Apartment Life

pompkyn · 08-29-2008, 02:12 PM

What do you all think of apartment life? I want to get a new expansion and can't decide. I hear we get witches with the new expansion? Is that right? Also, what aother expansions do you like?

I have:
Sims2
University
Glamour Life stuff
H&M stuff
Nightlife

Greg · 08-29-2008, 10:53 PM

I've found something to like (and something to dislike) about every expansion pack. My game today:

The Sims 2
EP1: University
EP2: Nightlife
EP3: Open for Business
SP1: Family Fun Stuff
SP2: Glamour Life Stuff
SP3: Happy Holiday Stuff

From what I've heard about Apartment Life, it's really just dorms for grown-ups, but I haven't confirmed that. According to rumor, you can't even pick you roommate in your apartment; but that's so silly that I have difficulty believing it.

I don't know what else comes with Apartment Life.

Miros1 · 08-30-2008, 12:27 AM

I have

The Sims 2
University
Nightlife
Open for Business
Pets
Seasons
Glamour Life
Celebration

Not buying anything with SecuROM. I'm also not thrilled with Spore from what I've seen of the Creature Creator.

Hokieman · 08-30-2008, 01:36 AM

I have all of the EP's and SP's though IKEA stuff. Open for Business and Seasons add the things tht I really like. I could have done without Pets an I don't play Bon Voyage much.

Greg · 08-30-2008, 08:08 PM

I'm tempted to install Bon Voyage because of the neat stuff that comes with it, but I doubt I would be interested playing it as a game.

pompkyn · 08-30-2008, 08:17 PM

Bon Voyage looks cool for the stuff. AL looks cool cuz I want to play a witch...

Greg · 08-31-2008, 08:11 PM

This could be interesting! The question is which witch is the Maxian witch?

pompkyn · 09-03-2008, 01:17 AM

I decided on Open for Business as my next expansion...but freetime, seasons and AL are definately coming soon

thanks for the replies!

About the witches:

that is a question

Sharon

VampireSim · 09-03-2008, 09:09 AM

From what I have found with appartment life (I dont have it) You DO get to pick your roomie simular to the hire people from Open for Business, but you cant control them.

Also, with the witches, if you have pets, you can have a witches cat.

Again, also there are many forms of witch and they all have different robes, from white to black. There is also a witch NPC simular to the gyspy, and secret witch lots.

To stop being a witch is simular to how you would stop being as vampire or plant sim, with a potion.

I have:
Sims 2
University
Open for Business
Nightlife
Glamour Life stuff
Some Christmas stuff pack
Pets
Seasons
and Bon Voage.

I'm going to get the other expansions. Seeing as my comps only just 12 months old, it should handle the secur-rom thing. I hope.

Zirconia Wolf · 09-03-2008, 11:00 AM

From what I'm reading in the Prima Apartment Life Guide, I will be very happy when I finally add it to my game! It is currently sitting quietly on the shelf above my PC until I deem it actually playable (official patch is out & it is well modded) but reading the Guide is still fun for me.

The things I am most happy about are (will be) :

-Murphy Beds (They have a chance of crushing Sims with poor Body Skill who are in a really bad mood. I don't know why that amuses me...)
-Witches & the whole "magic" thing (It's cool you can be Good, Evil or Neutral)
-Visible ceilings! Yippie! (I can be easy to amuse at times!)
& my personal favorite,
-The way you can change the hight of things on a wall & have more than one thing on the same wall (It's an uber improved version of what OFB started.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vampire Sim

Seeing as my comps only just 12 months old, it should handle the secur-rom thing. I hope.

It's not really the age of the PC that's a factor as much as it is whether or not you like the idea of having what amounts to malware (& is known to completely disable ANY ability to burn CDs for many, many people) installed on your PC.

As for me, I have opted for the no-cd exe files (which are SecuRom free) & am quite happy that way.

Greg, as a brand-new Bon Voyage player, one of the coolest things about it is definitely the new Turn Ons/Offs you can choose from! It's nice that Sims can be attracted to others based on stuff like Cooking Skill & their Job Level, rather than just their body odor & hair color!

-ZW

(Oh yeah, I have every EP & SP ever made. Yes, I am a lemming.)

Greg · 09-03-2008, 11:22 AM

It sounds like they made some great improvements to the game with Apartment Life!

It also sounds like the reports about not being able to pick up your roommates was just a hoax from people who like to spread misery. But then, based on all reliable reports, so is all the noise about SecuROM.

VampireSim, the most important thing for being able to expansions to The Sims 2 is memory--lots of RAM in your computer, and lots of memory in the graphics card.

pompkyn · 09-03-2008, 03:45 PM

Okay now I *really* want Bon Voyage! Gawd I hate having to choose turn offs/ons based on stench...etc...

Greg · 09-04-2008, 01:04 AM

Me too. Most of my sims have the same basic turn-ons, like guys being attracted to makeup and glasses because all my female sims wear makeup and most of them have at least one accessory, and the only turn-off I use is vampirism.

Zirconia Wolf · 09-04-2008, 01:14 AM

Just to further taunt/temp you "BV Holdouts", here's a list of the new Turn Ons/Offs it brings to the table:

- SUPERNATURAL -
(Additions to the Vampire choice)

Zombie
Robots
Lycanthropy
PlantSim

- SKILLS -

Athletic (Body)
Logic
Charisma
Creative
Mechanical
Cooking
Cleaning

- JOB STATUS -

Hard Worker (Level 6 or above)
Unemployed

- MISC -

Jewelry

(Apartment Life adds the Witch supernatural state to the Turn ons/offs.)

A very very very cool thing about Free Time is the ability to give a Sim a Secondary Aspiration! It really helps to further flesh-out a character! (Giving a Romance Sim a secondary aspiration of Family is fun!)

-ZW

(After my sister's experience, I have no interest in the version of SecuRom that Maxis is handing out period.)

Greg · 09-04-2008, 11:52 AM

Now that is tempting! A secondary aspiration begins to make sense (even if the wants the aspirations cause don't make any sense at all). What they should have done for a complete personality model is to apply a weighting factor to all the aspirations and then balance the sim's wants and fears with a rules-based logic engine.

After all, everybody has some level of aspirations toward wealth, popularity, family, romance, and adventure. (They completely missed important human aspirations like community service, spirituality, tribal identity, self-esteem, security, health, and personal power.) How important those things are varies from individual to individual, but all humans have all them to varying degrees.

pompkyn · 09-04-2008, 03:46 PM

A Romance Sim with Self-Esteem issues

....

ZW - I now *really* want BV. grrr! hehe

Greg · 09-04-2008, 04:39 PM

I think, except that Maxis has weird notions of what "romance" means, that describes all of us!

Zirconia Wolf · 09-05-2008, 12:25 AM

Yeah, I think they would have been smarter to do two different aspirations- one more along the lines of a real "hopeless romantic" type & one a little more "Don Lothario" like- rather than just lump it all under what is borderline predatory.

At the very least they could have come up with a "better" name than Romance!

A real Romantic Sim would be a lot of fun to play...and wouldn't be in danger of having a zillion babies all over the place!

I have to admit that the improved personality traits in Sims 3 have bumped it from the "No Way In Hades" to the "Well, Maybe" list...

-ZW

Greg · 09-05-2008, 12:58 AM

It hasn't quite moved me to run out and buy the expansion pack, but at least I'm considering it!

I'm wondering, if I install just Bon Voyage, if I will also get other features that appeared in the intervening expansion packs such as the ability to have more than one roof slope on a lot.

Miros1 · 09-06-2008, 03:21 AM

You're much safer installing Pets and Seasons and zipping up the strays as I explained in my handy tutorial... Oh, Riverblossom Hills sucks too. It's supposed to be a farming community, and they've got it set for 6 months of winter!

08-29-2008, 02:12 PM	#1
pompkyn Herald of the Dawn Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	Apartment Life What do you all think of apartment life? I want to get a new expansion and can't decide. I hear we get witches with the new expansion? Is that right? Also, what aother expansions do you like? I have: Sims2 University Glamour Life stuff H&M stuff Nightlife

08-29-2008, 10:53 PM	#2
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	I've found something to like (and something to dislike) about every expansion pack. My game today: The Sims 2 EP1: University EP2: Nightlife EP3: Open for Business SP1: Family Fun Stuff SP2: Glamour Life Stuff SP3: Happy Holiday Stuff From what I've heard about Apartment Life, it's really just dorms for grown-ups, but I haven't confirmed that. According to rumor, you can't even pick you roommate in your apartment; but that's so silly that I have difficulty believing it. I don't know what else comes with Apartment Life. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-30-2008, 12:27 AM	#3
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I have The Sims 2 University Nightlife Open for Business Pets Seasons Glamour Life Celebration Not buying anything with SecuROM. I'm also not thrilled with Spore from what I've seen of the Creature Creator. __________________ A game that horrible Odessa-person introduced me to: http://www.puzzlepirates.com/?affili...163251&lang=en I'm spreading the addiction by corrupting all my friends (and attempting to make in-game money when they try the game).

08-30-2008, 08:08 PM	#5
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	I'm tempted to install Bon Voyage because of the neat stuff that comes with it, but I doubt I would be interested playing it as a game. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-31-2008, 08:11 PM	#7
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	This could be interesting! The question is which witch is the Maxian witch? __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

08-30-2008, 01:36 AM	#4
Hokieman Solar Max Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 520	I have all of the EP's and SP's though IKEA stuff. Open for Business and Seasons add the things tht I really like. I could have done without Pets an I don't play Bon Voyage much.

08-30-2008, 08:17 PM	#6
pompkyn Herald of the Dawn Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	Bon Voyage looks cool for the stuff. AL looks cool cuz I want to play a witch...

09-03-2008, 01:17 AM	#8
pompkyn Herald of the Dawn Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	I decided on Open for Business as my next expansion...but freetime, seasons and AL are definately coming soon thanks for the replies! About the witches: that is a question Sharon Last edited by pompkyn : 09-03-2008 at 01:19 AM. Reason: added replay to greg

09-03-2008, 09:09 AM	#9
VampireSim Mistress of Myth Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: England Posts: 37	From what I have found with appartment life (I dont have it) You DO get to pick your roomie simular to the hire people from Open for Business, but you cant control them. Also, with the witches, if you have pets, you can have a witches cat. Again, also there are many forms of witch and they all have different robes, from white to black. There is also a witch NPC simular to the gyspy, and secret witch lots. To stop being a witch is simular to how you would stop being as vampire or plant sim, with a potion. I have: Sims 2 University Open for Business Nightlife Glamour Life stuff Some Christmas stuff pack Pets Seasons and Bon Voage. I'm going to get the other expansions. Seeing as my comps only just 12 months old, it should handle the secur-rom thing. I hope. __________________ Opps!

09-03-2008, 11:22 AM	#11
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	It sounds like they made some great improvements to the game with Apartment Life! It also sounds like the reports about not being able to pick up your roommates was just a hoax from people who like to spread misery. But then, based on all reliable reports, so is all the noise about SecuROM. VampireSim, the most important thing for being able to expansions to The Sims 2 is memory--lots of RAM in your computer, and lots of memory in the graphics card. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-03-2008, 03:45 PM	#12
pompkyn Herald of the Dawn Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	Okay now I really want Bon Voyage! Gawd I hate having to choose turn offs/ons based on stench...etc...

09-04-2008, 01:04 AM	#13
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Me too. Most of my sims have the same basic turn-ons, like guys being attracted to makeup and glasses because all my female sims wear makeup and most of them have at least one accessory, and the only turn-off I use is vampirism. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-04-2008, 01:14 AM	#14
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Just to further taunt/temp you "BV Holdouts", here's a list of the new Turn Ons/Offs it brings to the table: - SUPERNATURAL - (Additions to the Vampire choice) Zombie Robots Lycanthropy PlantSim - SKILLS - Athletic (Body) Logic Charisma Creative Mechanical Cooking Cleaning - JOB STATUS - Hard Worker (Level 6 or above) Unemployed - MISC - Jewelry (Apartment Life adds the Witch supernatural state to the Turn ons/offs.) A very very very cool thing about Free Time is the ability to give a Sim a Secondary Aspiration! It really helps to further flesh-out a character! (Giving a Romance Sim a secondary aspiration of Family is fun!) -ZW (After my sister's experience, I have no interest in the version of SecuRom that Maxis is handing out period.) __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

09-04-2008, 11:52 AM	#15
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Now that is tempting! A secondary aspiration begins to make sense (even if the wants the aspirations cause don't make any sense at all). What they should have done for a complete personality model is to apply a weighting factor to all the aspirations and then balance the sim's wants and fears with a rules-based logic engine. After all, everybody has some level of aspirations toward wealth, popularity, family, romance, and adventure. (They completely missed important human aspirations like community service, spirituality, tribal identity, self-esteem, security, health, and personal power.) How important those things are varies from individual to individual, but all humans have all them to varying degrees. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-04-2008, 03:46 PM	#16
pompkyn Herald of the Dawn Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 58	A Romance Sim with Self-Esteem issues .... ZW - I now really want BV. grrr! hehe

09-04-2008, 04:39 PM	#17
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	I think, except that Maxis has weird notions of what "romance" means, that describes all of us! __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-05-2008, 12:25 AM	#18
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Yeah, I think they would have been smarter to do two different aspirations- one more along the lines of a real "hopeless romantic" type & one a little more "Don Lothario" like- rather than just lump it all under what is borderline predatory. At the very least they could have come up with a "better" name than Romance! A real Romantic Sim would be a lot of fun to play...and wouldn't be in danger of having a zillion babies all over the place! I have to admit that the improved personality traits in Sims 3 have bumped it from the "No Way In Hades" to the "Well, Maybe" list... -ZW __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

09-05-2008, 12:58 AM	#19
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	It hasn't quite moved me to run out and buy the expansion pack, but at least I'm considering it! I'm wondering, if I install just Bon Voyage, if I will also get other features that appeared in the intervening expansion packs such as the ability to have more than one roof slope on a lot. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

09-06-2008, 03:21 AM	#20
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	You're much safer installing Pets and Seasons and zipping up the strays as I explained in my handy tutorial... Oh, Riverblossom Hills sucks too. It's supposed to be a farming community, and they've got it set for 6 months of winter! __________________ A game that horrible Odessa-person introduced me to: http://www.puzzlepirates.com/?affili...163251&lang=en I'm spreading the addiction by corrupting all my friends (and attempting to make in-game money when they try the game).