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Line 1: {{Pagecover ~~{{ep2~~ \|image=Hobby_Arts_and_Crafts.jpg ~~\|title = The Sims 2 Free Time~~ \|pagetype=[[Expansion Pack]] for {{Eraicon\|TS2}} ~~\|image = [[Image:FreeTime_EPCover.jpg\|235px]]~~ \|gen=TS2 ~~\|develope = [[EA Games]] (The Sims Division)~~ ~~\|publish = [[Electronic Arts]]~~ ~~\|theme = [[Hobbies]]~~ ~~\|creature = [[Genie]]~~ ~~[[Zombie]]~~ ~~\|neighbor = [[Desiderata Valley]]~~ ~~\|release = February 27, 2008~~ ~~\|platform = Windows~~ ~~\|rating = Teen~~ }} {{Infobox game \|name = The Sims 2: FreeTime \|image = [[File:The Sims 2 FreeTime Cover.jpg\|250px]] \|caption = Reward your Sims with a variety of fun, new activities! \|developer = [[The Sims Studio]] \|publisher = [[Electronic Arts]] \|series = [[The Sims series\|The Sims]] \|platforms = [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] \|release = {{vgrelease\|NA=February 26, 2008\|AUS=February 28, 2008\|EU=February 29, 2008}} \|ratings = {{vgratings\|ESRB=Teen\|PEGI=12+}} \|genre = [[wikipedia:Social simulation game\|Social simulation]] \|modes = [[wikipedia:Single-player\|Single-player]] \|input = [[wikipedia:Keyboard (computing)\|Keyboard]] and [[wikipedia:Mouse (computing)\|mouse]] \|theme = Hobbies \|creature = [[Genie]] \|neighbor = [[Desiderata Valley]] \|related pages = yes }} [[File:The Sims 2 FreeTime Icon.png\|left\|link=]] '''''The Sims 2: FreeTime''''' (also known as '''''TS2 FT''''' or simply '''''FreeTime''''') is the seventh [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 2]]''. It was released on February 26, 2008. It mainly features group activities and hobbies for [[Sim]]s. ==Description== [[File:The_Sims_2_FreeTime_Logo_(Original).png\|left\|90px]] ''Now your Sims can rediscover the joys of leisure time! Awaken your Sims' true passions in life as they discover and excel at all-new activities. Whether they're tossing a football with the family, practicing ballet, restoring cars with friends, or building train sets, your Sims now have more ways to build skills, enhance friendships, and make their lives more successful. Craft new, unique items for your Sims to use in their daily lives including clothing, pottery, and more. Your Sims will even unlock secret rewards by mastering their hobbies and advancing all-new careers. Explore a wide variety of new hobbies that will change your Sims' lives!'' ==Desiderata Valley== {{Main\|Desiderata Valley}} Desiderata Valley is the new [[neighborhood]] shipped with ''The Sims 2: FreeTime''. It mainly focuses on the residents' leisure activities and pastimes. All families are at moderate economic status; not too rich and not too poor. There are a number of community lots where Sims can do many activities, such as gallery, sport park, community kitchen, and so on. ==Game Features== ===Lifetime Aspiration=== {{Main\|Lifetime Aspiration}} Sims now have a new bar between the daily [[aspiration bar]] and the [[Influence]] bar, the Lifetime Aspiration bar. This bar indicates how happy a Sim has been throughout their life. The longer the daily aspiration bar is kept high, the more points the lifetime aspiration bar is awarded. Sims who reach the maximum Lifetime Aspiration will be rewarded with [[Perma-platinum]] mood.<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Packs</ref> ===Lifetime Aspiration Benefit=== The higher a Sim's lifetime aspiration bar is, the more [[aspiration benefit]] points they can spend. Sims who spend their aspiration benefit points will be given special personal abilities and advantages. For example, slower needs decay, making friends faster, smooth talking, higher salary, etc. ===Secondary Aspiration=== The [[secondary aspiration]] unlocks Sims' possibilities for new [[Wants and Fears\|wants and fears]] that are outside their primary [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)\|aspiration]]. Sims can choose their secondary aspiration as an aspiration benefit. ===Hobby Enthusiasm=== ~~'''''FreeTime''''' is the seventh [[expansion pack]] for ''The Sims 2''.~~ The new simology includes [[hobby]] [[enthusiasm]] for each Sim. Sims who do activities relevant to a particular hobby will gain enthusiasm in that hobby, and will be able to unlock more and more benefits as they become more enthusiastic in that hobby. There are 10 hobbies: [[Cuisine]], [[Film and Literature]], [[Games]], [[Tinkering]], [[Science (hobby)\|Science]], [[Arts and Crafts]], [[Fitness (hobby)\|Fitness]], [[Nature]], [[Sports]], [[Music and Dance]]. Each Sim has a predestined hobby, and Sims will build enthusiasm for that hobby faster than for the others. ===Secret Hobby Lot=== A flyer included in ''Bon Voyage'' expansion pack said: "Now your Sims can enjoy [[Hobbies\|hobbies]]! Your Sims will have fun taking up a variety of creative, intellectual, or active leisure-time pursuits. They can even meet Sims that share their interests and expand their social relationships. Develop your Sims' skills while they pursue their true pastime passions. Will your Sims stumble reaching for new goals or find a new sense of fulfillment?" {{Main\|Hobby lot}} * Sims now have a wide range of new activity types, which are divided into ten groups - [[Cuisine]], [[Film and Literature]], [[Games]], [[Tinkering]], [[Science (hobby)\|Science]], [[Arts and Crafts]], [[Sports]], [[Nature]], [[Fitness]] and [[Music and Dance]]. Sims who have gained enough enthusiasm in a hobby will discover a secret [[hobby lot]]. The instructor for that hobby will give the Sim membership in the hobby club, which will grant them entry to the secret lot. The hobby lot can only be visited by Sims who have a membership, though they can bring other Sims with them. * Completing hobbies offer lifetime rewards. As Sims master activities they will unlock new aspirations, earn rewards, and uncover [[Secret Lots\|secret lots]]. ===Best Friends Forever=== * Once Sims build up their skills, they can sell their arts and crafts or enter them into [[competition]]s for dance, food, and video game contests. BFF is a new [[Relationship#The Sims 2\|friendship]] level. Two [[Sim]]s who are best friends long enough will develop the BFF relationship. BFFs will have a slower daily relationship decay, and will never fall out of friendship, even if they are [[Fury\|furious]] with each other. BFFs also have benefits, such as an autonomous "far away greet" interaction, and the ability to tell inside jokes.<ref name="carry forward" /> ===NPC Aging=== * There will be a new [[Aspiration bar\|Lifetime Aspiration bar]], which fills when major goal in a Sim's life is fulfilled (e.g., marriage). Goals depend on the Sim's aspiration. Points earned from these goals can be spent on [[Aspiration Benefits\|benefits]], such as the ability to not get fired, slower motive decay, and even the ability to have a second aspiration. Some benefits also depend on the Sim's aspiration. Sims' [[townie]] friends no longer remain the same age forever. Whenever a Sim grows up, they can choose any 3 townies they know to grow up together. With this feature, childhood friends can grow older, and teen couples can get married when they're old enough. ===Genie=== * New group activities lets Sims spend time with family and friends. There are new special activities for kids and toddlers. {{Main\|Genie}} Genies can grant three wishes to Sims who have received the [[Antique Lamp#The Sims 2: FreeTime\|Dusty Old Lamp]]. Sims cannot become genies, nor are genies playable. A family whose members have high hobby enthusiasms are more likely to have the lamp delivered to them by the [[gypsy matchmaker]]. ==New Additions== * Hobbies can have unexpected moments, especially for Sims with low skill levels. Beginner Sims might sew a bear with one eye, make a lopsided jar on the pottery wheel, or even get poison ivy while hiking. * '''New Life State''': Genie * '''New Careers''': [[Architecture]], [[Dance]], [[Entertainment]], [[Intelligence]], and [[Oceanography]] * '''New Lifetime Wants''': Become City Planner, Become World Class Ballet Dancer, Become Prestidigitator, Become Head of SCIA, and Become Hand of Poseidon * '''New NPCs''': Food Judge, [[Hobby#Instructors\|Hobby Instructor]], [[Rod Humble]] * '''New Skills''': Nursery Rhyme and [[Life skills\|Parenting]] * '''New Radio Station''': Indie Wave * '''New Talent Badges''': [[Pottery]] and [[Sewing]] * '''New Meal''': Grandma's Comfort Soup * '''New TV Channel''': [[Movie]] * '''New Video Games''': MySims, FIFA 08, Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Spore, and The Sims 3 ===Minor Features=== * The '[[Grilled Cheese]]' aspiration is unlockable and selectable. * [[Rod Humble]] will come to greet newly moved-in family and drop off a gift. The gift will contain a free computer and a [[video game]] of the preview of ''[[The Sims 3]]''. * Advanced Neighborhood Options.<ref name="carry forward" /> Players can create new [[neighborhood]]s, add [[sub-neighborhood]]s, or switch between other neighborhoods without having to go to the neighborhood view. ==New Objects== * The new [[life state]] (and creature NPC) is a [[genie]], however, it isn't selectable. It is delivered in a lamp by a gypsy, which randomly appears, and grants three wishes to its 'master'. * ''[[Basketball#The Sims 2: FreeTime\|H-O-R-S-E of course Basket Ball Hoop]]'' * [[Soccer goal\|''The Goal of Paul'' Soccer Goal]] * ''Mechanical Stitching Machine by Antique Artifacts'' Sewing Machine * ''Upright Pottery Wheel by QuicKraft'' * ''Basic Barre by Deuxjoint Ltd.'' Ballet Barre * [[Restorable junk car\|''One Man's Junk Car from Mechanically Minded'' Restorable Car]] * ''Round and Round Model Train Set'' * ''Don't Wake the Llama'' Board Game * ''The Formidable Formicarium'' Ant Farm * ''Teeny Tykes Activity Table'' * ''[[Violin#The Sims 2: FreeTime\|Simavarious VII Concert Violin]]'' * [[Synthesizer\|''The BOB 3942 by SoundEscapes'' Synthesizer]] ==New Interactions== * There are five new careers with their respective [[Career rewards\|rewards]] - [[Oceanography]] (Koi Pond), [[Entertainment]] ("Starstruck" Personal Fame Stars), [[Architecture]] (Drafting Table), [[Dance]] (Better Barre) and [[Intelligence]] (Audio Augmenter Earpiece). ;Sims-based * Sims can birdwatch outdoors. * [[Hiking and jogging]]. * [[Bug collecting#Bug Hunting\|Bug Hunting]]. * Older Sims can teach a Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]]s. ;Object-based * A new [[neighborhood]], [[Desiderata Valley]], is included. * Sims can enter [[Competition\|contests]] and win prizes. * Crafted paintings can be framed. * Drawings drawn on ''Teeny Tykes Activity Table'' can be hung on wall. * Sims can tinker on most appliances, plumbings, and electronics. * Sims can discover new comets and planets that will grant §500 for the discovery.<ref name="carry forward" /> * The [[ReNuYuSenso Orb]] can be used to reset [[Aspiration benefit]]s.{{vgversion\|TS2:NL}} ==Trivia== * You will now be able to become 'BFF's' with any Sim of your choosing. The option to tell an 'inside joke' will become available under Entertain if you're BFF's with someone. * This pack, along with ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life]]'' are the only expansion packs in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' as well as the entire [[The Sims (series)\|''The Sims'' series]] never to be released for Mac. It was planned to release both packs for Mac but this never happened. It remains unknown why they were never released for Mac. ==Gallery== If you become good friends with a townie when you grow up you can have them grow up with you. This option includes only up to 3 townies. {{Mediahelp\|section}} <tabber> Screenshots= <gallery> TS2FT Gallery 1.jpg TS2FT Gallery 2.jpg TS2FT Gallery 3.jpg TS2FT Gallery 4.jpg TS2FT Gallery 5.jpg TS2FT Gallery 6.jpg TS2FT Gallery 7.jpg TS2FT Gallery 8.jpg TS2FT Gallery 9.jpg TS2FT Gallery 10.jpg TS2FT Gallery 11.jpg TS2FT Gallery 12.jpg TS2FT Gallery 13.jpg TS2FT Gallery 14.jpg Hobby Arts and Crafts.jpg Hobby Cuisine.jpg Hobby Film and Literature.jpg Hobby Fitness.jpg Hobby Games.jpg Hobby Music and Dance.jpg Hobby Nature.jpg Hobby Science.jpg Hobby Sports.jpg Hobby Tinkering.jpg </gallery> \|-\| Comics= <gallery> FT Comic - Family.jpg FT Comic - Fortune.jpg FT Comic - Grilled Cheese.jpg FT Comic - Knowledge.jpg FT Comic - Pleasure.jpg FT Comic - Popularity.jpg FT Comic - Romance.jpg </gallery> \|-\| Videos= <gallery> The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer\|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' Official Trailer Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (Simlish)\|Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (''The Sims 2: FreeTime'') Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (Simlish)\|Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (''The Sims 2: FreeTime'') </gallery> \|-\| Box art= <gallery> TS2-FT-JP.jpeg\|Japanese box art </gallery> </tabber> ==Media== Additionally, there is an NPC that will show up for every family named Mr. Humble. He drops off a gift which happens to be a new computer with the game ''[[The Sims 3]]''. They have since announced ''The Sims 3'' in March 2008. {{Mediahelp\|section}} {\| class="wikitable heading-blue" !Track!!Real-world preview! \|- \|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' theme \|[[File:Ts2 Sims 2 FreeTime Theme - They Might Be Giants.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|''The Sims 2: FreeTime'' Loading Screen \|[[File:The Sims 2 Freetime Startup Theme.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Bouncing the Sphere \|[[File:Ts2 bouncing the sphere.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Tinkering for Toiletries \|[[File:Ts2 Tinkering for Toiletries.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Candy Maker's Delight \|[[File:Ts2 Candy Maker's Delight.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Fa-Fa-Fa \|[[File:Ts2 datarock - fa-fa-fa.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|It's A Party \|[[File:Ts2 fire flies - it's a party.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Into The Sun \|[[File:Ts2 great northern - into the sun.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Britney \|[[File:I'm from barcelona - britney.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Take Out The Trash \|[[File:Ts2 they might be giants - take out the trash.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Pocket Full Of Sunshine \|[[File:Ts2 pocket full of sunshine.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Busy (Adam Freeland mix) \|[[File:Ts2 adam freeland - busy.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|Sim The Builder (Hyper mix) \|[[File:Ts2 hyper - sim the builder.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|''The Sims 2: Nightlife'' Theme (Junkie XL mix) \|[[File:Ts2 junkie xl - sims 2 uni theme.ogg\|noicon]] \|- \|''The Sims 2: Nightlife'' Theme (Timo Maas mix) \|[[File:Ts2 timo maas - sims 2 theme.ogg\|noicon]] \|} ;Non-US ~~== New Objects ==~~ Basic barre, Violin, Synthesizer * Pottery Wheel, Sewing Machine, Activity Table (children and toddlers only) * Frames * Soccer Net, Basketball Court * Stationary Bike * Ant Habitat * New Video Games, ''MySims'', ''FIFA 08'', ''Spore'' * ''Don't Wake the Llama'' board game * Model Train set * Restore-able Junk Car {\| class="wikitable heading-blue" ~~== New Interactions ==~~ !Track!!Region!!Real-world preview! * Nursery Rhyme (toddlers only) \|- * Football Toss \|La Otra Princessa * [[Hiking and jogging]] \|Brazil, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand * [[Bug Catching\|Bug Collecting]] \|[[File:Ts2 Lara - La Otra Princesa.ogg\|noicon]] * Dance, Cooking and Video Game [[competition]]s \|- * Serve food platters \|Your Forgiveness * Tinker \|Brazil, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Thailand * Participate in a Book Club \|[[File:Ts2 Lexington Bridge - Your Forgiveness.ogg\|noicon]] * Watch movies on TV \|} ==References== ~~{{Sims}}~~ {{reflist}} {{Sims\|state2=uncollapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:FreeTime, The Sims 2}} [[es:Los Sims 2: Y sus hobbies]] ~~[[Category: FreeTime\| ]]~~ [[fr:Les Sims 2: Quartier Libre]] ~~[[Category:Games]]~~ [[ru:The Sims 2: Увлечения]] ~~[[Category:Expansion packs]]~~ [[nl:De Sims 2: Vrije Tijd]] [[pl:The Sims 2: Czas wolny]] [[Category:FreeTime\| ]] [[Category:Games\|FreeTime, The Sims 2]] [[Category:Expansion packs\|FreeTime, The Sims 2]] [[Category:The Sims 2\|FreeTime]]