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111. Seasons Designer Walkthrough Video

Written on Wednesday 14 February 2007 at 00:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Hunter Howe, one of the designers for the Sims 2 Seasons, is starring in a new walkthrough video for the upcoming expansion pack. During 7:30 minutes he talks through the four seasons of the year, starting with spring. The first thing you'll see is rain. It'll rain more in spring and in winter it'll snow more, so it depends on the season how often certain weather appears. Next he shows how to give a gift, one of the small new family activities. Catching butterflies is another of those spring activities, just like fishing. Gardening is one of the biggest things in the pack, and Howe shows orchard trees as well as a greenhouse. The latter are slightly more intensive to tend, but more rewarding. Planting some eggplants is explained. It depends on the season when you can harvest the food. Sims with a good gardening talent may be able to talk to and communicate with plants, making them grow better. Next up is summer, which is all about having fun. The pool upgrades are shown: the curves, shading and reflections, new pool games like Marco Polo, the slide and painting the walls and floors of the pool. Hunter also explains how seasons help in certain things: summer makes building relationships easier, during fall it's better to do skill building. In fall the leafs have fallen off the trees, and it's time to do some harvesting. Sims will have warmer clothes to make sure they don't get cold during this season. The lighting in the pack is enhanced so each season gets its own look. Back to harvesting, the orchard trees will generally have food in fall by themselves, but tending them generates better fruit. Good food can have positive side-effects, like curing colds. Finally Hunter goes to winter, showing the new cursor which uncovers anything under the snow. There are some new activities using the snow, like building a snowman, creating a snow angel or throwing snowballs. The last one is a group activity to which an entire community lot can join in. Hunter also explains that if you like you can create a neighborhood that is in winter all year round. At the end of the movie Hunter shows the wishing well, a new reward object, which can have very surprising side-effects if you wish too often. He doesn't go into any details though.

To see the video head on over to the Seasons videos page. If you prefer to download a very high quality version of the video, then the official German site has a newspost linking to a 317Mb large edition of the same video.

112. Seasons Pictures and Videos from Europe

Written on Wednesday 14 February 2007 at 00:43 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Sam Player is touring through Europe to show The Sims 2 Seasons to press and fans. From Spain the website Capital Sims has posted some videos and a few screenshots. Also from Spain come some videos on YouTube posted by user Noika86. More videos and screenshots come from SkySims, which has published a feature summary along with pictures and movies. French fansite Toto & Nono has interviewed Sam Player. The interview is in French though, but online translation tools can help you out making something of it. Another French fansite, Urbania Sims also has a preview of the event in Paris with several screenshots. There's also SimsForever Magazine with an article with several pictures. Finally, the official French site has also posted a preview of the new pack, along with several pictures and videos.The "Cliquez pour voir la vidéo throughout the article all point to different videos. Thanks to SnootySims and SimsZone for some of the links.

113. Life Stories to Mac

Written on Wednesday 14 February 2007 at 00:41 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Aspyr, which has developed The Sims Life Stories together with EA, has confirmed that the game will also be ported to Mac. The game will be the same as the PC version, bringing the first in a series of standalone Sims games to the other platform. Although a release date is not yet given, it is said that the game will be "coming soon." More information can be found at MacWorld

114. Sims 2 Seasons Box Backside

Written on Sunday 11 February 2007 at 01:49 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Pre-order packages of the Sims 2 Seasons have appeared in some countries already, including Brazil. Sims Fansite O Sim Br has posted a few pictures of the front and back of the box, as well as a calendar pre-order gift. The pictures from Milatx, member of the website, or somewhat unclear, but do give an impression of what the box will look like when the game is released at the end of this month. Check out O Sim Br for the pictures.

115. Maxoid January Blog Update

Written on Sunday 11 February 2007 at 01:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

January has been a quiet month concerning blogs from Maxoids. Only MaxoidDrea has done some active blogging, telling about what the Web team has been up to lately. They went to Toys'R'Us during a lunch break to buy new toys: a semi-automatic Nerf gun, a "transformer Lego somethin' somethin'," a pink lava lamp and a 'Happy Bunny' Book. Drea also talks about MaxoidMel's new desk being toilet papered. Read MaxoidDrea's Blog for all the details.

116. Pets Patch Released - Misc Patch News

Written on Thursday 8 February 2007 at 02:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week EA finished and released the full patch for the Sims 2 Pets. Following the Body Shop patch in December last year (which has now been retracted) this game solves gameplay issues as well as the Body Shop compatibility problems from the previous patch. There are two versions of the patch, one for the CD/DVD edition and another for the digital download (EA Link) version of the game. Make sure you get the right patch, as well as any previous patches for Expansion and Stuff packs you own to ensure proper functioning of your game. The patch fixes 39 issues, including the following. Go to the update page for the full list.

• Fixed an issue where pointed-ear dogs would become corrupt when moved into a lot.
• Custom college lots will no longer be deleted if no Sims are living on it.
• Influencing Sims to fight another Sim will no longer cause non-werewolf Sims to turn into a werewolf.
• "Barstool by Simulated Comfort" can now be used when 3 barstools are placed side-by-side.
• Selling pets to other playable Sims now cause an exchange of Simoleans.
• Sims can now return home after visiting the Secret Society lot.
• Pet houses no longer move off tile after a Pet Woohoo.
• Infants and Toddlers no longer appear in the "Invite Household" dialogue.
• Sims can now correctly try for baby under the maximum Sim limit.
• Cats no longer can become stuck in the litter box.
• Turned on "HydroBot" and "SentryBot" are no longer deleted after installing The Sims 2 Pets.
• Two or more teens will no longer refuse to go to school if there is no nanny or adult on the lot.
• "Tropico Avian Sanctuary" and "FMCU 3000" objects can now be deleted if the last Sim dies on the lot.
• Sims are now able to call the fire department on an owned community lot.
• Awning can now be deleted from a saved lot.
• Teens and Elders will no longer be promoted without meeting necessary requirements.
• Customer NPCs now change into new outfits that they have purchased.
• Pets Bodyshop is now compatible with older expansion packs.

When installing this patch the CD or DVD of Pets is required. Get the CD/DVD patch or the digital download patch to update your game. For more news about Sims 2 patches, read on. Read More!

117. "My Sims" on Wii and NDS

Written on Thursday 8 February 2007 at 01:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA recently released their third quarter fiscal 2007 financial results, and with the usual conference call was organised. During this conference call EA announced that it wants to focus more on the Nintendo DS platform. A few games were confirmed in the process, mainly "My Sims" for the DS but also the Nintendo Wii. They are scheduled to be released in the next fiscal year, which runs from April 2007 to March 2008. It can be assumed that the DS version will be a clone of the Wii version, resembling the more cartoony style revealed in December. More information can be found in a GameSpot newspost.

118. 2 New Stuff Packs in 2007

Written on Thursday 8 February 2007 at 01:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last year EA introduced Stuff Packs for the Sims 2, small expansion packs with roughly 60 objects for a nice price. Aimed at the offline players of the Sims without all the downloads, but with the wish for extra content, these packs became popular additions to the arsenal of Sims games. After Family Fun, Glamour Life and Happy Holiday stuff there are probably two more stuff packs to be released this year. They've both been revealed by Spanish online shop Game.es as well as the Slovakian Dunaj. The first one is called "¡De Fiesta! Accesorios" (Spanish) or "Celebration Stuff" in English. The second pack is called "H&M Stuff," possibly after the popular Swedish clothing brand Hennez & Mauritz AB. The packs are planned to be released on 19 April and 21 June of this year respectively. No other stuff packs have been revealed yet, but they may be introduced later in the year. Check out the Spanish pre-orders for Celebration Stuff and H&M Stuff for more information, or go to the Sims listing at Dunaj. Thanks to SnootySims for the links.

119. Seasons Pre-order Gifts

Written on Thursday 8 February 2007 at 01:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As usual with most expansion and stuff packs released for the Sim 2 on PC so far, there are some special pre-order gifts at selected shops. Pre-order the pack from there and you receive an exclusive download to plug into your game. For Seasons, which is being released later this month, you can receive a bathing suit or a raincoat to download. The EA Store and Amazon (including our shop) will give away the bathing suit, whereas you should go to EBGames or GameStop to receive the raincoat download. The EA Store also has a free shipping promotion to save shipping costs in the US. Once the game is out there will be two more downloads: a swingset and a garden trellis at Best Buy and Target respectively. For more information head on over to the pre-order page on the official site. In the UK only the Swing set is available as far as known now, through Game. If the other downloads will be available in the UK as well is not yet announced. Note that in other countries the downloads may not be available at all, or only at other (local) shops.

120. Stories Podcast

Written on Monday 5 February 2007 at 02:01 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After a long pause, the official site has published a new podcast, this time all about The Sims Stories. MaxoidDano of the web team talks to senior producer and head of the Sims studio Sam Player about the new product line. Sam explains that it's a new line of Sims games with stories in popular genres. Life Stories, the first game, has two romantic comedy stories. The stories are directed and basically consist of a series of (predefined) events that come up as you play. At the end of the story you can play the game in free form as you like it, making your own story. In the first story of Riley, Sam tells how at first the goals are fairly easy to complete, by just giving her a new dress to go out in. Later on you'll need to solve a relationship in a restaurant, an example of a more complicated goal. Custom content is disabled in the Stories products, as it's aimed at people new to the Sims. It works on lower quality computers, as well as laptops, but the exchange is too much for experienced users to fit in the Stories line. Some custom made objects (from EA) will be available through the Sims Stories site.

Sam also briefly goes through the first two stories. Riley is the first character you'll meet. She just moved to Four Corners with her Aunt after losing her job. She meets a great guy, but an old boyfriend comes back into her life. The story is all about finding her true love. Vincent, the other main character, has a successful career, he has the looks, but is unlucky in love. Several dates have to help him finding the right girl, though in the end he will have to make a choice between career and love. The reason to create Stories is that the Sims 2 is deep and intimidating. Stories is an invitation to the franchise. Sam also draws the analogy to a book store, with all the videogames you know on the shelves. They will cluster quite closely, and EA decided to "fill the rest of the store" with the genres for the stories - genres which are not touched by many games yet. The classic titles, the romantic triangle for example, are put in the first product. Although the games are laptop friendly they'll also work on PCs, of course, but with lower system specs and an easier installation. Sam also tells about his experience, and says he enjoyed the game despite coming from a hardcore gaming background. He hopes that Sims fans will recommend the game to people interested in the Sims. The podcast ends with what sounds like a radio commercial for the game. For complete details check out the podcasts page on the official site. For more information about the Stories games check out the Sims Stories website.