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Summary: Pretty cool.
Review: I simply have not stopped playing since I installed Hot Date. It is hilarious, with the weird new social interaction moves, and the downtown area. I haven't had any problems with it, except that it moves somewhat slowly when you go downtown, but that may just be my own computer. Either way, the game is terrific and I'll hang on to it for a while.
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Summary: Great fun but good luck on your sim finding true love
Review: This Sims expansion involves letting your sims go out to the downtown area on dates with other sims. While fun and exciting for your sims at first, you begin to realize how going out in public can be very perilous for them. I've invested a lot of time in a sim I'd like to call Fred. Fred is a simple defense contractor who has a penchant for hawiian shirts. He has a nice house, but no female to keep him occupied, so here comes Sims Hot Date... oh good fortune! I sent Fred out in his best duds to the nearest bar downtown. At first, I didn't see any women that I'd think would interest Fred (he likes women that don't look like they were wacked in the face with the ugly brick). I just instructed him to drink liberally in the hopes that he would get his confidence up when the babes arrived. Well after drinking a 24-pack and returning from a bathroom break, the bar was filled with bodacious babes from corner to corner, although they were ironically wearing the same exact clothes as the women before. Fred struck up a conversation with one of the ladies and she was very interested in going back to his place, bingo! The events that happened next are kind of a blur, but I'll summarize. Fred was car jacked by some urban thugs and mugged. Then while walking his new girl to her place, he had to go to a restroom so badly he that he resorted to peeing himself. Once at her place he seems to have blacked out, but when I saw him next, he was lying naked next to a 280 lb. woman with a mustache. Since then, I can't seem to get Fred to go out on another hot date, I think he's just overreacting.
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Summary: Cool Game
Review: For those Sim addicts such as myself, this is a cool game. Tons of things to do downtown - beach, nightclub, restaurants and much more. That's once you can actually play the game that is. The main drawback to this expansion pack and all the others are the bugs. The game is filled with annoying little bugs that causes lock ups and crashes. If you buy the game, keep checking the Maxis website for a patch.
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Summary: Pretty Awesome
Review: This is a lot of fun, especially since you get to interact with more Sims. Some Livin' Large items disappear, but the new items with Hot Date rock. You also have more options on how you can interact with your sims.
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Summary: The Real Design Flaw
Review: Hot Date is a great Game.
Why?
It features a second dimenson of gameplay. I would guess (since i can't be exactly sure) that there is 1.25-1.5 times as much space your sims can do anything they cold at home plus everything stated in the editorial review. If you haven't read the edirorial review it is lengthy and seemingly too serious and contradicts the loose mood of every Sim title your right. but it still tells you everything you want to know, all the new features, characters and little "ditties" about downtown.
i know that most other reviews that cite the flaws of Hot Date say that the downtown is too "slow". I agree that the downtown is slow and if you tried too build a grest house in one sitting it takes a Long time. but slow doesn't mean bad. It just means long. "long" (if you've ever played any RPG game that's not Paper Mario, which you can breeze thru in a week) means good. Downtown does take long but while making your downtown you know that ""this is what my beloved Sim will be having a great party, diner, shopping spree, picnic or just a be on a ''Hot Date''. ""
The downtown feature also adds a world of creativy about how to maximize a enjoyment or fulfill a goal (e.g buying clothes,eating) in the shortest time. My theory on this is no walls and well placed and well considered doors if necessary. However, there is a flaw. In the other packs there was many new skins, heads, walls, floors, objects etc. In Hot Date there are few new skins, very few new heads, some walls and few new floors. As far as the objects go " over 125 new objects" is misleading. Yes there are "over 125 new objects" is technically true. But see there are 125+ new objects that can be used in downtown or at home. There are only about 25 new new objects that can be used at home. this is understandable but kinda didhonest which is unlike Maxis. ALL objects that you have can be used downtown.
In review if i could only have one pack Hot Date would definitely be it. I reccomend buying it ( if you own the original Sims of course). (...) ( sorry if i mispelled some words or used some bad grammar)
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Summary: well done !!
Review: great game with some problems .i couldnt play it on my computer . i meet all the requirementes , but i have windows me , so i installed it on my mom's laptop and suddenly ... wow !!! awesome game !!! it is NOT slow . i mean , the laptop is not new , but it has pentium 3 with 600 mhz and 128 mb of ram and it runs perfectly !! i played it for a while and , i must accept , furst it was borring , but after you date a little and hang around , it becomes awesomely fun !! so much to buy , so much to do !!! well done !!!
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Summary: It is Hot alright
Review: I just got it, it's amazing .. best expansion ever .. I love it everything is improved .. if your one of "The Sims fan"Go buy it now
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Summary: Beware! Doesn't work on 2000 or XP and probably never will.
Review: This game doesn't work on Windows 2000 or XP, and EA says they have "no plans at this time to make a patch." I hope they have plans to file for bankruptcy if they continue to ignore new operating systems.
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Summary: Game won't play on Windows XP
Review: I love the Sims have all versons play them 24-7. They take up soo much memory and then can run slow or you have to turn off all the extra items to get them to run that you lose some excitment. I bought a brand new computer just to help play the Sims Hot Date only to find that it won't play on Windows XP. Bigger problem is that Maxis states that they won't write a patch to fix this problem. You can't buy a computer now days without XP and it won't run on Windows 2000 either. Good luck to all those who don't know like me!
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Summary: COULD be a great game
Review: I thought the concept of a "downtown" area for my Sims and newly created Sims (that come with the downtown atmosphere) would be cool. They could mingle, hang-out, and make-out. Unless you have a guide book, expert help and advice online, and enormous capabilities for patience....you'll be very bored with this game. It is nearly impossible to get to "first base" with your Sims. I was so shocked at how hard just getting along was (as compared to the original version)!It literally can take DAYS just to find two Sims who will date each other, much-less kiss or get "funky". I have, however greatly enjoyed trashing the downtown area that comes with the game and rebuilding my own! Great fun in that department! The new downtown objects, people, building supplies, and options are outrageously creative and new...no budget to worry about...you just build to your heart's content. The game can be fun..as long as you are patient. Very patient. I am a bit annoyed with the game right now, but as all gamers know...someone will eventually post a "tips and help" site and then I can imagine this game being a little more fun. Until then it feels much like extra-credit homework in your favorite class...frustrating but fun. Hot Date has potential...I would love to hear from anyone who has mastered the lovin' skills...do email! Update: I have owned the game for a while now. At first the game crashed a few annoying times, now I can barely play it. The makers of this game KNOW there are problems with it. i have spoken to them personally on the phone. They have patches to try and fix it. BUT they don't work! I have now viewed dozens of websites with others (literally hundreds of people)frustrated and having the same problem. I urge all people to wait before purchasing this game now. Check websites and wait to see if there is a functioning patch so you can play this game with ease.
I hope this will help keep some of you from wasting your money! I promise to update again when things change.
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