- Publisher: EA Games
- Release Date: Feb 28, 2006
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PC FormatPlaying shop is fun and there's enough here for Sim-ophiles. [Apr 2006, p.91]
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Even though it feels so very wrong to say this, Open For Business is a Sims expansion worth buying.
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It's a tougher -- and leaner -- game than its older expansion-pack siblings, but isn't starting your own business all about being the toughest and leanest?
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One of the best expansion packs released for The Sims yet. Letting your Sims have their own businesses seems like a natural progression and the business element is deep, it isn't just a tacked on inclusion.
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Anybody with an actual Sims fetish will love it to bits. Granted it can be fiddly and confusing to start with (why hide so much of the critical new stuff in the depths of the catalogue?), but once you're up and running there's a definite attraction to it.
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Game InformerOpen for Business doesn't take advantage of the Sims' best qualities and also falls short as a stand-alone idea. [Apr 2006, p.131]
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For once, it's an expansion pack that does exactly what it says on the box. It broadens the experience of the already panoramically wide core game enough to justify a purchase.
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Computer Games MagazineThere's enough new stuff to see to last maybe three or four sim lifetimes, which is a pretty good deal for your $35. [July 2006, p.58]
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PC Gamer UKWhile everything works, there are a few odd quirks which don't exactly break the game but do make it a little bizarre. [May 2006, p.89]
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PC GamerUnfortunately, 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]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 38 out of 46
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Mixed: 8 out of 46
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Negative: 0 out of 46
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