The Sims 2: Open for Business

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  • Summary: The world is your entrepreneurial oyster in this all-new The Sims 2 expansion pack, allowing you to experience the victories and challenges associated with creating, owning and running your own business. From the layout and merchandise, to the employees and materials, you choose what yourThe world is your entrepreneurial oyster in this all-new The Sims 2 expansion pack, allowing you to experience the victories and challenges associated with creating, owning and running your own business. From the layout and merchandise, to the employees and materials, you choose what your Sim needs to create a profitable and fun business. In The Sims 2 Open for Business, your Sims will learn what it takes to build a clientele and keep loyal customers happy while improving employee morale and managing a lucrative business. Players can even help their Sims to create and craft new items to sell and meet customer demands. As each customer is different, you’ll be able to apply sales techniques to woo even the most discriminating shopper. Dress your employees in wacky outfits to entertain cranky customers or drop the price for an unsure browser. From training, promoting, hiring and firing, you’re ultimately the boss who calls all the shots! [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. CPUGamer
    92
    While Open for Business adds new places and new objects, its true value is in adding another huge gameplay element to an already outstanding title. As an expansion pack, it includes more new content and better gameplay than several other stand-alone games.
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  2. GamerNode
    90
    In the end, The Sims 2: Open for Business is definitely one of the best expansion packs to be released for The Sims series. Although earning profit can be difficult at first, it really isn't too hard managing your business.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    86
    There is just enough realism in Open for Business to make this challenging even for boring economic students, but it's still a lot of fun for Sims fans that have come to know and love the wacky characters and unpredictable situations that you run into in The Sims universe.
  4. G4 TV
    80
    Far from a frivolous extra, Open for Business delivers as much fresh gameplay as many “complete” games.
  5. IncGamers
    80
    Open for Business isn’t one of those expansions that are so good that they make you want to go out and buy the original game just so you can play it. Having said that, this title is the best of the three expansions currently available for "The Sims 2."
  6. PC Zone UK
    72
    Even though it feels so very wrong to say this, Open For Business is a Sims expansion worth buying.
  7. PC Gamer
    62
    Unfortunately, there's so much frantic micromanagement involved in keeping your biz going that you scarcely have any time to do anything that feels like play. [May 2006, p.102]
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
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  1. CharlieBetterIs
    Jan 10, 2016
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Sims 2: Aberto para Negócios é simplesmente a melhor expansão que a série The Sims tem! Tudo nela é perfeito: jogabilidade, otimização, gráficos a sua medida, tudo mesmo. Um destaque vai para a forma que fazemos negócios em casa, que é muito bem feito.… Expand
  2. FELIPEFERREIRA
    May 16, 2016
    10
    Sem dúvidas, é a melhor expansão do The Sims 2 e uma das melhores expansões da franquia The Sims. Os sistemas de negócios são todos bemSem dúvidas, é a melhor expansão do The Sims 2 e uma das melhores expansões da franquia The Sims. Os sistemas de negócios são todos bem feitos, além do fato de que trouxe uma melhor jogabilidade pro jogo, que ficou ainda melhor e mais prazeroso.… Expand
  4. DeniH
    Jan 22, 2022
    10
    This EP is great and makes the game much more enjoyable. It gives ypu freedom on creatimg whatever store you want. The animations are so good.This EP is great and makes the game much more enjoyable. It gives ypu freedom on creatimg whatever store you want. The animations are so good. Love it!… Expand
  5. Jordan
    May 4, 2006
    9
    Best expansion so far for me. Adds alot of extra option for you to consider and give you much more depth and complexivity to the game which I Best expansion so far for me. Adds alot of extra option for you to consider and give you much more depth and complexivity to the game which I like. May not be for simpler more laid back gamers for for those who want the extra challenge than this is an essential pack. The game did ship with a few small bugs that affected quite a few people but there are both official and unoficial patches and hack that fix these.… Expand
  6. Onlyclassicvg1
    Oct 4, 2022
    8
    The Little Mermaid is one of my top 5 favorite princess movies, one of my top 10 favorite romance movies, one of my favorite Disney andThe Little Mermaid is one of my top 5 favorite princess movies, one of my top 10 favorite romance movies, one of my favorite Disney and animated movies, one of my favorite musical movies, and one of my favorite movies of all time. The soundtrack is stupendous especially the songs Pa… Expand
  7. [Anonymous]
    Apr 5, 2006
    8
    Not bad, needs some bugs worked out though :P
  8. SamuelL.
    Jun 13, 2006
    5
    Electronic Arts specializes in what it does best; selling one-eighteenth of a finished project in a $50.00 box and leaving people hanging for Electronic Arts specializes in what it does best; selling one-eighteenth of a finished project in a $50.00 box and leaving people hanging for more. The concept for The Sims 2 is brilliant, allowing people to simulate a virtual life - to a point. The game focuses mostly on comic relief and mischief rather than full-fledged simulation (sorry, fans of Grand Theft Auto, this is a gun-free game), and while the graphics are appealing, they certainly do not have the eye-candy in-your-face dynamic landscape and lighting kick presented by Valve's Half Life 2. This is one of many of the game's expansion packs that costs over $30.00 a piece for a few objects, animations, costumes, and sounds. The creative juice of the game is left to the players, who crank out millions of custom content monthly. However, the main strife with the game is that it is laden with bugs, annoyances, and things that just get in the way, that of which is solved by custom content mods and hacks. If EA/Maxis falls back on this cushion for too long (and it already is), the quality of the series will diminish quickly.… Expand

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