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a good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: April 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

but very hard. the only business(or not even a business) i succeed in is the lemonade stand.well i don't succeed even in the lemonade stand. it's my home business and i HAVE to have a open sign for customers to come. without that sign they will not come and buy my lemonade. i have an employee sell the lemonade though. i sometimes do it myself. my sim is NOT poor. i only have 1 sim right now. a teenager. the reason she is not poor is because i use the money cheats. she would be becuz i get very little customers. overall i enjoy this game but recommend you have a lemonade stand. it's the easiest.

An extremely enjoyable game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm an avid The Sims 2 player, and Open for Business is most definitely my favorite expansion pack. The game play is very fun, and it can keep you occupied for hours. New things are always happening, so it's not repetitive at all. There are many new objects that make your house and lot look really great. The game play is a bit difficult, but not at all hard to learn. It's much better than the other expansion packs that are so easy that it gets boring. There's a challenge, and it's a ton of fun to try to accomplish your goal.

Great if you play it - I just build houses!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The dollhouse-lover in me has grown into a Sim-freak over the years. This was great in concept (I do occasionally play the game). As ever, I bought this one for the build-mode additions and furnishings. Really good stuff!

More challenges

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

At first I wasn't that interested in running a business, but it became addictive and challenging, which I found enjoyable.

This expansion primarily lets you create a business either at home or on a community lot (which you buy). Running a business can be quite challenging; it's like a game within the game. You have to manage employees, track inventory, set prices, satisfy customers, and still try to make a profit. There are crafted items that are new to the expansion (robots, flowers, toys) that you can sell, but you can also sell anything from the Buy Mode catalog. You can also buy a salon chair to give customers makeovers. So your business can be a bakery, toy store, car dealership, salon, or you can sell all bathtubs.

If you don't want to own a business, there are still things this expansion set lets you do. For one, you can lock all your doors to restrict access to your house and property. (No more strangers wandering in to play your piano at 2 a.m.) The crafted robots include SentryBots, which zap troublemakers who appear on your lot, and Servos, who become playable, ageless robots. With flowers you can make snapdragon bouquets, which elevate all your Sims' needs (except energy), so they'll never have to eat, socialize, or shower again.

Is fun the right word?... Yes!

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

Okay I'm a little late commenting on OFB but I've had this pack for like 2 years and only recently am I starting to take advantage of its features. I was like many people who thought the work aspect of sims life detracted from the gameplay. I mean, how is running a business actually fun? Well, I now realize it just takes the game to a new level. I have all the EPs including FreeTime and I rank OFB second only behind the revolutionary Seasons EP. To take full advantage of OFB you should have all the other EPs, especially Seasons, Nightlife and FreeTime. You can run a home business or purchase a community lot. For example, I have just started a business called The Downtown Dance Studio where the owner trains and teaches visitors music and dance on ballet bars, instructing them, and dancing with them to build skill. For a 35 simoleon fee per hour of course. And she can sell that price to just about any sim because she has a gold talent badge in sales (trust me, that makes sales a whole lot easier). Just pure fun. There are so many possibilities with this EP its incredible. You can sell just about anything, hire employees, and take a vested interest in the business or just take a backseat. You can charge by the hour for entertainment and membership lots, or just sell, sell, sell. With Nightlife you can run a restaurant. Build customer loyalty and the value of your business grows. And that's not easy either. My dance studio has a ranking of 3, making it worth about 15000. You get perks for each ranking achieved, up to ten. So it make the game challenging. Of course if you're not into a challenge this pack is not for you, but if you want to expand and revolutionize your gameplay then OFB is the EP for you!

Goofy fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: September 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love playing the Sims, building their homes and watching them interact with objects and other Sims. This addition just adds to the fun and brings in a whole new world to play in!!

best game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: August 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i play this game for hours. don't open it if you don't have a lot of time to invest. you can play it without having lots of time, but then you won't experience the cool parts as much

Awsome game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: March 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this game i mean you get to run your own bussiness and fire people and their are awsome new stuff for your sims and I would tottaly recamend this game to anyone well exept people under 13 because their not suposed to play it because its rated teen.

Open for business Sims 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best little game that they have come up with owning your own little shop I would have never have guessed it to be so dang hard! LOL I love it though, Just like I love those prices. Thanks Alot!

Not that impressed.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a die-hard Sims fanatic, and yet I wasn't altogether satisfied with this expansion. I felt that it was too consuming and often repetitive, and also was not as straightforward to understand as other expansions. When I reinstalled the Sims on my new PC, I didn't bother installing this expansion again.

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