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More work than the other expansions

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 90 / 106
Date: May 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Many reviews have already described all of the new interactions and items that come with this expansion pack, so I'll focus on some of the things that may not be mentioned that I would have wanted to know before buying it.

1. Overall I would say this expansion involves more work than the others. Becoming famous is an all consuming occupation leaving your Sims little time for anything else. Sims must spend countless hours in Studiotown.

2. The game cannot be saved while a Sim is in Studiotown (much like the downtown area of Hot Date). This is a problem if you experience frequent crashes with your game. I find I need to take my Sim home where I can save the game every time he/she has raised their fame score, so that I don't lose it because of a crash. This is time consuming.

3. Sims run out of energy very quickly in Studiotown so not much can be accomplished in each visit. (only one visit is allowed per day)

4. Sims need famous friends in order to become famous. I find it very difficult to make friends with these famous Sims, the friendship scores don't seem to increase as quickly as with regular Sims.

5. This one only applies if you have downloaded objects from online Sims sites: I have a user-created teleporter in my game, and it no longer works. The game crashes whenever I try to use it. This forces me to use the phone to invite other Sims over, leaving it up to chance rather than being able to import them at will. (Much harder to increase the friendship score this way). Teleporters worked with every other expansion pack, but not Superstar as of yet (hopefully someone will fix this).

I don't mean to point out only the negative aspects of the game, I do enjoy this game but am a little disappointed that it takes so much more work than I had expected. I do love all of the new interactions that are available, and like watching my Sims sing, act or model. I'm still looking forward to an obsessed fan following my famous Sim home. My Sims don't have a high enough fame score for that yet :) (Also, there aren't really 3 separate career paths, Sims access all of the items one at a time as their fame score increases, so they are essentially rock stars, actors and models).

Overall, if you love the Sims, you'll love this expansion pack as well. But be prepared to spend a lot of time trying to become famous.

THE SIMS SUPERSTAR!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 49 / 70
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Brace Yourself The Sims are Famous!
In The Sims™ Superstar Expansion Pack*, The Sims are ready for their close-up. Players can now realize their fantasies of fame and fortune as they pursue the dream of being a Rock Star, Movie Star or a Supermodel and live the lifestyle of a celebrity. All new gameplay, new social interactions, and a whole new in-game destination offers players an all access pass to the world of superstardom. Will your Sim become an icon or fade into the obscurity of bad dinner theater? Will they win a coveted Simmy award or be regulated to an infomercial? In The Sims Superstar, you are the idol maker.

New Gameplay
All new gameplay centered around a new fame score in the game UI.
Build skills and win famous Sim friends to advance through ten levels of fame.
Sign up with the Talent Agency to embark upon your dreams by looking through the tabloid, which is delivered to your house.
Win a variety of different awards for achieving gameplay goals, including The Simmy Award and The SimChoice Award.

New Locations And Objects
All new "Studio Town" location with three distinct themes: movies, music, and fashion.
Studio Town also features spa locations, karaoke bars, and clothing boutiques.
All new studio objects, each with mini-games, reward you with fame and large amounts of cash. Earn access to higher level objects as you earn more fame and collect famous friends.
Studio objects include: Karaoke Machine, Open Microphone Stage, Soap Opera Set, Music Recording Studio, Photo Shoot Set, Film Set, Music Video Set, and Fashion Runway.
Lighten your Sims' moods at the Oxygen Bar or let your Sim recuperate in the Star Trailer.
Sims can fill their stomachs at Studio Town at the all new Sushi Cart, Smoothie Stand, or basic back-stage Buffet Table.
Pamper your Sims at the spa, with a brand new suite of objects, including the Massage Table, Mud Bath, and Spa Steamer.
Additional new objects for the house include a Skydiving Simulator, a Satellite Dish, an updated pool table, as well as stylish new furniture and top-of-the-line stereo equipment.

New Characters
Meet other famous Sims at Studio Town, or mingle with your adoring fans.
Get your picture taken by the Paparazzo and watch out for the Obsessed Fan, who pays you relentless attention if you neglect your fan base.
Inside the studio objects, Sims will seek approval from a variety of Studio Town professionals, including the Photographer, Director, Choreographer, Record Producer, and Fashion Designer.
Ask for help from Lana, the Studio Town Production Coordinator.
Receive awards from the Award Presenter.
At home, hire an all new personal Butler, who takes care of your house, hires additional staff, and even looks after the baby(thats worth it alone!!).

Over 150 New Items
All new walls, floors, and roofs help create the feeling of Studio Town.
All new skins complete the offering.
Dozens of original Simlish songs ranging from a variety of genres.
...

The butler babysits. That alone makes it worth it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 26
Date: April 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Those of you who are serious Sim-ians know: there are times when your adults sneak off to work and leave the baby unattended, or take a bath, or whatever. Next thing you know, here comes the lady from social services to take your baby off to a more-deserving couple. After Superstar, this will no longer be a problem as you can have your butler take care of the lil darlings. This is probably one of the best developments I can think of. Repossessed children are a thing of the past! Hallelujah! Now if kids would just grow up into adults, and adults into senior citizens, and if old age actually brought illness and death after a while...Oh well.

best add-on yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: September 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This has to be the best expansion pack yet for The Sims. This time your sims can try to become superstars. There is a whole new area to visit (Studiotown) where your Sim can mingle with such legends as Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol or try and make friends with the local stars....not always an easy task.
Budding stars have to develop their skills in singing, acting and modelling as well as keeping their fans happy by chatting to them regularly and signing autographs. Woe betide the Sim who neglects his fans as he will quickly be stalked by the 'obsessed fan' who will not only prove a nuisance in Studiotown but will also plague him at home by leaving dead flowers around and rummaging in bins etc.
There are plenty of new walls and floors etc as well as lots of new items to keep your Sim happy...try the new oxygen bar or have a relaxing massage. Outdo the Jones's by being the first in your neighbourhood to employ a butler.
if you are only going to buy one expansion pack for The Sims then this should be the one.

A great expansion for a fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 25
Date: July 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Want a collection of great new objects for your Sims? How about the most dreamed-about person - a personal butler! The Sims Superstar brings you all this and more.

This expansion pack adds on to the basic Sims (or Sims Deluxe) game and brings a whole new atmosphere to your Sim World. You have a "Studio Town" that you can visit to persue your interests in high fashion, music making or movies.

There are tons of new wallpapers, skins and objects to expand your sim world. There are fun new places to visit too, from a Sushi Bar to a Mud Bath.

If you really want to persue a high style career, just like in real life, it takes a TON of work and a ton of time. Be prepared to give up some of your old sim-hobbies and to focus exclusively on pounding the pavement and working on your connections. It's well worth it, though, if you meet the challenge and become a star!

Been There, Done That but to No Avail...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: October 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I fell for the very flashy (I own the Collector's Edition), orange cover art of this game, and I completely bought everything it said to me, but I've been a bit disappointed. The Sims Superstar can start to lag and be very tedious especially once your Sim has achieved 2 stars. The modelling for swimwear and winterwear is endless, and I always hope in vain after every shoot that the chart would be upgraded for my Sim to have 2 and a half stars. I'm still in the midst of playing it and none of my Sims are superstars yet.

I recommend you to install this expension pack or if not, sign up with the Talent Agency only if your Sims already have high points in Creativity, Body and Charisma for you to go into the nuts and bolts straight away. It's almost impossible to work on it after you've signed up with the Talent Agency as Body for instance tires Sims out easily, and they tend to sleep the whole day away, and once they wake up, its their Fun that's lacking which takes half a day to satisfy, soon its back to their Energy bar dropping again and there won't really be a time to go to Studio Town which isn't all fine and dandy since postponing trips might cause your Sims to drop or lose star power all together.

Also, I recommend your Sim having a roommate. It's the social bar that's usually close to being empty through frequent visits to Studio Town, as other sims ranking higher than yours won't bother talking to you and other sims who are ranking low would only wantto hug you or ask for autographs. The fame-seeking sims are usually tired to bother going all the way to Downtown just to exchange a few words with their friends which could boost the social relationship immensly, while having a roommate is much easier. A quick hug or kiss will do, and the social bar's already a pale green.

I got off well with this expansion pack, and it was fun to watch my Sim progressing from a nobody to a somebody, but it's been quite stagnant for a while, which is boring. Still, it's not bad, maybe a little patience is required, that's all.

The Best One Yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 39 / 68
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Your Sims are Famous!
In The Sims™ Superstar Expansion Pack*, The Sims are ready for their close-up. Players can now realize their fantasies of fame and fortune as they pursue the dream of being a Rock Star, Movie Star or a Supermodel and live the lifestyle of a celebrity. All new gameplay, new social interactions, and a whole new in-game destination offers players an all access pass to the world of superstardom. Will your Sim become an icon or fade into the obscurity of bad dinner theater? Will they win a coveted Simmy award or be regulated to an infomercial? In The Sims Superstar, you are the idol maker.
New Gameplay
All new gameplay centered around a new fame score in the game UI.
Build skills and win famous Sim friends to advance through ten levels of fame.
Sign up with the Talent Agency to embark upon your dreams by looking through the tabloid, which is delivered to your house.
Win a variety of different awards for achieving gameplay goals, including The Simmy Award and The SimChoice Award.
New Locations And Objects
All new "Studio Town" location with three distinct themes: movies, music, and fashion.
Studio Town also features spa locations, karaoke bars, and clothing boutiques.
All new studio objects, each with mini-games, reward you with fame and large amounts of cash. Earn access to higher level objects as you earn more fame and collect famous friends.
Studio objects include: Karaoke Machine, Open Microphone Stage, Soap Opera Set, Music Recording Studio, Photo Shoot Set, Film Set, Music Video Set, and Fashion Runway.
Lighten your Sims' moods at the Oxygen Bar or let your Sim recuperate in the Star Trailer.
Sims can fill their stomachs at Studio Town at the all new Sushi Cart, Smoothie Stand, or basic back-stage Buffet Table.
Pamper your Sims at the spa, with a brand new suite of objects, including the Massage Table, Mud Bath, and Spa Steamer.
Additional new objects for the house include a Skydiving Simulator, a Satellite Dish, an updated pool table, as well as stylish new furniture and top-of-the-line stereo equipment.
New Characters
Meet other famous Sims at Studio Town, or mingle with your adoring fans.
Get your picture taken by the Paparazzo and watch out for the Obsessed Fan, who pays you relentless attention if you neglect your fan base.
Inside the studio objects, Sims will seek approval from a variety of Studio Town professionals, including the Photographer, Director, Choreographer, Record Producer, and Fashion Designer.
Ask for help from Lana, the Studio Town Production Coordinator.
Receive awards from the Award Presenter.
At home, hire an all new personal Butler, who takes care of your house, hires additional staff, and even looks after the baby.

Over 150 New Items
All new walls, floors, and roofs help create the feeling of Studio Town.
All new skins complete the offering.
Dozens of original Simlish songs ranging from a variety of genres.

Sims is addictive again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: May 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After installing Superstar, I haven't been this addicted to the game for a long time. It's a wonderful expansion pack; truly a revolutionary one since Hot Date(in the sense it made dramatically drastic changes to the game). Livin' Large introduced fantasy elements into the game. House Party wasn't much of a drastic change. Hot Date was a big change, making the Sims' relationship building more complicated (by adding 2 levels of relationships as well as various interests) as well as enabling the player to play with Sims outside their homes. Vacation wasn't as drastic because only expanded on the leaving-the-house interface. Unleashed enabled pets, expanded the neighborhood - nevertheless, it wasn't as big a change as Superstar is. For the first time you can actually take your Sim to work (as a model, actor or rock star). There's plenty of cool new challenges here - accumulating and maintaining star power to remain at the top of the fame game; the puzzles of attempting to figure out capricious instructions from directors, producers and fashion photographers; dealing with stalking by an obsessed fan. By adding this type of goal-based element to The Sims has refreshed the franchise without compromising its open-ended gameplay and thus re-invigorating a 3-year old game (which needless to say, is quite elderly in computer years). There's a few minor bugs which I won't go into here, but at least on my end they seem to be fewer of them than in Unleashed. If you've felt that the franchise has started running out of steam, Sims Superstar should change your mind.

Make room on your computer for The Sims SuperStar!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 34
Date: March 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just released from Maxis and EA. There will be a new sim expansion pack comin' to town: The Sims Superstar. This expansion pack should be the best one yet! It is equipped with the most objects that Maxis/EA has EVER put in an expansion pack! The game is supposed to come with a lot of wild things! If you have The Sims Unleashed, then you will also get some cool celebrity pet skins! Get your sim a new job as a beautiful model or an awesome actor! There are many more jobs for you sim to get too! If you get a job in the Entertainment category, you will actually be able to go to work with your sims! Maxis adds another area that your "celebrities" work at and hang out at. You could go to work on your all new movie or have a visit at the world famous spa. That includes: Mud Baths, Oxygen Bars, Massages by the special workers, and so much more! ...Thanks for reading!

Unbelievably fun for a while...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

...but then it's not that great. The novelty of the spa items, the new interactions, and seeing Marilyn Monroe and the like wandering around keeps it highly entertaining...for a bit. Then it becomes a chore. Getting your sims even slightly famous is pretty much impossible without using cheat objects, and boring with. Also, as some others have mentioned, the load is UNBELIEVABLY slow. Often I start it up and by the time it's ready to be played, I've completely forgotten about it and gone off to do something else. And I have a pretty decent computer. I can't imagine using this with an older processor. If you're anything like me, you'll buy this just because, but if you're seriously capable of not buying every expansion pack...skip this one.

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