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Unleashing the fury on my iBook!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game itself seems great. The pets are adorable, and I love the idea of an expanded neighborhood. My problem? Every time I attempt to go Downtown or to Old Town, the damn game crashes. Reinstalls and removal of all downloaded files does nothing. This is a bit frustrating for one who has played these games on PC without a hitch.
You'd think a G3 700 MHz iBook with 640 MB of ram would be more than enough power for this game, but even when I boot up and don't do anything else, the game crashes. Is it too much to ask that they provide a product we can use?

Not a perfect 10

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: May 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was super excited when the release date was finally announced for the Mac version of this game. The concept is awesome and the feat was large, but a speedy arrival by no means is better than a flawless game. Unleashed is in deseperate need of patching. Some things not mentioned in many of the other reviews is that this expansion pack slows down the game quite a bit. There are skips and jumps in the activity, especially on community lots. Pets cause the slow down and skipping also to happen at home on the origingal lots. So I would reccomend only bringing pets home to the new lots. I agree with the mentions of strays, and yard cleanup from pets that aren't you own. I don't want you to get the wrong idea, this game is fun if you can put up with some slowing and annoyances. I however have stopped playing until a patch is released because my patience has run short.

Almost too much to do!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Even though my mac is slightly below systems requirements I got Sims Unleashed loaded and running. I upped my virtual memory, but I am not sure how much good that did. ... There are added features including stores, pets and some new items. The problem is as most Syms players, with more than one family are aware, that it is difficult to keep all their needs met. With the chance to add a pet, who must me trained and feed and cleaned up after, skunks roaming around the yard that must have animal control capture them, racoons dupping the trash, not to mention going to the stores you can easily get over whelmed. The biggest problem I found was that all household members had to be at home before the "cab" would pick them up to go. The good new is if you want to cheat the word is still ROSEBUD.

aaaaaah!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have the Sims and the Sims Vacation and I was sooooo excited to get the Sims Unleashed!!! I installed it, played it, and quit. The next day I tried to play it, but it wouldn't work. I had to install everything 5 times!!! I think it put a bug into my computer or something because every time I quit a Sims game, I have to reinstall it to play it. AAAAAAAAH!!!!

s-----l-----o-----w

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love the sims. I think it's a fantastic game, highly entertaining. I have greatly enjoyed the first few expansion packs, but with Hot Date and Vacation, my computer began to slow. (I have a second generation iMac with a GB of RAM) With Unleashed, it became oppressive, skipping and missing huge chunks of action.

Hopefully with my new dual processor G5, this problem will resolve, but you shouldnt have to buy a $5000 computer to run a computer game. (yes, I'm buying the G5 for other reasons.....)

The idea of the game is great, and the pets are fun. This is the largest expansion pack so far, with tons of new characters and items. Just make sure you have the computer power to handle the program.

Unleashed Barks Right Up My Alley

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Overall, I love this expansion pack. It has excellent features, like gardening, and ya, the pets are really nice too. In fact, if you feel so inclined, you can become a fully self-sufficient dog/cat breeder. The possibilites are endless. I love the Old Town bit as well, although the new NPC, "W.C. Friendly" borders on becoming "W.C. Stalker" because he follows you EVERYWHERE, like an annoying, saxaphone-playing big brother. Also, whenever you go to the petshop, there is a Pet Trainer there. In theory, you're supposed to be able to take your dog or cat there ANY TIME to pay for training sessions. However, there is a flaw. Every time I have tried it, I've only been able to purchase training sessions during the single outting to Old Town wherein I purchase my new cat or dog. It seems that the Pet Trainer is rendered useless after the original venture.

But I wouldn't let that detract from your decision too much. Overall, the expansion pack is well worth the money and I love the new furniture, which coincides with the 1920's jazzy feel of Old Town. It's worth your time and your money, in my opinion.

Unleashed is WICKED!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been wanting sims unleashed for like, ever. Finally, I had a enough money to buy it. It's really awesome having pets, on two occasions my sim-pets had puppies. It stinks that you can't control your pets actions though. All you can do is watch them. I like all the new objects (pet bath,dog bed,ect.) In old town, it is always sooooo slow. It's a bit screwed up. Anway, overall this is a fun game. I recomend it.

P.S. I can't wait for sims 2!!!!

Great Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, this has got to be the most unique Sims expansion pack yet! I think the pets are a wonderful addition compared to the pets you could buy previously (the deadly guinea pig that came with Livin' Large, and of course the fish aquarium).

Now, while the pets are nice, there are a few things that I am not happy with about the game. One thing that drives me absolutely insane, especially if I'm trying to play a game without using the cheats, is that with all these new pets, there are strays. Yes, stray pets, the pittiful little pains that wander around non-stop through your neighborhood, peeing and pooping on this lot and that. It is very frusterating to have my single sims come home from work and having them spend an hour just to clean up the little puddles on the very outskirts of the lot, just so their room score won't drop dramatically in the morning. Also, if you don't "shoo" these strays from your lot, they always litter your sims actions with such a thing like "beg" and "pet" whenever you step outside.

Another thing that is quite annoying are the garden pests, if you plant a garden, rabbits and mice are unavoidable, and the only way to get rid of them is to have a cat or dog (and more times than not, you need both). Of course, even if you have a cat or dog, most of the time they're just too lazy to go out to the garden and get rid of the pests.

While I think the idea is terrific, and I absolutely love some of the new items, I just think Maxis went a little too far on the realism of the game, thus I only give the game four stars. Don't get me wrong though, I still think this is a wonderful, and well put together game, that is a lot of fun. Even with a few complaints, I think that it is definitely a game you should buy, after all, these are only problems to me, not necessarily everyone else.

No pooper-scooper needed.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As an obssessed SiMS fan, I was not let down at all by this expansion. Besides providing the obvious option of adding pets to your SiM family, The SiMS UNLEASHED also adds new heads, clothes, furniture, and building options. In addition, an entire new town layout is included. Now, instead of one 10-lot neighborhood for residents only, the player may build in "Old Town" lots. These community lots give you the option of building (or destroying) shops, pet adoption agencies, cafes, parks, and pretty much any other public lot imaginable (if you use your creativity). To truly make the game cater to you, lots can be switched from community (public) lots to residential lots by simply clicking the re-zoning button.
The new building options include three styles of spiral staircases and many unique fences. New windows, doors, floors, and wallpapers are also beautiful and interesting.
One of my favorite aspects of the SiMS UNLEASHED were the many new clothing styles. The outfits included are finally stylish and some I even wish were real, so that I could wear them.
Many reviewers have complained that the game was slow. I have all of the expansions (except Vacation) that are avaliable for Macs (The SiMS, The SiMS Livin' Large, The SiMS House Party, and The SiMS Hot Date) installed on my computer and I did not find the slowness unbearable or frustrating.
The only problem that I've found in the game is the pet bath basin. It simply does not work. However, the pets function fine a little dirty and at least it's true to life (stinky dogs)!
Overall, I believe this expansion is the best so far (although I am waiting on The SiMS Superstar). Why do us Mac users always have to wait? Anyway, if you are going to buy any expansion for you SiMS, I would strongly reccommend The SiMS UNLEASHED!

Unleashed...Only there were some small problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought Unleashed as only a step up to buying Makin' Magic, so I didn't really have any expectations of it to start off with. I wish Aspyr and Electronic Arts could make a game that didn't contain some small problem that annoys the heck out of me. With Unleashed it was the inability to adopt a pet from Old Town after the first time and have the pet trainer train it. Fortunately this is fixable with a patch from Aspyr, but unfortunately when I reinstalled it I forgot to download the patch before I installed Makin' Magic. Luckily I remembered that one of the websites I used to frequent before it became a pay site (http://www.simslice.com) had something that could sort of fix my problem.

My only words of advice are: After installing any of the Sims games search on the one of the main Sims websites, Aspyr, to see if there is an update or patch.

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