The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack

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Summary: Fun (if you have a good computer)
Review: The Sims Hotdate is a great game for any fan of the Sims. I suggest getting the expansion packs in order because if you don't you can have problems loading explansion packs later on and you may end up losing everything.
The Sims Hotdate can be a lot of fun, but beware if you have a slow computer the people inch along and everything takes forever. Getting to the cool new places to shop and eat can take up to twenty minutes if you have a slow enough computer. If your impatient you just aren't going to want to play and you will have wasted your money.
If you have a fast computer or are really patient however this game is a blast. This new downtown area is a great place to meet new sims and buy new outfits. Going to the new shops is a great way to expand your wardrobe. Along with the downtown area there are also many people to be, building options, clothing, and things to put in your house. There really is a lot of new stuff and if you have started getting bored with the same old options all the time, The Sims Hotdate is a great way to make it seem new again.
I strongly suggest this expansion pack to any Sims fan with a fast or moderatly fast computer.

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Summary: good game
Review: hot date was a good expansion pack. interactions that used to be so simple, lick "kiss" turn into sub-options, like suave, peck, polite, passoinite...etc.you can modify downtown lots for free, but once your downtown EVERYTHING costs money. there are also new "talk intrests" like movies, sports...etc. and an inventory. all-in-all i dedent game, i don't regret buying it

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Summary: ???
Review: I wanted to ask anyone out there about this game. How much adult content does this game have? Does box make it seem worse than it is?

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Summary: The Sims Hot Date
Review: I find this game a much more sexual game than the rest.It displays more emotion between characters.I would not reccomand it to people under the suggested age limit.Over all, it is a very fun game and I reccomend it!!!!

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Summary: Hot Stuff!
Review: Since receiving The Sims Deluxe Edition as a Christmas present this past year, I have put in countless amount of hours creating sim characters, buying them houses, building them houses, decorating their houses, making them friends and moving them up the ol' career ladder. After getting The Sims Unleashed, I have put in countless amount of hours buying my sims cute little pets, and having them save money on food by growing their own vegetable gardens.

Now, with The Sims Hot Date, I have put in countless amount of hours making my sims characters get a little friendly with each other - if you know what I mean (wink-wink, nod-nod), and I think you do. With Hot Date, a whole new neighborhood is added, called "Downtown". It costs 50 bucks to get there, but it's a great place for your sims to go to try and get lucky. However, I have a tendency to make my sims go too fast in the love lane, so the option of inviting another sims home has not yet worked to my advantage (the other characters usually tell me where to go, then walk away). Tons of new items have been added, including booths, a "lover's swing", a heart-shaped hot tub, a pond, new floor tiles, new wallpapers/paints, etc. Also included are new actions that can be used, such as the cuddling feature, which can be used when two sims are on a couch or love swing together. There's tons to do Downtown, including eating at a restaurant, going to the beach, and shopping (you can either buy new clothes for yourself, or you can buy candy, flowers and stuffed toys for your significant other). And also, like in Unleashed, there is an empty lot included, where you can build your own business.

Okay, now to discuss the ONLY thing I dislike about The Sims add-ons: as everyone has pointed out, with every new expansion you add on, you can multiply the loading time by like a hundred. My advice is to click on The Sims icon, and when it starts to load, go find something else to do, like bake a cake or something, and hopefully by the time your done, the game will be loaded and ready to play. It's really a shame it has to be this way, because if it weren't for the long wait everytime you load (and the fact that when your character is Downtown, things run a little choppy), The Sims and all of it's expansions would just be too good to be true. But if you like The Sims at all, you need to get this expansion - and hope that your characters are luckier in the love department than mine.

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Summary: GREAT game
Review: This game has good sound and all the SIMS games have good graphics. Building is very easy and there are more cheats. You can even build your own downtown which is really cool.

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Summary: The sims hot date
Review: This expansion pack is a must for all people who like the origonal. Remember when you first bought the sims and you couldn't stop playing it? Well when you buyHot Date, it happens all over again. You can go downtown and buythem clothes and go out for meals. I won't tell you any more because other wise I would have told you it all and you wouldn't need to buy it. BUY IT!!!

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Summary: Okay!!
Review: The Hot Date Expansion Pack isn't a must. It depends on what you're looking for. Hot Date gives you the option to go Downtown. And it, most importantly, gives your Sims a new place to go. You're able to build your own shops and beaches. So it really depends on what you like, and want to do. As all expansions packs, this one takes up a good amount of room. So be prepared. I give the expansion pack a three because it's nice but not a necessity.

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Summary: An overall good expansion pack with some noticeable flaws
Review: As a rather avid Sims player, I was excited about this game. Finally, you could control a Sim somewhere other than his or her own house, and meet Sims you didn't create. I think the problem is, while the downtown area is a great idea, it wasn't executed all that well. As several other people have pointed out, it tends to run slowly. You can only control one Sim there, and you can't save while you're there, so messing up means you either have to start from back before going downtown, or live with your mistakes. The Sim you control doesn't have free will, and won't do anything unless you tell them to. These reasons all contribute to why I don't take my Sims downtown very much when playing the game.

The expansion pack's other major contribution to the series is that it introduces many new social interactions. Some of these are fun to watch, and they remove some of the boredom you might have experienced with the minimal number of social interactions in the original game. The Sims will also get sick of certain interactions more quickly than before, making it harder to make friends or fall in love. Whether this is a good or a bad thing depends on whether you like building relationships to be a challenge, or it's just something you have to do to get that next promotion.

Overall, this is a good addition to the Sims series, and I'm glad I have it, but I really wish the programmers had worked out the downtown area so it wouldn't have been so frustrating.

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Summary: More, or less?
Review: The vacation pack adds alot of fun to the world of your sims. On paper it sounds great and loads of fun-which it is. While on vacation, your sims undergo a series of activites, all of which are entertaining to watch. While on vacation, you to can relax, as you are not bound to the exact schedule the way you are at home. You can go on vacation for more than one day without loosing your sim's jobs because back at home, time is paused. But, money is sometimes a very limiting factor on vacation island. Almost everything your sims do cost them money, money that you may not be able to loose. So, before planning a vacation, figure out how long you want to stay for so that you can limit your funds spent. However, your sims do not pay for the items they use, so in a way, it may be less expensive to live on vacation than it would be to live at home. There is always the option of having one of your adult sims looking for treasure around the clock, which is the only source of a steady income. However, if your funds are not limited, or you simply like to get your sims in debt, than by all means, splurge and so as much as you can! It is extremly entertaing. This is a great game, as long as you have a pile of money waiting to be spent!