The Sims 2

Description

The Sims 2 is the official sequel to the "best-selling PC game of all-time", The Sims.

In this sequel, Maxis has created an entirely new, 3D engine, similar to the console Sim games. You can rotate the camera in a 360° view, or shuffle the camera to the left and right.

Your Sims are also fully animated, articulated characters. They have a wide range of movements, most of which are humorous. Eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, getting kissed, proposing marriage... everything has a specific animation to it.

The Sims 2 has an expanded Build mode. You can now create large houses, going up to four floors, with new types of wallpapers, carpets, stairs, fireplaces, and more. You can connect parts of your house via a deck or patio, or a balcony-type catwalk.

When first playing the game, you can choose to move your family into a pre-made neighborhood with different themes, or you can create one from scratch. If you have SimCity 4 and/or Rush Hour installed, you can import cities into The Sims 2 to use custom neighborhoods.

The biggest change to the game is aging and fears/aspirations. Your Sims will now age, from a newborn to a toddler to a child to an adult and finally, to a senior. Your Sims will also eventually die of old age (or other means, for evil players), but there is a way to prolong your Sims youth.

Fears and aspirations are just that. Each Sim has different fears and aspirations that must be avoided and met, respectively. If your Sim has a fear of a loved one dying, your Sim will experience difficulty for a time after the person dies. If your Sim has aspirations to get to the top of the corporate ladder, he'll earn aspiration points, which eventually turn into a Platinum meter. When enough points have been reached, you can buy special items, like a Money Tree which releases bags of money every so often. Meeting your Sims fear results in his aspiration points being lowered.

Your Sims also have memories, which they will use to remember things throughout the course of their lives. This can deeply impact gameplay depending on how you play.

The last major addition is the ability to create movies using your Sims. You can capture actions, and edit the video to make a movie of sorts. You have the option of adding special effects, like slow motion or blur.

Alternate Titles

• "模拟人生2" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "TS 2" -- Common Abbreviation
• "Os Sims 2" -- Portuguese Title
• "Los Sims 2" -- Spanish Title
• "Les Sims 2" -- French Title
• "Die Sims 2" -- German Title
• "De Sims 2" -- Dutch Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games in which you can have children
• Games referenced in film
• Maxis Sim series
• Technology: amBX
• The Sims 2 series
• The Sims franchise

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The Press Says

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Sep 14, 2004		100
videogamer.com	Windows	Dec 22, 2004	9 out of 10	90
Gamer 2.0	Windows	Sep 07, 2004	8.9 out of 10	89
GameSpot	Windows	Sep 14, 2004	8.9 out of 10	89
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Sep 20, 2004	17 out of 20	85
Gamezine	Windows	Sep 29, 2004	17 out of 20	85
FiringSquad	Windows	Oct 04, 2004	85 out of 100	85
Worth Playing	Windows	Oct 08, 2004	8.4 out of 10	84
Jolt (UK)	Windows	Sep 23, 2004	8.1 out of 10	81
Macworld	Macintosh	Nov 29, 2005		80

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Trivia

Modifications to tweak a game to your needs are common practice, but some of the hacks in The Sims 2 have been spreading like viruses. Popular hacks allow you to keep multiple lovers without the issue of jealousy or let you be pregnant as a teenager. These need to be downloaded and installed, but others are spread unwillingly.

EA provides a feature to export your house to an online "Lot Exchange" to let other gamers admire your work. Unfortunately, hacked items and routines are included as well and some of them replace the default settings for the entire game. People reported their sims to be abducted by aliens every time they looked through a telescope, a single shot of espresso would fill every need and all sims were graced with eternal youth.

Therefore, similar to the virus scene, hack scanners and anti-hack cleaners have been developed, but often a complete uninstall is the only solution.