The Sims 2: FreeTime

The new decorations are there mostly to extenuate your sims likes, such as paint on the floor or the like. There's not allot new in the floor/wallpaper area, but you can paint the floor of your house - or anywhere else, for that matter - with a basketball court style, using the first large-print floor that needs to be laid out over a large area to see the whole print. You don't change tiles, the tile just intelligently change with the location based on the other tiles. It's a brilliant concept, and needs to be used more.

Perhaps the biggest improvement in this pack is in the area of the lifetime aspiration meter. Sure, your sims had them before, but not like this. Now, as it goes up, you get perks, a la Open for Business, that allow you to, for example, lower the demand of your needs (like comfort and energy), get more vacation days for your sim, or even get a secondary aspiration. Dusty is a Fortune sim with a secondary aspiration for Knowledge, which gets him even more potential bonuses. It's a great addition, and can make the game more enjoyable by helping ease your sims burdens through these bonuses.

Of course, the graphics - aside from that wicked-cool basketball court tile - and sound haven't changed, but that's to be expected.

This is perhaps the most complete Sims expansion pack ever. It really does change the game. I don't think that there's allot that could have been done better, actually. I really think this is a highpoint in the Sims franchise, and sadly, that means that whatever comes next will likely be a letdown. That's ok, though, because I'll still be singing this pack's praises even through the next expansion. Alphasim out.

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