The Sims 2

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I dont know about you but The Sims 2 is the best and computer game ever invented,and I can play and understand it without everything going wrong.

I took 49 hours straight to complete the whole game on my PSP
I just played
I didnt stop to eat i ate while playing
It was hard but good Fun

PSP rule

I LOVE Sims 2! I have only played it twice on a friend's computer, but soon I, too, will have my own to control. I can't wait! Just one and half more months! Which expansion packs do you have/recommend?

I enjoy downloading and making stuff for the game, especially hair and clothing. I think the core game on its own kind of stinks due to the lack of content, but it's a modding paradise. If only people could figure out how to modify animations and change the gameplay even more.

I thinking modding and personal customisation are half the fun of the sims 2. And probably will be the same for the Spore game. Infact really I think the people who don't get Sims, Sim city etc are people those who want linear structure and objectives. Me I just enjoy creation and customisation so the sims 2 and sim city 4 are fine with me.

I agree though that the limit really is that there not particularly easy to mod games. Especially sim city christ they didn't make it easy to modify that game. The sims 2 is not nearly as bad. But you can see they have listened to this criticism when building this Spore game by opening that to more customisation and I imagine they will make it far more open to modification then any of the sims games so far.

Im only really just getting into modifying the sims 2. Ive had it for ages on my computer but its only been in the last month or so that ive really gotten into it, its a big improvement over the original one. Ive aquired the addons courtesy of good old BT. (I didnt pay for Rush hour expansion either as I wasn't willing to pay for missing features and bug fixes from the original)

Tried to make a ghetto full of tramp, criminals and punks, didnt quite work it always gears you towards making a nice suburban americain town I detest that, bring back the Urbz

Since my trailer trash street hasnt worked out ive made another street and just gone for the obvious of recreating family n friends and people on WP for a laugh.

May we post pictures of our sims in here?

Well I made one of alex but he's wearing an SS-Waffen uniform and im not to keen on getting IPBANOWNED

Yeah, if I ever post pictures of my sims here (still dunno if we can) I think I'll just not post any of the ones that are lingrie-related. XD

i personally never played but for some odd reason i have these dreams that im a sim in a game!! (green diamond over head)

I've never really liked the Sims games. When I play I tend to try and find the most efficient way to play, whereas people who enjoy the game seem to play it in a different way, just messing around. I guess that means the Sims caters to a very different audience than that of most other games, where there are objectives and where the aim is to ultimately win the game.

I prefer the other Sim-type games that came before the Sims. Like SimCity, SimTower, SimAnt, etc. It's too bad that Maxis seems to have stopped making these games, instead opting to remake their Sims game over and over until it stops making money.

Of course; ever since EA bought out Maxis, they've been milking the Sims for all it's worth.

My main problem is the lack of source code; while making custom skins is nice and all, it would truly be awesome if it were possible to rewrite the game's rules; maybe add or remove variables like hunger or body, and maybe create an inventory system so you can carry items for future use. Maybe create weapons, as the Sims Engine looks as if though it could be used for simulating tactical combat. Maybe allow people to move in between residencies/battlefields/etc. One can only play dollhouse for so long...coincidentially, I plan on using my LEGOs for miniature wargaming.

I love the Sims 2! For a while after I first got it, I found myself OBSESSED with it, but also overwhelmed.... I had never before played a Sims or any other such game with so much CUSTOMISATION and creation options..... What you can do WITHEN the game is already alot, but I found myself spending way too much time on Sims 2 forums and sites browsing for what custom content I can get, and I've also tried delving into creating my own clothes and hair and its really fun! I tried to make a face texture for a character (well, fit on an existing texture really), and I need to work on it more, he looks like a zombie or something....

I've temporarily stopped playing for a while. I really need to UPGRADE my computer because most locations are pretty much UNPLAYABLE. I wish there werent so many townies going into the lot, I wish I could control how many people will show up!

But yeah, its so awesome! Whether you just want to play it the proper way, or tell stories, build impressive houses, build the most accurate people or fictional characters from other things, live out your fantasies or build and download custom content, or make movies, it is a NEVER ENDING game, and really, its unlike any other game I played. I thought I would be so bored with it, but the complete opposite. It's almost an overwhelming experience, but something I want to delve WELL into and learn more about.

No other game has allowed me to see myself with the love of my life and live out my fantasy in a way, and its a unreal experience. I want to be more of a perfectionist and perfect him, myself, and other characters. I definitely also want to get really good at creating some of my favourite characters REALLY accurately, because I am seeing a pathetic limited selection of Metal Gear stuff for the Sims 2, and I intend to change that and win respect from all fans of the series who play Sims 2.

However, my Attention Deficit (as I most likely must have that) really gets in the way of completing anything I greatly desire to do. It always remains just a sweet fantasy in my head but never turns into reality, and this greatly depresses me. I wish I could get started on any of the 100+ creative ideas I have rattling around in my head. And there are several Sims 2 stuff I wish to persue. It's more of a tool to me than a game. In fact, I wonder if I'll EVER get around to just PLAYING it!

Oh and I completely agree but, I think if you fish around some sites like 'Mod the Sims 2', you will see so much that is becoming possible! People are learning how to edit the animations and figuring out how to hack the game in various ways, but its a slow process. There are some weapons I believe, there is actually a usable pistol on some other site, but you can't go around controlling Sims like some shoot em up game, There are limits. In fact there are some limits that particularly bug me, like in character creation. I can't create truely cartoony, animal-ish, or alien beings, I mean, in such a way that their facial structure is totally unhuman. There is alot you can do like with BodyShop + textures, but.... If I want to have a short adult character with a really wide head and a mouth shape thats larger than the top of the head and really large eyes that BLINK PROPERLY, I can't... And its too bad cause I want to add some cartoony type characters that would go great with these exaggerated animations but I can't actually build them close enough to my picky standards.

There's so much more they could do with this game, or let us do, and I think the expansions aren't taking full advantage and they are too expensive.

By the way, there is already an inventory system starting with NightLife onward.

A bloody shame as the engine has potential for tactical combat. Select a character, then click on an item and a list of things to do with it would appear. (Pick up pistol/cancel). Then when you move around, in addition to the normal commands, you would have the command item. Click this, then select the item you wish to use in that location. Then you would select (fire/alt fire/drop/etc.) Lots of potential there.

A bloody shame as the engine has potential for tactical combat. Select a character, then click on an item and a list of things to do with it would appear. (Pick up pistol/cancel). Then when you move around, in addition to the normal commands, you would have the command item. Click this, then select the item you wish to use in that location. Then you would select (fire/alt fire/drop/etc.) Lots of potential there.

I like using this painting I downloaded to max out my Sims' personality points, skills, etc. XD

MTS2 is wonderful. I spend more time there than I do actually playing the game.

I'll show some of my sims pictures--so if anybody has problems with that, lemme know and I'll delete them. I'd like to see other peoples' sims as well. Er. The first one I'll show has a LOT of outfits, so bear with me here, hahahah. I know, it's kinda messed up, but honestly who cares....















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Actually these next two are outdated--I redid the sim with a different face. But whatever.

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