I have OFB, Uni, Nightlife and Freetime is coming on Friday. Ive never played the other 3 for Sims 2. I also plan to get Apartment Life because it seems like the best out of the rest, but I think id like one more besides it. What do you think? Which do you like the most?
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But here's the thing; seasons will be an integral of your game, while you can only enjoy B.V. when you take vacations. Personally I'd take both, but if I had to pick one, most certainly under torture (because it would be one to make a choice), I would go with seasons.
Also, I don't recommand TS2 pets.
Why wouldn't you reccomend pets?
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I'm no pet expansion fan, but IMHO, this here is the weakest of the four generations of sims games (and god knows how much love I have for TS2), as there's nothing it does that hasn't been done better afterwards.
With TS2 seasons, you can taste the original EP, fishing, the garden club, a new neighbourhood; Bon voyage will give you an experience you simply can't get in TS3 or 4: vacation with friends, and by that, I mean sims out of your played household. Also, a ton of things to do and discover. Pets gives you pets... and that's about it.
Out of the other two, I vastly prefer Pets, because I actually use the pets, and it's certainly better than The Sims 4's embarrassing iteration of the Pets pack, Cats & Dogs.
Seasons, on the other hand, is my least favourite pack in The Sims 2 by quite a margin. I find Seasons just lacks so much, when I've been spoiled by The Sims 3 and 4 iterations of the pack. It adds little that I actually use - I dont use fishing or gardening in normal play, and the weather effects feel like no more than an aesthetic change. Not to mention Fishing and Gardening are in The Sims 3's base game and are more fleshed out there. There's basically no holiday-based content with the exception of Baby New Year and Santa Cookies. What is the point in a seasonal cycle if you're not going to add holidays? Animal Crossing had a seasonal cycle and holidays several years before The Sims 2 Seasons came out, Harvest Moon too. Basically every game that predates The Sims 2 with a seasonal cycle makes better use of it than The Sims 2 does. As much as I love The Sims 2, Seasons is just bland.
So yeah, TL;DR Bon Voyage > Pets > Seasons.
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Seasons adds boosts to things with each season. Spring boosts romantic interactions, summer boosts friendly interactions, fall boosts skilling and homework/term paper completion and increases work/grade porgress, winter boosts family interactions.
I don't send my Sims on vacation all that often and I find vacations in Sims 2 not that worth the cost to the Sims. There's not too much to do there that can't be done in the base neighborhood. I actually prefer Sims 1 and Sims 3 versions. Sims 1 had stuff to do there that was only available there and Sims 3 had the adventures that couldn't be done in the base world.
Sims 2 Pets were the best by far, but I don't have my Sims have pets all that often. And there's not much in the pack that's not centered around the pets themselves (not a bad thing, just lowers value if you don't have your Sims have pets often).
Oh and if you were wondering my top 8 are:
1. Freetime
2. Apartment Life
4. Seasons
5. Bon Voyage
6. University
7. Nightlife
7. Open for business & Pets ( I use them but the pack is less substansial compared to others)
the gardening sounds really appealing for seasons
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I know this isn't related but there's also a person on MTS whom has some amazing house for TS2, called Plasticbox. Even today, there's still new builds on there and there all amazing. (if you were wondering )