The Sims 2 (DVD-Rom)

...Sims 2’ because I have the full set of expansion packs (it was reasonably OK up to the last two expansions, Free Time and Apartment Life, and now it really suffers). For those who have still not had the pleasure of playing either The Sims or The Sims 2 and are curious to give this wonderful, fascinating Life Simulator series a go, but your PC is not high enough spec for The Sims 3, I highly recommend getting yourself a copy of either The Sims 2 base ...
...2 Double Deluxe’ which contains The Sims 2, the Nightlife expansion pack, and the Celebration stuff pack. According to the game’s publisher, EA Games, the base game and Nightlife pack will run on any PC capable of 3D graphics and possessing a mere 800Mhz processor and 256MB RAM. The Sims 2 is the 2004 successor to the mega-hit 2000 Life Simulator game The Sims, developed by Maxis and published by EA Games. In Sims 2, the characters are incredibly ...

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The Sims has been rated the "Number 1 PC Game of All Time". And i agree, the sims was addicting, was a great game, suprises around every corner and as a life simulator it was sensational. The Sims 2 looked to be a promising sequal to The Sims. But does it compare: ===Factual Information First=== Made By EA Games RRP £39.99 Rated 7+ (Warnings for Sexual Themes and Violence) You need 256mb of RAM to play this game Needs plenty of space on your ...
...and personalities, to hobbies and the actual sim (Human) itself. The Sims 2 has a diverse range of furnature and items for your sim or family. All the furnature, musical instruments, excercizing machines etc. is there and you can also download furnature from thesims2.ea.com made by other members, administrators, and so on. You can also (If you have the right software and skills) create your own furnature. The Sims 2 Bodymaker and The Sims 2 Homecrafter ...

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The first thing to know about The Sims 2 is that it comes from a fairly long line of predecessors, most notably The Sims. Creator Will Wright's original masterpiece was Sim City - a game of playing a cross between the town mayor and god to large areas- building the skeleton of a city, from waterworks to electricity, and watching the city grow. From natural disasters to riots and all other manner of unfortunate events, you also control everything ...
...of these games that formed the tentatively titled "Sim Doll House", which later became known as The Sims. The Sims, short for simulation, is most comparable to Sim Town, which focused on a smaller area with individual houses, roads and gardens picked by the player rather than grown out of the player's control, as in Sim City. A new game play aspect was that users could create individual Sims to frequent the town, choosing their clothes and personalities. ...

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The Sims is one of the most popular PC games ever and so when Sims2 was released in Autumn 2004 I was desperate to buy it. You can buy the game brand new from about £25-£29 online. The basic idea with a Sims game is that you control your Sim throughout their lives, and help them reach their aspirations in their life in their education, love-life, work-life and social life. With Sims2, the Sims themselves can be born in the game (I've had loads of ...
...die again. Installation ------------- The Sims seems to take a lot of memory on the computer, and if you haven't got a brilliantly spec'd computer then it might not run very well. Even on a brand new computer it can take a little while to load up, although once it has started it runs ok. My computer has 1.5GB of RAM and Pentium 4 2.99GHz. The minimum is 384mb of Ram if you are running Windows XP and you must have a minimum 800Mhz Pentium III processor ...

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...to write this review, because The Sims 2 is such a large and complex game, that any review which accurately covers everything the game does would need to be as long as the latest Harry Potter novel. However, I will do what I can to convince you that this game is about the most addictive ever created. It's fun, too. **What is the game?** The Sims 2 is an upgrade from the original Sims, with better graphics, more to do and an all-round better playing ...
...this game does. You simulate the life of a Sim, or family of Sims, controlling their every move - be it getting them a job or making them use the toilet. Before I played, I was sceptical. Where would be the fun in making a humanoid computer game character make hamburgers for lunch? But after only a short while playing, I was addicted, and found that there was a lot more to the game than that. **Installation** The installation takes quite a long ...

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...finally after months of speculation The Sims 2 is finally with us, and about time too! I have been looking forward to playing this game for ages now and I can believe that I have actually played on it. At the moment though I am but a little disappointed with Maxis, the creators of the game, because I’m not sure that the game is what everyone was expecting. So what’s new about the game? Well, for a start there are many new building options, such ...
...things that was on the best selling game ‘The Sims.’ There is also a new aspiration thingy where you have to fulfil your Sims’ dreams, I found this a little tedious myself, but then I really play the game to build the houses, which I love doing. Starting the game We now have a 4 disk set for The Sims 2, which seems like a lot, but once you have loaded the game all you need is disk 1 to play. The loading of the game is great because you can now ...

Uncle_Slug 18.09.2004 · Read full review
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...review on games as all the technical details involving these are complex but I am going to give it a go as a novice on the matter. A couple of years ago my husband entered through the door with a grin and waving a computer game on his hand. My instant thought was “oh not, not another one for him to play for hours and forget there is a world outside the computer…”. But no, to my astonishment he said the game was for me. “What do you mean it’s for ...
...Cards games that come with the computer software, but even that is rare)… He swore everybody loved this one, adults and kids alike and proceeded to explain the concept of the game. If my husband thought I’d be interested in a game where you play with cartoons that mimic real life then he did not know his wife…I mean, this sounded terribly like playing Barbie & Ken. By now you will surely have guessed that I loved the game…worst…I only went to bed ...

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Introduction- For the Sims virgins out there (if there are any), this is a game that is a life simulator., in which you have to house, educate and generally take care of your cyber people (Sims). Having patiently awaited the release of the new revolution in the Sims series, I couldn’t wait to get to grips with it on my PC. I’ve been almost as eager to get this review written, but it’s been some time coming as the game needs testing out first. ...
...was probably the most revealing day of game play. Leaving me with four initial thoughts… A/ Different variation of the same thing (well it would be somewhat the same. it’s a Sims game!) B/ Potentially some great new features (playing time will tell) C/ Where have some of my favourite options gone? D/ My six year old is going to struggle with this (not like the previous games and add-ons). Hmm, day two…. Ok, so I’ve discovered the build mode (where ...

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When I first heard The Sims 2 was coming out, i was more than a little excited! I waited for nearly a year with baited breath! It was definitly worth the wait! The game is basically a simulation of life...or at its simplest- a pixelated dolls house! But guys, don't let this factor put you off. In the game, you control every move, every meal, every trip too the bathroom but your Sims can move around independently if you so wish with their own personalities, ...
...the same lines but with worse graphics and with no ageing. Finally, we can watch our Sims grow from newborns, to toddlers, to children, to teenagers, to adults, to elders and finally to their death. mwahahaha! Talking of death you sadistic people... there are a dozen and one ways to die! There's the same old fire, drowning and starvation but now... allegedly you can be eaten alive by flies, crushed by rocks/alien space ships, APPARENTLY through ...

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Back in 2003, The Sims was at it's peak. A Worldwide bestselling PC game, it offered the user (or player) to build a family, and design everything from their house to the colour of hair they had. Expansion packs, that expanded the already brilliant game added various items, different actions, better costumes for your Sims and even more fun. And now, it's predecessor. The Sims 2. The Sims 2 was released on the princible of being bigger, better, ...
...start, but I'll start where the game begins - making a family. Designing a Sim (a Sim is basically a person) can be quite fun in itself. Choose from over 70 different costumes for your to-be Sim, designing not just their casual wear, but Formal, Bedwear, Underwear and even Workout costumes can be altered to your liking. More enphasis was put on the facial features, allowing the player to tweak the skin tones, how long the chin was, how big their ...

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Since i purchased The Sims original i was sucked in to its unique gameplay and seemingly endless fun. It took me a good few months to begin to draw away from it and leave it to collect dust up on the shelf! I was never one to buy those expansion packs after playing a few of them and realising there was never really much change in the gameplay, just the external shell so to speak. So after seeing the release of The Sims 2 i was eager to find out what ...
...the sequencial title 'The Sims 2'. Firstly, the game is four-discs large and requires at least 3.5gb of HDD space free. It also requires a hefty graphics card of at least 128mb to run respectabily (despite what the minimum spec says) although the higher the better - This game is not for old computers, that is one thing certain. The minimum specs for this game are as follows: + Windows 98 / 2000 / ME / XP + 800MHz Processor (PIII) + 256mb RAM ...

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...me because I had cleared the whole day, just so that I could play it! After spending a whole day playing it, I soon discovered that I needed even more time, because there was so much to do, that I pulled a sicky at work, just to play it! ********************WHAT IS IT********************* The Sims 2 is a follow up from the Sims. It is an independant game so you do not need the other sims games to be able to play this one. The Sims 2 plays in ...
...you that have not played the Sims or Sims 2 here is a brief run down of what the game is about: You create your people (sims) and then build or move them into a house. You then have to look after this or these people by living their lives for them. You can be nice to them or nasty to them. You decide how you want the person to be. Are they going to be nice, nasty, happy or sad. Are they going to be a bot of a loner or have loads of friends. Are ...

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...is game is by far the most played game i have (on the pc) and this is the best simulation you can get that's out there on the market! The game doesn't really have any set objectives that you need to acheive yet it is far more challenging than the sims 1 because your sims seem to get unhappy more quickly and there are more things to worry about e.g. the aspiration meter... -THE ASPIRATION METER- In life do you ever day dream and think i would love ...
...a celebrity chef or acheif the top in the athletic career. As well as a lifetime aspiration your sims also gets 4 daily aspirations and 4 daily fears (fears will lower the aspiration meter rather than raise it) these change every day or when your sims aspirations is acheived but say the're are two aspirations that you know you can complete but completing one will make the other be shuffled and be unabble to gain aspiration for acheiveing that goal ...

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The Sims 2 is a life simulation game, which allows you to create your own characters and control them as they go through life. Following Sims 1, an innovative game released by EA games, Sims 2 has better graphics, better expansion packs, you get to customise your Sims more, whereas the previous version only allowed a limited selection when modifying your characters. The graphics are high quality, and more detailed in comparison to the 1st edition ...
...the playability and appeal of this game. Providing the fact this game allows you to interact with other Sims, not only does it let you control your Sims and choose what to do with it, Sims 2 allows your characters to influence other Sims to do things, rather than control their every move which on the old game made it very tedious and repetitive as you knew what to expect. You also get to select the aspirations of your Sims - what they're life goals ...

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The Sims 2 has a great pedigree, being the sequel to one of the best selling games of all time. For the uninitiated The Sims is was would best be described as a "life simulator", helping your computerised alter-ego overcome the perils of general day to day life, sounds boring but strangely addictive. For now I shall avoid referencing the original (and its many expansion packs), until I make the comparison with said original. Installation --------------- ...
...days. Pop the CD in the drive and wait for a screen to appear and click on "Install". You will be asked all the usual questions of "where do you want to install the game" etc. The installation program lets you play a little game during the process which is a nice touch instead of watching a progress bar crawl along the screen, especially as the CD-ROM version is spread across four disks! (I think there may be a DVD version which only has one disk, ...

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