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871. The Sims Zone hits Poland

Written on Monday 20 September 2004 at 17:19 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week a new issue of the Polish gaming magazine of Komputer ŚWIAT GRY Extra hit Polish stores. It is a Sims (1 and 2) special, and very special is that you can find some items from this site, The Sims Zone, on its cover CD (of course with our permission). There are over 300 Sims downloads available on the CD with which you can expand the game (official ones as well as a whole bunch from TSZ), along with utilities like the Neighborhood Handler, the Add-on Handler, SimsPlus' FileCop, and more. So if you're in Poland and would like to see TSZ on both the internet and on a CD, buy the magazine. For more information about the issue, see this page. Thanks to (former and current) TSZ staff members Andy, Carrie, Jen, Mark, Steve, Sumit and William for giving permission for their work to be used.

872. Maxis E-mails

Written on Sunday 19 September 2004 at 20:41 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There have been two e-mails from Maxis this week. One is Lucy Bradshaw's weekly mail - the final one this time - and there is one from the Scoop mailing list. The last one doesn't bring any news except 3 screenshots of Sims playing on their AlienWare computers, which you can see below (click thumbnails to enlarge). Lucy has sent us a few things this time, to celebrate the launch of the Sims 2. Included is a movie, a skin of Maxoids, and a bunch of pictures of Maxoids showing what working together for years does to a team. Read on for the entire email with links to those items.

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873. New TS2 House

Written on Friday 17 September 2004 at 22:26 by Carrie - 0 comments.

I have designed my first house for The Sims 2 today. It's called Englewood Manor and is a great starter house for your Sims.

Check the file out!

874. Sims 2 - Neverending News

Written on Thursday 16 September 2004 at 23:36 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

As if it hasn't been enough yet the past few days, there is still a lot of news about the Sims 2. First of all, we've made a complete list of all currently known cheats. If you don't want to play the game the fair way, view our cheats page to find out how to get more money quickly. Some new cheats are there as well, including one to get §50,000 in one go! If you'd rather extend the game with some downloads, you can go to the official site's Exchange. 1 Computer and 5 topiaries are yours to grab. More goodies are on the Cool Stuff page, where you can find some MP3s, buddy icons, and more. Another thing you can find there is a TV Ad, in QuickTime format. You can find it on the videos page. Another advertisement, scanned from the RTE TV Guide in Ireland, is shown below. It's been sent to us by James Magenta.


Need some help with the game? The customer support section has been updated and many new questions and answers have been added. You can of course also visit our Knowledge base for a lot of help. Furthermore, SnootySims (and several other sites) has posted a nude patch, which removes the blurring when Sims visit the toilet or the shower. It's recommended to back-up files that are patched, and this download may not be appropriate for children. You can download it from this page. The Dutch site SP Zone is also posting a bunch of movies this week, one every day. So far 2 have been posted. You can find them on their front page in the news items tagged with "[Video]". Use the "DOWNLOAD HET FILMPJE" links to download the movies.

Finally, the SimsZone review has come to an end. The conclusion has been written and posted. Read on for the English summary. No screenshots this time, but if you still want to read it, visit their review index for the link. The "Fazit" one is this final article, the others are of course still there (with screenshots). Read More!

875. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 16 September 2004 at 22:29 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There's an overload of Sims 2 information these days, but the Urbz is not completely forgotten. The official site has had its weekly update again, this week adding a few new crew descriptions of the Console version to the Crew page. The buzz section has been updated as well, and has links to a new interview with Scot Amos on TeamXbox. There's also a link to GameSpy's Developer's Diary, to which a movie we didn't mention before yet has been posted on their movies page. It's an in-game trailer of 4.2 Mb. This week's usual blog, by Scot Amos, is all about the Beta status of the game, which they're going to reach soon (for the console version, the handheld has gone gold earlier). They've received the 9 tracks from the Black Eyed Peas, and they're adding the final tunes to the game to make it go Beta:

"So, with this final addition of content from Will and the BEPs, and the incredible dedication the team is showing to get all the bits tuned, polished, and debugged, we're perfectly set to make an early November launch of The Urbz. The Sims 2 is out this week (congrats and woohoo!) and is already the talk of the town title dominating the next few months on the PC charts; paving the way for The Urbz experience to show up in the city in November."

All can be read at the official site.

876. Sims 2 News

Written on Tuesday 14 September 2004 at 17:52 by ChEeTaH - 16 comments.

A little later than usual (due to internet problems), but again there's a lot of news about the Sims 2. Some shops have started shipping or selling it already, and people will be playing the game by masses before long (if they aren't already). The official site will also be relaunched between 9am and 3pm PST (5pm-11pm in the UK and Portugal, 18:00-24:00 CET) today (tuesday). Flash Player will be required for the site. See this thread in the BBS for more information.

There are also a lot of new reviews, articles, screenshots, and movies. Read on for all of that (and it's a lot this time!). Read More!

877. Sims 2 News

Written on Sunday 12 September 2004 at 01:58 by ChEeTaH - 9 comments.

There is quite a bit of news again about the Sims 2. As usual, there are many reviews again. GameSpy is taking it big: After a feature with an interview, and the Sim-Limpic Games, they have now posted two (yes: two!) reviews. Two articles of 5 pages to read, one is the "basic" review, the other an "extended" one which goes more in-depth in the game. You can read the basic review on this page, but as said there's also the extended review to read. After you've finished reading that, you can start reading the next review from their colleagues at IGN. They even have a video review for Insiders. If you're not an insider, then you'll have to do with the 3-page review. Of course all reviews come along with some screenshots. GameSpy rates the game a 5 out of 5, and IGN says it's worth a 9.4 out of 10. Both reviews also mention that the Sims is more a toy than a game - it's a sandbox to see "what happens next." It's also quite remarkable how both sites say it's hard to write a review of the game, covering even the most important aspects. It's just too big.

For even more information, including an estimate of when the DVD version will be released in Europe, read more... Read More!

878. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 9 September 2004 at 21:31 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week there's a few new things of the Urbz again. There is a selection of screenshots, but they've been seen before in the GameSpot City Guide (Console shots) and WorthPlaying (GBA shots). The screenshots on the official site have been divided over separate pages now though, which should make navigating through them easier.

What is new, is a movie about the Rep. What Jayde go from nobody (Rep = 0), to Superstar (208) via Trendsetter (100). It's a clip from the console version, and you can find it in the Flix section on the official site. Finally there's the weekly blog. MaxisBoBaxis tells how he spent a saturday playing the Urbz, instead of working on the website. Read that, and watch the video, at UrbzSims.ea.com.

879. New Poll

Written on Thursday 9 September 2004 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we asked you a question about the Urbz. And it's true, close to 60% of our visitors isn't even interested in the game at all. The Sims 2 is obviously taking away all the focus. Nevertheless, 40% voted on one of the areas, with Diamond Heights being the most popular (11%). Third in the list is all of them sounding equally great (7%). 125th Street and Kicktail Park ended up with just over 4% each, 15 of the 350 votes, and are on a tied fourth place. Next in the list are Cozmo Street, Neon East, South Side Bridge, Central Station, Gasoline Row and finally the Foundry. For the exact results and amount of votes for each option, see the results page in our archive.

With just a few days to the release of the Sims 2 now, the reviews are appearing all over the place at a very high rate. You'll have noticed all the news recently about the biggest video game sequel ever. Are you still reading every letter of all the news posts and articles, or do you just skip through the most important news? Or don't you follow the game at all? Let us know and vote on the right, or at the latest poll page.

880. Another Sims 2 Review

Written on Thursday 9 September 2004 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

They're popping up like mushrooms in autumn: reviews of the Sims 2. Another one has been posted by GameBiz. As almost all others, they're very impressed with the game. "Wow" was the first thing the editor wrote down in his notes - which must say something. The user interface is friendly, and the eyedropper tool is, as Tim LeTourneau, whom GameBiz got to interview, stated a "godsend". Noticable is the following paragraph, which talks about possible online features of the game, which were first mentioned by Neil Young in a chat in July:

"What would be brilliant and a very high-tech idea, would be an in-game eBay where you can sell your 2nd hand couches and televisions, make some spare in-game cash out of it, or even design your own items and then sell them within the game. Unfortunately, unless we missed something, this won’t be in The Sims 2, but is possibly an integration idea for The Sims 2 if it ever goes fully online."

The editor also enjoyed creating Sims, and says creating a family takes quite some time (at least half an hour). They again mention the Fawlty Towers house from the presentation (most likely GameStars Live) with the Manuel's sister Manuella. Finally they mention the amount of animations: 13,000. Not even anybody who's worked on the game has seen them all. The conclusion is that the game is huge and will blow your socks off. Read the entire review for details.