Sims 2: Freetime - Fan event review

Not sure if anyone else has come across this:

http://dms2c.net/info/?p=155

Key points:

* Hobby enthusiasm menu - see which hobbies are more suited to your sim
* "The Zone" - When your sim has a full enthusiasm meter, they enter "the
zone", effectively freezing their motives for a period of time. Different
hobbies affect different motives.
* 10 secret lots - One for each hobby category
* Lifetime aspiration meter
* Special skill-building table object for toddlers
* New creature is genie in a bottle who will grant your sim wishes
* New computer games for the PC including Sims 3
* Customisable train table, and new decorating objects, rugs clothing and
hairstyles
* Existing items like the drumkit, guitars etc. can be used as
hobby-building objects
* Option to have your sim's friends age with your sims (teen and up)

There's a lot more covered in the review. It looks like Freetime will
fundamentally change the game's mechanics in a lot of areas rendering some
hacks inactive in the process. At any rate, from what I could tell from the
screenshots (both there and on other fan event reviews linked here:
http://www.snootysims.com/freetimeindex.php?id=fanevents) it seems add a
substantial amount of new options and items to the game and it might
actually be worth getting!

Paul.

"Paul Evans" <paul.evans913.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if anyone else has come across this:
>
> http://dms2c.net/info/?p=155
>
> Key points:
>
> * Hobby enthusiasm menu - see which hobbies are more suited to your sim
> * "The Zone" - When your sim has a full enthusiasm meter, they enter "the
> zone", effectively freezing their motives for a period of time. Different
> hobbies affect different motives.
> * 10 secret lots - One for each hobby category
> * Lifetime aspiration meter
> * Special skill-building table object for toddlers
> * New creature is genie in a bottle who will grant your sim wishes
> * New computer games for the PC including Sims 3
> * Customisable train table, and new decorating objects, rugs clothing and
> hairstyles
> * Existing items like the drumkit, guitars etc. can be used as
> hobby-building objects
> * Option to have your sim's friends age with your sims (teen and up)
>
> There's a lot more covered in the review. It looks like Freetime will
> fundamentally change the game's mechanics in a lot of areas rendering some
> hacks inactive in the process. At any rate, from what I could tell from
> the screenshots (both there and on other fan event reviews linked here:
> http://www.snootysims.com/freetimeindex.php?id=fanevents) it seems add a
> substantial amount of new options and items to the game and it might
> actually be worth getting!
>
> Paul.
>
>

And a very in-depth look here:

http://www.edenstyle.it/espansioni_freetime_english.htm

Paul.