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MAXIS, Why did you do this????

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 106 / 139
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Sims 2 is an incredible game! The PC version, that is.
But the Playstation 2 version? Guess what? This is NOT the Sims2.
No matter what the title may be, this is an unbelievable farce.
Let me tell you this for a fact; Sims 2 on PS2 is complete rubbish. There have been plenty of products that I have ridiculed on Amazon but I have always been aware that they are only my opinions and everyone has different tastes.
But I want anyone who is considering this game to know that what I am telling you about it is not an opinion.It is a straight fact.This game is... (a word Amazon will probably block, that starts with c and ends with p and has 4 letters)

It is nothing like the real Sims 2, and it is less interesting than any other SIms game ever.
The Create A Sim area involves a few small drawings of tops, skirts and pants.Apparently you can be a fashion designer!Oh sure, long sleeves or short sleeves?Collar up or collar down?How exciting.
The body and face maker is lesser than even the first Sims, you won't be able to see what you are doing anyway and no matter how you "morph" them, they stay looking the same.Plus, they don't even look real.They are ugly.
Story mode?Forget it. How fun it is to fulfill your sims needs that include Take A Shower. (Not!)
All while your ridiculous looking sim runs around like a lunatic as the useless creation that it is.
Free play mode?What the hell?? The SIms 2 is supposed to be about creating family trees.They can not even have children!!!
There are about 2 familes (but they aren't really families, there are no actual families) and there's space for you to create two more lots of roommates.

The build mode looked like a migrainne, while the buy mode was absolutely pathetic, with teensy child-like drawings.Very few too.
Thsi game is expensive but reeks of amateurishness. You will have more fun with a 2 dollar toy.
(And please note that this review is coming from an extreme Sims fan)
Maxis needs to aplogize to anyone who waited for The Sims 2 to come to console, and anyone who spent money for or recieved this ghastly piece of cow dung.
I have really really liked the Maxis gang for a while, very grateful for what they have done with the original Sims 2.
But now, Maxis, you owe us. Big time. To start with, can I have my money back?
It baffles me why they have made such an honestly horrible game.Do not buy it!
If you have been dying to play the Sims 2, I suggest the computer game.I know it has steep system requirements but I managed to purchase a new computer and I don't have much money.SO it can be done, if you want the (real) SIms 2 as badly as I did.
The computer game is truly fantastic but the console version is a nightmare created in the bowels of Hell.

Still Addictive. Still Fun. But No "Baby Option"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 31 / 34
Date: October 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well finally The Sims 2 has reached PS2. I ran and got mine yesterday. Before I knew it, it was 1AM and I was still playing! The game has been totally enhanced from the previous PS2 version. The graphics are much better and more pronounced. The create-a-Sim option is just wonderful. You'll enjoy that.

The only thing I don't like is that you can NO LONGER have children in the game. The PC version of the Sims 2 does have that option. And it is terrific - from the morning sickness to the baby's arrival. You can even hire a Nanny! But it is sorely missing here in the PS2 version.

It's a great game for a rainy day or when the snow comes and your indoors. But don't be like me and play on a weeknight, when you've got a meeting the next morning at 8AM! As I said earlier, this game is highly addictive, but still a lot of fun. If the developers read this, and I hope they do, I enjoyed the game a lot. But leaving out the children option was a big mistake. You can still marry, but no visit from the stork.

A great game however, and I highly recommend it to all! Hopefully, if there is a Sims 3 for PS2, they'll be wise enough to put the children back into the game -- morning sickness and all.

Enjoy!

Still addicting!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 34 / 44
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm up to the 4th location. The luv boat.

The houses are much more versatile and the wall papers and floors have an attractive selection. My favorite part of the previous Sims PS2 game was designing the houses, so this new feature is a big plus for me. The house designing holds you back with fire codes. Can't spend too much simoleons in one house.

The default characters are hotter this go round. I think maybe the game mfg was looking to reach a Baywatch type audience. You can make same sex couples 'make out', which I get a big kick out of. I was able to get Felicity and Farrah to 'cuddle' and make 'woo hoo'.

New socializing options are added, but you have to get the Sim in the right mood, and you never know when you'll be rejected. "boo hoo".

I married Felicity, but she decided to be my best friend instead, the romance options stopped being available to make-out with her.

So, I started the whole game over and I'm not marrying Felicity this time, even though she keeps weeping around the house. I married Timmy this time. He's pretty easy going, so I'm happy in my new marriage. The first character you marry follows with you through all the locations. Timmy is in the Law Enforcement career track and he brings in a comfy simoleon paycheck.

The game gives the characters 'Aspirations' to achieve to unlock Buy objects and locations. I have an aspiration to 'Propose' to Ossie, but the option never comes up in the menu. The 'Aspiration' generator is somewhat aware of the choices you make. It keeps telling me to 'Hire' a maid, even though I've already hired her, so I have to Fire her to Hire her, or I could wait for the next location to open up. Keep the lass working. Though sometimes I catch her falling asleep on her feet. Work, maven, work!

The Buy catalog has interesting new 'fun' objects. I've gone through half of them, remember Air Hockey? The Jukebox has some trendy pop songs, sung in Sims language. "yoesh" "un shack boney"

My biggest complaint with this game is that there is a couple 'Bugs' in the program. Once I unlocked the second location my group meals disappear 80 percent of the time. I keep it on the screen to watch it and it still disappears. I don't know if it supposed to be a ghost stealing the food? But its soooo annoying. I want my cooking to be appreciated by my guests.

Preparing meals is greatly enhanced in this version. The better frigerators have more food options and you can buy plants to grow fruit and vegetables and you can now fish for dinner in the fish tank. Sometimes characters throw up and/or go running for the toilet. It's funny to see them do the pee pee walk.

So, far I've restarted the game 3 times, when the story line locked me in, supposedly you can get divorced, but I haven't managed to make it happen. I had a 100pt relationship with Torin, but then I was supposed to make him my arch enemy. I like Torin!

It takes much longer to build up skills. So, I started over to max out all my skills before getting a job.

Missing from this version: I miss Mom, in the last game I had her building Gnomes like crazy, they erected a statue in her honour. And I miss the Pizza delivery guy. I'm rather happy there are no kids this time. And I miss the swimming pool!

Is Maxis going to read this? Suggestion: add pets to the next game. What's a Sim without a doggy companion? apirations, sleep, eat, chew shoes.

A couple of new addendums (as of Dec 15 2006)

I'm married to Timmy and he was following me to all the locales. We were on the HMS Amore and Betty kicked him out. He no longer travels with me.

At the Mesa Canyon, Ossie was hanging out. I asked him to move in with me , so now he follows me through locations.

I've encountered a bug. Jasmine in Mesa Canyon has a gold want of gaining a Creativity Skill point, But; her Creative Skills are maxed out. I don't how to unlock the next location. I've tried calling the Therapist, it hasn't helped. What's a Sim to do now?

the worst. period.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ok, i bought the sims 2 for playstation from amazon about 1 week ago. i had gone to my friend's house, who had the sims 2 for her pc, and were were playing it and i was hooked. i had the sims 1 for my mac and hot date and house party too, and i was planning on getting TS2 for the mac but, unfortunately, you needed a G4+ and we had a G3. shucks.

anyway, i bought this, thinking it would be easier on the ps2. (on the pc you have to install 4 discs and it takes forever, and i thought it would basically be the same thing without the annoyance of installing.) so i was so exicted when it came in the mail, i put it right in. from the second the main menu came up, i was heartbroken.

here are 11 reasons you should NOT buy this game:

1) you can't even see the houses! on TS2 for pc, you get to look through the entire neighborhood, then click on the house and you can bulldoze it or move in a family, and you can choose what it looks like, like the outside and if it had 4 floors or something, etc. but here, there's like, 4 houses and 2 of them are premade and the others are empty, but you can't choose which house that you specifically want, basically.

2) YOU CANT HAVE CHILDREN! the main reason i bought this is so that i could start families! no children, NO FUN! theres only 1 age thing, which i believe is adult. ughh!

3) the items are really bad, there aren't any useful ones, and they're badly animated. they provide very bad comfort, bladder control, etc. and on TS2 for pc, you can can chooose the colors for the items, but you cant here, and theres tons more items for pc.

4) the build mode is SO annoying! it takes FOREVER for me to build one room. there's barely any floor tiles, and there's really only 2 wallpapers i like. unlike any other sims game.

5) there's like, 5 unlocked outfits in create-a-sim and the rest are all unlocked! i mean, on TS2 for pc, you don't have to unlock anything, i think! and the ones that are locked are the actual good outfits.

6) the sims you can create are so unrealistic, its crazy. they have like, 5 REALISTIC make up choices, 2 clothes youd ACTUALLY WANT your sim to wear, the animation is horrible, i mean really! on TS2 for pc, you can choose the chin, the eye color, everything! on TS2 for ps2, you can only do the hair, fattness of your sim, nose size, clothes and thats it!

7) there's no formal, sleepwear, athletic wear, none of that. it's just ONE skimpy outfit. and the outfits look good in create-a-sim, but look weird in gameplay.

8) you dont have a REAL marraige, with everyone there and the wedding arch and all that. THIS is what it is:

step 1: you propose to the person.
step 2: you suddenly pop up and wear a dress / tuxedo.
step 3: you do a dement*d dance.
step 4: "congrats! you have been married to bob!"

and you can do that anywhere--in the living room, in the kitchen, or in the bathroom for gods sake! and no one watches, its just your sim and the person its marrying. plus, after you marry them, you can get divorced or break up very easily. PLUS, you can't interact with maids, paperboys, pizza guys or anything like you normally could in TS2 for pc. all you can do for maids are "dismiss" them, and all you can do for pizza guys (i think) are pay them. sheesh!

9) the "recipes" are unrealistic and are so annoying! they can make your sims bladder go REALLY low, they can come out really bad, and half of the recipes are made up! i don't even know why i, or maxis in fact, should even call them "recipes."

10) the controls shuck. its so annoying! like, you cant even make them like, scare eachother, the actual GOOD controls from TS1 got replaced by reta*ted ones. eew.

11) YOU CANT MAKE POOLS! i thought the entire JOY of TS1 & TS2 were the famous sims pools! yeah, there's hot tubs, but i don't see any pools! plus, YOU CAN'T MAKE MORE THAN 1 FLOOR! on TS1, you can at least make 2 floors, and on TS2 for pc, you can make up to 5--yes, FIVE floors. i mean, really!

ok, there were my 11 reasons NOT to buy this game for the ps2.. hope you enjoyed it and you don't buy TS2 for ps2, but buy it for the pc/mac. thanks. :)

Bleh.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Before I say anything the 2 stars were for 1) pity on Maxis and 2) The so much better than the first graphics/sound (for PS2, at least).

Okay, here we go.

I bought this at the local Wallyworld expecting second story houses at the very least. Boy was I wrong. It was rather cheap for a new release... $43. I thought I had just found a good buy or something. So I get home and am suddenly in a trance because of the wonderful sound and graphics. But I should have remembered not to judge a book by its cover. Soon I looked for aspirations... Only 5 aspirations. The computer has A LOT more than that (I play it at my friends house) but I figured it was to conserve space. No big deal. Going to bulid my house was an absolute pain though. Next thing... I'm used to the 'fire code' (The Sims 1 for PS2 had something similar but things didn't burst into flames, that's just stupid) but I thought that unlocking MAIN points for the game was ridiculus. (EX You have to unlock the vibrating bed for the romantic aspirations, which took a lot of calls to the threapist to change my goals) So I tried Story Mode, hoping to get everything unlocked for easy freeplay-ness.

It all went down hill from there. Two weeks I spent trying to unlock everything when I decided to try freeplay with most of everything unlocked but... apparently you have to unlock everything ALL OVER AGAIN in freeplay. Two weeks wasted.

Forty-three dollars down the toilet.

And Story Mode didn't even have a real story to it... If it did I REALLY didn't understand it.

But if you want a modernish version of the Sims 1 for PS2, by all means go for it. But be warned... No children, teens, or eldery excist in this world, as the computer counter part has. Only middle-aged.

What kind of world is that?

What's happening to Maxis ?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Is this game called the sims 2 ? it's really amazing.Everything that is great in the sims 2 (PC) is certainly not in this game.
What makes the sims 2 so exceptional (compared to the previous versions)is the idea of generation !!! and in this game, no generation, no grandparents, no children...where's the point in playing the sims 2 and having 2 adults kiss for days? SUddenly it seems that Maxis have lost all genius. Can I have my money back ?

The Sims 2? More like The Sims 0!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well let me just say this, if you liked TS1 for PS2, you'll LOVE it once you play this! Its like a first version of TS1! Seriously, it should be called TS0! I have TS2 and TS1 for PS2. I've played TS2 once, and I always play TS1! WARNING: If you're planning on buying this, DON'T!!! If you STILL want to play this, RENT IT. What ever you do DON'T i repeat DON'T buy it!

Nothing But a Glorified Sims 1

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well,I wish I'd read these reviews BEFORE I bought my daughter this game..the only reason I came here to read these reviews is because when my kid and I found out how DRAB the PS2 Sims 2 game is,we kept thinking maybe we were missing something..or doing something wrong...
Well after reading the other reviews for this game,I've discovered that YES...this game is as big a dissappointment as my kid and I think it is..I'm really ticked off because Maxis doesn't make it clear that the PS2 version and the PC version have HUGE DIFFERENCES!!!
My daughter and I wanted this game because we thought the Sims would grow old,get pregnant,etc like in the PC version...
Why doesn't Maxis just be honest and call the PS2 Sims 2 a "fancied up Sims 1" and get it over with..I'll tell you why..because they just don't give a crud whether folks find this fun or not..they just want to trick folks into buying this version..
My comp is old so that's why I thought it would be easier to buy the PS2 version of the game..wouldn't have to spend a million bucks to upgrade my comp enough for the PC version...but if I'd known how misleading the advertizing was about this game,I'd have never bought it...
If I had the bucks I'd upgrade my comp and get the PC version of Sims Two and use the PS2 game for a beer coaster...I'd get more fun out of it that way..

What The ???? Happened To The Sims?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I so wish I had read these reviews before I asked for The Sims 2 for Christmas. I was so happy when I got it and couldn't wait to play it. I had so much fun with the Sims on PC but it took up so much of my computer I had to take it out. I figured finally I could get my Sims fix without a major system freeze, yea right. I totally agree with everything everyone has said about the Sims2 for PS2! It is awful! I too miss being able to call for pizza. And what is with the no kids stuff? How can you create a family with no kids? They can marry as many people as they want at the same time and I have 2 Sims who have aspirations of cuddling in bed with THEMSELVES! How do you fulfill that? Sometimes in the socialize mode the two Sims will start talking, but no sound comes out until a few seconds into it, then it's like watching a badly dubbed Godzilla movie. I thought I was stupid because it took me two days to figure out the controls! Good luck seeing what the little drawings are in the create a Sim mode. I have to click each item to put it on my Sim just to see what it looks like. Needless to say changing clothes is a major time consumer. I hate it, I'm sorry I asked for it and I too want my husbands money back. I should have asked for an upgrade on my computer and stuck with the PC Sims2. Steer clear of this waste of time.

Great idea, a great try...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, and i thought it was great! for a while, now I kinda regret buying it. Though, the two player mode is kinda cool, you can't have that on the Mac/Pc version. Also, direct control is AWESOME! But, its only good if you only have one sim to control. For all the games ups, it has a downside, that kinda evens it out. *sigh*. But it was a great idea, and a great try...

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