The Sims 2: Pets

About The Sims 2: Pets

The Sims 2: Pets allows Sims to own cats, dogs, birds, and a fictional guinea pig-like species known as womrats. Pets can be acquired during gameplay or made using the "Create a Dog"/"Create a Cat" tools, which allow players to design a breed from scratch, including features and coat color. Players are not limited to naturally occurring colors. Pets work similarly to other Sims; they have needs or motives that need to be provided for, such as Hunger, Energy, and Hygiene. Unlike other Sims, they cannot be directly controlled by the player and instead act autonomously. Pets are able to have careers and can, in theory, be a family's primary breadwinner.

Following the introduction of supernatural or "occult" Sims in prior expansion packs, Pets adds the ability for Sims to become werewolves. Werewolves are normal Sims during the daytime, but at 8 p.m. in-game time turn into anthropomorphic wolves. They have the ability to summon wolves and train pets at an accelerated rate compared to normal Sims. Sims become werewolves by befriending a male stray dog known as the "pack leader" and being bitten by him; werewolf Sims can also turn other Sims into werewolves in their wolf form. Over time, a werewolf's personality evolves to be more outgoing, less nice, less neat, more active, and more playful, and they automatically gain points in the body skill upon each transformation. Servos from The Sims 2: Open for Business can be turned into werewolves, and Sims can be both werewolves and vampires or zombies.

Unlike prior expansions, Pets has little content relevant to overall gameplay. It nonetheless expands the game's building options, including making it possible to build diagonal walls and rooms and octagon-shaped rooms. It also adds new cheat codes, allowing players to control pets, modify roof slopes when building, and freeze pet aging.