The Sims 2: Open for Business PC
  • Publisher: EA Games
  • Release Date: Feb 28, 2006
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Metascore
78 out of 100

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User Score
8.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

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  • Summary: The world is your entrepreneurial oyster in this all-new The Sims 2 expansion pack, allowing you to experience the victories and challenges associated with creating, owning and running your own business. From the layout and merchandise, to the employees and materials, you choose what your Sim needs to create a profitable and fun business. In The Sims 2 Open for Business, your Sims will learn what it takes to build a clientele and keep loyal customers happy while improving employee morale and managing a lucrative business. Players can even help their Sims to create and craft new items to sell and meet customer demands. As each customer is different, you’ll be able to apply sales techniques to woo even the most discriminating shopper. Dress your employees in wacky outfits to entertain cranky customers or drop the price for an unsure browser. From training, promoting, hiring and firing, you’re ultimately the boss who calls all the shots! [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. CPUGamer
    92
    While Open for Business adds new places and new objects, its true value is in adding another huge gameplay element to an already outstanding title. As an expansion pack, it includes more new content and better gameplay than several other stand-alone games.
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  2. My Gamer
    86
    This game is what you make it- if you find you're not enjoying it, try something drastically different. As in all Sims titles, the only limit is your imagination.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    86
    There is just enough realism in Open for Business to make this challenging even for boring economic students, but it's still a lot of fun for Sims fans that have come to know and love the wacky characters and unpredictable situations that you run into in The Sims universe.
  4. PC Format
    74
    Playing shop is fun and there's enough here for Sim-ophiles. [Apr 2006, p.91]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. BaileyO.
    10
    This is definetly the best game i have ever played! I get to make all different things and run my own business I love it!
  2. ArnaudD.
    10
    very original game
  3. [Anonymous]
    8
    Not bad, needs some bugs worked out though :P
  4. molemaster43
    5
    I thought this was OK. The whole concept of running your own business is cool, but it just felt like it didn't really add enough to make it a legitimately good expansion. It isn't terrible, but there are better expansions.… Expand

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