The Sims: Unleashed

About The Sims: Unleashed

Unleashed expands the default residential neighborhood of The Sims with a new commercial district, Old Town, increasing the number of community lots from 10 to 40. Old Town features new lot types, including pet stores, gardening shops, and food service areas. Players can also rezone lots for residential or community use. As with community lots in other expansions including Hot Date, Sims can access Old Town lots by calling for transportation. The expansion introduces 125 new items, including 30 new pet and gardening objects, and objects for community lots. Five new careers are also introduced, for Animal Care, Circus, Culinary, Education and Fashion career paths.

In Unleashed, Sims can now adopt pets for their families, particularly dogs and cats, which count as members of a family and move independently. Pets can be adopted from the local adoption center. Players choose the pet's species, breed, and name. Players cannot choose their personality points; pets come with random personality points. The game also introduces pet birds, fish, turtles and iguanas that act as interactive objects. Sims can interact with pet dogs and cats in different ways, such as rubbing, playing and clapping. Other social moves include praising and scolding. Pets can also be trained to obey Sims, either by normal Sims or the local Pet Trainer, and can be entered into a pet show at community lots.

Unleashed introduces new mechanics for Sims to do gardening and farm produce. The expansion includes landscaping tiles that allow players to plant and cultivate seeds to sell at the Farmers Market or stored in a purchasable pantry. Sims maintain farmed produce by watering plants daily, removing weeds, and warding off pests including rabbits and gophers that can eat plants. Some plants, such as carrots and lettuce, require replanting after each harvest, whilst others, including tomatoes and beans, continue to grow after harvest without replanting.