This has too many violent and sexual concerns,so do not let a child play this
The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack
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Common Sense says
Relationships here are too mature for most kids.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16–17
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack was written by Kate Pavao and Aaron Lazenby
Parents need to know that this is an adult world (the dating world here includes the opportunity to engage in casual sex and extramarital affairs), and there's really not much that's appropriate for or of interest to tweens and young teens.
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- Families can talk about relationships. The expansion pack monitors your friendships at both a superficial and deeper level, and you might want to ask your teens if these dual levels exist in real life. Can someone be fun to hang out with, but not be there for you when you really need them? You might also want to discuss the realities of the modern dating world and the consequences of engaging in casual sex or affairs.
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What’s the Story?
With this inspired expansion pack, players leave their suburb and head downtown to locales include a beach and a park for frolicking, bars and nightclubs for meeting new friends, shopping malls for buying gifts, and restaurants for wooing your sweetie.
You'll find increased demands on the art of conversation as you work to meet new people or deepen the relationship with your partner. The icons that represent dialogue play a much bigger role in the game, revealing the interests of the Sims you meet and giving you clues about the best way to bond with them. This emphasis makes the building and maintaining of relationships much more difficult, and changes the main goal of the game from conspicuous consumption to social engineering.
Is It Any Good?
It's worth noting that by advancing the game play so much (and so well) it is kind of a drag to return to the old neighborhood. The home is still inextricably connected to the game -- you've still got to go to work, sleep, and shower -- but you can't help but feel constrained by the four walls once you've relaxed at the beach. All of a sudden, your regular Sims life of watching TV and taking out the trash doesn't seem so interesting.
Hot Date is not for the kids who play the other Sims games. It's suited for advanced, mature (and upwardly mobile) players. Not only is the gameplay more subtle, but the downtown life eats up your cash like this creative game eats up your time -- with wild abandon. As the title suggests, the subject matter here is mature -- or at least as mature as a bunch of adults whooping it up over mechanical bull rides and slot machines can be.
Publisher’s Details
Developer: Electronic Arts
Released on: 12/14/2003, Price: $17.99
ESRB Rating: T
Released on: 12/14/2003, Price: $17.99
ESRB Rating: T
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I rate this title off for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
Teens Only
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I rate this title on for age 16 and give it
i smiled
it was fun
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I rate this title iffy and give it
Hot Date. A old expansion pack from the first version of the smash game, "The Sims." This expansion pack was one of the best of the lot, it changed the game the most dramatically and was worth the purchase. The addition of a "Downtown" and the ability to go on dates were huge befenits. Downside is the introduction of Sex into the game. This definitly pushes The Sims in to a Late-Teen game. I wouldn't want a 14 year old playing it.
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This game is for teens ONLY!
some adults are writing reviews for this game they rating the game for adults ages 17 and up. I say NO.This game has lots of sexual refernces and mature themes but i say the sims: hot date is suitable for ages 13 and up the sexual references are not graphic they're very OK for younger and older teens to play. This games has lots of sexual references.
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