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| 25 NOV 2004 at 4:46am |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | http://thesims2.ea.com/news/detail.php?id=269
Monday , November 22, 2004
Sims 2 to Expand: Sims 2 University in the Works!
The Sims are going to college. Pillowfights and togas on tap!
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - November 22, 2004-Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA's Maxis(TM) Studio is developing The Sims(TM) 2 University, the first expansion pack for the highly-acclaimed The Sims 2 PC game. The Sims 2 University will ship this March and gives players of The Sims 2 the ability to watch their Sims become young adults and put childhood behind them as they settle into an all-new college town to live out their ultimate college fantasy.
Sinjin Bain, Executive Producer and Maxis Vice President, highlights the company's commitment to its loyal following, "We are thrilled to open up a whole new stage of life for the Sims, allowing players to lead them through all the challenges of college and living the exciting university lifestyle of the dorms, parties and exams. This title is also the first in a line of expansion packs that will address our players' desires, further develop The Sims 2 franchise and continually expand the world of the Sims creating almost endless gameplay and storytelling possibilities."
In The Sims 2 University players for the first time will play through the new "young adult" life stage as their Sims head off to college and join the campus crowd. Whether they live in the dorms or rush a fraternity or sorority that's just the beginning...Sims can choose from one of 11 majors and by keeping their grades on track, they'll secure a final degree and open up 4 new career paths. Players will enjoy all-new college based wants and fears that are tied to their Sims' social life and academic goals which will lead to new rewards and powers that will help them achieve their goals and aspirations in college and beyond.
Pranks, parties and college social interactions add to the excitement while your Sims explore campus locations such as college lounges, pool halls, gyms and coffee houses. As in real life, if your Sims start running low on funds, they can earn Simoleans by picking up a part time job, like tutoring, or engaging in riskier affairs like printing money as a member of the "secret society."
Of course, making the right decisions can lead to your Sim to the ultimate goal of becoming "Big Sim on Campus" in The Sims 2 University.
The Sims 2 University will ship under the EA GAMES(TM) brand. The Sims 2 is required to play The Sims 2 University.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 25 NOV 2004 at 4:56pm |
SarahJourneyman
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Status : Offline | I hope it will be interesting. I thought the 2nd expansion was going to be some super expansion pack. At last, we can have an educated Sim.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 27 NOV 2004 at 11:08am |
Jeroen StoutSchattenjger
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More expansions! More expansions! Gaaaaaah!
And to think that one day Myst was the proud most-sold game ever, until this stilly game came along! Gaaaaah!
It's almost as annoying as reality-tv
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| 27 NOV 2004 at 4:28pm |
GreatPumpkinSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | This is exactly what kept me from buying the Sims 2 in the first place. I guess if people will buy it they have every right to sell it, but these games (Everquest and Sims off the top of my head) that have five, six, seven, eight $30 expansions just boggle my mind. That means people are potentially paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $260 (US) to keep up with the Sims. (If you plunked down $50 for the original game like I did and then paid $30 for each expansion.) Boggled. Truly boggled. To quote a great philosopher and philantropist, "Yea, capitolism!"
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| 27 NOV 2004 at 5:18pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By GreatPumpkin (27 NOV 2004 4:28pm)
This is exactly what kept me from buying the Sims 2 in the first place. I guess if people will buy it they have every right to sell it, but these games (Everquest and Sims off the top of my head) that have five, six, seven, eight $30 expansions just boggle my mind. That means people are potentially paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $260 (US) to keep up with the Sims. (If you plunked down $50 for the original game like I did and then paid $30 for each expansion.) Boggled. Truly boggled. To quote a great philosopher and philantropist, "Yea, capitolism!"
Perhaps even more baffling is that with Everquest 1 & 2, there is also a monthly fee on top of the initial cost of the original game/s and all EPs. Plus they require a fast web connection and a high-end system to play properly.
Add it all up (not to mention the unusually large amount of time spent playing this one game) and that is a pretty heavy commitment.
It is important to note though that many hard core EQ fans play few if any other games. So they do get a lot of value for the average cost per month, spread out over several years.
That's not how I like to play PC games. I prefer variety... but to each his own.
Cheers, Terry
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| 27 NOV 2004 at 11:04pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | You forgot people who download objects/skins for the game and are willing to give a donation or pay a monthly fee.
I only go after the free items.
And I hear you about the cost. Thanks to a promotion, I pretty much got the original game for free. I didn't get a computer that could handle everything until last year, by then most expansions were on sale (or I waited until they were), two I got through a trade here on the forums, one was a birthday gift, and the first weekend in January 2004 I walked into EB and they were having a sale on select games, so I got the brand-new Making Magic expansion on sale, too. If I hadn't been so lucky, I wouldn't have everything.
And Sims 2 looks like it'd be worth the money and this expansion looks really nice, but I'm still very much into the first game to justify spending all that much. Besides, it's still some time before we see hacked objects and specialty character/celebrity skins (like Gabe and Grace).
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 6 DEC 2004 at 12:46am |
MikekellyPrivate Detective
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I'm a big SIMS fan - I'm playing "The Urbz" as we speak.
All of the sims game are excellent.
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| 11 FEB 2005 at 9:20pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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In case you missed it, I thought that Susan and a few others here might be interested in some more news about the upcoming Sims 2: University EP.
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/sims-2-university/586858p1.html
Cheers, Terry
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