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Maxis is dead since they are in EA, since 2007 the Maxis logo was removed from The Sims franchise ! It's no longer Maxis but it's EA Games only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.52.208.241 (talk) 13:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
The page looks small compared to other expansion pack pages, can someone fix this by adding info or photos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.131.130.181 (talk) 17:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
The reason I went around changing the box art for several pages was to make it consistent with the main The Sims 2 page and its expansion pack pages by using the US box art. As of now, a mix of UK and US box art is used and in some cases, they differ to significant degree (e.g. the US box art of University features a cheerleader and a toga-wearing guy holding pizza while the UK box art features a girl talking on a cell phone and a guy holding a guitar). Anyone else agree with the changes I'm making? --Funnykidrian 04:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps just feature the US box art in the main picture and any international editions can be included further in the article. I know that most of Asia gets the US box art so it is more of a 'global' design.
Glad someone has finally fixed this article, it was quite a mess. Thank you. (-Vlad 20:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC))
Do we really need that section anymore? The game was announced in May, so I think we should just start adding information about the game. Who agrees?
Thanks, 24.1.93.182 01:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't, someone has added something new to it.
Hello what happened to the brand new game section that arrived on 01/09/07. It's gone. Not Happy 91.104.147.107 18:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)Fish
The press release for the game is quoted in full, as far as I can tell, which is not fair use. I know the game just came out today, but this needs to be replaced with some free content ASAP. Natalie 03:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
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I've added a section on bugs, because this is very relevant and potentially damaging to customers. See the Sims 2 message boards for mroe info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.242.76 (talk) 19:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
I have added a description of a particularly bad bug that plagues the expansion pack. The description is longish but will be reduced or removed once Maxis has successfully adressed this game-ruining bug. Sensemaker
Someone seems to have removed the section "Initial problems" on the NPC spawning bug. As far as I know, there is no patch yet that solves this issue. Why has it been removed? Why didn't the person who did this explain himself in the discussion part. -Sensemaker
From the forum I have heard that Bon Voyage (and apparently no other expansion pack) contains the somewhat controversial anti-piracy software SecuRom. Does anyone have more information on this. -Sensemaker
It's illegal in other countries, and has been disabling MAJOR things in the computer such as: Printer, CD/DVD Burner, printer, flash drives, scanner, various programs, most of the time the only way to fix this is to reformat the computer. -Kalek —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.110.208.214 (talk) 17:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
<<off-topic discussion deleted as agreed by the main participants>>
There is a claim that most computers were not harmed by SecuRom - it cannot be verified in any way - please delete it or edit - it is not relevant to sims 2 game... 93.153.159.88 (talk) 11:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Is this securom thing really necessary? This article should be about the game only. I'm going to remove it, but if you don't agree, feel free to revert it.
Thanks, SimCrazed32 23:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
In that section, a few of the sources cite information from various entries on the forums at The Sims 2's website. I do not believe that it is fair to use such things, as their content can be edited freely and even deleted by the entry's original author. Furthermore, there is little to no proof that the authors of the forum entries are even authorised to give official statements. Really, it amounts to naught but original research. -- SpinyMcSpleen (talk) 21:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
--81.156.118.224 (talk) 11:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 03:54, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Converted from a redirect by Vaticidalprophet (talk). Self-nominated at 16:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Sims 2: Bon Voyage; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 17:59, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
I intend to review this article. Should be able to get to it within the next week. Thank you for your patience, and great job improving content on the Sims series. --Generalissima (talk) 17:59, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Oh, hey @Vaticidalprophet. A bit overdue, but here I go. It's a pretty good article! I've read through your other Sims articles and they're of a good quality, and this one seems pretty par for the course. Let's get cracking on what needs touching up.
All is good to go here, as there is only one image and it is a Fair Use cover image for the product. Wish it could have a screenshot of gameplay in one of the vacation areas (a la in Pets) but I understand that it might be difficult to find a good image.
Quite an exhaustive quantity! Everything is cited correctly. I do not have access to The Sims 2 Bon Voyage: Prima Official Game Guide, so I am accepting on good faith.
Looking through the various review sites, all seems pretty reputable. I wasn't 100% sure about All Around Gaming Hub but it appears decently reputable as far as late 2000s gaming news sites go, and it isn't being used more than once anyhow. From the sources I have access to, I don't see any COPYVIO or close paraphrasing issues. The article is in general well sourced; I don't see any claims made without sources. All good to go in this department. :3
Let us take this section by section (as I tend to do these things.)
A little short for an article this size, no? I'd expand it a little bit with information about gameplay features. Does the expression '"mountain" region' fall under WP:SCAREQUOTES? Other that, seems good.
As always, you're pretty good at cooking up a background section. All is good to go here. You could probally get away with adding a note after the "final expansion released for Mac" clarifying that FreeTime and Apartment Life not being released, cause that'd be a fun tidbit that would save me SECONDS of time looking over on the main Sims 2 page to discover.
I can only imagine that The Sims 2 Bon Voyage: Prima Official Game Guide is an enthralling read. In all seriousness, this is a pretty well put together section. You did a good job distiling down the (vaguely underwhelming) gameplay features. Really vibing with the blue link on 'woohoo', as well as the clarification that Bigfoot cannot be romanced. All's good.
They got Damian Marley for this? Dang, that is really interesting. Might be worth putting in the lede!
Okay, this is a good section but I really don't see what that block quote has to do with the rest of the section. I am not here to read about this woman's boyfriend being stingrayed. I am here to learn about a poorly-recieved Sims 2 expansion. I like block quotes as much as the next editor, but I think it'd be best to use a more focused review for that spot.
Otherwise good distiliation of reviews, good explanation of the SecuROM controversy. Side note though, do you know what the first EA game to use SecuROM was? That might be worth mentioning, because my partner and I were reading through this thing as we were reviewing and neither of us were able to discern if this was the first EA game to use this or not.
Great use of See Also, for how many times EA does this exact expansion pack concept. Also thank you for including the average hard drive capacity from back in the day, that's actually really good context.
Yeah, that's a good article! Just a couple little things to clean up and then I think we will be good to go. Apologies if there are any parts that are incoherent, I have been up a while. - Generalissima (talk) 06:15, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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