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The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack

Platform - Windows PC
ESRB Rating - Teen
Features:
  • CD
  • Adopt dogs, cats, birds, and guinea pigs for your Sims to play with.
  • Pick your Sims' pet's personality! Is your pet gifted or goofy, hyper or lazy? You decide!
  • Choose career tracks for your Sims' pets. Skilled pets can work their way up to be Pet Show Biz Stars, part of an elite security Pet Corps, or a heroic Rescue pet.
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2 Star Rating
Anonymous

Over-rated, but fun while it lasted.

(Review From Amazon)
General Comments:
I've waited months for this game to come out. I got it the first day and was SO excited. But, this game takes up SO much memory on my computer and i have to sit there and wait soo long for all the menus to load....loading a game, create a pet, create a family...it's just not so fun anymore due to extreme lag and constant loading. Obviously, its not JUST the pets game, if you have every other Expansion Pack before it then you would have problems. I don't know why EA keeps creating more and more expansion packs to fill up your WHOLE drive, its fun, but its getting more insane with the lag!

But other than that, it is a real let-down. This game was very over-rated. It is a ton of a lot better than Unleashed for regular Sims, but there is nothing to do once you have a pet. My experience was:

"Yay! I got a pet!"
"All right! I taught it some tricks!"
"Cool...it had ONE puppy/kitten"
"Ok, it has a job"
"Umm...NOW what?"

I don't even get any more pets because it makes the house SO hectic! Every pet gets in the way of the house AND the gameplay. I'd have to stop what I'm doing and go tell it NOT to rip up furniture? *sigh*


5 Star Rating
Anonymous

Sims 2 Pets--A GREAT Game!

(Review From Amazon)
General Comments:
Sims 2 Pets is a very nice game. It is my favorite Sims 2 Expansion Pack. You get to make pets (cats and dogs). The bad part is that they don't have a large selection of dog breeds (I was disappointed they didn't have a Yorkie)or cat breeds. They do have a lot of popular breeds though. Also, you unlock a new pet tab were you can buy dog houses, pet bowls, litter boxes, etc. You can buy hamsters and birds, too. Overall, this is a really, really FUN game and it is a nice addition to your expansion pack library.


3 Star Rating
Anonymous

Sims 2 - Pets Review... Eh.

(Review From Amazon)
General Comments:
Personally, I love The Sims and the expansions, but this one in particular fell a bit short. My biggest beef with the pets are the pets themselves...

When you have a new puppy and are training said canine where to "go potty" - the buggers are about as sharp as a circle. They want to go outside so they freak out trying to find a way down (if there is a foundation). Then, they pick some random object in the outdoors to pee on... Usually way in the far off corner of a huge lot that is foliage -- or the mailbox. You don't want them peeing on the mailman? Punish them to unlearn the trait, then re-praise them after they're gone potty inside and you have to break them of that a second time... rinse and repeat until they pee where you are pleased. Not fun. This especially comes into play when they pee somewhere waaaay far away. You forget they ran there, you forget to have someone clean it up.... and then you have a negative million environment score outside. Why? Because the area is so overrun with weeds that it takes almost a full sim day to clear it all out. Tips: have a robot maid (not the Servo specifically, a CleanBot -- if you have Open for Business), use a Servo (also OfB required), or hire a maid + gardener.

The other big beef is the motives are a bit...off. Sim is a family sim. Sim has a lifetime want of having 30 puppies / kittens grow up to be adults. (Literally. Not children. Pets.) Annoying if you are doing a particular family without a pet.

My final beef with this expansion entails the new wants... I want a birdcage. I want a kitten. I want a puppy. I want a hamster. Sadly, I had all four of those at one time -- on a knowledge sim! Sheesh! It's like with the University expansion -- yay for new stuff, boo that if the sims don't get to PLAY with the new stuff they go mentally insane -- literally.

Am I sorry I bought this expansion? Nope. But it did fall short of my standards overall, unfortunately. Here's hoping the next expansion does a bit better.


4 Star Rating
Anonymous

A good expansion, but not a great one.

(Review From Amazon)
General Comments:
The Sims 2 Pets is the 4th expansion to the popular PC game the Sims 2. When they say the Sims 2 Pets, they're not kidding...that's really all this expansion pack has to offer. There are a few new items such as the atomic space-age furniture set, but other than that this expansion just focuses on pets. The coolest feature is by far the ability to create your own pet, a concept which is brilliantly executed. Designing pets has nearly as much depth as designing sims. You can make a custom cat or dog, or choose from dozens of pre-made breeds. But if you choose to create a pet, the possibilities are endless. You can change anything from eye color, to the size of its feet, to the fur patterns, and colors. There are also collars and different colored coats which you can unlock by playing through the game. This expansion was a bit disappointing though, especially considering what a great game this could have been. Playing with your virtual pets is not nearly as fun as what it's buffed up to be. You can basically take your pet for a walk, pet him, teach him a few tricks, and play fetch...that's about it. These interactions just seemed to get boring quite fast. It's still a good expansion, but they could have packed more into it, especially in terms of new objects. On the backs of most expansions it will say "125 new items", but on this one there is no such saying, because if I counted, I bet there would be 50-75 tops. So this is a good expansion which adds guinea pigs, parrots, fish, cats and dogs, but understand that it's strictly focused on pets. I love the Sims 2, but don't like how EA is basically just taking material from the 1st Sims and repeating it. For example, Hot Date for the original Sims is just like Nightlife, and the Unleashed expansion pack for the 1st Sims is just like this one. I'd personally wait and save your money for Sims 2 Seasons.