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If you are a Sims fan, this is one expansion pack that you can't do without!

As the name implies, this pack allows you to adopt pets to add to your family, a feature that has been long-asked for by fans of the game. However, if you aren't a fan of cats and dogs, don't despair; this expansion also expands your neighborhood and provides additonal jobs, and for those of you with green thumbs, you can try to make a living buy growing your own vegetables.

The two main types of pets are cats and dogs; they are an actual member of your family, as regular Sims are. You can also download skins for them from fan sites. They can be trained to do many different things, such as hunt mice and (if you have Superstar) get rid of the frustrating Obsessed Fan, and they can also help boost the social scrores of solitary Sims.

If cute bundles of fur aren't your style, you can opt for a fish, an iguana, a bird or a turtle. They are more like the guinea pig download, and have much less interaction.

The expanded neighborhood is what sold this game to me, however. The hood goes from 10 lots to 40, and it adds an option to go to "Old Town." You visit Old Town to adopt a pet, or buy seeds for your garden. You can also place food stands on the lots.

All-in-all, this seems to be one of the better expansion packs. Diehard Sims fans won't want to be without this, and those occasional players might find something new to like in this game.

Sure The Sims is a good game, but I am not happy with this expansion. First of all, you can't control your pet, you have to install two cd's, which takes a long time, cats and dogs takes up a family member spot(if you have seven members in your family you can only get one cat or dog), and also, everyone has been saying that you can get a monkey, well, to bad for us because you can't. All you can get are dogs, cats, turtles, iguanas, goldfish, love birds, and budgies(birds). The only good things is that you get three new neighborhoods, 15 community lots, a bunch of new items, new walls, roofs, wallpaper, floors, and cool new gardens which get destroied by gophers, bunnies, racoons , and skunks.That is why I give The Sims Unleashed only 3 out of 5 stars. Also if you don't know cheats press control, shift and C at the same time. Then type rosebud !;!;!;!;!; and then add k. It will say no such cheat, but if you hold enter, your money goes up.

well i got the double deluxe game a year ago and i got bored with it, but this one is more fun but to be honest save the money for the sims 2 it's 10 times better than the original!