The Sims 2 Holiday Edition

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $35.89

Features:

• Holiday Edition includes the complete Sims 2 game and 40 supplemental holiday objects
• Sims now have major new features, like memories, genetics, aging, and the new aspiration/fear system
• Celebrate several different holidays in style, such lighting fireworks on July 4 or inviting Santa Claus to supper
• New movie-making feature that lets you "film" your sims in action and save the video to your computer
• Powered by an all-new three-dimensional graphics engine, graphics looks much better than the original

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PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Fun, but at times it would lag and the screen would go blue after so long.. [Posted on 2006-06-24]
I just got a new dell computer, because i heard the sims 2 was the best to use with dell (from a friend). I made sure i bought enough memory to at least have it work on it. The game works, but if i try to have a lot of families at once, it seems to freeze up more. So i recommend if you have a slower computer and want this game, to only play 1 or 2 families at a time. Other wise, you will get frusterated. I ended up having to re-install the game and start all over when the screen went blue and i couldn't find a way to fix it. Guess i got too carried away with making most of my sims pregnant and making several families at once. lol! But still, it is a fun game, if you like role-playing games and want to start families. Just be careful!

Big Improvement [Posted on 2006-08-19]
The game concept is the same as the Sims. The navagation around the house is so much more convenient. I love the new camera options. Also, building is more complex and tools have more options. The aspiration addition is interesting for heightening your sim's life or destroying it. The life bars still get in the way of playing the game the way I want to but cheating is much more useful in Sims 2.

Before buying... [Posted on 2006-11-26]
Before buying this edition, please understand that it is not intended to abe an expansion pack. Even though it looks different, all it is intended to be is the same, basic Sims 2 game (the first one that came out). It has a few items in it that sims can purchase that aren't in the regular Sims 2 program, like some holiday decorations, but it is still only the original Sims 2 game, repackaged. If you already have the Sims 2 game, the number of items involved probably won't be enough to make it worth buying a second copy of the game.

On the other hand, if you don't have the Sims 2 original game, then this is a good buy. Sims 2 has great graphics and is fun even for adults (I'm a 39 year old female and I enjoy it). It can, however, run sort of slowly at times - and causes my system to crash occasionally. But it's worth it. Just make sure you have the minimum system requirements and then some before buying.

I like it! [Posted on 2006-12-21]
I thought the coolest part were the fireworks and the New Years Eve bash option. Santa also shows up if you leave cookies out for him. But then he hangs around Ho-Hoing for hours! LOL. Kind of annoying, like Santa okay, take off! I did not expect much out of this pack, since Family Fun Stuff and Glamour Life truly stunk. Not only that, I downloaded those off the EA downloader and since they updated the system I permantly lost the games!! I am trying to get this fixed. I need to email EA as I don't know if they have a number to call. $40 worth of stuff packs down the toilet, though they were not that great to begin with. There are also lots of holiday decorations and watch out for those Xmas trees. They catch fire, but there are now sprinker systems to take care of that. I just bought Open For Business, and I hope it's good. Sometimes I just like the expansion packs for the new items and new decorating options alone. I just wish Sims would come up with more food options. I'm getting tired of the same old dishes. They need a stuff pack that has new recipes! That would be ultra cool.

Best Game Ever! [Posted on 2007-03-06]
This is by far the best game ever! The Holiday edition is so much better then the original version. With all the added bonus of the holiday deco, its a much better steal. This is a much better buy then the regular Sims 2 and a lot cheaper.

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