After last 5 Sept 2007, EA games released The Sims 2 Bon Voyage now, they announce NEW expansion pack!

It named Sims2 FREE TIME

I read many negative review from many sims forum. Actually not about the expansion but because how EA choose the expansion name. Most of them prefer “Hobby” as name. but oh well… as long as the expansion pack is good, I’m not to think about the name. lol

“Now your Sims can enjoy hobbies! Your Sims will have fun taking up a variety of creative, intellectual, or active leisure-time pursuits. They can even meet Sims that share their interests and expand their social relationships. Develop your Sims’ skills while they pursue their true pastime passions. Will your Sims stumble reaching for new goals or find a new sense of fulfillment?”

Is that cool? If I want to be painter, I will have my own community ^^

and what about the feature on this sims 2 Free Time expansion?

• Sims now have a wide range of new activity types, from sports to science to arts and crafts. Some new hobbies include basketball, soccer, restoring cars, ballet, and searching for alien life in outer space.

• Completing hobbies offer lifetime rewards. As Sims master activities they will unlock new aspirations, earn rewards, and uncover secret lots.

• Once Sims build up their skills, they can sell their arts and crafts or enter them into competitions for dance, food, and video game contests.

• New group activities lets 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

Ah I cant wait to have it. O yeah…. I think i should upgrade my PC. Ahaha My motherboard got some trouble and I decide to change it. So I think I will make it for play sims. Ahahah

Want to watch the video? Go Here

Some screenshot from the official site

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For The Sims 2 Free Time

• 1.3 Ghz processor (2.0 for Vista)
• 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista)
• Windows(R) Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating System.
• 8x or faster CD/DVD drive
• At least 1.5 GB of additional hard drive space (5.0 GB total is required if installing both The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack at the same time.)
• A T&L-capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM.

Supported video cards:

• ATI Radeon(TM) series 8500 or better (9600 or greater required for Vista)
• 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
• 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
• X300, X600, x700, X800, x850
• X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series
Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

NVIDIA GeForce series GeForce2 GTS and better (GeForce 6200 or greater required for Vista)