The Sims 2 Pets

Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:10 pm

Is anyone else excited for this new expansion pack?

So far the new things include:

Snooty Sims wrote:For the first time ever, players can create pets for their Sims to love, train, play with and take to the park. Create-a-Pet allows players to mix, match and create the perfect dog or cat for their Sim. Labradoodle? Shnoodle? Puggle? Choose breeds and customize your pets. Put your pets to work in a variety of different careers including Show Business, Security and Service. Hang out in Central Park, the community center where you can interact with other Sims while shopping for various pets accessories. Play "doc" as your run the town Pet Care Center! Gain status based on your Sims pet care skills, from performing examinations to healing, playing and training.

Sims Have Pets!
Your Sims can share a lifetime with their pets. Sims can adopt dogs, cats, birds, and more.

Create-A-Pet
Choose from dozens of dog and cat breeds, or customize features for a unique pet and then pick their personalities.

Pets Have Genetics
Cross different breeds to create designer pets or make new ones and register them to appear in Create-A-Pet as a unique pedigree.

Sit, Spike, Sit
Your Sims can encourage and discipline pets, training them to shake, play dead, and more. Unruly pets might dig in the yard, claw the sofa, topple the trash, or surprise their Sims in other ways, but Sims can change their pets' ways with the right training!

Pets Have Careers
Now your Sims aren't the only ones bringing home the bacon! Skilled pets can earn a living from three career tracks - Show Business, Security, and Service - and work their way up through five job levels.

Friends for a Lifetime
Your Sims' pets are members of the family and share all of life's great moments - whether it's kids training puppies, teens playing fetch in the park, adults watching TV with their cats, or elders enjoying a sunny day in park with their long-time companion!

Show off Your Pets
Share your favorite Sim pets with other The Sims™ 2 Pets players through the exchange.

New building options!
You can now rotate floor tiles to create new and unique floor patterns.

There's also the transcript of the chat the Maxis people had the other day, a lot of new information was revealed.

You can also find some really cool pictures at Snooty Sims and The Sims Zone.

I can't wait for this new expansion ^^.

Also, the new stuff pack, Glamor Life, will come out next month, and Pets will come out in October.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:56 pm

Hahaha i havne't read anything to do an interesting reply, but you know what'd be awesome?

The Spore creature generator to make Sims Pets

Or just Sims.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:32 pm

I can't wait for this one! The pictures of the kittens were so cute.

I was also happy to read (in the Maxis chat transcript) that there will be a cheat so that we can have direct control over the pets. I might be using that one sometimes; I always got frustrated with Unleashed when they wouldn't do things to boost their motives when they needed it.

I probably won't get Glamour unless I can find it marked way, way down--maybe if I get one of those $15 off coupons from the EA Store. I just don't think that the "Stuff" packs are worth $20.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:47 pm

Yeah, I really can't wait for this one. I didn't particularly like Unleashed for TS1 simply because there wasn't a lot of stuff you could do with the pets. One of the coolest things about this one that I like is that the pets can actually age.

I also hope they allow the option of, if you have Open for Business, to start a business of selling pets and pet items. That would be cool.

And now that we know enough of this EP, it's time to speculate on what the next EP will be. xD

Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:53 pm

I'd say it would be an army related one, where they all buy guns and snipers, and attack neighbouring neighbourhoods!

Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:43 pm

I'm personally hoping for a Farm life or Outer Space thing... Or something different. There are speculations that it might be Magic, but they said they weren't going to remake all of the expansions, so :S

I wouldn't mind a Magic stuff pack though.

Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:15 am

I have it for the DS... is there any way to get the pets for that?

Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:14 am

Ohh awsome! The Sims 2 Pets! The thing is, I got sick of the Sims after a couple of hours...

Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:17 am

I think, seeing as my sim who is a business tycoon could do with some pets. I mean... the three businesses with managers that he owns, plus the other lots... and hte two activated servos, three children and a wife thats cheating on him... theres such a gap in his life that really does need some sort of pet cat.

Sims expansions are totally worth it.

Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:35 am

Oh you play too? We should trade families!

Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:50 am

Ohhh you can adopt a stray! My plans for a bitter old lady named Marcus who has lots of cats are complete!

Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:42 am

Don't forget the crazy lady who throws feral cats at people.

Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:34 am

My families are so wierd, XD, I can't wait for Pets, they're gonna have so much fun, and the animals look really cute.

Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:40 am

Crazy lady!? No crazy lady. Only good ladies.

Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:39 pm

jellyoflight wrote:Ohhh you can adopt a stray! My plans for a bitter old lady named Marcus who has lots of cats are complete!

I'm SOooo making an emma now...