Video game reviews: The Sims 2 (PC)
The original name for the Sims was “Doll House” and at a basic level this encapsulates the premise of the game. It’s certainly one of those things people either love and can play for hours and hours or they just don’t get it and can’t last through half an hour of game play. However one thing is certain, if you liked The Sims, you will have a ball with the Sims 2.
In your Sims games you create people and control their actions including their interactions with each other, their working hours and spending their pay checks on building and decorating homes for them. Sims 2 is not just an improved version of its predecessor; it’s a whole new level up.
What is immediately apparent is that the look of the game and the amount which you can zoom in on your game characters has been vastly improved. The fun doesn’t stop there though as the facility for adjusting the look of your Sims is now also improved, allowing you much more freedom and choice to get them just how you want them.
Another great leap in the game is the stages of aging; Sims can now progress through being babies to toddlers to children to teens to adults to elders and young Sims look like their parents!
Once you start your game play the biggest change from the original Sims is the aspirations bar (Sims fears and wants) the points you earn from the aspirations bar add up to let you buy aspiration rewards (there is also a section for career rewards connected to your Sim’s working life). These rewards include smart milk to get your toddler Sims learning at super fast rates, a booster that maximises all the Sim’s need bars and an elixir of life to prevent your teen, adult or elder Sims aging and ultimately being taken to the after life by the grim reaper.
On the whole the Sims 2 looks better and offers more choices as well as more depth to the choices that existed in the previous game. Everything from relationships to schoolwork and professional life is now more complex and offers more to get your teeth into.
If you are the type that likes to squeeze a bit extra out of your game then cheating codes and expansion packs are for you!
There is a large range of expansion packs available from “Sims 2 Pets” to “Sims 2 Open for Business” all of which add hours more game play and new levels of fun.
Check out the Sims 2 official site for more information on expansion packs and also on reams of extra objects and looks for your Sims and their property. There’s also an on-line community to interact
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