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Cool at first, but gets old quickly. Game also needs revamp in focus.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I owned the first version of the Sims as well. This one has much better graphics, more realistic movement, and better social options. The Sims 2 also attempts to take care of one glaring problem of the Sims 1: there was no goal or purpose to the game.

Now in the Sims 2 they have added aspirations that can include things like love, money, popularity, etc. But unfortunately, getting the Sims to fulfill these aspirations isn't interesting. You are doing all the same sorts of boring things except you make the decision to do one boring thing over a different boring thing because one of the boring things will work towards your aspiration and the other boring one won't.

The problem with this game is something they did wrong from the get-go in the Sims 1 and haven't fixed: Making people eat food and go to the bathroom is boring. Think about life -- real life, your life. What makes it interesting? What resonates? Not taking a dump.

Furthermore, the behavior of the Sims doesn't match the way real people act. For example, you can have a Sim eat too much food and get fat. Once they are fat, they will walk a little slower than they did before. They won't get depressed or need new clothes. They just walk slower. So what? There is absolutely no reason to make your Sim eat too much food in the first place. There should be a benefit of it for the Sim that would make him want to overeat. Maybe it could increase their mood or maybe it could increase their comfort level or maybe their mood or comfort would suffer if they didn't overeat.

This game acts like the only thing that affects our behavior are plainly and simply our physical needs. The game completely misses the psychology and emotions of humans that make us more interesting than animals. We might as well be controlling a pack of bears and having them pick berries and mate and eat and poo. Because that's this game is: mundane micromanaging.

The first time around playing, exploring all the different social options and possibilities is interesting, and it can be fun to take the mechanical boring action on the screen and create your own storyline to it. But the truth is, it does get old quickly. And the expansion packs give you some other stuff to do, but they get old just as quickly, if not quicker.

My kids are mesmerized by this game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: July 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My 10 year old daughter wanted this game so badly that she paid me to order it for her. All three of my kids, ages 10,12,and 16 love it and are fascinated by it...maybe a little too much. I have to set the timer so that they don't play it all day long.

The SIMS WILL ROCK

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 22
Date: February 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THE SIMS IS AWESOME SO THE SIMS 2 WILL BE SO GREAT!!! WHO WOULDN'T LIKE ALL THE NEW THINGS AND I LOVE THE 3D. ITS SO COOL THAT YOUR TRAITS WOULD BE PASSED ON!! OH YEAH!!!!!

This Game Will Hit BIG!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hey i didnt register and im really 14 so opps :P,Any way for everyones info!!!TS2 has had everything checked out!! NO BUGS!! Soo BOOYAH! And it was rated at the EA Showing of it a 9.5!! YAY! So for the person who posted a comment saying this game will be crap...THINK AGAIN!! More people will buy this! It will be more world known than Star Wars!! Seriously,and that it wont be slow and not well playable if you have a good computer! Or you can just get a new Video Card! everything is checked and the requirements are out, and its almost done! So buy this game!! It will be your moneys worth!

looks good to me!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: August 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the first time i heard about the Sims 2 was in a magazine, and i was very impressed. After that i went online and learned even more about it and let me tell you, this game is going to be BIG. I mean GIGANTIC! The 3D graphics on this game far exceed the 2D ones on the origninal sims by having more of a realistic look. The lifestyles of the Sims in the Sims 2 are also more realistic with the passing down of Genetics and the process of ageing. Also, many things such as excersising and actions will effect your sims later life as well as their appearance. So for once there might be a beer belly sim. I am so excited about this game, and i cant wait untill it comes out... it will ROCK!

A 2 weeker.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: August 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Each time a new expansion pack came out for the original sims, I was first at the store to get it. Now, I feel like I'm buying them just to say "I have all the expansion packs". The sims, for me, gets boring after about a week or 2 of playing. I just completely stop playing it all together untill about a year later I feel the urge to play again. Its a good game but not one you get hooked on, at least for me.

Somewhat Not Worth The wait

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 23
Date: November 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I spent about $40 on THE SIMS2, when I got it in about 2weeks i had to delete all the previous games and Microsoft word from my computer to make space 4 it, but when you play it takes way to long to wait for the loading. Everytime you go somewhere new you have to wait at least 5min. Then if you don't have alot of free space your computer slows down. this game is not worth the wait. It was a little bit fun, but not really once you have to wait for everything...

Oh My Gosh!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OMG!!!!This looks soooooo cool!I dont have it yet but I've seen tons of screen-shots!I always wanted my sims to GROW-UP!Now they can!I love the baby,toddler,kid,teenageer,adult,mid-age,and old life span.Insted of baby,kid,adult.I'm totally gonna buy it!But I do agree on that it totally stinks that all the money spent on the origonal SIMS.

The Sims 2 Is Way Better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game about three months and Ive gotten to know this game pretty well so I can say its awsome it has game cheats! Hear is some

1.kaching-1,000 cash
2.motherlode-50,000 cash
3.AgeSimsCheat(on or off)
4.setHour (o-23)- lets you pick hour of the day
5.aging on
6.aging off

Story...

I had three sims named Pascal,Lazlo.and Vicund. Pascal had an alien baby and named it Charles. Then Lazlo and Vicund left Pascal died then I moved Lazlo back in and he had a girl friend. She moved in they got engaged and she left him at the altar. They adopted. Lazlo got Herbert. Crystal(his old girl friend)got Tamra. Herbert and Tarma got married and had some kids named Margret,Cindy and Sam and Dickson Vijayaker. Dickson had some kids named Susie, Robin ,and Oke.Susie got married and had kids named Glorea,Tomas,Brandon, Jermiah. Jake Glore had a kid named Balie and what was left of the family that was alive died. They have a big family cemetary. The End

I love this game and I think everyone else will to.

Worst Game I Never Played

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: September 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There's so much copy protection on this game that it won't even install on some of the systems. Have fun trying to get it to work. Thanks EA!!!

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