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The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion Pack (PC CD)
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Description:
In a nutshell:
Help your Sims start their own business. From toy shops to restaurants, the world is your oyster - buy a plot of land and then fashion an empire to make Alan Sugar belch.The lowdown:
The idea of a Sims business tycoon game may seem odd, but this is a surprisingly fun and accessible expansion. Although you can stay at home and create items to sell, most businesses are run from a new shopping centre area, which you can also visit separately. To run a shop you buy objects as normal, and then display and price them individually, or in bulk for your store. Running a restaurant or other service is more a case of creating the right mood with furniture and staff. You can hire and fire employees as you want, but it's worth being as hands-on as you can because you gain a wide range of new skills from the work you do. Most satisfying moment:
Starting with a lemonade stand and building up your business empire until you can afford to buy any plot of land in town. Since you ask:
As well as all the business tycoon elements the game also features 125 new items, including display cases, workbenches, cash registers and more. The bottom line:
Another surprisingly generous and innovative expansion pack.
Harrison Dent
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5/5 |
a classic game
(September 23, 2008) |
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a classic
good quality fun
(too old for a full review) |
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4/5 |
Finally, an expansion worth you money!
(August 11, 2008) |
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I think it's fair to say that Maxis have effectively bled the Sims 2 series dry, making a LOT of money from it. In this expansion, I believe you actually get something new.
Creating a business is probably the most rewarding experience I've ever had on the sims, and the most challenging. From managing your employees, to making sure you're not out of stock, things can get a little stressful but that didn't stop me from making a three storied furniture store!
This game is undoubtabley a challenge, even more so to the regular Sim fan. I'd only get this if you want a completely new Sims experience and are up for figuring out the kinks. Best expansion to date for the series. |
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4/5 |
Open for Business!
(July 24, 2008) |
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I love the idea of this expansion pack and it gives a whole new meaning to the original sims game, however i am finding it quite demanding and some what hard to keep buisness running sucsessfully. This may be because i havent quite got the hang of it yet having only installed it this afternoon but i havent dared let my current sims couple have a baby or adopt a pet until my shop workers are talented enough to run my sims buisness on their own and my sim has to stop driving down to the community lot everyday to keep the buisness going.
There are some nice new objects with this game aswell which can be placed in your sims home and of course loads of display cases and shop stuff to place on your community lots.
The current buisness im trying to run has my sim selling their painted canvas art work and flowers crafted from the floral stand, but you can really sell anything so there are lots of great things you can try out! Hard work, but i really do recomend this pack for any sims 2 fan! :) |
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3/5 |
OK but not as good as the other expansions..
(July 14, 2008) |
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I thought that this expansion pack was going to be the greatest by far... it wasn't. Yes it did add new features like buying community lots and hiring workers but there was one problem. I never seemed to get into running the business, it became repetitive and boring so much that I'd just end up cheating my way into a five star business. I never really 'use' this expansion pack when I'm in game, probably only when I'm building or buying something. I think I might uninstall it as I have hardly any hard drive space left because of these games! I guess it just depends on what kind of person you are, you either like it or you dont! |
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5/5 |
Sims 2 Open for Business-Open for Business!
(April 05, 2008) |
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Sims 2 Open for Business allows you to use new items and of coarse, Open your own business. First, you buy a lot and build a resteraunt or whatever, then you can employ people, your employees have a blue diamond above their heads instead of a green one. AND you have new clothes and hair- The girls have new hair thats really nice. Of course, there are the ninja, diver and Pink or Black gorilla suits! I love this game, but I would say Nightlife is better, but definetely- Buy it! |
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