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Hot Date has a lot of up's and down's..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 27 / 28
Date: January 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First, I think my rating is more like 3.5 stars, not 4. But figured to round up anyway.

I loved the Sims original game, loved the At Large expansion pack and was thrilled when I first heard about Hot Date. But after purchasing and playing with it for several weeks, I'm starting to have my doubts with this particular expansion pack. Obviously the best part is for the Sims to go Downtown. That is pretty much tbe bang-of-the-buck for this game and yes, brings a whole new level of play into the Sims.

The benefits of Downtown:

1.) You can create your own shopping boutique, ice cream/pizza/fun parlor, restaurant, park, dance or disco, that type of thing. If you love building things and putting together the furniture, painting the walls, etc. like me, you'll be VERY happy with this and can build all day if you'd like.

2.) The downtown already created by Aspyr is pretty nice, they are very thorough and detailed down to the public restroom so there's a lot to see, do and socialize among other Sims. It's visually appealing.

3.) Freely interacting with so many other Sim-citizens, and a number of them aren't even in your neighborhood (so spare you the time to manually invite them to a party at your home). Which is great if you need to gain friends to advance your career.

4.) You have new furniture (eg: love hot tub), building options and characters to choose from with the addition of Hot Date. You also have more commands between Sims now because the goal is to find a potential mate (new kissing, cuddling, fighting, conversation options).

BUT... here I think are the drawbacks from the game.

1.) I have a G4 with lots of RAM so it's pretty good in loading programs. However, Sims Hot Date stalls and chugs like crazy when you are going downtown, especially if you have a lot of Sims. It's very distracting and prevents you from really having a good time playing or having that "Sims experience."

2.) You cannot build anything else other than dating-intended businesses or places for your Sims. Maybe this is a lame statement from me since the point of the game IS to find romance and land a mate, but the quest of dating gets boring rather quickly... (like you can only buy lingerie, teddy bears or flowers...ugh) There is a number of objects you can't put in your downtown business for some reason as well.

3.) Your Sims become a LOT more testy and harder to "match up" after installing Hot Date. This is no joke. It's like 2 or 3 times harder to have the Sims love each other, even more for them to marry. Pretty discouraging if that's what this pack is supposed to be about.

4.) Your Sims can't, repeat CAN'T stay overnight in downtown. No hotels are available. So yes, they will eventually get burned out, lose energy/comfort points. And I notice even if you have a couple of Sims go together to Downtown, you can only control one of them when you get there. (unless I'm an isolated case?)

Anyway, hope that this review was honest enough for you. I still enjoy it for the additions it brings in the buildings and furniture, but otherwise I think it may be better to get the other expansion packs instead (Livin' Large or Unleashed). And either way, make sure you have tons of memory.

Hot Date is super HOT!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: August 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have bought The Sims and every other expansion pack along with it, and Hot Date is one of a kind. The new items are so cool, and the ability to go downtown greatly helps Sims socially. Before, when my Sims were required to make friends for their jobs, I might run out of people in my neighborhood, but now they can meet the Townies downtown.

Downtown is basically a whole new neighborhood for the Sims to go to. You can build on and destroy the 10 lots, as well as design your own hangout area. To get downtown, your Sim must call on his/her telephone "Call Cab">"Go Downtown", and a few minutes later, a taxi will bring them over.

Incredible as it is, Hot Date has some minor faults. If you have not installed the two previous expansion packs (Livin' Large and House Party), you can't access some of the lots. For example, they placed objects such as the DJ booth and dance cage (from House Party) in the cowboy night club area, so it won't work if you don't have that expansion pack. Also, when you leave in the cab, you return to exactly the same time after you've finished your shopping and partying. So, if you think you'll pop in at 2:00 A.M., get back at 6:00, and then go to work, still with reasonable energy, think again. Your Sim's needs continue to lower as you stay downtown, so usually, by the time you get back, you are in a pretty bad mood. Also, kids can't go downtown, and you can't save your game while your downtown. If you say in the options menu "go back to neighborhood" you lose all progress in relationships, but if you "quit", you keep all relationship and mood changes, so when you select the family again, they will immediatly pull up in a taxi, and you have to call again to go downtown.

Hot date=hot game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 23
Date: June 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

WOW! I started playing the sims pretty recently on my roommates computer (PC). We just had the original sims. Then, when Hot Date came out for PC, we bought all the other expansion packs and I was blown away.

Everything else was really just add-ons, cool skins, new walls and objects, but Hot Date totally rocked! You get new characters, TOWNIES that your sim can interact with, and if things get going, bring home...tons of really cool new building stuff. Loads of new interactions so that building a relationship is MUCH harder. You really have to pair two sims up, rather thann just stick em together and if they talk enough they will fall in love. In Hot Date you have tons of different kissing styles, hug styles, cuddling options and chat options. Its great, your sims can hold neat conversations!

What I am concerned with is the fact that the release date keeps being postponed. I know when they finally release Hot Date for MAC it will rock, maybe more than the PC version because they will have worked out the bugs.

Keep the faith simmers and mac users, oh and BTW, there is a new program not associated with maxis or aspyr called SKIN SHRINKER that will change PC skins for mac, so all thsoe pesky renaming of downloaded skins is over! Happy gaming!

Ready for a hot date?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: February 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Sims hot date is probably by far the best Sims game ever!
On all the other Sims the only thing you could do was build houses, make friends, and throw parties. Sure that's all great but dn't you get tired of the same thing every time you play? Well in the Sims Hot Date you can take your Sims downtown! You can make shopping malls, parks,and restaurants etc. This game is almost as exciting as the very first Sims!

Sims at their best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the most original expansion pack for Sims yet! By far the best one too. It has a new downtown area which you can get to easily by picking up the phone and calling a cab. When you're in downtown there's almost no end to the things you can do. You can visit any one of the many lots, and go shopping, for PJs, swimsuits and formalswear, or have a snack at the ice cream, hot dog or snack stand, meet new computer created characters and date them. Those are just the things you can do with your single Sim! When you've got your date along with you, you can go shopping for them, have a romantic dinner, play a game of chess in the park, or cuddle next to them on the swing. There are lots of other things you can do as well. When you're in the neighborhood, you can click on a button that can take you downtown without a Sim, where you can just view all the stores, or tear a lot down and build anew! When you do decide to build, there are several new wallpapers, floors, fences and other objects to build with, and when you're done building, you can furnish it all with the new items added on, so that you have a wonderful, new downtown lot. The best part is, each neighborhood comes with it's own downtown area, and quircky characters, so the fun will last you for a long time before you even begin to get bored!

The Sims Hot Date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 22
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the ultimate expansion pack for all sim lovers with a mac. It's awful that they come out with the mac version so late but owning a mac myself I've played the Sims Hot Date on a pc and it's incredible. Finally your sim can go somewhere else besides the front lawn. (They can go downtown, you can build malls etc.) Pre-order this game is my suggestion. Without this game you have not completely felt the whole Sims expirence!
(I also am a 15 year old but currently not an Amazon client)

The Sims Hot Date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: April 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is wonderful. It's horrible that they come out with the game for Mac so late, but I've played it on a PC and I loved it! Your Sims can go downtown, buy things, have a couple of drinks at the bar, and be back home (in a flashy yellow taxi cab) in time for dinner. You also get more neighborhoods, more awesome objects, and great new people. I rate this game 5 stars and would recommend this to any Sims lovers. I can't wait until Vacation comes to the Mac!!!

Hot Date for Mac; Why is it taking so long?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: May 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have played this game once on PC and found it to be the best and most fun Sims yet (and that includes Vacation). Although, it greatly angers me that Maxis is taking so long to make this game available for Macintosh. This game was supposed to come out May 1st, but Maxis decided to give themselves another month. I find that rude and lacking intelligence for many people own Macintosh computers and would like to play (and of course pay for) this game. But yes, I do reccomend to all Mac users to purchase this game when it finally comes out because it is really great. There are so many new objects, skins, and choices for your Sim families.

Fun but hard to find a date

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite fun! You are able to do the most stuff with it. It is the first time that Aspyr came up with the concept to get the Sims 'out of the house'.
However, I have played this game for hours on end and still haven't been able to get a loving relationship. Its quite hard. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

Hot Date Rocks!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hot Date is the expasion pack to get on may 31st all ya sim lovers on macs should get it you have like 100 new things to do with other sims like different kisses and hugs you go downtown shop eat and you build your own resteraunt with unlimited simoleons its real fun you have some new items and build stuff too.This would have to be my favorite expansion pack.!?

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