Insimenator.org

this looks interesting enough, but the name and the picture on the box sucks, lol. But what would you expect from Eaxis?! xD

tank you

That alone has my interest :D Although it shouldn't do, given my lack of respect for that company by now ¬_¬ Can't help it though, especially the more storytelling possibilities it'll open up with it :angel:

new activities for toddlers!?

It's about time! Do you think that they'll be able to play with each other? I've wanted them to be able to do that for ages!

Actually, I don't know when they introduced it, but toddlers can play with toys, have others join and they play together, boosting social and hopefully relationship levels :D Activities other than that and skill-building, on the other hand.. :D Hey, do you suppose they'd come up with a day-care centre where parents can drop them off (as opposed to leaving them with the nanny *shudder*), or is that too much to hope for? Is that even possible? I know Inge managed something like that with her school mods.

As long as my pc can handle it, I'll definitely be getting this.
The basketball hoop is back, the train-thingy too and lots of new activities for toddlers too. :D:D


Everybody does realize that http://www.thesims2.ea.com already has a page (http://thesims2.ea.com/about/ep7_index.php) up about Free Time, btw? And the Dutch (http://www.desims2.nl) website already has a video (http://www.desims2.nl/products.view.asp?id=50&page=4) too.

Although I am a bit disappointed that the English site doesn't have the correct system requirements up yet. If you can't put the correct ones, then don't put any up at all, instead of putting the requirements for the original Sims 2 game there.

But anyways, the websites have screenies too. :D

Oehhh and, look at what pic was on thesims2.co.za: (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/ilsevdk/005.jpg)
Notice the toddler, sitting on a chair, doing a game with the rest of the family? Hooray! ^^

:x  Still no saxophone!  Why, EA, WHY?!  :evil:

angry9:

*ahem*

...Sorry about that... :oops:  I'm hoping that there's more to that video than what's shown.  Of course, it looks all good, but until I see the object I value most in the game, they can forget it.  :laugh:

(At least they did decide to include a violin in the mix... that's a plus.)

lol i was on my way over here thinking i had learned something new and found this thread.

i like the new crafts and being able to restore cars so depending on the coding and bug reports will decide whether i get or or not(lol probably will get it anyway)then holler at pc when something doesn't work like always lol

This looks so cute! I'm going through the photos right now and I'm amazed! xD

I'm intrigued. So very, very intrigued. Of course, there's the little excited kid in my head jumping up and down and screaming about the picture taking opportunities!

I do know that they would release hobbies at the very end, just like in the order of TS1 with "Superstar" and "Making Magic". The toddlers were the ones who couldnt do anything and had little social interaction, that's annoying. The video's not bad, just my common rant is "why didnt they include this stuff in the beginning??". At least it looks like they have more activities, because my sims get bored from starting at the walls within an hour or maybe that's just me? :D

Also, If EA just puts the cd in a box just like they burned a beta copy or somthing, then I hope they would just put a bold stamp saying "MAY CONTAIN BUGS", at least they dont have lie about it this time.

*looks through screenies*

Birds! They actually have real birds! (does this mean real horses and horse-riding too?) And toddlers gathered round an ickle table, that's too cute! :love2:

Okay, maybe I do have "Sucker" tattooed on my forehead... Want! Want! :toothy7:

Ahem... :angel: I'd still hold off on installing - SimPE for BV still hasn't seen public release yet, and we all know what happens with the Inteen and Insim by now...

Oooh! They have ballet in the Free Time ep..... I just can't wait!

Damn it! I kind of want it now :( (If only for the Toddler interactions and the ability to fix up cars)

new asprations!!!? It has a s, so it means 2 or more, this will be SWEET!.

By the way, when can YOU see the school your child or teen goes to? WHY!? WHY EA!? :jaw: :angry7:

I can hardly wait now that I have seen the video and pics. I want it now!

OK...I've finally had a chance to see the video, and I'm more than intrigued. I'm squealing with excitement! Violin playing! Sports! Trainsets! Sewing! And....and...and...*dance*

It looks like fun. I really thought it was going to be a giant stuff pack, but it looks like it will be more than that. On the info page they have a picture of an exercise bike, I so want that! The one  The Welldressed Sim had back in the TS1 days was the reason I first signed up to paysites. I just loved it.

Zzzzzzzzzz :::yawn::: Huh? A new EP already?

I'm sorry, but this is the first EP I'm not all that excited about. Oh, I'll probably get it because I am a collector, but other than that, I could probably have just as much fun watching grass grow.

I Am Going To Get It.  EA has sucked me in. I want anything new for toddlers, and to throw the football, or sew. Imagine the new mods for this!!  Big Plus, the violin.  I want my simmies to play my instrument in high school, long time ago. hehe :D

Just watched the video, I am hooked. Check out the modern kitchen set. Looks like a refridgerator with water and ice dispenser. 8)

Just to be a cold-water thrower, I hope they don't put any anti-piracy software into the thing. I don't think I'll be getting it until all the reports of bugs and misplays come through. Eaxis has been getting very sloppy in their work lately, and even if the video promises all wonderful things, sometimes it doesn't work that way.

I'm really NOT exited about this.
I mean, it's just so uninspired.
Besides, I'm boycotting EAxis because of the whole SecuROM thing. NO WAY am I going to stop my boycott for this...

hi everybody, I just thought I would like to tell you all about the new expansion pack that is coming out on February.
It's called The Sims 2 Free Time.
your sims can finally have some new hobbies. there are many new things here like playing American football, basketball even soccer, there are also new foods for your sims and some contests like cooking sport and I think gaming contests.
check out they're trailer its from Diesims2 also know as the German sims site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxk8wQtZoZc
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check out my website http://www.retrotrut.piczo.com it has a bunch of things on Heroes, Dido, The Sims 2, Charmed
coming soon on my website Roswell & other tv shows like Prison Break

:angel:  http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=67297

Thanks for the YouTube link, though.  Saves some people from having to go to the official site to see it.  :smile bi:

I love it, I just saw the video and I'm addicted, plus all those pics, it's happening like it did when I saw Teen Style Stuff.

That looks awesome!! Can't wait until it's out!!

video is very good hope it does something close to like the video

wow, that looks really good

love the sports, the violin and the car repair

wow!  just wow!  I can't wait for freetime to come out- sewing, cooking contests, several sports and instruments, different dances they could learn like ballet, repairing cars, playing family games, looking for aliens, bird-watching, ant farms, model towns... and that's just what the trailer showed us!

I'm soo excited!!
I cant wait until its out..I'm loving all the new interactions and of course the ballet and car restoration!!!

welllllllllllllllll damn it all to hell... they added sports stuff. damn them. now i want it. *grumble*

There, there. They got me the the fixing up cars and toddler interactions :(

Some of those interactions will be great for storytelling ... crap.  I guess I'll probably go ahead and get it just to have the complete set.  What's one more?

About forty euro/dollars that I don't have! D:

Thanks Mark!. That pre-order crap, I meant bait, definately isnt worth forking up extra to get it in your hands early. Im still iffy on weither I want to be a sucker upon buying it. Seasons wasnt bad, but this one may have potential or maybe Im speaking too soon...

omg, how cute is that picture!  The toddlers can sit at tables now??!  Sold!

I'm very very very happy for the new EP,can't wait,I want it now!
I already have a ballett hack by Carrigon and the thing to make clay vases by Nadira at MTS2 and some other things,like Kung Fu (by Carrigon) ,sculpture hack(Nadira) and others.But this one looks so exciting!

I haven't clicked on any links (don't want to get myself all excited), but is there a release date yet? Maybe by then I can work up the funds. So far, I've never had any major issues with any of the expansion packs or one stuff pack I bought, so I don't have the same reservations as others. Just reading what's being included (more hobbies, aspirations, careers) is enough to seriously get me thinking. I'm not lieing to myself anymore. I know I'm a sucker. I know I'll get it. Too bad it's not coming out next month though, then I could sucker someone else into getting it for my birthday *mwahahaha*!

Toddler interactions are a plus. I never knew that they could play with each other! I've tried to get them to do that, but it would never work, and I have all ep's (remember, I'm a sucker and a looser).

Keep a toy box on the lot, and get/allow the toddlers to grab the toys out of the same one. They'll sit in a little crowd, playing with the toys and talking to each other (yes, even before they've learned - is there any point to teaching them? :brain:). I first noticed it when children did it, I was so happy to see it extended to tots :D But this is even more for them to do, which can only be a good thing :)

I can't wait! It looks like so much fun, especially all the new stuff for the toddlers! I also like that you get new aspirations. I will be waiting for at least a month after it comes out to install it. I still haven't even purchased BV yet because of all the bugs that were reported with it. It'll be hard waiting though!!!!!! *whine*

@Maniac: Thanks! I can still ask for my birthday!

@Sadie: Oh, I'll have to try that. Is free will required? I remember trying to click on the toy box with the toddler selected, and it wouldn't let me:( Back to the game to try again!

Hmm, maybe it does then, if it's only an auto thing :scratch: If you have all EPs it should work though.

Toddlers have to be learned how to walk before they can use the toy box. :)

I'm gonna wait for a month or so before i buy it, looks interesting, and wth the toddler interactions it's deff on my list of them to get.  Glad it's not a stuff pack, Those annoy me.. Never EVER have i bought one of those!

Oh I'm very excited.  I know that EA has their issues and their sneaky ways, but I just love their products.  Not perfect, no, but nothing in this world is.  

Of course I"m going to get this, no questions asked.

Stop it Mark, dont make me give into temptation!! :rofl:

Has anyone noticed what a ridiculous amount of new clothes are already shown in the shots?
I love it. :D And they can make their own clothes, and, and, and... ^^

Yes, as always I will buy this new EP on first day available in a store. Why?? I want the whole game. I see people complain about stuff packs. I have them all and would not think of playing with out them In fact the only title for the sims 2 that has been 100 % disapointing from game play side is stinking Pets. I keep it in as another stuff pack. I like most of the new objects and the build mode options, but the game play of Pets stinks. IMO of course! :) I think we have all been burn't on this giant of a game. It still does not allow many things promised befor the base game release. The video trailers should be for wheting our appetites, but what they show turns out to be the whole shabang for a given object\interaction.

Am I excited for the release of a new EP? Yes! I would be a liar if I said otherwise. I love this silly game that I as a grown adult enjoy like I was a young teen with an attitude. :) I hope it will be as goog as seasons and NL were. Seasons is hard on graphics, but an incredible addition to game play. NL added the most intersting of new interactions included in any one release. But I hold my breath on this because with the end of another year approaching, it seeme the end of this vibrant community is ending also. So much dispute, so much fighting, and so many of the old timers starting to retire or just disapear from the community forums. I will enjoy this while it lasts. I have no intrest in a Sims 3 release. I would like to see this game perfected and this community continue. But money drives the world and change is an inevitable thing. Sorry all, I now jump off the soapbox and await the release of Free Time! -Bill

Oh, I am soooo definitely going to get this!

But I'm definitely not going to pre-order (and pay the extra money for the "privilege"...

I'll wait until the pre-orderers get the bugs worked out first. ;)

I am totally getting this expansion. I have most enjoyed the expansions that have given my Sims more to do throughout their lives. And this one promises from child on up to add more and more stuff. Heck yes! I am sold!

I can hardly wait as well.  I've already pre-ordered mine.   I just wish they would have horses!   I want my sims to be able to go horse riding.

Oh crud i really want this now and it had to come when i had a load of hacks and sorta on a sims strike :( (I love the whole concept of learning things over time lik with the violin and that)
Lets hope my poor computer can handle it AND NO FRIGGIN SECUROM!

Wow ... this has amazing potential! Finally our sims can be like real people!! I might just have to buy this the day it comes out!

The ballet sold me. I honestly hope MALE sims can do it, though. If not, thank Goonba for SimPE...

This is great! It's so much more realistic. Can't wait. :D

I am going to get it i love the sims2 and plus it works on my notebook pc yes i will get this ep

ok so who is the "Freak Sim" this time.

we already got aliens,zombies,vampires,robots,wearwolves,plantpeople,A ninja riding bigfoot, and what ever we have hacked into the game.
we all know there is gonna be a specal type of sim so keep thoes eyes out.

Someone mentioned it being Medusa...? :oogle:

Honestly! That must be just a rumour, but even so, that would be a hair mesh I most certainly would be using.

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~nwnshiya/storage/medusa.jpg

You want the gorgon hair mesh?

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php?f=342&showType=2&tag=gorgon&feat=1&typenormal=1&typefeatured=1&typepicked=1

;)

I am SO happy that there is stuff for toddlers to actually DO!
*Squees at toddler eating crayon in trailer*
I'm sick of the toddlers smashing the teddy in the base game.
Thank GOD for Seasons so the toddlers can play in the weather, nothing else!
I just hope and pray that the screenshot with the mum, dad, brother and baby girl at the table playing the game ISN'T PHOTOSHOPPED!
Most of it all is! I just AIN'T gonna download a hack making them do that!

I lurve the idea of ballet for the kids and the pottery and stuff...
...But I like how the teens were doing-up the yellow car for the girlfriend!
PLUS! I have been waiting forever for kids to be able to play basketball like sims1! It seriously took EIGHT EP'S to do that? I even asked Maxis about that waaaay before seasons and they were like, nu-uh sista!
I am a ccrraazzyy soccer fan and I'm just picturing mah new sim family playing soccer on a Saturday at the Park I built for them!

Just a few more weeks until Free Time comes out and then I'll be rolling in all it's glory :toothy7:

There's just ONE MORE THING...I wish Maxis made just one more EP after this called "In The Nursery" or something because there should have been more interacting with the TINY babes! Clothes and those adorable cribs with the
veil over the top!!!

*Breathes in, and out* I'm done now :king:

*LOL* Those are lovely!  :D  Thank you Sadie.  Wouldn't it be something if they were animated?  Maybe it EA does do a Medusa then it would be.:tongue3:

Oh and DiamonteGirl, very nice rant! :D  Quite the accent you have there.  I agree with everything you said.

as soon as its release i will buy it

hello

i just saw the video of the sims2 free time and its looks like that sims will be able to use a sawing machine cook new food making quilts new games like basquet ball soccer to name a few just watch the trailler on youtube.

wow everyone is so irate over this new ep im glad becuase some ep's get mixed reviews but this one people really like..i am falling out my seat waiting for it..

Me too... although you know what's gonna happen. Insim and Inteen will need to be updated, along with however many other hacks, and no doubt the related nagging posts will start mere days after its release :roll: As much as I'd be itching to snap this up as soon as it hits the shelves, I think I'll give it a little while first ;)

So the genie in a bottle is back? Yay!!

some more fan-day pictures & info

http://www.simtimes.de/specials/freizeitspass_event/

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.simplaza.de%2fcontent%2fview%2f278%2f1%2f

Yay new jobs, what I wanted! :D

You know what? I think that once this Expansion Pack has been published for the world to buy, they'll come out and say there might NOT be a sims3!
I think that once all the EP's and SP's are out there, we've basically got
The Sims 3!
That's my opinion...PS, I like the pic of the toddler sitting down doing a game with the family!

This is looking very interesting. I like the way aspirations are linked to this, and yet more career options! Yay! :D

Thanks for the info Mark :)

I keep forgetting about the 3 way calling. That was some cool info!

Now I am stoked!  NPC's can grow up with the sims, I always wanted that!

also there will be contests, like there was in the sims pets stories

*reads other posts*

*head explodes*

*waits impatiently for free time to come out*

Well... I thought that maybe since they delayed this particular issue and bumped it forward to the seventh position that they'd surprise me and have something I've been coveting since the very beginning of Sims 2... boy, was I wrong.  :x

:evil: EPIC PHAILURE OF FALSE HOPES!!!!1!11! :evil:

Violins and synthesizers are cool and all, don't get me wrong because I LOVE that idea... but they aren't enough to appease the major professional musician in me.  So boo on you EA for neglecting my plea once more for wind instruments... y'know, the ones you actually blow through.  :tongue6:

(Yeah, I'm a sour puss lately towards EA and everything they do now... but I want my playable saxophone, dagnabit!  It's been put off for far too long!  :bawl:)

Saxophones?... But there are saxophones... *cough* Okay, you're right, EA should at least give out an EP with instruments, but I think this is their last one. Well, maybe for TS3... if you'll bother to buy it :D
Personally, I will have the violin, got the guitar and the bass, I'm cool with those... I think I'm only missing the cello but meh. I'm not really fond of wind instruments, to be honest...

Nice try, debbycus.  ;)  :laugh: I almost was about to jump for joy when you said that.  :lol:

Yeah, I can understand.  Like I said, I think it's cool that they've added a synth and a violin to the mix.  It's a plus, that's for sure.  

... It just that when you've been playing a certain instrument for almost 12 years, you kinda get obsessed with it to a point.  I want my simmies to share the same type of joy I have in playing the sax.  Maybe there's hope that someone could work on a custom object similar to doing so someday.  :smile bi:

I'm psyched about the violin. I've been wanting one of those in my game for ages.

I cant wait. Im so thrilled about his new EP. Sucks though that ill probably get like 2 months after.

I cant wait to tinker around with the cars...It seems like it will be great..Now my toddlers will have something to do other than play in the toilet....

does anyone else have the toddler toilet problem or is it just me? i tend to let the sims think for themselves and sit back and watch...they do some funny stuff believe me

I use twojeffs "ToddlerPlaywithToiletsfix" hack.

Toddlers aren't actually supposed to play in the toilets so much but maxis/ea broke their own code. twojeffs hack fixes it.

Well this expansion is really looking great to me...and thanks maniac for posting all the sites to check out...i have just spent about 4 hrs. looking and reading all the info. available and i'm looking forward to FT alot....i already got it reserved at game stop near me and i will b picking up Feb.27th. my Birthday is the 13th. and it is my "50th" so this is going to b a nice present to myself...

Whoa, those screens are great! And the little video shown that in-game computer is really a concept trailer for Sims 3? Wish they could have zoomed in closer! From what could be seen from the character creation segment it looks to be a ton more realistic. I hope it doesn't get toooo real tho, I like the cartoony aspect of Sims. :)

Okay, I am totally hyped for this EP, but I will wait for everyone to update before getting it.  Just watched the designers walkthru and totally loving the secondary aspirations, like a sim can be with a primary aspiration of knowledge, and secondary, a romance sim.  I really want that.  It is too cool.  So come on modders, lets get the show on the road when you get this EP. :D

this is the first time in a awhile that ive been really really REALLY excited about an expansion pack.  After nightlife i just got them for the storytelling abilities, content, and new interactions and the such.  Seasons was nice...but i didnt even bother getting Bon Voyage. My sims can FINALLY make pottery and do ballet. And the craft making and car fixing and the birds, and FINALLY my poor little toddlers can have a world outside of potty training and skill building!
eeek! :D
but im doing the same thing that i did with my seasons expansion. buy it, read the manual thing, drool, then wait until all the major bugs get fixed and for insim, inteen, and my other primary hacks get updated.

Anyone see the new Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful of Sunshine yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8f5e2xEe5A&feature=related

I want it now :( I keep looking at my little EA download manager going open, open, open. lol

*glares at yet another blue entity*

I sincerely hope that the genie adds something really special and worthwhile to the game, since it continues to be the only feature of the (highly anticipated) expansion for which I am still skeptical.

Other than that, I am really looking forward to Free Time.

For anyone interested they have posted the chat transcript.
http://thesims2.ea.com/community/chat_02_21_08.php

Everyone, together: Mecka-lecka-hay-mecka-hiney-ho!

people are starting to get Free time now

theres some real info and pictures at
http://calalily.sublimesims.net/freetime.html



Yay!! :happy8:


and theres a cute little Free Time story on the exchange
http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=208667

I already have my download manager open so it can download tonight for me and be ready to go when I wake up. Downloads are out, and cleaned up. Everything is backed up. I'm ready...;)

Here's the real kicker-Freetime does have Securom in it. There's another thread with the news in the general discussion. Hope everyone will be ready to play it like it is..borked as usual.

Wait, what? You're downloading it? Lmao, way to kick EAxis' arse XD Also, you won't get Securom ;)

No I pre-ordered it from EA. I know it's already here because I tried to get the patch today and it said I had a later expansion pack installed, what's later than BV? So I'll get the stupid securom again. But, I expected it. I've learned where they're concerned to just not expect anything then they can't disappoint me. The good news is we can use the fix for Securom after Kitchen and Bath and not have to worry about it anymore because this is the last EP. And I don't see any future titles announced for Sims 2.

*Blink* I thought digital downloads came out a lot later than the CD's where released?... Or... uh, dunno *is noob with all these on-line shopping*
Anyway, I know I will die until I will be actually able to buy it... I'm longing after it very-very much but I'm short on money and I also need a new computer for it... *sigh*

No. Ok about a week ago I posted it here somewhere I got the pop up from the EA download link that said downloading.  Then it just mysteriously disappeared. I already have BV and Teen so I was like Aghh their downloading Free Time and I haven't backed up anything! So I got everything out and started my clean up thing I do with each new EP/SP. No chances. lol Anyway they usually download it at midnight the day it's supposed to be released. Freetime gets released on the 26th so tonight at midnight EA should install it on my PC. I never thought anymore about it till this morning when I went to get the second patch for BV. It wouldn't install it, it said I'm using a later expansion pack. So I think EA has already downloaded it, they're just masking it to install tonight.

Just a quick reply to PegasusDiana's message in this thread (dunno how to quote). I got Free Time today (in Australia) and in the pack I noticed an advert for something called Sims 2: Castaways. I dunno if this is the next EP or a completely different thing entirely.

The flyer said that your Sims are on a deserted island and they have to learn to craft the items they need to survive.

Anyone heard anything more about this?

P.S. Free Time stops all of your Custom Content from showing up or shows it as all in BLUE. I think we need a new CEP for FT.

That would be Castaway Stories, not an actual expansion pack. Oh, and the flashing blue items would be a result of the program automatically disabling all custom content once the EP is installed. You have to check the "Enable Custom Content" box which shows up once the game has finished loading, then you need to restart the game in order to get your CC working again.

There's no need for a new CEP so far - it will only become a necessity once people start creating recolours for FT objects.

Oh, so it's out in Australia? I should go check out the local game stores if I can bunk off work early enough tomorrow, but then again I've sworn not to buy and install it until I'm aware of any bugs it may have (and I have no doubt there will be some). I keep on worrying that this will be as poorly executed as the Pets EP was.

I'm playing Sims Castaway right now. I'm not playing it as often as I did the Sims. I'm relaxing and enjoying it. I don't even care if it takes a few days to complete a task. I have a little Orangutan that's living with me. We make such a cute couple grooming each other, feeding each other banana's. rofl It's different then it is for the PS. Pretty similar, but still different. I don't think they could have kept it the same and made it so it was runable by everyone's PC. We only have so much resources on our PC's so I'm not going to complain about the little things. I'd prefer to keep it to the major things that need to be fixed so we can get EA to listen.

all 5 Free Time exclusives --> http://www.nectere.net/smf/index.php?topic=1287.0

:happy8:

Awesomeness! I'm just about to snaffle them now...

As usual, the male side of the content is shabby and not all that well made.  I see only one new hat-less hair mesh -- rather crappy - but several new hats -- the construction worker helmet is a big gain -- but the clown >_<

Well who ever was the first person to say clowns are "fun" should have been killed before he spread this disease.

There are 2 screen captures of the male content attached below.

I looked very carefully - I do not see any new build mode tools, but I do see additional roof colours and many new walls and floors.

Maybe I missed something, I did not pay close attention to all the additions of BonVoyage.

Yes, there is more new stuff, but I am lazy and absolutely refuse to even look at the female content since 80% or more of the game defaults and custom content available for download is already overloading the community with female crap.  Besides, I am using a borrowed laptop to play it and the laptop owner is glaring intently at me and asking "are you done yet?" every 5 minutes.

I think this may not add much new in the objects and clothes, but I do think this AddOn is worth the money for the ideas and activities, if nothing else. I have been very disappointed with the lack of "things to do" since the first day Sims 2 was released =/

Sims 2 is much more attractive than original Sims, but not as much fun because of the serious short-comings in what your Sims have to do as actions.

University adds some good things, Nightlife also many good things, Seasons is still amazing to me, the others, I only want for build mode additions. I have no use at all for the Pets EP.

So I am a little disappointed with the small quantity of items added, but I hope the "play" additions make it worth the money.

The Male hair, and the first outfits with the shorts are cute. No so much the turbans or hard hats though :/

The walls with the paint splatters are awesome. I can see myself using them over and over again. Now to just have enough money and the opportunity to go to Dublin to buy it. Stupid rural town with no games outlets D:

Well Ill be waiting a while for this... its available in the shops now here too, but im waiting for the new alanis morissette album to be released first so i can order them together and save money on courier costs :) lol

I took a look at Sleepycat's link (http://calalily.sublimesims.net/freetime.html)
above, as well as some random research on other sites, and i was a little disappointed to say the least. okay - granted ive not played the game, but just seeing the pics and stuff... one word: "mediocre".  
I MEAN FOR HEAVENS SAKE! A CLOWN OUTFIT?? Why on this GREEN EARTH would anyone EVER want a fug thing like that clogging up your catalogues? Okay... so now that ive got that out of my system... The clothes are nothing special at all either.  99% will probably have to be banished like we had to with the OFB horrors. Hidden by a wonderful little hack at MTS2. Seriously... bad stuff.

...and i HOPE that the objects aren't as unusable as it seems.  For the pics I see EA still assume we like itty-bitty-little-pic-ey's on the walls... you know those... the unusable clutter in your buy mode? the wall hangings smaller than a sim's head, and still should be considered 'decor'?
Whatever. seriously.

Im just a little interested in the gameplay aspect. the 'more things to do' part  of it.  

Ill see how i feel after getting it.  Of course Im still getting it... its the last EP after all...and i got all the rest already.

I haven't really gotten a chance to play it yet, but from what i've seen, the junk car, football, soccer, basketball stuff seem okay.
All my CC was blue and blinking the moment i opened my self-sim's lot so after enabling the CC and closing the game, i didn't bother loading it again, takes way too long for me.
Who the hell came up with that clown stuff? Who needs that? I hate clowns, they all look like child molesters to me.
But i never use Maxis clothes or hair, only recolors or CC so i don't care about the lack of clothes there,
i'm, only interested in the activities anyway,
so if my self sim family house has stopped blinking tonight i'll try it out.

I don't know when I will get it, but it will be quite a few months from now. Meanwhile, I wait for the hacks to update and look for feedback! I'm really curious about the bug reports, though I have a feeling it is well-made, like Seasons was. Hope Pets & BV craps are excluded in this one.

I've been searching for that kind of hair for quite a long time now, so when I will get the EP, it will get seriously abused! :D I also love the hats, and the helmets are surely a good addition. But that clown thing?! Urgh...
And the guys' outfits... Is that effing all?!! What, EA members don't have varied wardrobes or WTF?... Le sigh.

*Resumes waiting for further feedback* ;)

It looks interesting for the new activities. I haven't got it yet but most likely will once the patches are out and most of the bugs/glitches are fixed.

I've been playing it for a while today, all the new hobbies and useable items are great and fun to do. So far I haven't run into any weird trouble yet, but there's one thing that bugs me though; you get SPAMMED by the guys from the hobby clubs. I made a new family with three sims in the new Neighbourhood, who went about their business, learning new skills and trying out the hobbies and the phone wouldn't stop ringing with membership offers. Plus, they just barged into the house sometimes as well without ringing the bell. Very chaotic and annoying, so a fix would do the game much good.

I really like the new neighborhood. Didn't play long, even after all my bellyaching to get it. Too tired today. I'd probably drown my poor sims at the first glitch. JK. lol I like some of the new outfits. The wallpapers and floors don't do a thing for me. The new objects look great although I haven't got to play with them yet.

Semra, FYI, Pescado looks to have updated his phone hack at MATY.

Thanks for the heads-up, I had no idea they'd be updated so fast. :)

I have heard a lot of interesting things about this game,and I will be getting it soon.I cannot wait to see what the toddlers do?

Is it just my game or does Freetime remove the Facelift machine that comes as a career reward? Can't find it now that I've installed Freetime. It seems to have been replaced. Mmmmmm. Anybody else notice or have this in the game? I have all the other packs installed except Uni. Did a fresh install and left Uni out.

Doesn't the facelift machine come with Uni?  That's probably why it hasn't shown up for you.  ;)

Hmm, yes, it's an Uni object. Sorry, Dizzy, resume installing XD

All I can say people if you don't like clowns, which who does, then stay away from the new "Entertainment" career.

I was innocently playing the game when suddenly one of my male sims morphed into a clown (called a 'children's mascot' I kid you not) and went to work.

When he arrived home, I got a pay raising greeting that informed me in a cheerful tone that my sim had been promoted to 'Mime'! *hides under desk*

Fortunetely my sim died in an unfortunate computer fixing incident before the madness could carry on...  Eeeeek!

This overly dramatic post is brought to you by Erica.

Did he die in his mime costume? I think a ghost, looking like a mime, miming his own death would ROCK!  

Wyn

Tenshii and debbycus, you're both right. Thanks.

I feel like going "Doh!" ... ha, I hadn't installed Uni and that's why the facelift object didn't show up. I've reinstalled and everything seems fine now. Actually it looks as if insimenator is working okay with Freetime so far. Finger crossed nothing blows up :)

Anybody else hating the phone calls you get everytime your sims increase an interest in something in this expansion? It's ridiculous. Hopefully somebody will come up with a hack eventually to stop this spam.

I think there's a MATY fix for it ... *searches* Ack, can't find it, but I'm sure fellow peeps can point you in the right direction (I don't have FT :P)

Another new car did anyone post about this yet? Ford Edge.
http://thesims2.ea.com/getcoolstuff/ford/

new Free Time comic is up too, covers Family

I thought I would go crazy trying to ignore the phone. MATY has a hack by Pescado, here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ft/hacks/) look for nohobbyspam.  It works wonders.  Popups for the info and a phone call for the subscriptions. No more constant ringing, that can cause nightmares.  I secretly am in love with Pescado, but I am not telling him. :D

I wondered if anyone else having problems with the nannies and the new nursery items in FT?  My nannies and parents do not recognize them in my game. The babies go on the floor or get fed a bottle instead of using the highchair.  The parents keep having wants of buy a crib, change table, or highchair. The new items are gorgeous and they will not use them. Waahh! :bawl:

^^  Watcha talkin' 'bout?  Pescado doesn't know that "love" emotion.  :laugh:  (Still, that give you and me a reason to keep on lovin' him despite it.  Too awesome of a guy not to.  :lol:)

And for the baby cribs... possible hack conflict?  That is, if there isn't anyone else having that problem.  It must suck, though, because the items look really cute from what I've seen in screenshots.  :?

I know Tenshii, but I love difficult, bad, geeky guys. LOL! ^^

Checked at simlogical for the only things I hack for cribs, they are approved for BV. I have a doctor appointment now, so I will be taking them out and testing myself later.