The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack

Customer Reviews:

Sims Pets
The Sims 2 has been out for a while now, and I've been looking forward to the pet expansion the whole time. It was one of the most fun parts of the original expansions for The Sims.

With Pets, now you get to create your pets, using either their collection of breeds of dogs and cats, or create your own. The layers you'll need to create to make your own unique breed can be a little confusing at first but if you start out with one of their pre-made animals and experiment a little, you'll have it in no time.

One of the best new things about this expansion versus the Unleashed expansion for the first Sims is that you can train your animals. If you've played The Sims 2 already, than you'll be familiar with the mechanics enough to understand what's happening. You can also encourage or discourage your animals to do different things (like playing nicely with others) much like you can children or teenagers in the game.

The most useful feature of this expansion is the ability to send your animals out into the world to make money for you. They can get a wide variety of jobs, just like your humans and it'll help supplement your income, or make you not need to work at all, depending on how well you continue to train your pets.

Graphics: I love the look of the pets. They're more interactive, and more detailed than in the Unleashed expansion for The Sims. And there's always the ability to improve upon the games choices by creating your own layers and colors and patterns.

Controls: As with all The Sims and Sims 2 expansions you'll always run into bugs. My first one was while trying to give my dog a bath. The game didn't tell me that the bathtub had to have a certain space of room in order for the dog to be able to get into it. So it took a while to get things positioned correctly.

Sound: They've added a lot of new sounds for both your Sims and their pets, especially while training. Teach your dog (or cat) to Play Dead. It's by far the most fun to train.

As will all Sims games, how your Sims and pets interact and progress depends on you. There will always be strays in your neighborhood, or friendly animals that stop by to knock over you trashcan. The Sims go on forever now in generations. There's always something new to do or discover.

--2006-12-18

Very fun! But poor quality...
This game is the most super duper funnest game of all sims exspansion packs! But it really slows your computer... I was loading a family when it just hung there without going to the family still loading for like 30-45 min! I went to go watch 2 half an hour shows and I came back to check on it, and it was still loading!
I guess its so jam-packed with loads of fun, it took so long to load all that fun! I will admit, very fun but it just was too slow, you never even play the dang thing! I finally decided I would return it for the sims 2 nightlife! Nightlife isnt slow and its fun!
If you love the sims 2 pets like I did, and its not acting slow on your computer, then good for you because its fun, but I never got to play mine!
You can buy gear for your pets, adopt a pet, give a pet to adoption, go to the pet store, make a pet with your new family, move pets and people to occupied lots or houses, take your pet to the pet park, and even play with stray dogs.
It was fun for the first day that it lasted for me..
--2006-12-07

great game!
I love the sims 2 and this is a great addition to it.
--2006-11-29

A great expansion!
I confess I was one of those people who pre-ordered it and waited for the day it would arrive on my doorstep. Having bought a new computer in the last couple of months I have be enjoying the better game play overall from the Sims 2. Adding pets was just great. I am myself an animal lover and own cats of my own. I had great fun being able to create my own cats for the Sims2. You get a lot of items that you can add which I love and new ranges of wall papers etc. and items. The cats and dogs can travel off to work and earn money which is great if you don't want to have yours Sims working. I loved that you also can have birds and rodents too. All in all I would give this a huge thumb up for everything. I haven't had too many game play problems as others have reported and I am sure that the patch will be out soon for those. I could say more in favor of this game. I am off to play fetch with my newly created species of dog!!
--2006-11-25

Fun, but really slows down your computer!
Having pets for your Sims is fun, but that's about all this pack offers. There are few new objects. I guess I expected more, with this being an actual expansion pack.

I never had much of a problem with the speed of my Sims until I installed Pets. Now, the game "hangs" at certain times (while loading a house, when a Sim turns into a werewolf, after a pet comes home from work with a promotion, etc.). It is very annoying, and the game overall has slowed to the point of it being unenjoyable.

I hope to get a new computer soon. Hopefully, that will help. But I wish that the minimum requirements on the box had been adjusted. Yes, the game will run with the minimum requirements. But it won't necessarily be fun to play.
--2006-11-22

- Electronic Arts