Unfortunately, the same can't be said of the first expansion, Pirates & Nobles. The bullet points read like a standard expansion for any of the classic Sims games: new traits, new clothes, new objects, and new social interactions. We've also got a new treasure hunting mechanic if you're really bored.
And, uh… that's it. That's the list. It feels less like an expansion pack, and more like a fan-made mod that has high-quality textures and above-average writing. Nothing added in P&N actually changes or adds to gameplay at all. There is a new quest line, which will take you a couple dozen hours to get through, and it's a relatively good story to give you some reason behind your actions. The problem is that you're doing the same actions: talk to this guy, go to this location, buy this new object and use it, read the fiction as to why, repeat. I appreciate EA giving context to repetitive actions—it's to help casual players jump into the Sims universe because the classic games sort of force you to invent your fun and goals—but a single new quest line doesn't justify the cost.
MINIMUM
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800MHz Processor
256MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk Space
Nvidia TNT2, GeForce 1, 2 or 3, ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500 or 8500, or Matrox G450 Video Card
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
DirectX 9
MAXIMUM
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM (High)
30 GB Hard dDisk Space
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD4850 Video Card
Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live
DirectX 9.0 - DirectX 11
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