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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.49
You Save: $5.50 (28%)
New (12) Used (17) from $12.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 467
Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
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::NEVER USED::SHIPS FAST: TEAR TO SEALED PACKAGE: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 another hit June 6, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Once again, The Sims have hooked us with another interesting aspect to Sim life. Sims can do different activities, such as using binoculars to look for birds,study nature, fix cars, shoot hoops, kick a soccer ball, do science experiments and then inform us which activity they liked best, therefore letting us know which hobby they like best.You can work on that hobby, opening up secret lots, where they can do more. For example, a Sim who likes to cook can enter a cooking contest, a Sim who likes to dance, a dance contest. More jobs, of course and more fun items to buy. Worth the money!
 Great, except for the SecuROM May 30, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
As a former die-hard Sims 2 fan, I have the base game and all the expansion packs. Free Time is the most fun since Open for Business, because it gives Sims new things to do and new places to go. It also gives them new abilities based on their accumulated aspiration points, like being able to invest in the stock market and being able to make a chicken soup that cures colds. Yes, a lot of fun. But, the day comes when SecuROM decides to mess up your game, and then it's not fun anymore. I had the same problem with Bon Voyage, the first game that EA Games decided to put SecuROM on. I played happily for about a month, then suddenly the computer kept crashing. So, with great regret and a little sadness, I must give up the game. It's a lot of addictive fun, but it's not worth the problems EA's copy protection software causes. Bye, Sims 2. Bye, EA Games.
Entertaining, some flaws May 27, 2008
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I love the sims2, and I couldn't wait to pick up this latest expansion. Overall, it is worth the price, I love the new 'hobbies' the additional characters, the interests and hobby benches, such as sewing machine, dance bar (that's like crack, my sims can't stay off it). I do wish there was more of a randomization of hobbies/interests inside a household. I ended up with 3 sims with the same interest and that was a trifle boring. I agree with other reviewers the telephone calls from hobby club leaders is irritating. It makes me wish I could delete the household phone for good, but I do need it occasionally.
I have a bit of trouble playing the sims 2 with vista even though my hardware exceeds minimum requirements. I get crash to desktop errors which I never recevied in XP. Nvidia and sims 2 don't play that well together.
I'll give this one 4 stars. It has some great new content, but it wasn't ground breaking like Seasons.
another great release from the folks at EA games May 24, 2008
This is a fun game expansion. There's so much for our little sim friends to do . From sewing,pottery, sports , cooking classes, restorable cars. The sims they've gone on vacation , They went on dates, They had gardens and they had seasons and pets etc. This really helped round out things. I am looking foreward to any more expansion packs for the sims 2 that may becoming out including the apartment life and ikea stuff. However one draw back to this pack was in my opinion there could of been more sports. throwing the football,catching baseball okay but how bout the actual games and leagues and stuff would fo been nice specially for our teen sims. I wish there would of been golf but those are small drawbacks they don't spoil the outcome or fun of the game. My fave is the cooking competitions feels like the iron chef almost. I also like the Nature hobby collecting bugs and bird watching . The thing to say bout this pack if is you own every single pack and stuff pack like I do this kind of helps adds more to each of those. I would defintily recommend having all the expansion packs first then getting this one to add to each of them for example this works well with open for buisiness, and seasons, bon voyage etc. It would be good to have with the base game but not as fun then with the other expansion packs .
OK May 17, 2008
Got Free Time at the same time as Seasons and I like Seasons better. Only reason I got Free Time is because I am a soccer fanatic - sure you can kick a ball around and it's fun but I was hoping for more soccer themed items - only a net and a soccer ball chair as far as I could tell were added.
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