The Sims 2: Open for Business
The Sims 2: Open for Business is the third expansion pack for The Sims 2, where you'll get to design your own clothing boutique, beauty salon, florist, high-end electronics shop, bustling restaurant chain, or…
The Sims 2: Open for Business is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Maxis, released 28 February 2006 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 7 cheat codes for it.
What The Sims 2: Open for Business is
The Sims 2: Open for Business is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Maxis and released in 2006. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 2 Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sims can open their own shops and restaurants, and lead their business to great success (or dismal failure!) through careful management and competent customer service. As the boss of their new businesses, players' Sims are responsible for hiring and firing. Some employees are dedicated to their duties while others just put in time for a paycheck, so grooming an efficient staff can be a rewarding challenge. Like earlier Sims expansion packs, Open for Business adds over 100 new objects to the game, many of which can be used at home as well as at work. Cash registers and service counters, awnings and elevators, and a wide selection of costumes and uniforms become available with the add-on. New…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Sims series
The Sims 2: Open for Business is the 27th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff in 2006. Its critic score of 71 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.
How it was received
The Sims 2: Open for Business holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Sims 2: Open for Business launched on 28 February 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 7 cheat entries for The Sims 2: Open for Business — 6 cheat codes and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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The Sims 2: Open for Business cheat codes
These are The Sims 2 codes
The Sims 2: Open for Business is loaded by the base game, so its console and its codes are the base game’s. Nothing extra is installed.
Add 1000 simoleons
The smaller version of motherlode.
Open the console and type the word.
Add 50000 simoleons
Adds 50000 simoleons to the household.
Open the console and type the word.
Enable testing cheats
Unlocks a large hidden shift-click menu.
Open the console and type the command exactly, including capitals.
Some options in that menu can corrupt a neighbourhood. Keep a backup.
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