The Sims 2: Apartment Pets

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Run your very own pet spa to groom and dress pets
• Share your apartment with dogs, cats, snakes, rabbits, and more
• Meet interesting neighbors and take care of their pets
• Play fun mini-games to unlock toys, clothing, furniture, and accessories

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AW16QE
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 26, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,652 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #34 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation > Life

Product Description

MODEL- 19201 VENDOR- JALECO ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES- Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde is an innovative action-strategy game set in an epic fantasy universe where you must battle your way through the war-torn land of Ogriss - a world ruled by goblins. Spawned by the mighty wizard Fraziel the goblins have fallen under a corrupt influence that now threatens the balance of power. Advancing through dark subterranean caves lush woodland cities and towering storm-swept castles; the player wages war with an army of specialized goblin warriors and fearsome monsters to prevent the ultimate destruction of Ogriss. -- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------ESRB Rating : T for TeenGenre/Category : Action/AdventureSystem : Microsoft XboxNumber of Players : Compatible Peripherals: compatible controller and memory card for saves MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:  90 DAYS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun!, August 29, 2008

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SW "Wick" - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (Video Game)

If you like all the Petz games, then you will like this! Actually, you will like it more. Not only do you get pets but you also get a sim. They still have to sleep, eat, go to the bathroom, stay clean, and be social. I do think they made it easier though because it is not like they have to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes now. It actually takes awhile for your meters to run down now.

You get to stay in a apartment that is left to you by your Uncle. You don't get to customize your apartment, it just comes the way it is. So you can't like, move walls or change the way room sizes look. The only thing you can really do is change furniture, curtains, anything inside the apartment. You work in the spa, earn money, buy different items for your apartment. I was a bit disappointed that you can't make your own apartment, change the size of rooms, and really do it yourself. The apartment is nice though the way it comes. It has a bedroom, kitchen, living room, patio, and bathroom. Another thing that sucks is I don't think you can move furniture, or maybe I missed that part. The only thing I noticed is you click on a piece of furniture and it asks you, "Would you like to change it?" Doesn't really ask you where you would like to put it. I might be wrong about that, but I have not seen that feature yet.

Most of the day you will be kept busy by helping customers. It is the way you make money, and really it is the GAME. You don't spend very much time in your apartment unless you want to ignore customers (but then you don't make money). Most of your time will be in the spa, talking to customers and then grooming their pets.

First, you find out what the pet is upset about. Maybe he stinks, needs a bath, needs some perfume. Then you do what the pet needs. If he needs a bath, you give him a bath. If he stinks too, then after the bath you spray some perfume on him. You have to do this all right or the customer will not be happy. It is like a game. If your bathing the pet, it has to be bathed in the right way. If your spraying perfume, you have to spray it in the right spots. If you don't do it right you lose out on money.

There is also a matching game. If your pet wants a collar then you match up all the cards until you find the right collar that it wants. If you don't match up the collar it wants in time, then your customer will be very unhappy. They won't give you as much money.

So basically, it is all about performance. How well you do in the spa. You can change furniture in the spa too, just like in the apartment.

You will have people that will ask you to take care of their pets. Don't get too attached, they come back for them in a few days! You just meet the pets needs until the owner comes back.

The pets look very real, and very cute. You can dress them up with anything you buy in the shop with your spa money. Sometimes pets will ask for certain items they want. Pets also get sick, so you might be buying medicine for them too.

The pets in your apartment have a game you can play called Hidden Treasure. This is a game you play out on the patio. You direct your dog to find the buried treasures. You want to find the good items and not the bad. So basically you walk them around the yard, they get all excited in certain spots and you tell them to dig. Then you get a surprise. This is a mini game.

All through out the Sims Apartment Pets you will find all sorts of mini games. It is so fun, and it still feels like the regular sims. The sims don't really have goals though like they usually do. The goal is just the pets. Trying to move your spa up, making customers happy, taking care of your apartment pets. So your meeting the needs of the pets and not the sim. The only thing you have to do with the sim is feed him/her, make him/her go to the bathroom, socialize, and all that regular stuff.

Hope this helps.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Regretting my purchase!!!!, August 7, 2009

A Kid's Review

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (Video Game)

I am a ten year old kid, and I recently (with my saved money) bought a Nintendo DS. This is the game I chose to buy with it. Big mistake. Although it is slightly entertaining to design your own apartment (wich is not very fun), it is realy boring when you have to go down to the spa and take care of pets! And it doesn't even work! It may just be that I'm terrible at it, but I do exactly what the little booklet says, and the cats hiss at me! I played Sims 2 before, and apparently it is nothing like the normal Sims 2. When you design your charachter (which is always really fun for me) you have like 5 choices for hair, faces, shirts, and pants. I really regret ever buying this game. The man says that the Sim games for DS are nothing like the Sims game for the PC, but I was so excited about getting my DS I didn't listen. It sounded really fun, but it's really not. If I could go back in time and change what I bought, I would.

I had a few extra dollars to spare so I bought Brain Age 2. :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, March 19, 2010

By 

Sheree Hardy "Sheree" (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (Video Game)

I initially bought this game because I am a big fan of the Sims. Being in my late 30's, I have a big collection of Gameboy, pc, and DS games. This game, however, was very different. You spend most of your day in the spa doing the same thing over and over again, which gets boring very quickly. The treatment of the pets, especially using the perfume and the bug repellent are annoying. The apartment is very small and cannot be viewed from various angles. You cannot use items in your apartment the same as you would on other console and pc games. For example, on the others, if you want to use your pc or phone, you get a menu to select what action you would like to do. Creating your Sim is so limited and generic. You cannot do all the fun things with your apartment as you would on the other games like decorating and changing the size of the rooms. You cannot alter your apartment in any way. After playing the game for about 2 days, I was bored with it. It has no excitement and the graphics are poor. I found the game to be a big disappointment and do not recommend it to anyone unless you just want to play a pets game altogether. I am very disappointed with Maxis for not creating a better game.