The Sims 2: Apartment Life
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of The Sims 2: Apartment Life
Customer Review: Overall, a Very Good Buy
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know about the others who are saying they are facing problems with their computers with the SecuRom, but I have had this product downloaded and playable for two weeks. Frankly, it works just fine, and I'll start now with reviewing the actual product.
There is a new dimension that a player receives with each purchase of the Sims 2 expansion packs. As for gaming, it offers new hairstyles (technically only 4, but it has many different designs/ colors of barrettes for each style), furniture, service people, and magic! There's actually a lot more, but I don't feel like writing a novel.
Only having the product for a few short weeks and because school is up and running, I haven't had much time to really experience the entire game, but from what I have experienced, I am very satisfied. I'm not a complete Sims 2 fanatic- just someone who enjoys the game for what it is; a game.
However, when you move into an apartment, you can only manage to alter so many things to the apartment building. You cannot upgrade interior doors, change the fire place or the staircase. There is a cheat to alter this, but I'm a bit weary with always pulling up the cheat bar. Also, when you live in a normal home, you can't experience having a roommate, which isn't entirely realistic, but oh well, I guess you can't have everything you want.
Anyways, as long as you aren't downloading strange and illegal things, I believe you should be safe from the SecuRom.
Farewell!
Customer Review: Love the game - hate the security.
Summary: 2 Stars
I love the Apartment Life expansion. I know because I have been playing it for a year now. But I won't be playing it anymore because the copy I bought from EA Games via the Software Download service no longer works. Why? Because "For security reasons, only a limited number of machines can ever be licensed by a single purchase. This limit has been reached. Please purchase another registration code, reinstall, and then try again."
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FROM THE EA DOWNLOAD SERVICE.
Customer Review: The Last Hurrah of Sims 2. Now give us our patches!
Summary: 4 Stars
THE GOOD:
Let me start out with my favorite features. Good and Evil Witches. Great!. Thrones of Pure Good and Evil, and new furnishing to make your Lair of Darkness or Temple of Light complete. AWESOME. Turn enemies into zombi slaves...without mods!
THE BAD:
Older features of the game get jacked. Cellphones dissappear, There are issues with some services.
With some new features, it takes FOREVER to makes stuff as witches, and it drains your Sims completely. If you are a cheater, you'll find yourself using cheats to replinish your sims when ever they are brewing up spells for a good few days of their lives.
Also there is no extended colorful "magic world" like in Sims 1. There are no magical duels (sux), And the green skin wicked witch of the west thing stops being hilarous quick.
The UGLY: Thanks to Sims 3. We can expect a total of 0 patches to fix some of the many other bugs not mentioned.
As for apartments....meh. Neat new feature, but could have been used MUCH earlier. But by this point my guys all come from multi-zillionare fortunes and live in mansions.
All in all, one of the best addtions to the Sims 2. Would be better if there were patches to fix the bugs.
Customer Review: Uh.
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm seeing (hearing? reading?) mixed reviews for this EP.
Well, to be honest, I was disappointed. Of course, I know that every electronics/computer/marketing/whatever company always has their downfalls, but maybe I thought this would be a good EP because it's the last one for TS2 and the concept seemed so fun (wait, doesn't it always?).
Unfortunately, I have to say that there's not too much I like about this EP. Sure, we can move into apartments now, but what's the point if we can't even create our own (unless we download fabulous custom ones off Sim fansites and forums and/or use cheat codes?). It adds new furniture and takes up more hard drive space, that's the best I can say about it.
I purchased my copy brand new for $4.99; now I can see why it was even offered.
Customer Review: Not sure sometimes
Summary: 4 Stars
I had to download this games at least 3 times on my cpu. When i did played it it ran great. But it crush at twice on me. So now i just stop playing the game. Am tried of redoing the game over. I now have the simes 3 i download it, but have not played it. Just hope that when i do i will not have the same problems like the apartment life