In a nutshell:
Help your Sims start their own business. From toy shops to restaurants, the world is your oyster - buy a plot of land and then fashion an empire to make Alan Sugar belch.

The lowdown:
The idea of a Sims business tycoon game may seem odd, but this is a surprisingly fun and accessible expansion. Although you can stay at home and create items to sell, most businesses are run from a new shopping centre area, which you can also visit separately. To run a shop you buy objects as normal, and then display and price them individually, or in bulk for your store. Running a restaurant or other service is more a case of creating the right mood with furniture and staff. You can hire and fire employees as you want, but it???s worth being as hands-on as you can because you gain a wide range of new skills from the work you do.

Most satisfying moment:
Starting with a lemonade stand and building up your business empire until you can afford to buy any plot of land in town.

Since you ask:
As well as all the business tycoon elements the game also features 125 new items, including display cases, workbenches, cash registers and more.

The bottom line:
Another surprisingly generous and innovative expansion pack.
Harrison Dent

This game requires a little extra effort when playing. The only reason I gave it four stars was because it only adds to the game play when you add the effort. Unlike expansions such as seasons, (which adds to your game without you thinking about it), you have to create the business and run it to see the effects of the expansion. However, when I do play the expanison, it is fantastic. It can be hard to create a successful business, stopping it from being boring. You become glued to the game, trying to create a business that will start gaining your family money, be popular with its customers and give you businesses perks. There are lots of little additions and a lot of effort has been taken to make this expansion, making the game play more enjoyable. Although it can be hard to create a successful business, the concept of running the businesses isn't too difficult to understand. There is a businesses toolbar in the game, making the business feature much easier to use. This is a great expansion, especially if you are a little bored of your sims game and feel like a challenge or new interest.

a classic
good quality fun

(too old for a full review)

I think it's fair to say that Maxis have effectively bled the Sims 2 series dry, making a LOT of money from it. In this expansion, I believe you actually get something new.

Creating a business is probably the most rewarding experience I've ever had on the sims, and the most challenging. From managing your employees, to making sure you're not out of stock, things can get a little stressful but that didn't stop me from making a three storied furniture store!

This game is undoubtabley a challenge, even more so to the regular Sim fan. I'd only get this if you want a completely new Sims experience and are up for figuring out the kinks. Best expansion to date for the series.

I love the idea of this expansion pack and it gives a whole new meaning to the original sims game, however i am finding it quite demanding and some what hard to keep buisness running sucsessfully. This may be because i havent quite got the hang of it yet having only installed it this afternoon but i havent dared let my current sims couple have a baby or adopt a pet until my shop workers are talented enough to run my sims buisness on their own and my sim has to stop driving down to the community lot everyday to keep the buisness going.
There are some nice new objects with this game aswell which can be placed in your sims home and of course loads of display cases and shop stuff to place on your community lots.
The current buisness im trying to run has my sim selling their painted canvas art work and flowers crafted from the floral stand, but you can really sell anything so there are lots of great things you can try out! Hard work, but i really do recomend this pack for any sims 2 fan! :)

I thought that this expansion pack was going to be the greatest by far... it wasn't. Yes it did add new features like buying community lots and hiring workers but there was one problem. I never seemed to get into running the business, it became repetitive and boring so much that I'd just end up cheating my way into a five star business. I never really 'use' this expansion pack when I'm in game, probably only when I'm building or buying something. I think I might uninstall it as I have hardly any hard drive space left because of these games! I guess it just depends on what kind of person you are, you either like it or you dont!