In addition to many new items for households, the new downtown area is Hot Date 's most significant new addition to The Sims. Several concepts in Hot Date would be re-introduced in The Sims 2: Nightlife. The Sims: Hot Date is the third expansion pack released for The Sims, released on November 14, 2001, with overall positive reviews thanks to the addition of a Downtown area as a sub-neighborhood, which became the set up for upcoming expansion packs in which new areas were added.

Livin' Large remained the United States' sixth-highest computer game seller in 2001, with domestic sales of 818,600 units and revenues of $22.9 million that year alone. This made it the country's sixth-best-selling computer game of 2000. By the end of the year, its sales totaled 595,410 units ($16.1 million) in the United States alone. Multiple neighborhoods were introduced in this expansion pack, allowing the player to have up to five new ones.ĭomestically, Livin' Large sold 263,076 units and earned $6.99 million by the end of October 2000, according to PC Data. For example, a genie appears from the magic lamp and a booth comes with a Servo. Some of the objects had new NPCs associated with them. Livin' Large comes with many new objects, such as a crystal ball, electric guitar, chemistry set, and magic lamp. Living Sims can plead with the Reaper to save that particular Sim, which will result in three possible outcomes: death, resurrection, or a zombie. The Grim Reaper performs the final rites for deceased Sims. Sims can contract an illness from a bite by the guinea pig included in this expansion. The Tragic Clown visits depressed Sims who own the Tragic Clown painting in order to cheer them up, always failing miserably. Santa will leave presents under the tree. Santa Claus will come if the Sim leaves some cookies beside a Christmas tree, and a fireplace. The game features new NPCs, such as Servo, the Tragic Clown, and the Grim Reaper.

This expansion pack is also part of The Sims Deluxe Edition and later compilations of the core game. The pack includes new characters, careers, items, and features. The Sims: Livin' Large (known as The Sims: Livin' It Up in Europe) is the first expansion pack released for The Sims, released in North America on Augand Europe on September 8, 2000. The last expansion pack, Makin' Magic, was released on October 29, 2003. The first expansion pack, Livin' Large, was released on August 27, 2000. Expansion packs tend to focus on major new features, with many objects, clothes, styles, worlds and life states are geared towards the pack's major theme. Windows versions were published by Electronic Arts, and Mac OS X versions were published by Aspyr. All expansion packs were developed by Maxis for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Seven expansion packs were released for the 2000 life simulation video game The Sims, the first major title in The Sims series. Video game series The Sims expansion packs

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