Hello everyone!
I've spent my entire childhood playing TS2, and a few weeks ago, by the sake of nostalgia, I bought The Sims 2 Super Collection (which is the Mac's version of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection) and I'm overwhelmed with all the features of the game I didn't remember and/or haven't noticed when I was younger.
So please help me by letting me know: what do you enjoy most while playing the sims 2? What's a cool feature I should look for?
Thank you!
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I still enjoy the Group outings feature. Setting the Groups on the phone lets us make one phone call to invite their friends over to go out.
I like the Businesses. I like taking the family on vacations (after I edit the vacation lots for kid activities, too).
Hope you have fun!
Edit - Oh, I also love the little things, like how children run to greet their parents when they get home from work, and how children have different dance styles than adults, and even toddlers wiggle around to music while sitting on their bums on the floor
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Devolution of Sims - a once customisable open world sandbox which has become a DLC Party catalog in a shoebox
I ♡ Pudding
What is the firstborn syndrome?
Yes! I am in love with memories!
The first thing I do when I start playing with pre-made sims is to check their memories ahahah
Here's a link that explains it: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Pregnancy#Rolling_the_Pacifier_and_Firstborn_Syndrome
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
And somehow it's easier to manage sims' needs in TS2 than it is in TS4. Or maybe it's just because I've spent so much more time with TS2 than 4 that it's gotten pretty easy to me...
Chemistry system
Bringing a friend or coworker home
The wants and fears system
The aspirations, they actually have influence on the wants/fears of your Sims unlike the Sims 4
The party's
But my favorite thing to do/watch is when a family is having dinner or breakfast together and they are just talking. It's so wholesome and I love to see everyone together.
And I feel like everything is meaningful. Like childhood friends that become lovers as teen and when they grow up to adult you still have to option to make them fall in love or to just be friends.
Sims 2 (All EPs/SPs)
Sims 3 Showtime
Sims 3 Generations
My Sims 3 profile page: https://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/Sunflowergal227
After that it's really hard to say. This version is very well thought out, excellently executed, and pays careful attention to the little details that add up to a satisfying gaming session. Certainly not perfect, but the best of the series. I've been playing it since release day and still keep finding new things. And this is without mods or CC.
Speaking of CC, this version has Body Shop, an in-game (as in the installation, not while playing) tool that enables us to make our own CC that relates to the sims themselves.
The printed guides are still out there and I strongly suggest investing in them. They are packed with information and have served me well as references for many years.
Sims had personality and felt different,
Sims would worry or act crazy if they had low aspiration and other sims could react doing a your crazy animation.
Sims would wolf whistle or do a call me animation occasionally when around sims they found attractive. If they found sims unattractive, they would do a repulsion interaction.
Sims would do a you stink animation when around smelly sims
Sims would worry over family members who passed out on the floor do to energy failures
Sims would cheer or boo sims playing instruments when walking by
And that is just some ways sims react to others.
Terrific Family Play
Too fun
The sims 2 forever
I also like the idle animations according to their personalities, like the lazy slouch. They're more subtle and realistic than 3/4. Similarly, I like when your sims will slowly stomp their way to do a task if they don't actually want to do it. Lazy/sloppy sims on house cleaning day are verrryy relateable.
Children in the Sims 2 are ADORABLE. The way they dance on older sims' toes, can get swung around, show off to their friends, play unique games with other children, run to greet their parents, and show off their report card if it's good are all so endearing and make the life state feel so realistically fleshed out.
Watch for family interactions (like young adult siblings scolding their siblings for breaking things or parental anxiety when a little one isn't feeling well, or sibling rivalry or hero worship... so cute)
I'm showing my age here (Even my username has stood the test of time haha) but back in the day, when the sims 2 specifically had a website, you could upload your stories for people to read! It was one of my favourite past times as a kid! The Sims 2 forums and the story telling on that page was second to none, and had a community like no other, I really miss it!