New OFB info

[Bangelnuts]

The problem they have at Maxis, of course, is we all want different things!  I used to love how you could breed your pets with Unleashed, and earn money that way!

I didnt like unleashed pets all that well but i did like gardening and selling the vegetables

[Oddysey]

Honestly, the only reason I'm interested in Open For Business is the robots. Robots! Wants robots! Anything even remotely science fiction themed in future expansion packs would be most excellent. Weirdness is good in any variety, so zombies and vampires and whatnot are good also, but aliens and robots are better. Much better. And sims in space would just rock. I would forgive the inanity of the entire party pack concept for that.

What I'd really like to see in the sims would be tabletop roleplaying games. I think it'd be funny to see sims playing Dungeons and Dragons or something.

[radiophonic]

Honestly, the only reason I'm interested in Open For Business is the robots. Robots! Wants robots! Anything even remotely science

Heh, I predicted robots. 
That link seems to be gone.

[eaglezero]

Honestly, the only reason I'm interested in Open For Business is the robots.

What I'd really like to see in the sims would be tabletop roleplaying games. I think it'd be funny to see sims playing Dungeons and Dragons or something.

Robots? Where'd you hear there were going to be robots? I loved Servo from ... uh ... whatever expansion pack he was from -- he was FAR better than the maid. Robots are good.

I also think it would be funny to see them playing Dungeons and Dragons. Much better than myshuno, or whatever that strange thing is.

[Bangelnuts]

Honestly, the only reason I'm interested in Open For Business is the robots.

What I'd really like to see in the sims would be tabletop roleplaying games. I think it'd be funny to see sims playing Dungeons and Dragons or something.

Robots? Where'd you hear there were going to be robots? I loved Servo from ... uh ... whatever expansion pack he was from -- he was FAR better than the maid. Robots are good.

I also think it would be funny to see them playing Dungeons and Dragons. Much better than myshuno, or whatever that strange thing is.

eek aanything is better than Myshuno. I refuse to buy that for my Sims

[Bort]

Myshuno is my fiend. I used to buy it to fulfill expensive game wants...but I didn't necessarily make it easily accessible to them.

My Servo was a fraud. He'd clean a toilet, then stand there buzzing confusedly and changing hats before retiring to his cupboard. Hopefully future robots will be more cooperative.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Sounds like you had an ID conflict somewhere!  Servo was always very cooperative in my game, and great at entertaining visiting kids!

[Kitiara]

Space travel - love to see it.
OFB - sounds intriguing, let's see if EA/Maxis can manage not to screw it up.
Unleashed - Loved the gardens, the pets were cute, but obnoxious. I kept cats on lots that had gardens, but otherwise...
Superstar - I thought it improved the look of the game.
Makin' Magic - Had lots of fun with that one, probably because I was starting to get bored and it changed a lot of things (had big fun with spells)
Make money at home (from TS1 - gnomes etc.) - this is what I really miss. I want crafty stuff!
Servo - loved him.

Whew, lot of topics in this thread.

[radiophonic]

Robots? Where'd you hear there were going to be robots? I loved Servo from ... uh ... whatever expansion pack he was from -- he was FAR better than the maid. Robots are goothing is.

It's predictable isn't it?

College makes you a zombie.
Nightlife makes you a vampire.
Working...makes makes you a robot.

[Kitiara]

Wow. I never really put that together and thought about it (go ahead, laugh and point). Is EA/Maxis making social commentary?

[radiophonic]

Wow. I never really put that together and thought about it (go ahead, laugh and point). Is EA/Maxis making social commentary?

I think it's more sarcasm than anything.

[Oddysey]

Hey, the Sims franchise has a long history of satire. Heck, the original game was basically just an irreverent take on suburban living. You give up your time to go to work to get money to buy more stuff to make yourself happy so you can go to work and make more money. The Sims 2, if anything, amplifies that. At its heart, it's satirical exageration.

[ZephyrZodiac]

And with NL installed, your sim would rather go to work than take a much needed shower!

[Kitiara]

Wow. I never really put that together and thought about it (go ahead, laugh and point). Is EA/Maxis making social commentary?

I think it's more sarcasm than anything.

I got the sarcasm (there was a touch of it in mine too), but I think there may be a hint of truth. Or at least commentary.

[baratron]

Robots were mentioned in the survey from the official site that some of us here took part in.

They also mentioned tattoo parlours as one of the possible businesses. And Unified Time, where time progresses as normal on Community lots.

I actually hope they don't try to do unified time, because I'm loving the eternal night of Nightlife, and I'm sure it'll just go buggy the way the College Clock does without More Awesome hacks.

[cwykes]

Myshuno is my fiend. I used to buy it to fulfill expensive game wants...but I didn't necessarily make it easily accessible to them.

there's a hack to stop them wanting to play it - probably on MTS2.   I use that when they insist on buying it.

[ZephyrZodiac]

There's also a Less Annoying Myshuno at DJS Sims.

[cwykes]

that's the one - not MTS2 then sorry!