The Sims: Unleashed

"Have The Sims? Want more stuff, but no money for expansion?"

Well, just get The Sims: Unleashed.

Why just this one? It has a ton of features, that you don't get in any other expansion.

First of all, pets. Bored with a guinea pig? Well, you can get a bird, turtle, lizard, and best of all, cats and dogs. Cats and dogs will show up in your family, along with your people, and you can even control them. Only moving though. With pets, you need food and water, which you can buy bowls that you fill up. Every time you give them food and water, it costs a simolean, or §.

Then a second thing, plants. You can buy seeds, and plant them in the ground. You then have to water them every day, and keep predators such as raccoons and bunnies away. You can either shoo them off, or if you get a cat, they'll automatically keep raccoons away, and if you get a dog, they'll keep the bunnies away. As soon as your plants grow, you can sell them for the money. Than you replant, and the whole process starts over again.

Third, the most freaking awesome thing to come to The Sims...

Town.

Oh yeah, you have a town. Not just houses you live at, a full fledged town. And the coolest part is, they come automatically made, and you can even EDIT them with infinite money! You can have nothing but rows of coffee stands, and it won't cost a penny. There's even pet show booths! Plus with all this awesome stuff, you can just download stuff from The Sims website, and get even MORE cool stuff, and you can never get enough cool stuff.

Never.

Plus with other added expansions, you get even MORE worlds to fool around with, although Unleashed is the only one I have. You also get extra space for more homes, and if you don't want more homes, you can revert it to a commercial space and make a store or such there.

To add to all this coolness, you get interests, so if two people like, planes for example, and they talk about that, they'll get even MORE friend ness. Then there's the inventory, so if one person buys a dog collar at the pet store, they can click on the doggy and the pie thing comes up, and it will say Collars, and you put on Red Spiked Collar.

So easy, and it works with dog treats, cat stuff, and all that jazz.

There are some down sides, but the only one I can think of is that you can't make your dog or kitty go in the litter box by your command, because you can only make them move.

Rent or Buy: Well, you can't rent computer games, but if you could, this would still be a buy. Its The Sims, to the Nth degree.

The Sims Unleashed: Oh yeah.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 09/28/03