The Sims 2: Apartment Life
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The Sims 2: Apartment Life North American Box Art
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| Developer(s) | The Sims Division |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Designer(s) | Lakshmi Jayapalan |
| Series | The Sims |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, EA Mobile |
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| Genre(s) | Social simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 81% |
| Metacritic | 75% |
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| GameZone | 7.2/10 |
| IGN | 7.7/10 |
| Game Chronicles | 7.9/10 |
| NZ Gamer | 8.5/10 |
The Sims 2: Apartment Life is the eighth and finalexpansion pack in the Sims 2 video game series.
A flyer included in later copies of The Sims 2: FreeTime expansion pack and The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Pack announced Apartment Life, which brings magic back to the franchise and new features like Sims' relationships with neighbors inhabiting the same apartment building, interacting with an NPC landlord, a new reputation system, and new activities for publicly accessible lots.
Pre-release began on August 27, 2008, via the EA store.
This expansion adds a new pre-made neighborhood, Belladonna Cove, inspired by New York City. It features many apartments, and San Francisco's Painted Ladies townhouses. Other buildings in this neighborhood include a trailer park, libraries, coffee shops and grocery stores in addition to several parks. Several of these lots showcase major gameplay elements not available in previous expansions or the core game. There is also a new icon, when there is a family living in an apartment building, there will be a green apartment icon over the house.
This expansion adds multiple social interactions, including "High Five", "Earthy Hug", "Fake Out", "Kiss Kiss Darling", and "Tough Handshake". Children have new special interactions to use with their peers, as do toddlers. Parents and teenagers can now also play "Peekaboo" with toddlers. Sims of all ages (except toddlers) can participate in the "Classic Dance" or "Jump Rope".
This expansion gives Sims the opportunity to become Witches (female) or Warlocks (male), similar to The Sims: Makin Magic. While playing as a magical being, Sims may choose to be Infallibly Good, Good, Nice, Neutral, Mean, Evil or Atrociously Evil, each of which has a unique costume. A sim may become a witch or warlock by building a strong relationship with an NPC magic user until the option to request the transformation becomes available.
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