The Sims 2: Nightlife Hands-On (PC) Publisher: _Electronic Arts_ (http://www.gamespy.com/company/025/025025.html) Developer: _Maxis_ (http://www.gamespy.com/company/025/025041.html) Genre: Simulation Release Date: 09/13/2005 ESRB: _Teen_ (http://www.gamespy.com/esrb.html#Teen) _More Info on this Game_ (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/sims-2-nightlife/)
Dear diary: My attempts to become a vampire have again been thwarted. Ever since we learned that "Vampirism" was in the upcoming Sims 2 expansion pack, Nightlife (_see it all in our earlier preview_ (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/sims-2-nightlife/635939p1.html) ) I was dying to try it out. Since we recently got a build of the expansion here at GameSpy, I made Vampirism a priority. Now, turning my Sim into a vampire means that I'll have to find the "Master Vampire," who wanders around the new Downtown area late at night. That meant that I was going to have to hang around downtown late at night. No problem: the Downtown area that comes with the pack is sprawling, with dozens of bars, restaurants, clubs, out-of-the-way dives, and no less than three bowling alleys. (http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/739/739565/img_3041341.html) It is my personal belief that vampires get all the chicks. And who better to stay up all night than a college student? I thought for sure a college student would be the first to turn. From my own halcyon days of schooling, I seem to remember that my campus was crawling with vampires. Or at least with pasty white guys who hung out in the computer lab during the wee hours. (http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/739/739565/img_3041343.html) Sweet moves on the dance floor. On creating my character (a brooding guy with dark hair, natch) I discovered the first sign that something was afoot in SimCity: before finishing up I had to select my Sim's turn-ons and turn-offs. It's possible to, for instance, be really into red hair and glasses and turned off by perfume. Of course, some truly bizarre combinations are available, like a Sim who's turned on by people with body odor who wear face paint. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
