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Summary: Fun, but crashes a lot.
Review: After I loaded this game onto my computer, I only had it up and running a few minutes before it crashed the first time. I still am bothered with crashes pretty regularly. These take all of the usual forms:freeze crashes, application unexpectedly quit crashes and "stuck record" crashes. There is nothing in particular that seems to bring them on. It just crashes. I don't know if the EA website had patches to fix any of the bugs at this point or not.On the other hand, the game is a lot of fun and has some nifty additions from the earlier versions of the game. Your Sims are able to interact in more natural and more varied ways than in the past. Also, there are some new toys (like a new hot tub) which allow more fun options for your Sims. It is a lot of fun to build shopping centers, parks and restaurants and other gathering places for the Sims. The game is pretty is intuitive and it is easy to catch on the the new changes from earlier editions. All things taken into consideration: have fun watching your Sims explore their romantic side. Just back up a lot.
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Summary: cool game by a swiss
Review: All the sims are awesome especialy this one you should order all the sims now i think the next sims they will do will be that you can build huge houses and mansions and you can be a celebrity that will be cool
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Summary: Beware if you have an older system
Review: Beware--despite the fact that my computer apparently met the system requirements for this software, it crashed my computer upon installation and I had to pay a repairman ... to restore my system. I've since heard that other people have had similar problems with this software--but when I called Aspyr for technical support (before calling the repairman in desperation) they said they'd never heard of such a thing--it must be a coincidence (!).
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Summary: Hot Date has a lot of up's and down's..
Review: First, I think my rating is more like 3.5 stars, not 4. But figured to round up anyway. I loved the Sims original game, loved the At Large expansion pack and was thrilled when I first heard about Hot Date. But after purchasing and playing with it for several weeks, I'm starting to have my doubts with this particular expansion pack. Obviously the best part is for the Sims to go Downtown. That is pretty much tbe bang-of-the-buck for this game and yes, brings a whole new level of play into the Sims. The benefits of Downtown: 1.) You can create your own shopping boutique, ice cream/pizza/fun parlor, restaurant, park, dance or disco, that type of thing. If you love building things and putting together the furniture, painting the walls, etc. like me, you'll be VERY happy with this and can build all day if you'd like. 2.) The downtown already created by Aspyr is pretty nice, they are very thorough and detailed down to the public restroom so there's a lot to see, do and socialize among other Sims. It's visually appealing. 3.) Freely interacting with so many other Sim-citizens, and a number of them aren't even in your neighborhood (so spare you the time to manually invite them to a party at your home). Which is great if you need to gain friends to advance your career. 4.) You have new furniture (eg: love hot tub), building options and characters to choose from with the addition of Hot Date. You also have more commands between Sims now because the goal is to find a potential mate (new kissing, cuddling, fighting, conversation options). BUT... here I think are the drawbacks from the game. 1.) I have a G4 with lots of RAM so it's pretty good in loading programs. However, Sims Hot Date stalls and chugs like crazy when you are going downtown, especially if you have a lot of Sims. It's very distracting and prevents you from really having a good time playing or having that "Sims experience." 2.) You cannot build anything else other than dating-intended businesses or places for your Sims. Maybe this is a lame statement from me since the point of the game IS to find romance and land a mate, but the quest of dating gets boring rather quickly... (like you can only buy lingerie, teddy bears or flowers...ugh) There is a number of objects you can't put in your downtown business for some reason as well. 3.) Your Sims become a LOT more testy and harder to "match up" after installing Hot Date. This is no joke. It's like 2 or 3 times harder to have the Sims love each other, even more for them to marry. Pretty discouraging if that's what this pack is supposed to be about. 4.) Your Sims can't, repeat CAN'T stay overnight in downtown. No hotels are available. So yes, they will eventually get burned out, lose energy/comfort points. And I notice even if you have a couple of Sims go together to Downtown, you can only control one of them when you get there. (unless I'm an isolated case?) Anyway, hope that this review was honest enough for you. I still enjoy it for the additions it brings in the buildings and furniture, but otherwise I think it may be better to get the other expansion packs instead (Livin' Large or Unleashed). And either way, make sure you have tons of memory.
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Summary: Hot Date Rocks!!!!!!!!!
Review: Hot Date is the expasion pack to get on may 31st all ya sim lovers on macs should get it you have like 100 new things to do with other sims like different kisses and hugs you go downtown shop eat and you build your own resteraunt with unlimited simoleons its real fun you have some new items and build stuff too.This would have to be my favorite expansion pack.!?
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Summary: OS x carbonized
Review: I agree with all the reviews. This expansion is a lot of fun. I wanted to mention for people who have had to play the other expansions in classic only, that hot date will update all previous expansions and carbonize them for osx, so you never have to switch to classic again to play.
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Summary: HotDate is on Fire!!
Review: I have a Mac and my copy of hot date is arriving today. I have played it a bunch at my friend's house. In downtown, there are a bunch of Sims
created by the computer that your Sims can take home. Downtown is
great, with lots of restaurants and shops. At the shops, your Sims can by
lingerie, swimwear and formalwear. The bought items then become the
default outfit for that particular type of clothing. Get it? The only bad
thing is that sometimes people get stuck on dates because the computer
is overloaded, so one has to turn the sound off. There are some really
cute skins, like this white skirt with flowers on it and a pink shirt, and for
guys, there are these totally cute sweatshirt and shorts (the cool long
kind) in a three colors. I think hot date is the best expansion,
because house party is all devoted to parties (surprise) and livin' large
doesn't have all that much, especially if one knows how to make his or
her Sims independently wealthy, and vacation (which I also played at my
friend's) is just a downtown where Sims can stay overnight, but the skiing
is pretty cool. Anyway, if you have just the Sims and want to invest in a expansion, I'd go for hot date.
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Summary: Hot Date is super HOT!!!!
Review: I have bought The Sims and every other expansion pack along with it, and Hot Date is one of a kind. The new items are so cool, and the ability to go downtown greatly helps Sims socially. Before, when my Sims were required to make friends for their jobs, I might run out of people in my neighborhood, but now they can meet the Townies downtown. Downtown is basically a whole new neighborhood for the Sims to go to. You can build on and destroy the 10 lots, as well as design your own hangout area. To get downtown, your Sim must call on his/her telephone "Call Cab">"Go Downtown", and a few minutes later, a taxi will bring them over. Incredible as it is, Hot Date has some minor faults. If you have not installed the two previous expansion packs (Livin' Large and House Party), you can't access some of the lots. For example, they placed objects such as the DJ booth and dance cage (from House Party) in the cowboy night club area, so it won't work if you don't have that expansion pack. Also, when you leave in the cab, you return to exactly the same time after you've finished your shopping and partying. So, if you think you'll pop in at 2:00 A.M., get back at 6:00, and then go to work, still with reasonable energy, think again. Your Sim's needs continue to lower as you stay downtown, so usually, by the time you get back, you are in a pretty bad mood. Also, kids can't go downtown, and you can't save your game while your downtown. If you say in the options menu "go back to neighborhood" you lose all progress in relationships, but if you "quit", you keep all relationship and mood changes, so when you select the family again, they will immediatly pull up in a taxi, and you have to call again to go downtown.
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Summary: Hot Date for Mac; Why is it taking so long?
Review: I have played this game once on PC and found it to be the best and most fun Sims yet (and that includes Vacation). Although, it greatly angers me that Maxis is taking so long to make this game available for Macintosh. This game was supposed to come out May 1st, but Maxis decided to give themselves another month. I find that rude and lacking intelligence for many people own Macintosh computers and would like to play (and of course pay for) this game. But yes, I do reccomend to all Mac users to purchase this game when it finally comes out because it is really great. There are so many new objects, skins, and choices for your Sim families.
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Summary: Good But Slow
Review: I loved this expanision pack but when you are in life mode downtown its extremely slow!! Great new items and tons of new actions!
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