
+ The seasons! That's an obvious one, but instead of being stuck in a seemingly always green and summery world your Sims have the options to experience Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter!

+ The weather changes! Have you ever wished to see snow fall and wonder on your Sims' faces at the first snow of the season? How about experience a random rain storm? Bright, hot, blistering weather good for splashing around in the pool? Well now your Sims can have all this!

+ Fun new activities include: snow angels, snowball fights, ice skating in the winter time, gardening/fishing in the summer and spring, harvesting your crops for meals and for special juices that cool down your Sims and fresh hot chocolate to warm them up after a cold day outside plus many many more cool features.

+ The ability to put your left over meals away, so nothing goes to waste and your Sim can have that delicious dish later!

+ You can set different clothes for different types of weather. You can have a special "outerwear" for the winter, and you can set certain hair styles for certain outfits (formal, outerwear, etc!) which is great when you don't want to manually change your Sim's hair for their wedding day or something!

Cons:
- Your Sims sometimes over heat easily, and this can lead to death. It's not too hard a problem to resolve, however.

- As with overheating, they can get really cold especially if they don't have the appropriate outerwear on too! This also results in death if left untreated for too long.

- I've heard of lightening striking Sims dead, etc, but haven't encountered this yet so far so I think as long as your Sims are inside on a rainy day they'll be sure to avoid this.

At any rate, these are the things that really stand out for me and the pros way outshine the cons as you can see for yourself! I'd definitely recommend this game and I'd give it a full 5 stars each way but like all Sims games it does get old and a little repetitive after a while or for a short period of time until you find yourself itching to play again. Still, it's a fantastic and well done game!

Seasons for my Sims!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I haven't gotten to play Seasons much, but so far I like it. My favorite reaction so far is when the Sim gets cold & wants to go jump in the pool!

Omg I love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Best expansion pack I have for the sims, I even think it is better than open for business. I suggest that if you are a sim lover you should get this game, because its just pure fun!

Great Product

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game thinking I would have to send it back, for I have had bad luck with Amazon in the past. But my Sims 2 game works fine. The downloading process was a little confusing, but the outcome is great. The game plays wonderful. I would definitely buy from this guy again.

Great Addition to The Sims 2 Family!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Sims 2 Seasons adds A LOT to gameplay! I as fairly disappointed after the release of The Sims 2 University - it lacked many objects and new gameplay. Seasons has both! After getting Sims fed, rested, and to the bathroom, there is usually very little time for them to do much else. Thats why this expansion pack is great - the seasons come naturally, as if in real life. Maxis promised us Seasons in the making of The Sims 2 game, and they definitely delivered on this one! There are dozens of new items, wallpapers, flooring, roofs, clothing, and even some new hairstyles. Sims can now play Marco-Polo in the pool, and go fishing in ponds! This expansion pack is a little more graphic-intense than the others, so make sure you are running at least the minimum specs on your computer. People I have talked to (as well as myself), don't appear to be having too much trouble with game lag after installing this expansion pack. I highly recommend Seasons, as one of, if not THE best expansion pack for The Sims 2 genre.

Beware the Spontaneous Combustion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Seasons is the bane of my existence! I recently visited a friend, who had the Sims 2 game, and was immediately addicted. Therefore I bought the game myself with a few of the expansions that sounded interesting to me, including seasons.

Upon playing the game, owning it less than a week, I've already had two sims die because they were in the hot tub and it suddenly burst into flames. Further research shows that sims have become more temperature sensitive and can die from heatstroke, freezing to death, and spontaneous combustion. While these in themselves are somewhat amusing additions, it is the ease with which they happen that makes it annoying! Apparently the windows version has a patch to help with the frequency of these occurences, but I was unable to tell if there was an equivalent patch for the mac version OR if the mac version had been released later enough that they were already corrected. Either way, it happens with some frequency in the game and if you were used to playing without, it can come as an unpleasant surprise.

Lightning is also a danger as it is apt to set on fire any trees around your home, inciting sims to panic. I've also read that sims can die from hail. It seems with Sims 2 Seasons, danger is always lurking around the corner. To top off my current annoyance, I bought this last week at 34.99 on amazon, only to have it drop to 19.99 (presumably for the holidays, I suppose).

One thing I did enjoy was the ability to put away leftovers, which I believe (not positive) as an addition from this EP. The sims is addictive, if not frustrating, amusing if not irritating.

Sims 2 Seasons Review from an Avid Simmer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love Sims. I have the University, Nightlife, and now the Seasons expansion pack. I have been playing since the original Sims. Seasons adds a great element to the game because, finally, there is a change to the outdoor environment. The one drawback from the game is that it is slower... sims take a few seconds to change their coats if they are going outdoors or to change into their pajamas. Load time for lots is a bit longer as well. However, the pros outweigh the cons. If you were getting bored with how easy sims were before and you need a challenge, this is a good expansion pack. Like University, it takes some time to learn how to balance your sim in the new environment. I love the new careers and the new objects. It's interesting to teach your sim to garden and there are so many facets to learn to manipulate. Another great sim game!

Fun game - love the seasons!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love playing Sims, so this expansion pack adds a lot of fun things to my existing game.

Love it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this expansion pack. My favorite so far.

Also, Amazon is amazing...the expansion pack shipped earlier than expected and I was not charged anything extra for it. Thank you Amazon.

Beautiful. Fun. Challenging.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 55 / 55
Date: July 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Chances are, if you're a Mac user, you already know what Seasons is. You've been listening to your friends with PCs who have been playing it for months.

In a nutshell, the Sims 2 Seasons adds new functionality that we haven't seen in other expansion packs. Here are some of my favorites.

The seasons
Often dangerously and beautiful at the same time, the seasons offer a variety of interaction capabilities, as well as something really cool to look at. Beware the dangers of freezing in the winter and overheating in the summer though, as it's easier to accomplish than you might think. Autumn is gorgeous, but raking all those leaves, even with a gardener, eek! I definitely cut down on the number of trees on my lot to make up for that one. Keep your eyes open for special visitors that will come to your lot if you choose to build a snowman in winter.

The careers
Finally, non-university careers that have a decent pay scale. They've added six new careers in Seasons, including adventurer, lawyer, professional gamer, etc. They're fun and challenging, but, in my experience, require high levels of skills to advance to the top. The career rewards are neat, but I'll leave that for you to discover. Of course, nothing's as cool as the plastic surgery machine from University, but there are one or two rewards that I have deemed "must haves."

Gardening
You can plant and grow produce in your own yard. Better get a greenhouse, though (if you can afford it) because those elements can be brutal. Make sure you have top-notch landscaping, including plants and trees, then invite the garden club over and request membership. You'll be very pleasantly rewarded (both financially and in one other very special way) if you are accepted. One tip, don't have things like pink flamingo lawn ornaments on display when the garden club comes over. They referred to it as garbage and it could have cost me my membership.

Plant Sims
Well, each expansion pack has one. A freak of nature that serves a variety of fun and interesting purposes. University has zombies. OFB has Servos. etc. Plant sims have very unique needs and can be created by lots of lots of one specific type of action in the garden. I'll leave the rest for you to discover, but plant sims are truly wonders of nature. If a plant sim has a baby plant sim, their childhood transitions very differently, so watch out for that, as well as a neat bonus of all the parent's skills getting transferred to the plant sim upon birth.

Leftovers
Simple and straightforward, leftovers are precisely that. Done with a meal? Put it away in the fridge for later. This is great for pregnant moms who need food fast and children who can't cook. Also, food seems to have new and magical powers in The Sims 2 Seasons and when you stock your fridge with fresh produce, the food will sparkle and fill sims up very quickly. If you don't watch and stop them in the middle of the meal, you will have overweight sims on your hands very quickly.

Produce
Juice it and magical things will happen, like doing homework more quickly and gaining random skill points. Enough said! Oh, make sure you try a boot juice cocktail. It's fun. Where can you get a boot?

Fishing
Yep, those "for decoration only" ponds on your lot are now actually good for something. Fishing! There are talent badges to be gained here (as well as in gardening), and it's a really fun activity for Sims. Plus, you can eat what you catch, or put it up on the wall for everyone to see.

That's pretty much the world of Seasons. Sure, there are other things I didn't go over, like the world of outerwear, Riverblossim Hills, and Sims getting struck by lightening or spontaneously catching on fire, but you don't want me to give away everything, do you?

Enjoy!


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