The Sims 2 (PC DVD)

---

---

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
The original The Sims is the best selling PC game ever but after four years and seven expansion discs it's finally starting to look a bit long in the tooth. As the first official sequel almost everything in The Sims 2 has been expanded and improved on from the original, even if the basic idea remains the same: to create and control the lives of your virtual characters.

The entire scope of the game has now increased--your characters age and give birth to children. Sims remain children only for a few weeks, before spending most of the game as adults and then eventually dying and the game carrying on with their children and grandchildren--if they have any. Another big new feature of the game is the introduction of specific "aspirations" for your sim, which can be anything from a specific career to marrying a particular person. Each sim also has their own "fears", which can be anything from living alone to losing their hair. Which of these situations end up coming true becomes the main influence on whether your sim is happy, the attainment of which is the only true goal in the game.

Apart from all these new features the graphics have been severely overhauled are now in full 3D and more in line with the recent console spin-offs. This is a must buy for anyone that's ever enjoyed the original titles, but the new features should also be enough to entice sceptics to the fold as well. --David Jenkins

---

Customer reviews

review by: danfish date: 2008-07-01 rating:
Brilliant
This is the best game i have ever been on for pc its really fun but may make you're pc slow.

---

review by: Sims 2 fan date: 2008-06-16 rating:
The Best Game Ever Created!!!
Firstly, i bought the Sims 2 when i was first released for the pc. I had originally played the sims 1 on the playstation and really enjoyed it. I dind't quite know what to expect for the sims 2 on pc but after staying awake for 3 days unable to draw myself away from my computer i realised what a brilliant game it is.
It is far from "Boring" that some people have stated it, there so much to do. Advance your career, family, friendships, needs, wants and fill your aspiration meter. Overall great game. But there is one thing i will say and that is that you need a really superior pc to play the game to a satisfactory level. My packard bell computer was a mid level gaming pc and after 7 expansions it went a bit funny with playing the game, i.e really slow loading scenes between lots. But i'm well sorted because i've purhcased a brand new powerful Nvidia pc so the sims 2 will be no problem.

---

review by: moniquephilpott date: 2008-06-01 rating:
Brilliant - and it works on a laptop
I bought this game after a long time spent debating whether it will run on my computer or not. I was thrilled to find that it worked on my Asus Intel Pentium core duo processor laptop. I thought it was also a lovely touch that you could play mini-games to pass the time installing it.
The game - i cant fault it. If you played other Sims games and found them unfulfilling, then don't hesitate to buy this. Building a house is amazing, the graphics are incredible, i had no freeze-ups or slow loading to deal with, and the furnishings are great - especially the fact that you can change the colour of everything you buy.
As long as you know the money cheat (ctrl+shift+c+motherlode) then you will find this game really entertaining. Having a family is realistic - you try for a baby, get pregnant, the child grows up etc. There are a million little features that the original sims was missing like being able to carry the child around with you, doing homework, your sims actually having a brain and being able to order groceries and choosing what meal to cook.
I throughly recommend this game, although i picked it up in HMV for £15. I certainly havent experienced any difficulties with it - it runs perfectly, the graphics are fab and i end up spending hours on it when i should be doing my own homework.

---

review by: Adz date: 2008-04-15 rating:
Great, but only if you have a strong PC
The original Sims was a decent game, but after playing it a couple of times it got boring. All you needed to do was make sure sims eat, slept, went to the toilet and showered. There were no rewards for doing anything else, nothing else happened.

Which is why The Sims 2 is a much better game.

Although it still has those really annoying motives which means there's always some need to fill while you're trying to get a skill point or something, there's a whole new gameplay.
Sims have Wants and Fears, which now means there's actually a point to playing the games. You can play it in many different ways, try to drive your Sim insane by doing all his fears or gaining lots of money by marrying other sims and then bumping them off.

Plus the clever tech stuff which means that you can have kids that look like you, choose aspiratinos for each Sim, plus better graphics, a ton more objects and lots of great music.

Just make sure your computer can cope with it.


review by: Missy Silva date: 2008-04-13 rating:
I just Love it
This is one game that doesn't get me bored. It's fun and there are so many things you can do. I totaly love this game and can't wait for sims 3 to come out. Since i brought this game i have been playing it 24/7. I dont know i just like getting to the top of a career and makeing houses and sims and creating a family i like evrything about this game. I always buy the new expansion packs so that i can get new things and i also downlode houses and other thing from the sims website. I think this game is the best game ever made.

---

Similar products

The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack (PC CD)
The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack (PC CD)
The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff (PC CD)
The Sims 2: Open for Business Expansion Pack (PC CD)
The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff (PC CD)

---

Similar categories

PC & Video Games . Categories . PC Games . Type of Game . Strategy
PC & Video Games . Categories . PC Games . Type of Game . Simulation . God & Life Sims
PC & Video Games . Categories . PC Games . Type of Game . All PC Games
PC & Video Games . Substores . Content Stores . Brand Stores . Sims Shop
PC & Video Games . Substores . Content Stores . Brand Stores . Electronic Arts Games . PC Games . Strategy & Simulation
PC & Video Games . Substores . Custom Stores . Promotion Tree . PC & Macintosh . Games . Simulation
PC & Video Games . Substores . Custom Stores . Promotion Tree . PC & Macintosh . Games . Strategy
PC & Video Games . Refinements . PEGI Rating (age_range) . 7 years and over
PC & Video Games . Refinements . Platform (feature_browse-bin) . PC & Macintosh . Windows
PC & Video Games . Refinements . Category (feature_two_browse-bin) . Games . Simulation . Life

---