Well it looks like I'll be buying two copies of The Sims 2: Pets, one for the PC and one for the PS2. After looking at all of the pics and reviews, my daughter has decided that this is a must have game for the PS2. Too bad it always costs more for the PS2, oh well.
The Sims 2: Pets looks like it's going to be a really great EP. A lot of people wanted the sims to have Pets (me included). Some people remember how it was with Unleashed for The Sims and remember getting bored with it pretty quick. I have that EP (I have them all) and about a million downloads for the Sims and EPs. I don't know if I will ever play it again, but a lot of my downloads I bought, so who knows. I liked Unleashed and I never did get bored with it and face it Pets is a hundred times better, just like Sims 2 is about a hundred times better than The Sims.
The one EP from the Sims I didn't much play was Superstar. I really lost interest in it really quick. I could have done without Making Magic as well. I did enjoy Unleashed though.
It's kind of strange to be thinking about the next EP when Pets hasn't been released yet, but people are, including the Maxis team who have already strarted asking what people would like to see in upcoming EPs. So expect at least one or maybe two more EPs for the Sims 2. This is a huge money maker for EA, with a very large and active online community.
The Sims community is huge. If you own the game and haven't been to any of the hundreds of sites devoted to the Sims 2, you should. While their are a lot of pay sites out there, we also have an equal number of free sites. If you only visit to download that's cool, but there is also a lot of information and who knows you might make a friend or two. Not to say there aren't a bunch of jerks in the community, cause there are (just like real life), but it doesn't take long to figure out who they are. Also in the creative community we have a few cliques of kind of snobbish creators who only associate with other creators. They look down on non-creative types. Which is okay with me, because after reading some of their posts, you really wouldn't be all that interested in them anyway. I like people who have lives away from the Sims and can talk about other things.
Anyway, I'm one of those people who is really looking forward to Pets. I have dogs in real life and so I suspect my game will lean toward dog ownership. My daughter loves cats, I see her game heavy with cat owners.