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I would not say that The Sims 2 has the greatest soundtrack I have ever listened too. However, they have made it very easy to add your own music to the game if you want so that is always an option. The overall sound effects of the game are great and when a Sim talks, freaks out, gets embarrassed, or anything like that it always makes me smile. As this is a game that I played a great deal during my college years with a girl that would become my wife.

The Sims 2 is a game that has a lot of nostalgia for me, I fired the game up recently to see if it held up and I had a lot of fun.

Yes, the newer games in the series have greatly expanded upon what is on offer here. However, this is still a really fun time and well worth taking a look at. How do you go about creating a sequel to the biggest-selling PC game franchise of all time?

A game that has single-handedly bucked the demographic of PC gaming, embracing the casual player while alienating the hardcore? It's a tricky proposition, but there's little sign of panic at the Maxis office, half an hour outside San Francisco. With the walls adorned with artwork from Sim titles down the years employees beaver away in their individual cubes, emerging only to chow down on a quality selection of food and beverages.

It's almost like a slightly less surreal version of the game. Sim Sims anyone? Top Sim is of course Will Wright, the man who started it all. Among other things, this has earned him an office with a view, outside of which sits an impressively comprehensive shrine to Elvis Presley.

Having sold 24 million copies, he's probably not that worried Will, not Elvis , but he is aware of how The Sims is perceived. One of the things we're planning to address in The Sims 2 is to make a game that is strategically really deep and one that will appeal to the hardcore gamers.

And also graphically state-of-the-art, which The Sims never was. The feeling of immersion in The Sims 2 is much higher, it feels much more immersive than looking down on to little toy characters.

That much is evident from a quick scan at this page, with the game boasting full 3D environments and intelligent lighting. But there is far more to The Sims 2 than a bit of cosmetic surgery. Probably the biggest advance is the fact that your Sims now physically age.

Gone is the static Groundhog Day approach of the original game, as depending on your Sims' time of life - and indeed their personalities - their needs and behaviour will be vastly different. As well as the signs of ageing, other physical aspects will also be visible, with lazy, greedy Sims sporting grotesque paunches, for instance.

Physical features can be handed down via DNA, something worth considering when designing their faces using the new Create-A-Sim tool, which should be downloadable before the game is even released. Throughout your Sims' lives, instilling good key memories is crucial to achieving a high Life Score. So having a first kiss as a teenager will see them in good stead; having it at the age of 58 probably less so. Sims will also be far more complex than in the previous game, and their experiences - good or bad - will have a tangible effect on their behaviour.

So if you manage to raise a shiny happy Cornflakes family, you'll be repaid with a decent Life Score. Alternatively, screw up their lives and you'll turn out a generation of embittered, angry sociopaths.

Welcome to the real world. The life simulator returns, with slightly less potty micromanagement and slightly more direct control of your sim via amusing minigames. But the loading times on PSP are too frequent and delay the already slow-paced action.

If you grew tired of The Sims long ago, this won't renew your enthusiasm for obsessive home furnishing. Browse games Game Portals. The Sims 2. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. View all 77 The Sims 2 Screenshots. Game review Downloads Screenshots Nightlife and Apartment Life allow Sims to gain promotions through social interactions with other Sims.

For a complete list of careers see Career Tracks. There are several skills that Sims can build in order to fulfill their wants and needs. Some skills are hidden while some create talent badges. Hobbies are introduced in The Sims 2: FreeTime.

Sims can choose any hobby they want to pursue but they will have one hobby that they will be better at. Each hobby is associated with a certain skill and having high skill points in that skill can help the Sim reach hobby levels quicker. When a Sim reaches the highest hobby level, they can get "In the Zone. The ten hobbies are:. There are several timed scenarios in the game that players must complete in order to fill wants and needs.

Eight expansion packs EPs were released. Expansion packs add new gameplay options as well as objects. Ten stuff packs were released.

Stuff packs add items to the game and usually don't add any new interactions. This feature is also included in expansion packs , stuff packs, and compilations released after Bon Voyage. It will display which expansion packs and stuff packs the player has installed, and will show a large play button. When connected to the internet, the launcher would also display news updates for The Sims 2 , as well as promotional material.

The news display has been discontinued due to the removal of The Sims 2 website, but the launcher still displays promotional material for other games in the series. There is a delay between the time the play button appears and the time this promotional pane loads, and it is possible to click the play button before the promotional pane finishes loading.

As of August 24, , it is necessary to do this, or to otherwise bypass the launcher, as some of the new promotional content has been observed to cause the launcher to stop responding. The Sims 2 Store was an online store launched in July where players used real money to purchase items from expansion and stuff packs. Exclusive store items were also released for players to purchase. Items ranged from Sim points. During development the graphics of the game were distinctly different from the final version, with different models and lighting used.

There are screenshots and videos featuring many assets that ultimately went unused , such as beehive and French braid hairstyles, as well as unreleased neighborhoods such as Riverside and Waterside. The former two were mostly used in video previews and a third neighborhood, Sedona, is included as a terrain template in the final release.

Several features were intended to be included in the game but were removed before the final release, such as Weather and rain. More scenarios were planned, including power outage, grandchild, engagement and Big Boss scenarios.

The user interface originally resembled the interface from SimCity 4 , but was later changed to a completely different interface. Other minor elements such as hospital births, shoplifting, and breakfast in bed were also intended to be in the game but were ultimately cut.

A common rumor is that an early version of The Sims 2 was destroyed in a server room fire at EA, forcing them to recreate much of the game from scratch. Although a server fire did occur, it did not affect the game's development. It's also possible that the developers wanted it to be a sequel and not just a reskin with added feature that just feel like the Sims 1 but just with an aging system and that's it.

Another possible reason is that the game especially the neighborhoods not having that iconic charm that we all known and loved today and that It lacks most of the key feature the sims 2 is now known for e. Aspirations, Wants and Fears, etc. Cheats can be used to enhance the gameplay experience or assist in the creation of movies and stories.

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