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211. Game Design Podcasts

Written on Sunday 13 November 2005 at 14:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past two weeks Maxis has, as usual, released their podcasts. The latest two are both about Game Design. Hunter Howe and Charles London answer questions from the community, like where they get their ideas from or what the funniest thing was that happened during the development of the game (including the funniest bugs). In the first podcast they also tell about the best object or interaction that may not yet be possible due to technical limitations, their own aspirations, community feecback and realism. The second podcast starts about when the designers, Charles and Hunter, decided to work into the games industry, and their paths to the Sims team. Then they answer if they play the Sims in their free time, if they download custom content, why llamas are so popular within Maxis, the biggest design challenge to date, Bella Goth, alternative jobs to game designing, and the cow plant. You can get the first and second Game Design podcasts from their pages, or check the RSS feed for the proper URLs. Alternatively, add the podcast to your iTunes.

212. The Sims Expansion Three-Pack Volumes Announced

Written on Sunday 13 November 2005 at 14:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has announced the Sims 1 Complete Collection on the official site of The Sims 2. However, that's not the only Sims 1 repackaging that's been released. EA has also made two expansion pack collections, each containing three expansions for the first Sims game ever. They're mentioned in the same announcement. The two "Sims Expansion Three-Pack Volumes" are now being sold at the price of $20 each. The first pack contains Unleashed, Superstar and House Party, the other has Hot Date, Vacation and Makin' Magic. Some (online) shops also list the packs as "Triple Expansion Collections". You can see the pack shots below, and order the collections from our shop now. If these expansion pack collections are being released in Europe as well is yet unknown.

213. Holiday Party Pack Screens and Movies

Written on Sunday 13 November 2005 at 13:54 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has released a few new screens and two movies for the Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack (Christmas Party Pack in Europe). In one video you see a Christmas setting, whereas the other is on New Year's Eve - naturally with fireworks. You can see them on the holiday videos page on the official site. As the download links on that page are incorrect, we've mirrorred the videos on our server so you can also download them. Use the links below to get them (QuickTime required). Bigger versions of three new screens posted on the official site have been put at GameSpot. They're now also below (click the thumbnails to see the big versions).

• Video 1: New Year: High Quality (3.6 Mb) - Low Quality (0.9 Mb)
• Video 2: Christmas: High Quality (6.2 Mb) - Low Quality (1.5 Mb)

214. The Sims 2 Christmas Update

Written on Sunday 13 November 2005 at 13:30 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

It's been a while since Tim LeTourneau sent out a community e-mail, but he has done it again to promote the Holiday Party Pack (Christmas Party Pack) which is coming out this week, and the As Played By campaign for the Sims. He says that the holiday giveaway on the official site, during which Maxis will make 12 new holiday downloads available on the exchange, will start next tuesday. Included in the e-mail are the two screenshots below.

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215. Sims 2 Screenshots

Written on Tuesday 8 November 2005 at 14:29 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The game has been out for a while now, yet last week a whole bunch of new official screenshots appeared for the Sims 2 on Consoles, DS and GBA. The PSP and Mobile games aren't out yet, but screenshots for those were also included in the batch that the official German site posted. Along with those shots, there are four other shots which GameSpot posted. As there are 29 shots in total, you'll have to go to the read more part (behind the link, or below) to see them all. Thanks to SimsZone for discovering the shots. Read More!

216. The Sims 2 Christmas Screenshots; Purchase Download

Written on Tuesday 8 November 2005 at 14:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack is coming out next week. Pre-orders for the CD version have been available for a while already, but now you'll also be able to download all 40 downloads. You can sign up for a reminder email of when the items are available for download. On the 17th you'll be able to purchase the download with all 40 bonus items in the pack. For details, also check out the about page.

Along with that news, Maxis has also posted three screenshots on the official site. Thanks go out to SnootySims for finding bigger versions at EAPlay.com as well. Those have been posted below.

217. The Sims 2 (DS) Reviews

Written on Wednesday 2 November 2005 at 16:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although there are quite a few reviews for the console version of the Sims 2 already, there aren't as many for the DS and GBA versions. The game on the latter platform hasn't been reviewed yet (at least we haven't found any reviews yet), but the Sims 2 on DS has been scored twice. IGN says the game is heavily divided into chapters, and especially the real-time clock in the game is discussed in their review. For example, it'll take eight real-time hours to finish building a room, but getting some sleep can be done in 30 seconds. It also seems the game has been inspired by Animal Crossing, an other open adventure game. Altogether it's a solid game, worth 8.2 points (out of 10). Check out the IGN review for details.

The other review is from PGNx. They call the real-time clock nice as well, but say it adds some unnecessary waiting time, as the story is quite structured. Besides that structure, it is also open enough to stay interesting. The 3D mode and the use of all DS technologies is another benefit to the score of 8.5 out of 10. To find out what else they had to say, check the PGNx review.

218. The Sims 2 (Consoles) Reviews

Written on Wednesday 2 November 2005 at 16:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With the Sims 2 being out for about a week, many sites have already posted their opinion about the game. They're not all very positive about the game. GameSpot in particular isn't very enthousiastic about the game, as it lacks a real story, and the new features are not much more than a novelty. Others, like IGN or GamePro are far more positive about the new gameplay elements. Below are links to all the reviews for the console version of the Sims 2 we've found so far. You'll also be able to find screenshots with some of the reviews. If you found another one, feel free to submit the link to us.

• GamePro - 4.5/5
• GameSpot (Videos: PS2, XBox, GameCube) - 6.5/10
• IGN - 8.5/10
• PalGN - 7.0/10
• PGNx Media - 8.5/10
• Talk XBox - 7.8/10
• Team XBox - 8.2/10
• Yahoo! Games (4/5)

219. New "How do you play" videos

Written on Sunday 30 October 2005 at 21:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After the launch of the "How Do You Play" advertising campaign for the Sims 2, new videos of people playing the Sims 2 have appeared. The official site had posted four videos already, now Maxis has added three new ones, and one which was posted on the campaign website earlier. Eight videos can now be downloaded from the videos page. Besides those, there are two other ones posted along with the eight, so ten in total, on the campaign's website, between the various stories.

220. Sims 2 (Consoles, GBA, Mobile) Screens

Written on Thursday 27 October 2005 at 18:36 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Around the release of the Sims 2 on several platforms, EA has released a few new screenshots. Most of them are for the consoles, but there's also one new one for the GBA, and another for the mobile version. Just click the thumbnails below to see the big screenshots.