Whisk your Sims away from their everyday routines and take them on exciting trips to three exotic locations! Whether relaxing on a lush tropical island in a luxury suite, camping with the family on a pristine mountaintop, or exploring the culture of the Far East, your Sims will enjoy new activities to relax and rejuvenate them. Transform them from bumbling tourists to savvy international travelers as they learn new customs including local greetings, dances, and more to take home and teach to their friends. Send your Sims packing for the trip of a lifetime!
REVIEW
Great, but has a lot of bugs. This is truly the most fun expansion pack that I have bought.
However, issues that I had with Seasons and video card compatibility were not solved with this expansion pack as promised.
So, if you have a new Intel iMac with ATI Radeon HD 2600, do not buy this expansion pack until a patch comes out. Aspyr has been extremely slow in solving these issues and doesn't seem to care a great deal.
The EA game issues have not been solved either, such as the NPC overload issue. However, EA has come out with a PC patch that fixes many of the issues. I'm still waiting on Aspyr to come out with a Mac patch.
Otherwise, this is a fantastic game with great new clothes, objects, neighborhoods and game play. I strongly recommend the Bon Voyage EP to anyone with a Power PC Mac.
Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special effects, including rim-lighting, depth of field, texture streaming and character self-shadowing, players are enlisted into one of the most photo-realistic gaming experiences imaginable.
The community-oriented Call of Duty 4 multiplayer gameplay features a robust leveling system, variety of unlockable perks, hot-join and matchmaking, as well as create a class and party capabilities to ensure that players of all skill levels can join in the fun. Additionally over 100 challenges and a host of new game environments and modes deliver unlimited possibilities. Infinity Ward has also included Kill-Cam, a fan favorite feature that they created in Call of Duty 2, which allows for spectator instant replays.
Key Features
Authentic Advanced Weaponry - Featuring an available arsenal of more than 70 new and authentic weapons and gear from assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines, .50 caliber sniper rifles, and M-249 SAW machine guns.
Coordinated Assault and Support - Delivering the most visceral action thriller ever, the title covers modern battle from the soldier to the satellite, where the need for air support is crucial to success. The adrenaline rush deployment enlists gamers tofast-rope from tactical helicopters, ride in an armada of attack choppers, utilize jets to remove enemy strongholds and even engage hostiles from thousands of feet above the ground inside a state of the art aerial gunship.
Cinematic Quality Graphics and Sound - Featuring stunning next-generation graphics, players will be drawn into the cinematic intensity of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Combine the lifelike graphics and the realistic battle chatter with the Call of Duty award-winning sound design and players will face battle as they never have before.
Unparalleled Depth to Multiplayer - The highly-anticipated multiplayer builds from the success of Call of Duty 2 deliver a persistent online experience for greater community action.
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System Requirements:
Minimum Specifications:
Recommended Specifications:
OS:
Mac OS X 10.5.4 (Leopard)
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
CPU Speed:
2.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
RAM:
1 GB
Hard Disk Space:
8.0 GB + 1 GB Swap File
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800 NVIDIA GeForce Quadro FX 4500 ATI Radeon X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
Video Memory:
128 MB
256 MB
Multiplayer Requirements:
Internet (TCP/IP) or LAN (TCP/IP) play supported Internet plays requires broadband connection
REVIEW
Runs Fantastic on 2008 Macbook It's tricky writing (and reading) reviews for Mac games. If you wantto know if the game's worth playing, there are multitudes of reviews for all the platforms on which it's featured. So far, and I've put maybe 4 hours into the game, it's a solid port. If you want to know if COD 4 is worth playing, there's plenty of evidence out there that yes, yes it is.
If you want to know if you can run the thing, let me just say that if you have one of the new round of Macs, it will run easily and beautifully. I've got the 2.4 ghz model, but according to benchmarks, there's not a huge difference between it and the 2.0 as far as frame rate goes. The install itself is so simple I almost thought they were putting me on. They were not, and I just dragged the folder from the CD onto my hard drive. Twenty minutes or so later I was playing the best-looking game I've ever seen.
Multiplayer works awesome, and the fact that you can play against PC nerds is kind of mind-boggling to me. There are always games. And people are very, very good.
I've been using a Mac for 6 years now, this is my second laptop, and the idea that I can buy a modern game that a lot of folks are still playing and run it so well on such a thin and lovely machine makes me a little giddy inside.
Requires The Sims 2, The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition, or The Sims 2 Holiday Edition to play.
The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff Pack adds excitement to your Sims' family. With this all-new collection of furniture, clothing, and décor, your Sims now have more stuff for family fun. Decorate the home with cool new furnishings, dress them in all-new clothes, and much more.
REVIEW
A pretty good Stuff Pack I love the Sims 2 and love the concept behind the stuff packs. This stuff pack gives your more clothes and items for your "family" life in Sims. The kids clothes are adorable and it is great to having matching kids furniture especially if that is your favorite part of the game.
In The Sims 2: Glamour Life, you'll give your Sims a life of glamour and luxury. Live the high life with 60 new items including pop-art paintings, sectional sofas, a high-end stereo, fur coats and more. Your Sims work hard, so reward them with luxurious furniture, fashionable clothing, and extravagant décor items. Create lavish homes furnished with the finest modern bedroom, living room, and dining room sets. Turn heads in the neighborhood as your Sims show off elegant gowns, red carpet formalwear, and cool casual styles at their next big soirée.
A Very Solid Game! I bought this last week without doing much research, but knowing that it looked like a fun way for my son try and get some SAT prep under his belt since he isn't really into the "traditional" software or the class instruction. Well..I am pleasently surprised on how great this thing is! he is been goign through this game for the past couple days and really is enjyoing the way the questions and the game is presented. He said, "I don't feel like im just doing prep, but its actually pretty fun". So all and all this was a great purchase! Plus, its been really fun for me and my wife to sit down and actually try to answer the questions and play with the game to see how we would do if we were to sit down and take the test! Not so good! :0 HIGHLY recommend this product and really think you should invest in this title for your kids and for some plain old family fun because its def. a lot of fun and very beneficial!
Neverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a computer role-playing game set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the popular campaign settings of Dungeons and Dragons. It takes the player fromthe tiniest of villages into a sweeping tale of danger and war, chronicling their rise from a peasant to a full-fledged hero of the Realms, defending it against one of the greatest threats of the age. Build a character that suits your style of play - good or evil, chaotic or lawful, with any number of skills, feats and professions available at the click of a button. Whether lobbing fireballs and researching forgotten spells as a powerful Wizard, hacking a trail through legions of orcs as a Fighter armed only with a battle axe and your courage, or taking on the role of a Rogue that can slip into the shadows at a moment's notice, the choice is yours. Choose your alignment, your allies, your companions, and how you want your character to develop... design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy. The design aspects of Neverwinter Nights 2 don't stop there, however. Past the campaign included with the game itself, Neverwinter Nights 2 also gives you all the tools you need to build your own modules, campaigns, and adventures for your friends - move buildings, terrain, script encounters, write dialogues, create quests and items -everything you need to create an epic adventure of your own is included in the toolset for you and any other worldbuilder to use. So if you are interested in adventure - or building adventures of your own - look no further. Neverwinter Nights 2 is on the horizon, and adventure awaits.
REVIEW
I can't recommend Neverwinter Nights 2 If Neverwinter Nights 2 came out in the late nineties this would have been a great game. Unfortunately, it came out in '06 which is about 6 years past its prime. This game looks, feels, and plays dated...and I wish I didn't have to say that. The story is laughably bad! Your must keep this unknown silver artifact from falling into the wrong hands...and when you do find out what this artifact is, you're first inclination is to just hand it over. It reminded me of an old Sanford and Son episode, where Lamont brings home a priceless heirloom and ends up realizing he'd been con'd - except without the laughs. So, the story is bad, what about the gameplay?
You have fourteen classes to choose from, but aside from a mage, most are worthless. Why worthless? Because once you reach a certain level (10) your character can't be advanced any further - so pick the one good class and let's move on. So you've created your character and are deciding what skills to allocate your points - it's all Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy...maybe Intimidate and Lore. Why spend all your points on thesocial skills? Because your character is the only one who is allowed to talk. So just imagine if you built some powerhouse fighter with low charisma, you're not going to get very far in the game. So as you advance from one ambush to the next ambush, solving puzzles taken straight from Sesame Street, and talking to various NPCs, you'll either raise or lose influence with your other party members - and influence matters in the end.
So they gameplay is subpar and linear with really bad characters, what about the graphics? Like I said in my opening statement, this game would have been impressive in the late nineties and the graphics look like late nineties graphics. Dated, dated, dated. The best part of the game is the individual spells, which really is the only improvement from the first game. But all this talk really takes a back seat because of the horrendous camera angles. If you zoom in to make the game more appealing, your party will be slaughtered because you can't see the enemy from this vantage point; zoom out and you're stuck with block models. The only positive I can say about the graphics is when the game jumps to 3-d. In 3-d the game does a farbetter job than the lame 2-d models.
Overall, I'm afraid I can't recommend Neverwinter Nights 2, and that truly is a shame. This game had a lot of potential, but fails to capitalize on any of it. I do see a promising future for the Neverwinter Nights series.
Amazon.comThe Sims was one of the most popular games ever made. In it, players micromanage the lives of a family of virtual people, or Sims, and influence their paths toward success or something akin to a nervous breakdown. Itsopen-ended blend of cartoonish behavior and everyday living is unique in an art form otherwise obsessed with carnage and sports. With The Sims 2, longtime fans now have a deeper game with lots of ways to customize and share their experiences. The game will also attract first-timers because the goal-oriented gameplay and the luridly fun starter families make it easier to get into the action right out of the box.
Now Sims are born with the traits of their parents, families grow, and Sims grow old.
The People in Your Neighborhood The game starts at the neighborhood level. Here you can create a housing development from scratch or start with one of three premade neighborhoods, each with its own theme. From there, you'll settle on a house and a family of Sims to control.
Create your own Sim (above) or your own house (below) from scratch with advanced tools.
Aside from the basic needs carried over from the previous game, Sims now have aspirations, wants, and fears. The wants and fears are the day-to-day things that occupy their minds, like wanting to see friends or get married and fearing death or being rejected for a kiss. Satisfy their wants, and they become more efficient at completing tasks you assign them. Realize their fears, and Sims become lethargic, cranky, and unresponsive to your commands. Aspirations are the big-picture things, like raising a family, becoming wealthy, and gaining knowledge. Succeed here and you'll be able to buy odd gifts for your Sim to improve his or her life, like a money tree that pays dividends or a "fountain of youth" water cooler.
What Else Is New? Of course, you wouldn't be able to juggle all that if it weren't for the improved "Free Will" option, which makes it easier for Sims to fulfill their basic needs. The artificial intelligence of the game is noticeably improved; they won't turn on radios just as a family member is going to bedbut, strangely, they do occasionally put their dishes on the floor.
Another big change in the series is the concept of the lifespan. Now Sims are born with the traits of their parents, families grow, and Sims grow old. Not only does this go hand in hand with aspirations (growing up is the first aspiration that a baby Sim will have), it provides a limited time with which your Sims can achieve their goals.
The Universal Control Panel helps you manage your Sim family.
A Family Affair The Sims 2 not only lets you create just about any type of Sim in any type of family, build elaborate houses, and even create a neighborhood from scratch, but it also allows you to start the game in medias res, with premade households. These families all have backstories that are smart spoofs of soap-opera plots--lots of scheming, romance, ghosts, and family fighting. Parents of teens shouldn't worry, though, because nudity is tastefully blurred out and "woo-hoo" between Sims takes place completely under the covers. The ESRB has given this a Teen rating. If The Sims 2 were a film, it would likely land between PG and PG-13.
The makers have included some nice tools to help share the universe you've created. For example, you can capture in-game stills and video to show friends the private moments, family interactions, and house parties of your Sims. You can even package a household to share as a blog or an album on a special Web site.
The Sims 2 is for patient gamers. Like life itself, the game is filled with mundane details, like getting ready for work and doing dishes. The game also demands a level of creativity from its players that the run-and-gun game genres wouldn't know what to do with. But those who stick with it will be rewarded with an absorbing, amusing diversion and a virtual family history that they've created themselves. --Porter B. Hall
Awesome! I recently bought a macbook, so none of my old sims disks would work on my mac. I couldn't stand not playing the game, because it's the greatest game of all time...so I had to at least order the first disk of the sims 2 for the mac platform.
I received the item promptly and undamaged. A+ service!
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic takes you into the distant past of the Star Wars universe -- over 4,000 years before Episode I, when battles raged between the Jedi and the Sith!
REVIEW
Don't waste your money if you have an Intel-based Mac!! I purchased KOTOR as the first game to go along with my new Intel-based iMac. However, neither the product packaging, the Aspyr website, or any other site selling this game mentioned that it is functionally incompatible with an Intel-based processor. As a result, it will lock up, suffer major graphics and gameplay issues, and be completely unplayable. When contacted, Aspyr (the game maker) said that they were aware of the problem but would not provide any support, despite the fact that their own website has no mention of this incompatibility.
It's too bad. It looked like a great game. Unfortunately, it's a complete waste of money for anyone with a new Mac.
Call of Duty Deluxe delivers the intensity of WWII-era first-person shooter action. Join your squadmates for authentic action across Fortress Europe's most historic battlefields. Experience the cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battles. As you fight, you'll dive into the stories that came out of that time -- seeing war through the eyes of ordinary soldiers, fighting as a squad for their own glory and honor, and for the survival of their buddies. Features the original Call Of Duty and the United Offensive expansion pack.
REVIEW
Disappointed Was impossible to load missions on Call of Duty (original) after #1, and the United Offensive disc had several bugs in it. Fun to play when it worked, but the bugs greatly limited the experience.
The Sims Complete Collection includes The Sims, and all seven expansion packs -- all in one convenient package. An entire world of Sims awaits your quirky command. It's your neighborhood, they're your Sims, and whether they prosper or perish is completely up to you! With The Sims - Unleashed you'll add a furry friend to your Sims family. Housebreak your pets, train them to do tricks, buy them toys, and do your best to keep them from destroying the house! The Sims - Superstar lets you experience the lifestyles of the rich and famous and guide your Sims to superstardom. Become a movie star, rocker, or supermodel and spend your cash on extravagant new items for your home. In The Sims - Makin' Magic you'll cast spells, hypnotize friends, and even turn a neighbor into a frog. But watch out, spells can go haywire if you're not careful. The neighborhood will never be the same!
REVIEW
Amazing! This is by far the most exciting game I have ever played. Although some of the new additions like superstar town and magic town can be a little confusing if you're used to plain-old sims, all the new choices are so great. I've been having a blast with it and the only downside is that I can't seem to stop!
Amazon.com contributor Porter Hall reveals how you can make movies using the Sims as your actors. See his guide to 
