The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Your sims all carry cameras now, and can either take pictures themselves or ask someone to take a picture of them. These pictures can then be made into an album that your sims can order for themselves. This alone is a neat idea, especially since your sims get all kinds of goofy poses they can do in the pictures. You can also pick up souvenirs that you can display when you get back home, as well as random treasures.

Sims can go on tours that can produce good or bad results for them. For instance, I went on a boat tour in the tropics and my sim got a rash, which was very irritating. Your sims can also order room service when in their hotels so that they don't have to cook, even when not out and about. In the end, the ultimate goal is to have such a good vacation that when your sims make it back home they take benefits from the vacation with them.

The graphics, naturally, haven't changed, and neither has the sound or presentation. Of course, we weren't expecting them to, so that's not a big deal.

The bottom line is, is this a worth-while upgrade to The Sims 2? If you're someone who plays regularly, then yes, this will be a good purchase. Your sims need a good bit of money to go on vacation, and therefore see all of the new content, so a new family will not be in a position to take advantage of Bon Voyage's fun stuff for quite some time. If you don't play The Sims 2 very often, and are looking for that next big pack to get you back into it, then no, Bon Voyage is not it. The Sims 2: Seasons was a much more expansive pack then this, and that makes it a bit of a let down. I hope Freetime can provide more bang for the buck. Alphasim out.

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