The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion Pack
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion Pack
Customer Review: OFB is the best one out of all seven!
Summary: 4 Stars
after reading all the reviews online, i bought... every expansion pack for the Sims 2 (over the course of several months)I have to say, this is the best one in the whole series! its kinda challenging, but once you start to get rank your business grows and its sooooo much fun and worth the effor. If you dont feel like going to your business one day, just don't go. I would suggest locking your front door (except when you invite friends over and then making a second floor or seperate building for a home business because you will be very aggravated with the loading times if you have a off site community lot. Also, if you two members of the family, your shop can stary open 24/7 if you have then take shifts becuase the downside is that your sims needs decay very quickly (especially hunger, energy, and hygiene) so they will have to leave an offsite business lot after a couple hours. The best addition, is the talent badges, which are more fun to gain than job skill points.
New Additions include-
*makeover chairs -open a salon!
*talent badges (stock shelfsefficiantly or craft objects like Servo)
*also new roofs, awnings and elevators (woo-hoo able of course)
Its jusst so rich and deep and sooo much fun and because you can seel virtually anything, you never get tired of it!
the only downside is that your sims life, unless you run a family business, will be taken over by running a store. but thats the price to pay for the best expansion pack of the sims 2 series!
(lets face it, seasons didnt really add anything except snow. I know thats oversimplifying it, but come on, its not that great.)
Customer Review: Is fun the right word?... Yes!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay I'm a little late commenting on OFB but I've had this pack for like 2 years and only recently am I starting to take advantage of its features. I was like many people who thought the work aspect of sims life detracted from the gameplay. I mean, how is running a business actually fun? Well, I now realize it just takes the game to a new level. I have all the EPs including FreeTime and I rank OFB second only behind the revolutionary Seasons EP. To take full advantage of OFB you should have all the other EPs, especially Seasons, Nightlife and FreeTime. You can run a home business or purchase a community lot. For example, I have just started a business called The Downtown Dance Studio where the owner trains and teaches visitors music and dance on ballet bars, instructing them, and dancing with them to build skill. For a 35 simoleon fee per hour of course. And she can sell that price to just about any sim because she has a gold talent badge in sales (trust me, that makes sales a whole lot easier). Just pure fun. There are so many possibilities with this EP its incredible. You can sell just about anything, hire employees, and take a vested interest in the business or just take a backseat. You can charge by the hour for entertainment and membership lots, or just sell, sell, sell. With Nightlife you can run a restaurant. Build customer loyalty and the value of your business grows. And that's not easy either. My dance studio has a ranking of 3, making it worth about 15000. You get perks for each ranking achieved, up to ten. So it make the game challenging. Of course if you're not into a challenge this pack is not for you, but if you want to expand and revolutionize your gameplay then OFB is the EP for you!Customer Review: Awesome Game!
Summary: 5 Stars
After having been a Sims1 gamer for many years, and after getting a new PC that can handle the power/memory that Sims2 uses, I finally invested in most of the Sims2 games/expansion & stuff packs. First, you must have the Sims2 game installed on your PC. You can get the Sims2 game by buying either the Sims2 original title, the Sims2 Holiday title (includes additional holiday items), the Sims2 Deluxe title (includes the additional Nightlife expansion pack), or the Sims2 Limited Edition (which includes Deluxe and Bon Voyage packs). I bought the Limited Edition. Back to Open For Business...it's a must have for the game. It opens up a world of opportunity to your Sims. I wouldn't play the game without it. The expansion packs are more valuable than the stuff packs. The stuff packs are fun add-ons to the games, so I wouldn't dismiss them too quickly. But, if you're new to the game, I first buy the expansion packs and then the stuff packs. Again, Open for Business is a must have!
P.S. As with any game, expansion pack, or stuff pack, after registering your game at the Sims2.com website, be sure to check for game patches. Patches will improve performance and fix any bugs in the game. ;)
Customer Review: Impossible!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is such a let down! It's nearly impossible to play. For one thing, you can accidently ruin the lives of other Sims by hiring them to work for you. How do teenagers go to work and to school? How do adults keep their 'real' jobs? They don't, and the adults show up as unemployed if they're staff and don't get paychecks or get called to work when you play their lot. Also, if you have this game without other expansions, it overrides the basic Sims2 wants for your sims, and you end up with business-focused sims (from child to adult, and regardless of their aspiration)which is really annoying. All the expansions have this annoying tendancy though, so if you have them all it balances out. I bought this the day it came out and have been kicking myself ever since. Customer Review: Fun, Fun, Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Sims 2 Open for Business is a great game for young children who express an interest in business at an early age. It is also fun to pass the time as well.