The Callumus from BBS wrote a short summary about Free Time in his post.
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I love it :lovestruc :lovestruc

Yes, it's looking very promising and I think it will definitely be the best EP yet!

OOooo, sounds awsome! :D

The best EP yet?...I doubt it, but I'll get it because I really
like the new features. :D

I love the idea of livetimes friends - I mean I have some friends in real life I only talk to a few times a year, but they are super good friends and I am very close with them even though we don't see each other all the time.

And having some of the townies age with you - that sounds wonderful.

I can't wait for my sims to have hobbies.

It does sound like it's going to bring more stuff than the average EPs....I mean just look at all the changes to a sim's stats and aspirations, for once. Actions and interractions make the most of an EP's worth for me so I think I'm going to like this :D

and YES! No more sims who age but their friends are stuck as kids etc. I've always wanted a good way to do this!

Ok now am definitely looking forward to this EP.. I never bought BV as it just didn't appeal to me, and I got hold of seasons a little while after it came out, but I reckon this one is gonna have to be a pre-order so it comes ASAP!

I definately think this is the best EP yet! I love EPs that make the game more realistic :D:D:D

Maaaaan. The next month can not fly by fast enough. I WANT this expansion pack!

I can't wait for this ep! It sounds awesome!

This is very promising, can it take the place of the best EP ever? (Seasons... to me anyway) LOL We shall see. Can't wait to play it.

Well to me it's going to be the best EP because there's just so many more essential things added to it that beats the other EP's. Of course the weather feature in Seasons is still high up there. And the beach lot and jewelry CAS option in BV is definitely awesome.

I'm so excited about this EP! It really does sound like it's going to be the best one :dance:

I am thoroughly excited about this EP. BV sounded very dull to me (though I did hear there were more turn-ons and offs? I do want that.) This one sounds like it has a lot of stuff I'll like (and some stuff that doesn't appeal to me personally, but I know will work great for others).

These all sound good to me. Especially if there are more toddler and child hairs. There just aren't that many built in to the game. And I like more careers - especially if those careers can be lifetime wants, as well. Variety is good. I hope I like the families in Desiderata Valley.

These all sound good to me. I'm not quite sure what to make of the Lifetime Aspiration meter. I like the idea, but I want to see how it's used.

The secondary aspiration is great, if it works well. A more-rounded Sim is great. Like, "I've got enough Fortune, now it's time for Romance" or Family or whatever. This one sounds really, really cool to me.

And I know the weekly goal will drive me batty. Depending on how hard it is, I'll either end up trying to fill it for every sim every week or just ignoring it except when I want rewards. Probably the former - I can't stand to let a lifetime want go unfulfilled, so why should this be any different.

I like both of these, especially the latter. I love their friends growing up with them.


This sounds like a great expansion pack. In particular, I noticed the sewing and architecture. I don't know how full-fledged these will be (after all, what you build with the OFB stations is limited), but they might end up being useful for people who like the medieval or frontier type neighborhoods.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this one.

As for aging friends, I do wonder that if 3 is the limit, maybe on the next birthday when your Sim meets new Sims, then another 3 can be aged. Hopefully it's 3 per birthday and not 3 for good.

i think this sounds amazing! I want it sooo bad. I think that interctions make the best of the game, and i am SO happy you can age some of your friends with you! I have always wanted to do that. Seasons was the best EP..but this might be a tie.

Note that the new neighborhood is stand-alone (i.e. not a sub hood).

OK, so... I have a question. Do y'all think that the aspiration reward which changes aspirations (I forget the name) will be programmed to change BOTH Primary and Secondary Aspiration? Or that once we picked secondary, we're stuck with it for the rest of the Sims' life?

I'm guessing it's locked, like the hobbies, but I could be wrong. But that's my guess.

I hope that that aspiration changer reward will change the second aspiration as well. That would be nice. But to be honest, the only disappointment for me right now is the fact that we cannot choose what hobbies we want.

You can always choose what hobbies you want! It just means that you won't get an added boost. No biggie. Besides, from what I've heard, the more you practice the hobby you want, the better you'll get at it. :] I don't really find it that much of a disappointment myself, since it's not like if you don't do the "predestined" hobby, you'll suffer in other hobbies.

Besides, I'm sure that one of our talented modders will be able to create a hack that'll allow you change it, if it bothers people that much. :]

Oh I know, and I'm still going to get FT regardless. But yeah, I will get a hack only because I really want that added boost. However, if without the boost it's still not that slow, then I guess a hack won't be necessary for me.

I suspect that all of the problems will be taken care of by hacks, and for us impatient people who have machines that can handle it- boolprop. I'm sure the sim modder will be updated for second aspirations, or another spawned object, and that there'll be some boolpropped way of fixing hobbies to your preference.

I don't know but from the new comic strip it sure seems like we could choose the hobby by leaning more towards it during the toddler stage.

Thank you! I'm super excited.