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for The Sims 2 Open for Business Expansion Pack (PC)

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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    amyprincess

    5 Stars My Sims is an Entrepreneur! 19/09/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Open your own business, new distric added, new items/styles added

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not a lot more added compared to other expansion packs

    Having the first PC game Sims 2 was not the end for me. As I found more and more expansions to buy my computer slowly started to crash - for me it was a scarifice I was willing to take. I hadn't heard a lot about Open for Business as I did for the Sims 2 and University expansion pack. I was unsure what I'd get from it but knew it would be worth my money. ***The Expansion*** The expansion is pretty much explained through it's title. With this expansion you can open up your own business. You can either buy an already made community lot, build your own community lot or start your business from ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pash123

    4 Stars Open for Business 12/06/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Adds many new features of gameplay, gives more variety to the game

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Hard to grasp at first, takes focus away from other aspects of TS2

    As the third expansion pack for The Sims 2, Open for Business brought a completely original level to the game - being able to have your Sim own their own business, and hence "go to work" with them, earning money for your Sim at the same time. The game allows your Sim to open either a home business, or purchase a community lot, and create a business from there. You can sell pretty much anything available on the objects menu, or offer a service, such as a bakery or hairdressers. There are a number of new objects and new aspects of gameplay with Open for Business - within the business you create ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Amy69

    2 Stars Not so much business! 01/12/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages good clothes

    Disadvantages Disadvantages dull, doesnt run smoothly

    Ever since I was in Primary school, my friends and I have been quite obsessed with the sims! The craze started out with the Sims one, which I latched onto pretty quickly! Though when Sims 2 was first released, I didn't really bother with it. However last year I decided to buy the game, and many of the expansion packs to go with it. One of these expansion packs is Open For Business. Open For BUsiness can be easily recognised on the shelves as it has a bright orange cover, with the Sims 2 logo on the front, and OPen For Business written underneath in a handy shop window sign. There are two ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Nowheresend

    4 Stars Open For Business? Good, But Open For Improvement. 17/01/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages New objects, build mode items, actions and gameplay element.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Few new styles, extra load time, even more space taken on hard drive.

    Open For Business is the last Sims expansion pack (EP) that I bought for myself. New Gameplay The biggest and most obvious new gameplay element, is the ability for sims to be able to own their own businesses. This can mean either a home business, which is much the cheaper option for your Sims, or owning a Community lot, the benefit of which is remote management. Of course this also entails hiring employees, assigning them to jobs and managing them. This can be quite a challenge, as they can be both NPCs (townies) or Sims you've created yourself. The business world brings a host of new ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gertie25

    4 Stars Is it the business?! 19/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Increased gaming

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Requires patience!

    For those of you who have never heard of the Sims games, here's a brief overview:- You get to play god! You choose your characters, and make them live their lives, from going to work, falling in love, going shopping and eventually, through to death! There are many versions of the Sims games, available on most gaming machines, each with their own features. The Sims 2 Open for Business, is what is known as an 'expansion' pack for the Sims 2 game. (The Sims 2 is a newer version of the original Sims game for the PC.) You need to own at least the basic Sims 2 game before you can buy the Sims 2 open ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    emily.ha

    5 Stars Probably best EP, Very good 12/04/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very entertaining and enjoyable

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Time consuming

    To add more amusement in playing the SIms 2, they created an EP in which you can create and run yoru own businesses. It's very useful for when you're bored of your sims just driving off to work everyday, perhaps leaving the house completely empty, depending how many sims you control in a household. You have two options: 1) Start a home business. 2) Buy a community lot (there is anew village, Bluewater Village, which comes prepared with several ready-to-run businesses) and control the business. Your business can be a wide range of services: you can sell multiple items for profit (items can be ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    amylou2107

    5 Stars Booming Business 02/09/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Everything

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Needs a lot of patience, can be tricky to keep a successful business

    Obviously I had to get this because I'm a huge sims fan. It's incredibly fun just like all the other expansion packs. Like all the others it's offering you new clothes, hairstyles, decorations, building modes and the chance to start your own business. Starting your own business can be tricky. It takes a lot of time and effort and really takes it out of the sims running it. You can hire employees so you don't really need to be there all the time but it's difficult to keep them happy. Sometimes they will quit if they get too unhappy, haven't had enough breaks or pay isn't great. You can win ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 charlsayslol

    Member since 01/03/2006

    Reviews written: 384

    5 Stars Let's get to work. 20/09/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages best expansion pack so far to an already great game

    Disadvantages Disadvantages difficult to get your business going at first

    *Sims 2: Open for Business* This is the third expansion pack for the popular Sims 2 game (not counting the christmas expansion pack, but that was more of a small add-on than expansion). This expansion finally lets you go to work with your sims, as they run a shop, hairdresser's/barber's, gym, florists', park.... There are many different businesses to choose from with Open to Business, and its up to you which one you want. *Opening for Business* For your sim to open a business, they have to call up the real estate office and buy a community lot (why do americans call it real estate? We say ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dramaprincess

    5 Stars A break in the business 01/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Adds new gameplay

    Disadvantages Disadvantages makes loading longer

    This is a great new expansion packs, one of the best ones yet! There are over 125 new objects and a new town where you can not only just go to work and shop at, you will be able to live there as well! Will your sims business be thriving and bring in lots of money or will it all fall to the ground. Your sims will be able to either work from home or buy a new lot and travel backwards and forwards. From home you will be able to run some businesses but not as many if you bought a new lot. A great business to run is the Lemonade Stand, it might only be small but you can run it from home. Not only ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    aniah05

    4 Stars Improvement for Sims2 21/05/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Made the game more fun and interactive

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Timeframe of the game needs a little work

    When this expansion pack came out, I was really excited. Finally, something that could add more life to the game. When I first played it, I was impressed by the added features and new interactions. It was fun for the first hour, until my Sim was no longer having fun, which made the game a lot longer, and a bit irritating. This would probably be a great expansion pack if the daily time was longer and their need meter were extended as well. It will actually take a Sim an hour (Sim time of course) to open and set up the store. And by the time that their done setting up their energy meter is ... more
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