The Sims 2. Open for Business Expansion Pack

Customer Reviews

Sims 2 Open For Business

2006-12-05
Now your Sims can run their own business. The Sims 2 open for business is a great expansion pack for the Sims 2 game. It adds new objects and interactions to the game that were not their previously. The people at Aspyr did an excellent job of converting it over for the Macintosh system. If you would like to try your hand at owning and running a business in the Sims 2 universe, then this is a great expansion pack to consider.

If you have the opportunity, get all the expansion packs you can. There is lots of custom fan made content that is created out on the internet and some of that content is expansion pack specific. As long as Aspyr keeps doing a great job of bring games to the Macintosh system, I'll keep buying.

Adds the most to the game

2006-11-14
This EP adds more options to the Sims2 than the others so far (not including Pets, which came after OFB). Player can create almost any business they can imagine. There are many challenges and rewards when running a Sims businness, as well as humorous things that can go wrong. In University, once a player figures out how to get a student through college, there's only so much left to do. OFB, on the other hand, offers virtually endless possibilities. I plan to get Pets, but will continue to play OFB, maybe even incorporating pets into some businesses.

A lot of fun if you are tired of home life

2007-11-05
I find it difficult to run a business and also manage my home, but if you have single sims, or are just tired of being home everyday, you would probably find business ownership fun! If you really want to stay home, you can open a home business, but it's kind of annoying to have strangers popping in when you really need a shower and the baby just barfed everywhere. My sims are very domesticated;-) However, I have opened a flower shop, a day spa, and a home food service business, and have found them fun to operate:-)

We Love Pets

2007-01-10
I bought this after christmas for myself (I am a college student) and my sisters (twin 11-year-old girls) immediately fell in love with it. The difference in the amount of care that cats and dogs need is a good feature, because people who are less experience with the game (like my sisters) can have cat, while people like me, who are more experianced, can get a dog which requires more care. The addition of pets like the womrat are also great, especially since you can now name them which we were unable to do in the original sims. The ability to customize a dog or cat's features is an awesome idea and it makes the game much more interesting. There aren't too many new objects but the ones they added are still good. Overall it's a great expansion pack and I'm really glad that I got it because as a person who has been playing sims for nine years, it puts a little spice back into a game which has become way too easy for me, but is still easy enough for younger players.

good, not great

2007-01-05
i thought that this was a good game to play, it was fairly inexpensive and you get to make a living off your own store, that you either get to run, or work at, instead of sending your sim away for the day then to come back with a pay check... you actually earned the money that you recieve. I think that some things are really annoying though, because you end up spending much more on your employees and such, and barly make any money at all cause no one will buy your items if they are too expensive, so you have to have another job inorder to make enough to live. And the days go by so fast, you barely have any time to run the store, in between your sims other needs such as hunger and hygene etc.. Also, the customers get mad at really stupid things and end up never coming back and give your store a bad reputation. When i was playing, one of my lawn decorations (a flamingo) was tipped over, and they kept going into histerics about that, or if your trash is full they get really annoyed.
this also is very entertaining though because you are able to run a restaurant, a salon/hair dresser place, an entertainment spot, and pretty much any type of store you want. you can sell anything that is available in the buy mode. this expantion pack also comes with a lot of new objects, clothing, and hair styles, which are fun to use, such as costumes they can wear, a lot of shelving to put goods on, etc.
over all i think that this game was fun, being able to run your own business, but there were a few things that could be better.

Great Game

2007-01-04
The Sims just keeps getting better and better, I can spend hours playing and not even realize how much time has passed!

Only buy if you have the main system Sims.

2006-12-18
Please note this is an "expansion pack". Bought this for my son, but he can't use because he doesn't have the starter pack, or original, or whatever you need that starts the system. This expansion pack may be good or bad, but we can't use it until we find the original pack or return it - because it increases the price if we need another $35-40 software.