The Sims Expansion Collection Volume 1: Unleashed & House Party

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• The Sims Unleashed gives you dozens of new social interactions and expands the neighborhood - 30 new communities, cafes, shops and parks. Best of all, you get to have a pet, too!
• Interact with your neighbors' pets, teach your pet tricks, or just do some gardening and grow your own vegetables
• Sims House Party lets you throw the party of a lifetime. It features over 100 new party favors and essentials - Costumes, dance cages, even a Mechanical Bull
• Hire DJs, get bubble maker machines, and spin your favorite songs and styles

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007U6JSA
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 15, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,643 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This collection includes two great expansion packs for The Sims--Unleashed and House Party.

Unleashed
What’s been missing in your Sims’ family life? Pets of course! For the first time ever, The Sims Unleashed will give your Sims the chance to add a furry friend to the family. Visit the pet store to pick a dog or cat for your Sims. Then run their pet lives and fulfill their pet needs as you increase the fun and social life of the whole Sim household. Housebreak your pets, train them to do tricks, play with them, buy them toys, treats, and accessories and do your best to keep them from destroying the whole house! Your Sims will have plenty to do while taking care of their pets. An expanded neighborhood with 15 additional residential lots and five community lots featuring parks, cafes, and a vegetable market will give your Sims and their pets a variety of places to meet their neighbors.

House Party
Make The Sims one big party! From luaus to raves, host parties that will drive the neighborhood crazy! Build the ultimate theme party with unique party items, party with cool new characters, and mix and mingle your Sims in new group activities.

Product Description

Sims Expansion Collection Vol. 1 adds more to your virtual Sims neighborhood. It features two great Sims expansions: Sims House Party and Sims Unleashed. Requires full installation of The Sims.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, May 26, 2005

By 

I. Gutierrez "bookjanybunny" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sims Expansion Collection Volume 1: Unleashed & House Party (CD-ROM)

Being enthralled with this strangely obsessing game since discovering the Deluxe edition a few months ago, I was looking for a way to expand it after having installed Hot Date. Someone recommended House Party and then I discovered this expansion collection that also had Unleashed and got it. It was the best move I could've done to add to my gaming.

House Party may not be the best expansion ever but it is fun and it adds a whole lot of objects to the Sims. Also, I've gotten the chance to see them do things I never saw them do before such as dance country music, rap, do the hula, crazily shake their groove things in dance cages, watch intently as an entertainer pops out of a cake, ride a mechanical bull (and be knocked off onto their butts), and go completely berserk when Drew Carey's limousine appears at the party (he's nice, he stays and talks to all the guests). It may not be as ample as other expansions but I'd say it's definitely worth it.

Unleashed is a whoooole other thing. This may seriously be the best one ever. I had a feeling it would be just a cute game to get for the pets (I'm very keen on all dogs, even computerized ones) but it ended up being the expansion I enjoy the most. If you don't care for the pets and taking care of their needs or planting a garden (Actually, none of my Sims plant yet), get it for the new and improved neighborhood and the ability to build houses without families living in them. Yeah, that's right, you now have 40 lots to play around with! This is the best feature! And yes, you can go into the prebuilt houses, furnish them, change them or even build your own on the vacant lots and have them ready until you want to move in a family. Oh, and did I mention there's 5 new career tracks??

I could definitely go on and on about this but I'll just leave it at this, I don't think I could've gotten an expansion collection that's more fun and added sooo much to my gameplay. For that alone (as well as everything else), I recommend it. Also, no technical problems getting it to work even though my computer is fairly old.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Party and pets, March 19, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims Expansion Collection Volume 1: Unleashed & House Party (CD-ROM)

I've played both of these games and they're a lot of fun. I personally like that you can have pets and its cool 'cause you get more and more cool things for your house. But you stay up late playing it, so you might say it's addicting, but it really isn't(you just have to be forced off the computor, though).

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, August 4, 2010

By 

Patricia Charles "nana" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: The Sims Expansion Collection Volume 1: Unleashed & House Party (CD-ROM)

Fast delivery. Having install it yet. I do intend on playing it very soon just want to get them all. I just like my sims games. It's fun to play like taking care of your animated people. Its sure to keep you up all night. I am so hooked on it.