'''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]]''. ItwasreleasedonFebruary26,2008. It mainlyfeaturesgroupactivities and hobbies for [[Sim]]s.
'''The Sims 2: Seasons'''<ref>Spelled as The Sims 2 Seasons ingame and on EA's website.</ref> ([[List of Sims games with alternate names|Sometimes spelled as]] '''''The Sims 2: Seasons''''', '''''TS2 S''''' or simply '''''Seasons''''') is the fifth [[expansion pack]] in ''[[The Sims 2]]''. The following flyer promoting the expansion pack shipped with ''[[The Sims 2: Pets]]''. It followed the same route set by its predecessors; it contains more than 125 new items and more intricate gameplay options. The game was released March 1st 2007 for North America and March 2nd 2007 for Europe.
''Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ties in Winter, let romance bloom in Spring, deepen the bonds of friendship in Summer, or fast-track your career in Fall. Your Sims can now explore new careers and master new talents throughout the year, but beware freezing, heatstroke, sneezing, and other unexpected weather effects! Dress your Sims appropriately or face the consequences!''
''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!''
==DesiderataValley==
==Riverblossom Hills==
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{{Main|Riverblossom Hilss}}
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.
==New Features==
==New Features==
===Lifetime Aspiration<ref name="carry forward">This feature is carried forward to later Expansion Pack</ref>===
===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 faster the lifetime aspiration bar accumulates. Sims who reach the maximum Lifetime Aspiration will be rewarded [[Perma-platinum]] mood.
===PlantSim===
===Lifetime Aspiration Benefit===
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The higher the lifetime aspiration bar a Sim has, the more [[aspiration benefit]]s he/she can spend. Sims who spend their aspiration benefit will be given special personal abilities and advantages. For example, slower needs decay, faster making friends, smooth talking, higher salary, etc.
==New Additions==
===Secondary Aspiration===
*'''New Life State''': PlantSim
The [[secondary aspiration]] unlocks Sims' possibilities for new [[wants and fears]] that are beyond their primary [[aspiration]]. Sims can choose their secondary aspiration from their Aspiration Benefit.
*'''New Deaths''': Death by Lightning, and Death by Hail
*'''New Careers''': [[Adventurer]], [[Education]], [[Gamer]], [[Journalism]], [[Law]], and [[Music]]
*'''New Lifetime Wants''': Become Space Pirate, Become Education Minister, Become Game Designer, Become Media Magnate, Become The Law, and Become Rock God
*'''New NPCs''': [[Penguin]]
*'''New [[Potion|Potions]]''': Plantophic-C
*'''New [[Radio Stations]]''': New Age and Jam Bands
*'''New [[Talent Badges]]''': [[Fishing]] and [[Gardening]]
===HobbyEnthusiasm===
===Minor Features===
The new simology includes [[hobby]] [[enthusiasm]] for each Sim. Sims who do activities in certain hobby will build enthusiasm that makes them more keen on their hobbies. There are 10 types of hobbies: [[Cuisine]], [[Film and Literature]], [[Games]], [[Tinkering]], [[Science (hobby)|Science]], [[Arts and Crafts]], [[Fitness]], [[Nature]], [[Sports]], [[Music and Dance]]. Each Sim has a predestined hobby. Sims will build enthusiasm faster on the hobby they are predestined.
==New Build Mode Additions==
===Secret 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.
BFF is a new friendship level. A Sim who is best friends long enough will develop BFF. A BFF will have a slower daily relationship decay, and will never fall out of friends, even though they are [[furious]] with each others. BFFs also have benefits, such as far away greet and inside jokes interaction.
===NPC Aging===
Sims who have [[townie]] friends no longer remain the same age forever. Whenever Sim grows up, they can choose 3 of any townies they know to grow up together. With this feature, childhood friends can grow older, and teen girlfriend can be married when they're old enough.
===Genie===
{{Main|Genie}}
The new life state introduced in the Expansion Pack is Genie. Genie can grant 3 wishes to Sims who wish. Sims cannot become a Genie, nor a Genie is playable. A family whose members have high enthusiasms will have higher chance to be delivered a Genie lamp by [[Gypsy Matchmaker]].
==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 Skills''': Nursery Rhyme and [[Life skills|Parenting]]
*'''New Radio Station''': Indie Wave
*'''New Talent Badges''': [[Pottery]] and [[Sewing]]
*'''New TV Channels''': [[Movie]]
*'''New Video Games''': MySims, FIFA 08, Command and Conquer: 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]].
==New Objects==
==New Objects==
*''The Ornery Rooster'' Weather Vane
*Basketball Hoop
*''The Flowy Floater'' Pond Sprinkler
*Soccer Goal
*''"Stuff Me Silly" Scarecrow from McKraken Industries''
*Sewing Machine
*''EZ120v Lighting Finial''
*Pottery Wheel
*''Perfect Packets Hot Chocolate Maker''
*Ballet Barre
*''[[Juices|The Main Squeezer 235X]]''
*Restorable Car
*''[[Wishing well|Toss ‘n Wish Drinking Well by Gaelic Gardens]]''
*Model Train Set
*Greenhouse
*''Don't Wake the Llama'' Board Game
*Gardening Tools
*Ant Farm
*Curved Edge Swimming Pool
*Toddler Activity Table
*Roller and Ice Skating Rinks
*Violin
*Synthesizer
==New Interactions==
==New Interactions==
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*Sims can birdwatch outdoors.*[[Jogging and Hiking]].
*[[Bug Collecting#Bug Hunting|Bug Hunting]].
*Older Sims can teach Nursery Rhyme to [[toddler]].
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*Sims can enter [[Competition|contests]] and win the prize.
*Crafted paintings can be framed.
*Sims can tinker on most appliances, plumbings, and electronics.
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==Gallery==
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==Video==
==Video==
<videogallery>
<videogallery>
Video:The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer|The Sims 2 - FreeTime Official Trailer
Video:The Sims™ 2 Seasons Official Trailer|The Sims™ 2 Seasons Official Trailer
Video:NatashaBedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (Simlish)|Natasha Bedingfield - PocketfulOfSunshine (The Sims 2 Freetime)
Video:Lily Allen - Smile (in Simlish) - using Sims 2 Seasons|Lily Allen - Smile (The Sims 2 Season)
Video:Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (Simlish)|Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (The Sims 2 Freetime)
</videogallery>
</videogallery>
==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://thesims2.ea.com/about/ep7_index.php The Sims 2: FreeTime on TheSims2.com]
*[http://thesims2.ea.com/about/ep5_index.php The Sims 2: Seasons on TheSims2.com]
*[http://www.diesims.de/products.view.asp?id=45&page_id=523 German EA Special]
The Sims 2: Seasons[1] (Sometimes spelled asThe Sims 2: Seasons, TS2 S or simply Seasons) is the fifth expansion pack in The Sims 2. The following flyer promoting the expansion pack shipped with The Sims 2: Pets. It followed the same route set by its predecessors; it contains more than 125 new items and more intricate gameplay options. The game was released March 1st 2007 for North America and March 2nd 2007 for Europe.
Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims! New seasonal activities await your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, jumping in leaf piles, and more. Strengthen family ties in Winter, let romance bloom in Spring, deepen the bonds of friendship in Summer, or fast-track your career in Fall. Your Sims can now explore new careers and master new talents throughout the year, but beware freezing, heatstroke, sneezing, and other unexpected weather effects! Dress your Sims appropriately or face the consequences!
<videogallery>
Video:The Sims™ 2 Seasons Official Trailer|The Sims™ 2 Seasons Official Trailer
Video:Lily Allen - Smile (in Simlish) - using Sims 2 Seasons|Lily Allen - Smile (The Sims 2 Season)
</videogallery>
