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Feels too much like 2004
SimFan298
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Yeah, I know it feels like 2004 because it was MADE in 2004, but a few primal things feel obsolete by today's standards in that game.
Who remembers landlines? I just can't place any in Sims 2 homes now, and I make them use cell phones.
Oh wait, smartphones exist! See the problem here?
Who remembers landlines? I just can't place any in Sims 2 homes now, and I make them use cell phones.
Oh wait, smartphones exist! See the problem here?
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WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?
Ok first of all I don't know what is your problem. Second of all when were you born? Third everyone I know also has landlines in addition to at least one cellphone here. And honestly Sims 2 cellphones are far better than the annoyance that TS4 phones are. Sims in TS2 don't pop their phones at every two seconds to play a game or text and honestly that is an issue with this generation as well!
It's not about being "advanced" it's about being annoying and that is what the current generation is annoying because they keep their faces attached to the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 phones.
I do wish Sims having a phone was not set in stone and if we wanted them to have one we'd buy them. We do need landlines for houses too.
Oh jeez, that is a horrifying thought!
My house hasn't had a landline in years, and when we did we didn't have caller ID either. Now, if I see an unknown number on my smartphone I am conditioned to not answer it. I'm not even sure how many college scholarships or part time job interviews I've missed from not picking up a number I don't know.
If we still had that ugly beige-yellow landline I'd have no choice but to get it. I could have a job right now!
Also, I don't actually know ANYONE'S number anymore. You just click their name. I know my mom's number because she was the first of the 4 of us to have a cell phone back in the day. My younger brother just got his first one a year ago (he's 13), and I could not tell you his number. I just go in my phone and hit "Jack".
As for sims...I had a hack conflict or something in my game for years where the landline didn't work and they just kept putting the phone down so my sims HAD to have cell phones. I recently started from scratch on my laptop so everything works now so I'm kind of excited to let them have landlines again.
I don't think the game feels old or outdated or anything. My newest family, my simself and Michael Cera, we live in an apartment with two cats that I've decorated with 90% IKEA furniture. That's pretty much my dream home - something colorful and IKEA based. He is in the entertainment career and I'm in the adventurer career because that's the closest I think to anything geography related (my college major irl). We don't have any cars, but it is okay, as I can't drive in irl so I don't have a car anyways. My sim can't cook, just as I can't cook. And I do nothing with my life but play the sims 3 on the laptop all day long while Michael Cera goes downtown and makes friends for his career. I mean obviously I don't live with Michael Cera and I still live with my parents at home so I don't have a pretty IKEA apartment...but I think as far as being realistic it sure could be. It doesn't seem 2004-ish to me at all.
I don't see why everyone thinks you're complaining. I didn't take your post as a complaint, just an observation. I haven't had a landline in over a decade and I don't know anyone who does and if they do its just for telemarketers.
Yes the game does seem a little dated by today's standards. Think of all the things that have happened and been invented since 2004 but its still a good game. Just because they have landlines and computer's with big monitors doesn't make it bad its just what life was back then.
Aaaah 2004....life was so much simpler then. 2004 is known as BC for me (Before Children), when the Sims ruled most of my free time. Anyhow, I digress...
Landlines, still have them here I'm afraid. Cordless, but they do have Bluetooth so I can connect my iPhone to them, but they are landlines nonetheless. Most people I know still have them, so I don't feel that makes TS2 feel like the "olden days".
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I don't see a problem. I have a landline. It's the number I give out to everyone and I keep the phone unplugged. Think of it as a junk filter. Yeah. I pay for it, but it's worth it if it keeps those calls away from my smartphone, which I use primarily as a browser and nothing else.
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I just got rid of my big monitor a few weeks ago
I mean, who still had black and white TVs back in 2000 anyway
It's the one and only sims game that never needed mods or CC In order to play it.
It is what it is/was. And that's still good enough for me.
I loved the home phones because if my Sim didn't want to answer the cell (me,lol) I just had the kid answer and say they aren't at home. lol Because both rang at the same time). It was helpful to tell Sims they others weren't at home if I didn't want to be bothered with that needy friend who kept calling saying my Sim hadn't talked to them in the last two minutes. lol
Options are great, and I appreciate having them in this game. For example, if you want to play a time period before phones existed, you don’t have to worry about a Sims butt ringing and ruining immersion or a screenshot like in TS3 with the forced cell/upgraded Uni Smartphone.
As for not having Smartphones available in TS2, what are some of the reasons you wish your TS2 Sims had them?
I loved that in TS2! I wish we had conference calls in TS4 with the cellphones instead of speaking with one sim at a time.
My laptop had a meltdown at ts1 so I'm unable to play to check.