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{{Infobox game
|name = The Sims 2: FreeTime
|image = [[ImageFile:FreeTime EPCover.jpg|250px|The Sims 2 FreeTime Cover.jpg|250px]]
|caption = ''Reward your Sims with a variety of fun, new activities!''
|developer = [[ElectronicThe ArtsSims 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}}<br />
|ratings = {{vgratings|ESRB=Teen|PEGI=12+}}
{{vgrelease|AUS=February 28, 2008}}<br />
{{vgrelease|EU=February 29, 2008}}
|ratings = {{vgratings|ESRB=Teen}}{{vgratings|PEGI=12+}}
|genre = [[wikipedia:Social simulation game|Social simulation]]
|modes = [[wikipedia:Single-player|Single-player]]
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|creature = [[Genie]]
|neighbor = [[Desiderata Valley]]
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'''The Sims 2 FreeTime'''<ref>Spelled as The Sims 2: FreeTime ingame and on EA's website.</ref> ([[List of Sims games with alternate names|Sometimes spelled as]] '''''The Sims(also 2:known FreeTime''''',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 LogoThe_Sims_2_FreeTime_Logo_(Original).png|100px|left|link=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!''
 
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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.
 
==NewGame Features==
===Lifetime Aspiration<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Pack</ref>===
{{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 living throughout their life. Its accumulation depend on the daily aspiration bar. The longer the daily aspiration bar is kept high, the fastermore points the lifetime aspiration bar accumulatesis 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 thea Sim's lifetime aspiration bar a Sim hasis, the more [[aspiration benefit]]s he/shepoints they can spend. Sims who spend their aspiration benefit points will be given special personal abilities and advantages. For example, slower needs decay, faster 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 beyondoutside their primary [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]]. Sims can choose their secondary aspiration fromas theiran Aspirationaspiration Benefitbenefit.
 
===Hobby Enthusiasm===
The new simology includes [[hobby]] [[enthusiasm]] for each Sim. Sims who do activities inrelevant certainto a particular hobby will buildgain enthusiasm in that makeshobby, themand will be able to unlock more keenand onmore theirbenefits hobbiesas they become more enthusiastic in that hobby. There are 10 types of 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 fasterfor on thethat hobby theyfaster arethan for predestinedthe others.
 
===Secret Hobby Lot===
{{Main|Hobby lot}}
Sims who have gained enough enthusiasm will discover a secret [[hobby lot]]. The hobby instructors will give Sims the membership to gain entrance for the hobby club. The hobby lot can only be visited by Sims who have the membership.
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.
 
===Best Friends Forever<ref name="carry forward"/>===
BFF is a new [[Relationship#The Sims 2|friendship]] level. ATwo [[Sim]]s who isare best friends long enough will develop the BFF relationship. A BFFBFFs will have a slower daily relationship decay, and will never fall out of friendsfriendship, even thoughif they are [[Fury|furious]] with each othersother. BFFs also have benefits, such as an autonomous "far away greet" interaction, and the ability to tell inside jokes interaction.<ref name="carry forward" />
 
===NPC Aging===
Sims who have' [[townie]] friends no longer remain the same age forever. Whenever a Sim grows up, they can choose any 3 of any townies they know to grow up together. With this feature, childhood friends can grow older, and teen girlfriendcouples can beget married when they're old enough.
 
===Genie===
{{Main|Genie}}
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==New Additions==
* '''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 TV ChannelsMeal''': [[Movie]]Grandma's Comfort Soup
* '''New TV Channel''': [[Movie]]
*'''New Video Games''': MySims, FIFA 08, Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars, Spore, and The Sims 3
* '''New Video Games''': MySims, FIFA 08, Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Spore, and The Sims 3
*[[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]].
 
===Minor Features===
* [[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==
* ''[[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]]
*Restorable Car
* ''Round and Round Model Train Set''
* ''Don't Wake the Llama'' Board Game
* ''The Formidable Formicarium'' Ant Farm
*Toddler ''Teeny Tykes Activity Table''
* ''[[Violin#The Sims 2: FreeTime|Simavarious VII Concert Violin]]''
*Violin
* [[Synthesizer|''The BOB 3942 by SoundEscapes'' Synthesizer]]
*Synthesizer
 
==New Interactions==
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* Sims can birdwatch outdoors.*[[Jogging and Hiking]].
* [[Hiking and jogging]].
*[[Bug Collecting#Bug Hunting|Bug Hunting]].
* [[Bug collecting#Bug Hunting|Bug Hunting]].
*Older Sims can teach Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]].
* Older Sims can teach a Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]]s.
 
;Object-based
* Sims can enter [[Competition|contests]] and win the prizeprizes.
* 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 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==
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* 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.
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Video:The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer|The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer
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==References==
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