Open For Business Review

I have finally gotten some storm-free time to play The Sims 2: Open For Business and I am in love! The game is much more involved, but I have been having a ball with it. I have had a couple of sims open home businesses and one even bought a commercial lot and extended his business that way.

What I Like:

• Elevators!
• Robots! And, they are integrated into your family.
• The new clothes are cool.
• More depth to the game.
• It is very realistic.
• I love that you can now lock doors.
• The new interactions are great.
• There are all kinds of stores you can open.
• You get a whole new neighborhood.
• I like most of the new furniture.
• Business can buy wholesale and set their profits.
• New objects! We always need new objects!
• You can promote an employee to manager and run the business via your telephone.
• You can buy and sell community lots and your sim profits.
• The toys for the kids are beyond cute!

What I Don't Like:

• More furniture would have been nice.
• There are some items you can only get if you build your business on a commercial lot. Home businesses can't use them.
• It is very time consuming.
• It would have been nice to have a new aspiration ... one to go with owning a business.
• You can't control your employees like you can your sims, unless they are a member of your household.
• Once you lock doors to keep customers out of your living quarters, your guests don't enter either.
• I was hoping for more car models this time around.
• Robots can go nuts and destroy your house.

Now it is time to play some more ...