Customer Reviews

The Sims Expansion: House Party (Mac)

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Frankly I was a little disappointed in this expansion; certainly it doesn't compare to "Livin' Large" in terms of fun potential, but it has some neat new stuff.

The party option in my case almost always seems to bring the cops AND the mime, and does little to improve relationships.

Some of the new goodies are fun, but some areas seem woefully neglected. We have a zillion variations of the 'tropical island wallpaper' theme but still only 2 sinks and one counter for the bathroom? You guys, consult with an architect or interior designer! More beds! More 'love' beds! More architectural styles!

Make the computers do more! Let the SIMs email, meet people online... buy stuff!

And most importantly, more pets. The guinea pig is too dangerous. Make birds, make some ambulatory pets, like cats and dogs that function sort of like real SIM characters!

The SIMs still has a TON of untapped potential!

SThis is the perfect expansion set for '"The Sims". Now your Sims can have themed houses and can have an elevator. They can also have punch bowls, bubble blowers, buffet tables and can have a total of 9 neighborhoods. Your Sims can throw a huge party that is a total success or a boring party. New NPCs (Non Player Characters) include the Mime and the Caterer. Your Sims can also call up friends just to talk. When you buy this game and the phone rings (in the game) be sure to answwer it because sometimes you can get money from answering it.

The sims is a great game but with x-packs(Like house party) it's better.House party has many new features for example the regular things like wall paper, floor tiles ,and new fences.But they have some uncommen things such as a recycled pay phone(garenteed to be disease and germ free)There is also light up dance floors and a hula girl lamp that really hulas! You can also call your niehbours(If you have niehbours) and have a house party(duh!) You can style your house to be a hawien louaw or even a texan roadio complete with a mechical bull! There is all so a visiting mime(much like the sad clown in livin' large)and special celeberty guest Drew Carry. Oh yeah I almost forgot, speaking of Livin' Large you should istall it before House party and House Party before Hot Date. Because alone they are good but together they are better. I like house party because it lets you go out ,get down ,and be crazy with the Sims!
Ihope my review was helpful and now that you are done reading it go on and buy house party for mac.
signed,
califonia girl!

This game is so much fun!!! I love making my sims throw parties. The problem is, their energy and comfort bars go down so far. And it's hard to make everyone leave without my sims being half asleep. The good thing is, you get to hire a caterer so your sims don't have to cook. I once had a Mime and a Party Crasher come to my house. My mom once had a secret celebrity (which was Drew Carry) come to her party. Once, a police woman came and said that she heard complaints from the neighbors about the party and to end it as soon as possible so people can get some sleep. It was really funny. There are new objects and jobs that are awesome! There are even new faces and clothes to choose from. The Sims: House Party Expansion Pack is the bomb, and everyone sim-fan should own it!!!

This game is a whole lot of fun. It adds a lot more to the other 2 Sims games. It gives you something else to make your Sims do. Without this game, the Sims would not be the same for me. It did make my computer a tad slower but not anything that greatly impacted my gameplay. I think this game is a must if you have the Sims. I STRONGLY recommend having any of the 4 expansion packs for the Sims because otherwise it is not as fun. I am sure you would like this game if you liek the Sims!!!

Party on!

I haven't played "House Party" that much yet. It was a hassle trying to install this game. I had to send the game disc to Aspyr to get me a new version because it wouldn't install.

Last night, I spent around 6 hours building a new house with House Party. In this game, you get 100+ new objects, larger variety of floors and walls, new characters and skins, and 3 new neighborhoods (8 in total (80 lots)). With how much I've played, I like it. A new staircase in HP is a teleporter that teleports you to the second or first floor. It's cool. Another cool thing about The Sims is that you can add your own mp3s to the game, so then your sims can "rock [their] body" to the "music."

This game is great! Iwould say this game has to one of the best expanchens for the sims because u can thorw all sorts of parties and u can even make a dance floor with a D.J booth. If you get really go at throwing parties then a celebirty like drew carrie might come to it. Its lots of fun and every one of all age can like this game as much as i do!

This second expansion pack for the Sims for Mac was just alright in my opinion. Sure, lots of fun toys to play with (the mechanical bull makes quick work of upping your sim's body points), and the caterer and ability to buy food (albeit expensively) right from the inventory of items rather than forcing them to make it are nice additions. However, this expansion pack did something to the way my sims operate that make it even more difficult to get them to do everyday things on their own. They forget to eat, use the bathroom, go to work, etc. when left to their own devices. Perhaps this will be remedied in the next expansion pack. How realistic is it for someone to take half an hour to get out of bed? Or 10 minutes just walking to the car? Not very and considering the commute to work is an hour, time runs out quickly. Using the bathroom alone takes far longer than it should and wastes valuable time needed for fun, socialization, and other needs.

House party adds new stuff, objects, walls/floors, stairs, skins, ya know, stuff. It also adds to the time it takes to load, and just play the game, it got really visibly slower. If you've downloaded lots of objects, like a hundred you might have it be even slower.
Mine stopped working so I reloaded it, installed it really, and lost all my downloaded objects, but it went a little faster.

Parties aren't all they cracked up to be. I've had mimes come to dj hosted dance and bubble fiestas and Drew Carey came to a pool party I had. Plus, all those people really slow the game down.

Oh well, keep your fingers crossed for Hot Date to be in stores maybe even the same month it's suppesed to come out.

The house party is adding just another twist to the most popular game I have seen! I have all other sim products and look forward to yet another expansion pack!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!