This is, I feel, one of the better eps. Has the effects of the various seasons, plus gardening, fishing, snowball fights.. quite entertaining. I did lose the ability to see the fish in aquariums even with an upgraded graphic card.

The one downside, which is with all the Sims2 ep's, is that upon installation the game creates an openning in one's firewall giving EA Games repeated access to one's pc through the game's exe. Having Norton AV and the additional firewall control, I was able to create blocks and I never play the game while on the internet. I had spent considerable time trying to get answers as to why EA Games was infiltrating my pc, first there were denials. When screen shots of my firewall was sent to them as proof, I was given the most idiotic "explanations". To date, not even the corporate office has responded. This has fostered feelings of mistrust for me. I will no longer purchase EA or Electronic Arts games.

Great expansion pack which makes for some big gameplay changes, and it's visually awesome too - love the snow! Unfortunately this I believe is the last expansion pack EA put out without that ridiculous securom on it, so I will not be purchasing their products in future.

I installed it and fell in love!!! The graphics where like real life and it was the best game ever made!!!!! I LOVE THE PENGUINS

Seasons is the third expansion pack I have purchased and my favorite by far, even more than Nightlife. It adds so much to the game - you get four seasons and they are relatively realistic. When the season changes over to fall or winter you can actually hear a hollow wind blowing, which adds to the illusion that the weather is starting to cool off. In the fall your Sims wants will begin to revolve around skill building, which makes it a great time for moving up in their chosen career tracks. In the winter your Sims will crave interaction with family - this is a great time to work on family relationships. You also get snow, which is just great. The snow is gorgeous and gradually accumulates. Once you get enough snow, you can send your Sims outside to build a snowman or make a snow angel. If your Sim gets too cold she or he will literally freeze and fall over. You must then get someone in the household to "warm" them up, which is done by using a hair dryer that the family member pulls from their pocket lol. Once the Sim thaws out they will be a bluish-gray color until you get their temperature meter back to green. A great way to warm your cold Sims up is by getting them to drink hot chocolate or by giving them a hot bubble bath.
In the spring there is rain, lots of it. You get hail sometimes too although I've had it maybe three times in my game so far. I like how the weather stays chilly well into the spring season, just like in real life. In fact my Sims will automatically change into coats and mittens before heading outdoors right up until the first day of summer. Spring is also a great time to start growing fuit and veggies, if you enjoy gardening. You can also start working on your harvest trees, which will produce fruit, the quality of which will depend on how well your Sim tends to the trees (same goes for the garden). If you like to garden year round, build a greenhouse - having a greenhouse will also prevent the bug issue. If your plants and trees are outside you have to spray them every so often and spraying too much can lead to you ending up with a Plant Sim ;)
Summer is actually my least favorite season because there isn't much variation with it - your days are sunny and that's pretty much it. You get an occasional rain shower. It'd be nice if child Sims got the summer off from school.
New interactions include water balloon fights, playing catch and catching butterflies or fireflies. You can make a pool with curved sides and there are pool slides now. Your Sims can play Marco Polo in the water.
Sims can also fish and the better they get at it the more bait choices they get. You start off being able to fish using a worm as bait.
Your Sims can overheat and I found that they seem to overheat much quicker than they freeze. Make sure they are dressed properly when they are outdoors. If your Sim is in long sleeves and pants in the summer and he starts playing catch, he will overheat very quickly. One thing i thought was cute - if your Sim is making out with another Sim outdoors, he/she will "overheat". The temprature meter turns red. As soon as they stop kissing and go inside it goes back to normal haha.
You can make juices with the veggies and fruits your grow and some of them have benefits such as giving your Sim a random skill point or making teen Sims finish homework faster. You can cook the fish that you catch or hang it on the wall. One new option I LOVE, you can now save leftovers! No more cooking a meal for 8 people and having to throw most of it away! You can put leftovers in the fridge and they never go bad. Any Sim, even child Sims, can go to the fridge and get leftovers to eat. I found this to be vry helpful when my child Sims get up earlier than the parents and are really hungry. Now instead of having to wait for mom or dad to get up and fix breakfast, little Jimmy can get his own and put the rest back for the next person to have.
All in all, an excellent expansion pack. I highly recommend it!

Sims 2 Season is an EXCELLENT Expansion pack full of extras and bonus features. A must have! Once installed your sims will experience Summer,Fall, Winter and Spring. Build Snowmans and make Snow Angels in the Winter, Have Snowball fights with your friends! Plant and grow fruits and vegitables in the Spring, Summer and Fall. In Fall watch the leaves fall and get your sims to work raking the yard.

This is expansion pack adds a lot of depth to your game. So buy it today!

The game was awesome but the problem is that the walls and floor will look red,pink and black,I check if it was memory card and I add more memory to my computer but is still wont work.

I have this expansion pack for the Sims 2 series. No Sims 2 Collection is complete without a single expansion pack. The best part about this pack is the changing seasons that the game simulates. I like the Spring and Summer seasons myself with the rain and thunderstorms. If your thinking of buying this pack for your Sims 2 collection, go for it because it gives the game that extra boost in gameplay. One of my family members said that they wanted it for their collection thus I bought it again.

So as with The Sims 2 Pets, this expansion to me does not add up to the lag time and bugs it can give your Sims 2 program.

Overall, I like the idea and I really do like watching the weather change, but the whole thing of having to change your clothes to go out in the rain and also getting struck by lighting so often?? What the heck is with that anyway??

To me, it is a fun idea but not the best execution of it, and normally I love Sims games and the expansions, but this one and Pets, both I was disappointed with overall.

I love this expansion -- this is my favorite expansion so far.

Besides the obvious addition of seasons, this expansion is PACKED with goodies. First of all, building tools. You can build roofs diagonally now. If you're a big Sims2 builder you'll love that. You can build greenhouses so you can grow all year round and avoid pests. You can now have different tiles in the pool walls, and make them curved. There's a pool slide too (I know I've been wanting that for a while now).

Now for my new favorite activities.... YOU CAN FISH IN PONDS on your sims' lots, and then you can sell, eat, or mount your fish on the wall! You can grow vegetables and fruit, and sell or eat this also. It even has varying nutritional content that can boost your Sims' learning potential. But beware.. spend too much time in the garden and you might become a plant sim... complete with green skin and plant-like hair.

Leaves fall from trees, snow comes and goes, sims bundle up to go outside or get sunburned in the sun. This expansion doubles the fun of Sims 2 and I highy recommend it.

I think this is one of the better expansion packs for the Sims 2 game as it adds more that just objects. But, I quickly found that my entire gameplay began to revolve around the seasons...a little too much. It was fun for about a weekend, but not worth the full price.

There is a reason why there are so may 5 star reviews, it is very difficult to find faults with this game because there is a lot to do, and opens up many windows of opportunities to the game that the other expansion packs just do not have. You can own your own vegetable, fruit garden and sell it profit or stock the items in your fridge or in the fruit machine thing. Making it cost effective, because you don't have to go to the grocery store a lot if you have fresh fruits and vegetables growing in the backyard. You can also fish, and cook the fish that you caught from the pond. there is a new terrain that comes with the game, some R name..cant remember it. But if you want to design your own backyard, and home you can go into any of the other neighborhoods and create anything you can imagine. You can even make a pond in your backyard , create some grass..its great! The seasons are so realistic, its amazing: snow, hail, rain, lightining storms, falling leaves etc..when it snows you can make a snow angel, and build a snow man and knock it down. buy a fireplace, and a hot chocolate machine and drink it in the snow time, its so fun, while watching the snow fall outside. when its autumn , leaves fall..and you have to rake them up, you can either deposit into the compost bin (used to fertilize vegetable crop), or you can just play around in the pile of leaves, its so cute. when it hails you get hit by golf sized pieces of ice. the lightning storms are scary. i remember when i first saw the lighting in the game and heard its sound effects, it made me jump up..lol.. I have only had the game for about 3 days but i love it. you can own fruit trees and harvest to later add to the fridge or stock in the juicer., or sell them ( you can do the same with the vegetable gardens as well) its a great way to make money and not having to go to work. you can even make beauty potions and juice drinks. i think there are more potions that you can make, but i haven't gotten far enough in the game to say.

Cons: its a little difficult to keep all of the plants happy, so dont put too many in your garden at first, its kind of time consuming because they always need some kind of attention: tending, spraying for bugs, or watering. You don't water the fruit trees at all, you just water the vegetable gardens. a tip for having a successful vegetable garden is to not over water it. just fertilize and plant them. and if they go brown water them. the game is realistic enough to rain and the plants can get the water they need that way.. there are a couple of glitches, but what EA game doesn't have them...they are kinda cheap that way..but whatever..may slow down the computer a little..

new features: water balloon fights, playing catch, saving leftovers, turning into a plant..with plant feature thing, you have the ability to talk to your garden and fruit trees if they are sick and that makes them healthy again. you want to make sure you have healthy garden if you want to make a decent living. if you sell bad produce or veggies..then the profit isn't so hot..hmm..what else...you can even have a plant baby..if you are stuck in the plant mode all you do is call the garden members and buy a potion to turn back to normal again. you keep cute little outfit..i'm sure there are more features but i haven't played long enough to realize them..i still have a long ways to go, but so far i LOVE this game. its so fun.

I enjoy the Sims games but don't get many expansion packs. Seasons is worth it as it seems to add a whole new Sims game. I got tired of the same green neighborhoods and it's nice they change with the season - the snow is especially pretty.

I like this expansion pack for the spontaneous interactions it causes. Make sure to patch it right away at [...] as it has many many glitches. Do keep an eye on your kids to make sure all that jumping on the bed doesn't get them overheated and taken away by the social worker. Poor Sydney and Perth Aha.

The others reviewers have completely described the additional fun things your Sims will get to do after you install Seasons. So, I won't go into that. I have all the other expansions installed and by far Seasons is the best expansion. If you're debating getting this one or Bon Voyage-- get Seasons! I love the Plant Sims- the babies are sooo easy to take care of (NO POTTY TRAINING! YAAA!) and you can later turn them into regular Sims.

Yes, this does eat up a lot of memory so make sure you have at least 80% of your memory left after installing or it will be a bit slow loading. I haven't had any problem with graphics, but you should double check the requirements before purchasing.

The only problem I have with Seasons is that once in awhile it looks like the green house roof is leaking and making my plants sick. I'm probably missing something, but that does get a tad annoying.

If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have even installed Bon Voyage, I'd have just stuck with Seasons...

It actually goes through the seasons, spring/summer/fall/winter. It will actually rain/snow ect. They can go outside & build a snowman/make a snow angel ect. It's more realistic & fun.

It really makes the game more realistic with the seasons and rain and snow and hail and thunderstorms and just so much. It is pretty cool!

Some installation problems were solved by a computer expert, but the software/game works great and it's lots of fun.

WHAT AN IMAGINATION THE CREATORS OF THE SIMS 2 SEASONS HAVE! I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY LADIES WEAR A FUR-YES I SAID A FUR COAT.
DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE TODDLERS EAT SNOW! AWESOME. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT THERE TOO LONG!
ANYWAY LIKE WITH ALL THE OTHER SIMS/SIMS 2 GAMES I'M HOOKED!

I love this expansion pack. Great addition to my Sim's world.
Love it! Definitely would recommend to add to your Sims 2 game.

Just a great addition to the core of the sims 2 game. I bought this EP before I bought pets. Both worked fine when installed out of order (i think they should have come together, but that is another story...) but my point is I could play game w/o those annoying pets, but cannot even think about playing w/o seasons. Gardening, fishing, weather, seasons (redundant, i know) changed the whole landscape of the game (literally and figuratively) and the way I play. Just like mostly everyone else said, it is one of the best EPs date.

The Sims 2 and Sims 2 Seasons expansion pack are a great entertainment source for my daughter and her friends. They love going on the computer and designing all kinds of stuff. She played it with her friend, and now she's thrilled to have her own. This makes for a GREAT gift idea.

In my humble opinion, "Seasons" is only other expansion pack besides "Open for Business" that makes the Sims 2 almost a brand new game.

The change of seasons affects almost every aspect of the Sims lives. Awesome! Worth every penny.

BRAVO EA!

The long awaited Season's expansion for the Sims 2 game seems to be worthwhile for the fun and interaction that comes with it. The new weather ability offers some realism to the simming world by offering all four of the seasons (which you can modify at your own discretion), and new challenges for sims like staying warm or cooling off as necessary. No more living outdoors or without roofs to save cash! New activities like catching fireflies, planting gardens (you can even join the garden club if you have a green thumb), roller & ice-skating and building snowmen add little things to the game series that make it a bit more lifelike. New careers like journalism and music offer a bit more fun career wise. A new aspiration reward even allows you to change the weather at your own whim, want snow in Summer? You got it. Just beware of using it outside of gold or platinum aspiration. The new neighborhood that comes with this expansion also offers some interesting new characters to play, like a plantsim. You can also grow your own vegetables and fish providing interesting ways of making new dishes for your sim families, some of which have interesting effects. My personal favorite with this expansion is the Juicer, which with certain combinations of fruits and vegetables can offer things like faster homework, love potions, cooling off or warming your sim up, energy boosts, and even speeding up the learning of skills or offering an entire skill point.

My only gripes with this game have been the fact that some of the activities can get a bit annoying like playing catch and water balloon fights if you play with your sims on free will (think the of the pranks that came with the University expansion), and the fact that your sims will stupidly drop what they're doing to look out the window at hail, rain or snow pretty much every time they occur. I also notice that sometimes the temperatures are a bit off kilter, such as, sims can get easily heated when working out now (even in winter) or even just making out (rather funny actually). Those minor annoyances aside, the game offers a good deal of fun and change, which I personally welcome into the wide world of simming. This is definitely one of the better expansions for Sims 2 in my personal opinion. Enjoy!

I had the Sims 2 and their pets, but it wasn't realistic enough without Seasons. It snows, rains and you get hail. Your sims also get mad if you forget to put a roof on their house and it rains!
There's lighting in the thunderstorms and yes, your sims can get hit as well as lawn furniture and decorations. They can freeze in the winter and burn in the summer... really burn!
There are new activities like fishing, snowball fights, water balloon fights, playing catch, building snowmen and making snow angels. You can cook the fish you catch and even put away leftovers. If your sims fish you actually don't spend any money on food!
This is the perfect addition to the Sims collection and I would have to recommend it to everyone!

This is my favorite expansion pack in sims 2. I have so much fun with it. I like it that my sims can garden and have fruit trees and fish.

They've done it again! This is another wonderful expansion pack with lots of great new items, careers and fun things to discover! The only negative thing I have to say is that it can get annoyig trying to see your character through the snow or rain.

Just got it this week. It was fun building the green house and trying to grow the tomato plants. You have to dress accordingly to the weather and only plant your crops at the right times. Definitely think its fun and adds to the overall game experience.

This is hands down the best expansion pack yet for Sims2. I've been a devout Sims player since the early days of The Sims, and I can honestly say I've never had so much fun on the game as when I added this expansion pack. It changes the way you play the game. The addition of seasons is a ton of fun, and the new farming tools and clothes and treats are an added bonus. If you are had to pick one expansion pack for your Sims2, this MUST be it!

it adds a lot to the enviornment of the game, though not really to the actual game play like the university expansion or something like that. i like the new objects and occupations it comes with.

For years Sims fans have been clamoring for weather. The Sims 2 Seasons expansion gives it to them.

This is an expansion pack that enriches the game no matter how many other expansions you have. Weather follows your sim whether they are at home, running their own business, partying downtown, or on vacation. The weather related-actions, such as playing in puddles and making snow angels, are adorable. Growing produce is also really fun, especially for retired sims.

The sims has always been a fun way to spend an afternoon. But I noticed that is was missing something-- SNOW! RAIN! FALL LEAVES!! In other words, the sims needed seasons. Thank goodness Maxis created this expansion. It makes the game more fun. My favorite new thing is the fishing! all you have to do is build a small pond on your sims lot and then you get fishing. I love it! Gardening is a bit hard but if you keep an eye on your greenhouse or trees you will get fabulous produce. I enjoyed the new careers as well. Theres Gamer, Law, and Journalist. I enjoy playing through the careers and getting the new career rewards!

EA games/Maxis made a quick buck on this expansion pack. Theres not a lot there. Yes you get weather but its not that big of a deal it doesnt affect game play hardly at all its more just visual than anything else. Theres not a lot of new things in this pack either like previous ones. Id save my money and by bon voyage instead. If EA games/Maxis lowered the price by 10.00 it would be O.K. but at this price its just not worth it.

This is absolutely one of my favorite Sims expansions of all time. The new weather really adds another dimension of reality to the game. I really enjoy the interaction made available through the pack; what a great deal!

Each time my daughter tried to install a Sims 2 expansion pack it consumed hours of my time... Sims 2 Seasons is no exception! After 3 install attempts which hung on the second CD, I thought I'd try to disable my anti-virus software (OneCare). Low and behold OneCare would not run! AGHHHHH!

I ripped out the Sims 2 Seasons program files (the uninstaller didn't work, of course) and reinstalled OneCare. What a POS!

The Sims 2 seasons is the best expansion pack because it bring such new-never-before-seen-dimensions to the game play. It makes the sims even more realistc. Its the bomb! Get It!