Playing with a new Sims 2 expansion is always a treat. I haven’t done too much with Bon Voyage yet, but I did create a family, build them a little house, and take them on a vacation to Twikkii Island. I played through almost one day of their trip before some weird graphics problems forced me to quit the game. Bummer, dude.
I snapped some pics anyway and thought I’d share them with you. They’re kind of spoilery, so if you’d rather wait until you can explore the EP on your own, you might not want to read any further…
Meet Steve Brumsdorf, aspiring chef. His repertoire is limited to lunchmeat sandwiches and cereal at the moment, but he has big dreams…if only he could find that one special recipe! Then he’d wow them all.
So far the only success he’s had in his chosen career was making it to the Top 28 contestants on the cooking reality show “Reality Chompsâ€.
His son Dane thinks he’s a pretty awesome for a reality show reject.
Leah thinks her dad is cool, but she refuses to watch those silly reality shows. She’d much rather read a book.
Steve’s wife Nancy is a professor of Cultural Studies at Riverblossom Community College. She’s on sabbatical for several days while she travels the world and researches the many colorful cultures of the Simiverse.
For her first journey, she has decided to take her whole family to Twikkii Island, a tropical resort town far to the south of chilly Riverblossom. Her kids have never experienced summer, and Twikkii Island is ALL summer, ALL the time. She makes sure they pack a lot of sunblock.
After a ride on a cramped airplane and another shuttle run, the Brumsdorfs arrive at the posh Twikkii Island Beach Hotel. While Nancy and Steve check in, the kids run around like mad. They can’t believe how warm it is.
The hotel clerk has a “Hey! It’s that guy!†moment when he sees Steve go by with the bags and recognizes him as one of the rejects from Reality Chomps.
“Wowww,†the hotel clerk muses to himself. “We have a Z-list CELEBRITY in our hotel. And hey…his wife is hot! Man, I love my job.â€
After dropping the luggage off at the rooms and finding the kids, the hot wife and the reality show loser meet on the veranda for a sweet romantic moment. Paaaradise.
In the meantime, the kids dig out their swimsuits and head straight for the the beach.
After some more smooching and dancing, Steve and Nancy join their kids on the beach and relax for a bit. Steve still has his cool dance-face on.
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Heee! I love the Brumsdorfs! XD
And Steve may’ve lost a reality show, but he’s certainly gained a very cool hat. In fact, I dare call it a Cunning(tm) hat!
Hey, did you notice if the hair that Nancy has is animated or not? I eyed it in CAS, and it didn’t seem to move. O.o
I’m very pleased with this EP so far. ‘s good schtuff. If only I could figure out how to get the greeting thang going. Is that something the townies themselves have to autonomously begin?
Looks like the Brumsdorfs are having a great time on their vacation! :D Love the pictures. My husband is supposed to be getting Bon Voyage for me today, so hopefully I can play a little tonight!
How fun! I love your family! Z list celebrity! Love it! Looks like there’s going to be a lot of cool stuff with this EP!
“Look! It’s the OCEAN! Look! It’s a WAVE! Look, it’s a BIG ROCK!”
That sounds like my dad when we vacationed as kids! Except, it was “Look a tree! Look water! Look grass!”
Great shots! Thanks for sharing. You’re the best, Jen! *muah*
Great shots! I got my game yesterday but didn’t get home til late and had to resist installing… otherwise I would have been up til 2:00 AM! ;-)
Oh man… now I can’t wait to get it! lol I’ll have to wait at least another week, though! Loving the pictures & the family. Thanks for sharing!
*sob* I can’t get mine until the 14th. And Target had the first two stuff packs on sale for $10, too, and I can’t get them until the 14th either :( They probably won’t be on sale by then. *sob*
I love it! I actually had some weird graphics things happen last night, too. Hopefully it’ll have gone away when I start up the Sims in about…2 minutes. hehe! I love the Brumsdorfs, very cool!
Gar, they look so cool! I wish I could get it!
That.. is one ugly-looking mean tourist guy laughing at poor Dane. Steve attempting the “hang loose” thing is hilarious. XD
I’d totally forgotten Bon Voyage was coming out. Hope you’re enjoying it, Jen!
ohhh, i want that! It look so cool! But i think i have to wait until christmas time before this ep will hit my shore! Anyway, nice pics you have there!
I can’t wait to get that GAME! OMGOSH it looks great! I am probably getting mine today or sometime this week so thanks for the sneek peek! Happy Simming!
wow looks great. I cant wait to get it!
Do they actually get to stay in hotels?
xx yaz xx
Hahaha, that is so weird Jen! My first adventure in Bon Voyage is exactly like what you just posted. Even down to some of the same pictures! Same hotel, same kind of family, same stuff…weird I tell ya! But so far I love the expansion, although I haven’t been able to play a bunch of it yet. That and it makes my computer run realllllllly slow!
Thanks, Jen This was a great introduction. If I had been psychic, I would have had mine delivered to my home address instead of at work … but who knew I’d be home the week of its release date? *pout* *sigh* Anyway, I’m back home (came back Labor Day) and am slowly catching up. Thanks for giving us the insight into this new family. I like spoilers. ;O)
Oh my. Bon Voyage looks so great. I have to get that someday.
Hi. I really want to get this now but I think I may have to wait a while to get it. You said that there was some glitches what were they?. I just want to know so I can be prepared.
Keep Simming!.
See ya.
The primary glitch I’ve found while playing is that it has gone from running wonderfully smooth with all the previous EPs it’s gone to running as fast as a snail trying to win the 1000m while having salt thrown at it. Practically every action seems to cause a lag spike, and since the hotels are similar to Uni Dorms you end up with the game barely running at times.
That being said some of the features are really nice, its just mared greatly by the really slow response of the game at times (well most the time) I can’t stand this lag and will play previous versions until the modders fix EAs mistakes. Though when it was running nicely then I was greatly impressed by it, I just want to be able to play it without waiting several seconds everytime someone does something other than walking…
I had some graphics problems but after removing insiminator they went away, my version didn’t work with BV anyway so it didn’t matter.
Aner, have you tried having your firewall block the game? Apparently part of the lag issue is that BV is ‘dialing home’ very very frequently.
Hahaha… I love this EP, too. Wish it would hit Malaysian shores sooner. :(
I should have known Kay. It’s not the first time eAxis have intigrated spyware into there games nor do I expect it’s their last. Blocked all internet privalages of BV and it seems to be running better now, hotel lost still run a tad choppy when sped up at night (since they are like Uni Dorms) but at least I can play without a 2 second pause in every 10.
I’m use ZoneAlarm free edition, if anyone needs a program internet blocker.
Yeah, that’s the one I’m using as well. Apparently another common reason for the lag is water balloon fights. For some weeeeeeird reason a lot of people get lag when those happen, particular on mentioned community lots. o.O
I’m glad the firewall worked for you too! :D Lag sucks.