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 | The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff |
18 new or used available from $13.75
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Product Description
Must have items foryour Sims' holidays!Product Information[Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 HolidayEdition to play]Celebrate the Season with Must-Have Holiday Items from Around the Globe! Spice up your Sims' holidays with this updated collection of seasonal itemsoutfits and decor. Deck their homes with traditional decor items from aroundthe globe including mistletoe reindeer lawn ornaments and an all-newEuropean-style Father Christmas. Indulge your Sims this season with thiscollection of 60 items of festive fun!Product FeaturesHoliday Home Decor:Light up the candles to add a warm holiday glow with this traditionalEuropean candle arch.The Holiday Lumberjack Statuette:Spice up your Sims' holidays with this traditional German holiday gnomecomplete with sturdy boots and trusty hiking staff.Huge Tree Extravaganza:Size matters. Get your holiday on in a big way with this tree to top alltrees a tribute to the famous tree from Rio.Ski Jump Frosty:It's hard to stay balanced when you're built like Frosty but that doesn'tstop him from showing his ski jumping skills.Holiday PJs: Before they nestle into bed to dream of sugarplums tuck Sim toddlers into aseasonal sleeper.Cheongsam: Enjoy the Chinese Fall Festival with Sims wearing this traditional attire.Artic Santa:Even when the temperature drops this European-style Father Christmas isguaranteed to bring good tidings.Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 Holiday Edition to play 1.0 GHz or faster processor 256 MB or more of RAM 8X CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive or faster At least 130 MB of free hard disk space DirectX 9.0 compatible Video Card - must have 32MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500 or greater NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS or greater DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound CardProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3930 in Video Games
- Brand: Electronic Arts
- Model: 15277
- Released on: 2006-11-07
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platform: Windows XP
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .44 pounds
Features
- Add home decor that matches the holidays -- light up the candles, set up the garden gnome
- Get the tree that tops all trees, to show off your holiday feelings
- Take Frosty on a ski jumping trip
- Tuck in your young Sims with holiday-themed pajamas
- Add a unique touch to your holiday festivities with international version of Santa, like Father Christmas and Cheongsam of the Chinese Fall Festival
Customer Reviews
Better than the other Fun Packs, but...
This is yet another
overpriced "Fun" pack. I liked it better than the previous fun packs,
but that's not necessarily saying much. If you already have Sims 2 Pets,
this will feel like a letdown. I only bought it because I'm one of
these Sims 2 fans who has to have everything. I did not get last year's
Holiday Edition because I already had the base game and I couldn't get
the separate download to work, so I don't really know if this "Fun" pack
is the same, similar or otherwise to that edition. From the description
of the Holiday Edition, it doesn't look like a huge difference, though.
Now for some detail:
PROS:
* Nice Holiday decorations!
Christmas is definitely the better represented holiday, but others,
including the Oriental New Year are represented as well. Christmas
trees, christmas lights, etc.
* Some of the new clothing is nice. I
particularly like the Japanese Kimonos. The santa and elf suits look
cool too.
* Some nice, new floor tiles and wall coverings that I'm
actually using.
* Firecrackers!
CONS:
* As with the other
"Fun" packs, this is way overpriced. Waiting for it to hit the bargain
bin might be the better way to go.
* The non-Christmas holidays
aren't nearly as well represented as Christmas. Some Halloween costumes
would have been nice for one thing. I can also think of alot more that
could have been done with Thanksgiving as well as the other holidays.
*
No bug fixes.
* As mentioned above, it doesn't appear to be much
different than last year's Holiday Edition (emphasis on the word appear
since I don't own the Holiday Edition). If they are indeed identical
then the price really is a rip off!
In summary, this pack gives
us a few fun new things, but not worth the price. The price was the main
thing that cost it two stars. If I had owned last year's Holiday
Edition and then found this to be basically the same, as it might be,
then I'd have given it 1 star! If you're a Sims 2 fan who has to have
everything, then you might consider this pack. Otherwise, wait for the
bargain bin! This is worth $5.00 at most!
Festive items but.....
As in the Glamour Life Stuff
pack & Family Fun Stuff pack this one doesn't give your Sims enough
new items for the money. What you see on the cover of this 'Stuff' pack
is basically what you get for the money. I ordered it from Amazon but,
now I wish I would've waited for a Complete pack or just downloaded
online. Granted tho, that the Christmas idea was a cute one. I just wish
there were some more items to make this worth the bucks.
I think it's worth the money spent
I had the Holiday edition base game originally and bought this for the extra stuff. I think it was
worth it for not only the extra items, but also for the improvements
Maxis made to some of the existing ones in the Holiday base game.
I
also think that there is more than 20 extra items over the 40 the
holiday base game had. I haven't actually counted them all, but with all
of the new clothing, new decorating items (plants, wall hangings,
knick-knacks, etc), and outdoor stuff both in buy and build mode, I'm
pretty sure it exceeds 60. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like a lot of
new stuff!! All in all, I'm well pleased with what I got for the amount I
spent. I didn't pre-order this one though, I waited until the price
dropped a few dollars since it is a 'stuff pack' and not an expansion.
And for those of you who didn't have the Holiday edition base game and aren't already aware of this, don't forget to put out your new cornucopia in your kitchen, light your tree, make a holiday roast, and serve up some Santa cookies...you never know, Santa might just show up and leave your Sim some gifts :)
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