'''''The Sims 2: FreeTime''''' is the seventh [[expansion pack]] for ''The Sims 2''.
'''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 2: FreeTime''''', '''''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.
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!'' ''
''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 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.
* 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]].
===Lifetime Aspiration<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Pack</ref>===
* Completing hobbies offers lifetime rewards. As Sims master activities they will unlock new aspirations, earn rewards, and uncover [[Secret Lots|secret lots]].
{{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 faster the lifetime aspiration bar accumulates. Sims who reach the maximum Lifetime Aspiration will be rewarded [[Perma-platinum]] mood.
===Lifetime Aspiration Benefit===
* 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.
The higher the lifetime aspiration bar a Sim has, the more [[aspiration benefit]]s he/she can spend.
* There will be a new [[Aspiration bar|Lifetime Aspiration bar]], which fills when a 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 [[secondary aspiration]]. Some benefits also depend on the Sim's aspiration.
* New group activities let Sims spend time with family and friends. There are new special activities for kids and toddlers.
* 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.
* The '[[Grilled Cheese]]' aspiration is unlockable and selectable, even if [[The Sims 2: Nightlife|Nightlife]] isn't installed.
* 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'.
* 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).
* A new [[neighborhood]], [[Desiderata Valley]], is included.
* Sims will now be able to become 'BFFs' with any Sim. The option to tell an 'inside joke' will become available under Entertain if they're BFFs with someone.
*If a Sim becomes good friends with a townie, when they grow up the player can have the townie grow up as well. This option only allows up to 3 townies to age simultaneously.
*''FreeTime'' adds two new talent badges - [[Pottery]] and [[Sewing]]. However, these and the ''Open for Business'' badges were glitched, making gaining new levels very hard.
*[[life skills|Life skill]]: Parenting
*Two pre-made, fully furnished houses are included in the [[Lots and Houses bin]] (Players with ''Nightlife'' or a download which allows [[car]]s without ''Nightlife'' should note that one, the "Bohemian Bungalow," does not have room for a [[driveway]]).
Additionally, there is an NPC named [[Mr. Humble]] that will show up for every family. He drops off a gift which happens to be a new computer with a preview of ''[[The Sims 3]]'', which was in development when FreeTime was released (''The Sims 3'' was released in June of 2009).
== 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, The Sims 3, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars''
* ''Don't Wake the Llama'' board game
* Model Train set
* Restore-able Junk Car
== New Interactions ==
* Nursery Rhyme (toddlers only)
* Football Toss
* [[Hiking and jogging]]
* [[Bug Catching|Bug Collecting]]
* Dance, Cooking and Video Game [[competition]]s
* Serve food platters
* Tinker
* Participate in a Book Club
* Watch [[movie]]s on TV
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
File:Sims Ballet Dancing.jpg|Ballet dancing
FT 1.png|Toddlers
FT 2.png|Fixing a car
FT3.png|Family time
FT4.png|Playing football!
FT5.png|Using the new sewing machine!
</gallery>
==Video==
<videogallery>
Video:The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer|The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer
Video:Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (Simlish)|Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (The Sims 2 Freetime)
Video:Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (Simlish)|Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (The Sims 2 Freetime)
</videogallery>
==External Links==
[http://thesims2.ea.com/about/ep7_index.php The Sims 2: FreeTime on TheSims2.com]
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Revision as of 10:02, 26 December 2011
The Sims 2: FreeTime
Move your Sims into the close-quarters drama, humor, and excitement of apartment life!
The Sims 2 FreeTime[1] (Sometimes spelled asThe Sims 2: FreeTime, 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 Sims.
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 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.
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 faster the lifetime aspiration bar accumulates. Sims who reach the maximum Lifetime Aspiration will be rewarded Perma-platinum mood.
Lifetime Aspiration Benefit
The higher the lifetime aspiration bar a Sim has, the more aspiration benefits he/she can spend.
↑Spelled as The Sims 2 FreeTime ingame and on EA's website.
↑This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Pack
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