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By Brad Cook

Need somewhere to relax and recharge your batteries? Just married and looking for the perfect honeymoon spot? Then choose one of three hideaways for world-weary Sims: Takemizu Village, Three Lakes, or Twikkii Island. Each offers unique amenities, including exotic meals, one-of-a-kind shopping and dining, guided tours, new abilities to learn, and precious mementos of your fun-filled trip. You might even uncover a rare object while digging for buried treasure, a new feature also available on a home or community lot.

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Before you leave, make sure you’ve saved enough Simoleons not only for airfare, food, hotel, and incidentals, but also for a house sitter, as well as a babysitter or pet sitter, if necessary. And don’t forget that you can save up to 100 Simoleons by booking your travel up to six days in advance. Use the extra cash to buy some special souvenirs during your trip.

Plenty to Bring Home

Each of the three destinations features locals whose special greetings, dances, and other customs you can learn. You can befriend them, or other Sims also on vacation, and continue those relationships back home. (You might even discover that a certain giant hairy biped who lives in Three Lakes would like to move in with you. Don’t be turned off by his appearance; he has a lot to offer.)

A trip also brings with it special wants and fears that will affect your aspiration and/or skill points if they’re realized. In addition, a particularly enjoyable vacation offers, at its conclusion, a choice from six different rewards with 48-hour effects. For example, you might get an additional want slot and find yourself more productive.

Don’t forget to snap photos of all the fun. Bon Voyage lets you ask another Sim to assume a pose in front of a particular spot before clicking the shutter button. In Story Mode, arrange your photos and compose captions. You can even order prints to display on your wall or counter at home, so you’ll always remember your visit to Twikii Island’s South End Beach, where Bilious Bob the Pirate washed ashore during his search for the Monkey Ruins of Jumbok IV. Or so the story goes.

Build Your Own

If you’d rather create a unique Far Eastern, mountain, or island retreat to visit, simply choose from the new special lots and get to work. Design hotels, activities, tourist sights, and more. Customize beaches, woods, and gardens with the perfect accoutrements. Just don’t forget to provide enough accommodations, because your destination spot will likely attract other Sims.

You can also build custom vacation homes similar to the ones found at Takemizu Village, Three Lakes, and Twikkii Island, where they’re available for purchase by Sims with enough Simoleons. Then you’ll always have a comfortable place to stay when it’s time to get away from the stresses of Sim life.

You’re now free to move around Sim world.

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Great Balls of Fire. Learn native customs, such as this fire dance, that you can use.

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The View From Up Here. An aerial look at the Three Lakes vacation spot.

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Indulging in Some R&R. A hammock. The woods. Time for peace and quiet.

The Sims 2
The Sims 2
Learn more about The Sims 2 by reading our previous feature which covers the original version of the game. The Sims 2 features not only a new 3D graphics engine but also the ability to track Sims’ lives from birth to death as they reach for their aspirations and experience a multitude of wants and fears.
 

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Places to Go, Secrets to Discover:

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Takemizu Village: This serene hideaway offers Tai Chi, mahjong, and other low-stress activities that will put your Sims in a tranquil state of mind. The Flaming Dragon Hotel, with its Zen Garden, is the priciest place to stay, but it’s worth the cost. Visit the Takemizu Village Hot Springs, take an historical walking tour, and search for the hidden Pagoda in the Shadows.

Three Lakes: High in the mountains, your Sims will find a pristine place where they can enjoy all that nature has to offer. Stay at the Axewood Campground for free, if you prefer a rustic experience, or book a room at the pricey Sky Vista Hotel, where you’ll awake each morning to an incredible view of the local scenery. Stop by the Lumber Mill Range for a log rolling duel, relax at Wallowa Park, and see if you can befriend the mysterious creature that lives near Hidden Burrow.

Twikii Island: Gorgeous beaches and incredible tropical gardens await you at this island paradise. Twikii Beach Hotel gives you easy access to the beach for a reasonable price, or you can stay at Potterhouse Bungalows for the ultimate experience. Explore the Ancient Ruins of Numchuk, stroll down the Twikii Beach Boardwalk, and uncover the source of the strange energy that shrouds a shack hidden in the jungle.

New Stuff

Bon Voyage also includes plenty of accessories for giving your Sims makeovers. New jewelry includes rings, bracelets, necklaces, and even lip, nose, and eyebrow piercings. Among the new clothes you’ll find outfits suitable for the game’s vacation spots, such as tropical shirts, hiker garb, and kimonos. You can also choose from new hair styles, facial hair, and glasses.

If you have the Nightlife expansion pack, your Sims can choose from new turn-ons and turn-offs, and if you have the Seasons expansion pack, your vacation spots will see the weather change.

 
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