The Sims 2 is a virtual dolls house, but with the extra features of dolls that grow older, get married, have children and eventually create complex family trees. Seasons is the fifth expansion pack for the game, and adds features like the ability to fish or grow produce, like tomatoes, beans ... Read review
Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims ... more
including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ties in Winter, let romance bloom in Spring, deepen the bonds of f...
Postage & Packaging: £0.00 Availability: Out of stock
The Sims 2: Seasons Expansion Pack for the PC makes the Sims 2 more realistic than ever ... more
before, with the season affecting your Sims mood, wants and fears. Use the seasons to experience new and fun ways to interact with other Sims, whether you have snow...
Requires The Sims: 2, The Sims 2: Special DVD Edition to playHead outdoors for year-round ... more
fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ti...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Requires The Sims: 2, The Sims 2: Special DVD Edition to playHead outdoors for year-round ... more
fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ti...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
Advantages: More interesting gameplay and new features Disadvantages: Even more addictive
The Sims 2 is a virtual dolls house, but with the extra features of dolls that grow older, get married, have children and eventually create complex family trees. Seasons is the fifth expansion pack for the game, and adds features like the ability to fish or grow produce, like tomatoes, beans and peppers or apples, lemons and oranges, in your garden, and also adds weather and seasons, which makes planning your Sims lives that bit more complicated. ...by the name, it's the changing weather and seasons, which aim to make The Sims even more realistic. The weather can range from sunny, through rainy, to stormy and on to snow or hail in autumn and winter. Depending on the season, different weather types become more or less likely, for example, it's highly unlikely to see snow in summer, and highly unlikely that your Sims will get sun-stroke in winter. Because, of course, the weather can have consequences ... more
The Sims 2 is a virtual dolls house, but with the extra features of dolls that grow older, get married, have children and eventually create complex family trees. Seasons is the fifth expansion pack for the game, and adds features like the ability to fish or grow produce, like tomatoes, beans and peppers or apples, lemons and oranges, in your garden, and also adds weather and seasons, which makes planning your Sims lives that bit more complicated.
The main feature of Seasons is indicated by the name, it's the changing weather and seasons, which aim to make The Sims even more realistic. The weather can range from sunny, through rainy, to stormy and on to snow or hail in autumn and winter. Depending on the season, different weather types become more or less likely, for example, it's highly unlikely to see snow in summer, and highly unlikely that your Sims will get sun-stroke in winter. Because, of course, the weather can have consequences if you don't dress them right. If they go out in a bikini in the middle of winter, they might die of exposure, whilst in snowsuits in the middle of summer they will probably overheat and pass out. A quick dip in the pool can cool them down, whilst relaxing in front of the fire or curling up with that someone special will warm them up nicely.
Of course, you are given a weather forecast to help you plan their lives better, but this is as reliable as the real world weather forecast, and it's quite possible to be promised sun and given showers. If you feel you'd like into be constantly summer in your desert neighbourhood, you can set it to be like that, whilst it is equally possible to make a neighbourhood where it is constantly frozen over.
Generally, however, a balance between the seasons is the best idea, as they all have different advantages for different aspects of your Sims lives. Sims study best and gain skills fastest in autumn, their family relationships and romances grow fastest in winter. New relationships are easiest to cultivate in the spring, whilst friendships are easier to make in summer. New interactions have also been added to go with the changing seasons, for example in Winter they can make snow angels and have snowball fights, whilst in Summer they can have water bomb fights and play Marco Polo in swimming pools.
Farming was introduced to the original game in the Pets expansion pack, this time we've had to wait for the next one along. You can grow six different crops on plots, depending on your skill level (skill badges were introduced in the Open for Business expansion pack), and three types of fruit on trees. The trees each cost $1200, whilst the plants start at about $4, but have to be replanted each time. You can only harvest fruits during the summer and autumn, due to the weather conditions, but they produce many crops during this period, especially if they are healthy. Ground growing crops, however, can be grown in all seasons if you build yourself a greenhouse, but you only get one crop from each plant. Once you have picked them, you can use the juice maker to turn them into drinks, which can have a positive effect on your Sims' health or reactions. For example, lemonade cools them down in summer, apple juice enables them to study faster, and something with peppers in it gives them more energy. There are a few recipes that the game gives you, beyond that it's down to trial and error, or looking on the internet to find a list of all the combinations.
As well as farming, you can also fish. New water plants have been added to make your ponds more realistic and, as long as you pond is big enough and deep enough, there are now fish in it. In a big enough pond you can see them swimming around, but even in a fairly small one you can go fishing. There are four different lures, and you get a new one with each talent badge, and better lures have higher chances of catching "better" fish. When you've caught your fish you can either cook them straight away, leave them in your inventory or put them in the fridge. There are three new meals that go with the fish, which have special powers.
To go with the new weather, there is a new clothing category: outdoor wear. There is quite a range of this, from coats and wellies to full snowsuits. You can put a coat rack by the door, which your Sims will use to change into their outdoor wear if the weather requires, and you can also match your hair style and jewellery to your clothing, so you can wear a hat or earmuffs outdoors, a pony tail in the swimming pool and a glamorous up-do in your formal wear.
Loads of neat features with Seasons, some of which can take an active part in your life without your interacting with them deliberately, unlike most previous expansion packs. Worth getting for the added gameplay and complications, a un and realistic addition.
Advantages: Makes gameplay more exciting, more possibilities Disadvantages: Addictive, takes up a lot of disc space
The Sims
---------------
Maxis are the wonderful company that brought us 'sim city' 'Sid Meir's Sim Gold' and 'The Sims'. Although the Sims was a great game, there was a lot to be updated and Maxis released the Sims 2 in 2004, selling 1 million copies in 10 days.
The Sims2 is a game where you create and bring up your own family. Buy a house for your sims, redecorate and plan the layout as you wish. Buy their furniture, get them jobs, get them ... ...them eat, go to the toilet, get them washed and sleep at the same time or they could die! Also, getting your sims skill points by doing related activities can win them a promotion (e.g. watch the cooking channel to gain cooking points). At the bottom of the screen is a series of buttons which allow you to view their job status, skill points, age, name, personality, fitness, starsign, wants needs and aspirations.
The 'Wants' and 'Fears' bars show ...
Frailfrost 25.10.2007 (26.11.2007)
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)
Advantages: new objects, new careers, more gameplay, sense of reality Disadvantages: sometimes rained and snowed in the house
The Sims 2 Seasons was one of the the last and most enjoyable expansion packs for the game. It finally offered you the chance to see more then just blue sky in sim land, there were storms, snow, sunshine of course and the long awaited seasons. You had spring, summer and winter and each season brought with it different surprises. You got to rack up leaves in autumn, then have a kid jump in them and mess them up or burn them, build snowmen in winter ... ...or you could sunbathe in the summer and get burnt to a lobster. This expansion pack works pretty well with the holiday pack too where when you take your sims away they will get the weather each location predicts, for example snow in a snowy setting or campsite, sun on a beach location etc. If you leave your sims out too long in various conditions their body temperature which is shown by the temp gauge will change. Don't let them get too hot or too ...
kathcake 11.11.2009
· Read full review
Review of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)
Advantages: Introduces a touch of realism, your sims can be self sufficient, there is snow! Disadvantages: Seasonal graphics can slow down older pcs, may find the gardening tedious
The Sims 2: Seasons is by far my favourite expansion for the Sims 2, not least because it brings the snow! The various weather changes add a touch of realism to your gaming because the sims react to the change in climate. If you send them outside in the snow without appropriate clothing they can get ill, likewise in the summer they can get sunburned. Lightening can strike your sim, setting them on fire, which a sick part of me finds rather amusing! ... ...Your sims react to the weather, the first snowfall will incite excitement and ongoing rain will cause them to stand at the window grumbling. There are lots of new interactions to play around with too, your sims can build snowmen, have snowball fights, rake leaves and splash around in puddles depending on the current season.
The seasons last for around 6 sim days and the weather is usually typical of the current season. This is not always the case ...
Cherub23 31.01.2008
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)
Advantages: So many surpises and new objects. Disadvantages: Requires The Sims 2
...relationships and moods change with the seasons. Don't forget to take steps to avoid freezing, sunburn, sneezing or face the consequences.
Your sims can grow crops in a greenhouse as well as outside. Once the crops have grown you can either sell them or keep them for your sims, who can then put them in the juicer. I find that when they take a drink from the juicer their mood brightens up. If your sims garden looks good enough, then your sims could ... ...just a diving board for the swimming pool, so luckily a pool slide comes with this expansion pack. Your sims can go on their back or head first down the slide. Isn't it nice when wishes come true? Well with the new wishing well, you can make that happen, but be careful what your wish for because not all wishes turn out to be good ones.
The seasons last for about five sim days, but with new objects you can make them last longer, or even make one ...
dramaprincess 29.05.2007
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)
Advantages: Weather makes the Sim world more realistic and interactive. Disadvantages: Takes up an extra 1GB of memory.
...my already vast world of the Sims and I have never looked back.
Yes, all the four seasons are finally an interactive part of your Sims life. In winter it snows! You can build snowmen, throw snowballs and warm up with a mug of hot chocolate. However, be warned that prolonged exposure to the outside might result in your Sim freezing and even dying. One of my Sims accidently stayed out too long and froze, but thankfully another of my Sims got a warm ... ...penguin!
You can enjoy the hot sun in summer, rain in spring and leaves shedding everywhere in autumn. Why not build a greenhouse and grow your own tomatoes! However, in summer it is also possible to overheat. I do not recommend a hot tub because I have had Sims die from it! If you do want a hot tub, make sure you have a fruit punch bowl near to it and make your Sims take lots of juice to cool down with afterwards.
Also included are summer outfits ...
mikimoo222 12.02.2008
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)
Similar products and search queries by other users »
The PC, The Sims PC, The 2 PC, The Seasons PC, The Edition PC, The Sims 2 PC, The Sims Seasons PC, The Sims Edition PC, The 2 Seasons PC, The 2 Edition PC, The Seasons Edition PC, The Sims 2 Seasons PC, The Sims 2 Edition PC, The Sims Seasons Edition PC, The 2 Seasons Edition PC
Are you the manufacturer / provider of The Sims 2 Seasons Edition (PC)? Click here
![The Sims 2: Seasons [Expansion Pack] [DVD-ROM] Console & Computer Games](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/104445420.jpg)
