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| From: Electronic Arts
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 458
Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15371
UPC: 014633153712
EAN: 0014633153712
ASIN: B000VSEF52
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: new new new
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 26-30 of 41
 The Sims Rocks! Time flies when your having fun!! April 5, 2008
Carly Sabins (Bryan, Ohio USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a true Sims lover! I have all of the expansion packs, and I am always dying to hurry up and buy the newest one! The Freetime is fun! I love that your Sim can now restore a car, Play the violin, bug hunt, birdwatch and go jogging! It really lets you be more creative in designing your sims world! I would highly reccomend this expansion pack! Heck get them all! It is a nice way to relax and unwind after a long day!
Great Expansion Addition April 21, 2008
MIREILLE CAAMANO (NEW YORK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This expansion is great. I love that you can fix up a car with another sim. That you can build up your hobbies and get a membership card for your hobbies, and visit those places. That you can enter contests. There are alot of thngs that will keep you busy with this addition. I FULLY recommand buying this product and I cannot wait for The Sims 3 to come out soon.
great gift May 14, 2008
D. huff
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this game as a gift for my girlfriend who is obsessed with the whole Sims series. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and instead of hinting at a night out or a romantic dinner, her response was simple: "...I want Sims freetime". Well whatever keeps the old lady happy. She enjoys the game very much and recommends it to others.
Expansion Pack adds new aspects of playability May 15, 2008
A. Hahn (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is probably the best expansion pack put out so far. It adds so many aspects to the game its like playing a whole new game entirely. If only they'd come out with this one first!
Good but glitchy. September 6, 2008
Anne Omniuss
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Sims 2: Free Time EP gives you Sim the opportunity to have hobbies. Sims can now have many interests which include Cuisine, Nature, Music and Dance, Sports, Fitness, Arts and Crafts, and Tinkering plus a few others. You can use older items from the Sims to build Sims interest in their hobbies. The easel is builds up interst in Arts and Crafts, the telescope increases interest in Science, and the swimming pool increases interest in Fitness. Sims can "tinker" with the showers, bathtubs and garbage disposals. It also inclues new items like the car for Tinkering, a pottery wheel and sewing machine for Arts and Crafts, and ballet bar for Music and Dance. When Sims build up interest (similar to building skill points) they open up different options like the ability to talk about their hobby, read about their hobby, and blog about it. They can also subscribe to hobby magazines and gain memberships to clubs on secret lots. When the interest is maxed out Sims get "in the zone" and their needs go down more slowly. Sims also get a Lifetime aspiration meter and can get a Secondary Aspiration.
This EP also includes some much wanted new items for babies and toddlers. There is a new style of baby furniture items, including a crib with a canopy, and the activity table which toddlers and children can build their mechanical and creativity skill points. The activity table is my favorite new item included in this EP.
The downside to this EP is that it has some problems. The Sims needs decline much more quickly with this EP. It's is hard to build up hobby interest when the Sims energy, hunger, and hygiene go down very quickly. Another issue is that the nannies refuse to use any of the new baby items that came with Free Time. They won't put the babies in the crib and they won't use the new changing table. Instead they lay the babies on the floor and change them in the middle of the room, leaving a dirty diaper laying there. Other people have complained that the EP is incompatible with the kitchen and bath items from the Kitchen and Baths Stuff Pack. The Sims cannot tinker with the new showers or tubs and they can't get leftovers or make platters with the new fridges. However, EA games does have a patch on the Sims 2 website that fixes some of these issues. I think this EP is definitely worth getting but it definitely requires the patch.
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