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The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff Review (continued)
More User Submitted The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff Reviews
Date: 2006-11-20
Only worth it if on sale
Like others said, this stuff pack is the Holiday pack from last year plus 20 more items. There are some lovely items but EA still doesn't seem to realize that they are shooting themselves in the foot by offering the stuff packs at $19.99. Lowering the price here to $14.99 is a bit better but not by much.
The only reason why I bought this stuff pack was because Circuit City had it on sale for $9.99 between November 19-22. If I'd been paying attention over the summer I would have bought Family Fun & Glamour at Circuit City at those prices but I missed the sales. $10-12 I think is a fair price for the amount of stuff in the pack. If EA set the price to that I believe the stuff packs would literally fly off the shelves. Every time one of these new packs come out I will be keeping my eyes on the Circuit City sales flier in the paper and buy from them.
Date: 2006-11-15
Better than the other Fun Packs, but...
This is yet another overpriced "Fun" pack. I liked it better than the previous fun packs, but that's not necessarily saying much. If you already have Sims 2 Pets, this will feel like a letdown. I only bought it because I'm one of these Sims 2 fans who has to have everything. I did not get last year's Holiday Edition because I already had the base game and I couldn't get the separate download to work, so I don't really know if this "Fun" pack is the same, similar or otherwise to that edition. From the description of the Holiday Edition, it doesn't look like a huge difference, though. Now for some detail:
PROS:
* Nice Holiday decorations! Christmas is definitely the better represented holiday, but others, including the Oriental New Year are represented as well. Christmas trees, christmas lights, etc.
* Some of the new clothing is nice. I particularly like the Japanese Kimonos. The santa and elf suits look cool too.
* Some nice, new floor tiles and wall coverings that I'm actually using.
* Firecrackers!
CONS:
* As with the other "Fun" packs, this is way overpriced. Waiting for it to hit the bargain bin might be the better way to go.
* The non-Christmas holidays aren't nearly as well represented as Christmas. Some Halloween costumes would have been nice for one thing. I can also think of alot more that could have been done with Thanksgiving as well as the other holidays.
* No bug fixes.
* As mentioned above, it doesn't appear to be much different than last year's Holiday Edition (emphasis on the word appear since I don't own the Holiday Edition). If they are indeed identical then the price really is a rip off!
In summary, this pack gives us a few fun new things, but not worth the price. The price was the main thing that cost it two stars. If I had owned last year's Holiday Edition and then found this to be basically the same, as it might be, then I'd have given it 1 star! If you're a Sims 2 fan who has to have everything, then you might consider this pack. Otherwise, wait for the bargain bin! This is worth $5.00 at most!
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