The Sims 2 reviews

The graphics, I must stress, are what I believe to be the biggest change. No more pixellated “I can't really see whats happening” moments, and everything runs VERY smooth. The animation video-like moments are great when your sim gets engaged, married or any other big ceremony.

Another big plus is that your sims no longer stay an adult/child their whole life. With the new system, they are born, become children, teens, adults, elders and then finally die. Did they lead a happy and fufilling life? It's up to you.

I bought The Sims 1 6 months before I got The Sims 2. I liked The Sims 1 but it was basic with the start up only. The Sims 2 is much better.

With The Sims 2, You can install 17 other expansion and stuff packs.

The Create-a-Family is much much better. You can choose your Sims hair style and colour (red, blonde, brown or black) and skin tone (even aliens!!!). There are 5 aspirations (Fortune, Romance, Family, Knowledge or Popularity) (12 Star Signs) Much bettter.

The Object range is huge with furniture modern or old.

The sims 2 was totally worth the wait and i'm already excited thinking about the cool expansions they can come up with.

The whole ageing process is a plus and I can't get over some of the weird things that the sims do.

This is what the original Sims should have been like to play. The only complaints I have are the insensitivity of the mouse when rotating the camera, and the camera controls can be more difficult to use than they need to be.

What I really like is now when you use the buy catalog or build menus, you can expand the catalogs so you can see ALL items in a group at one time. Also when painting floors or walls or the outside of your house they have done something wonderful – basically if you hold the shift key in a room or on a wall you get a preview of what the wall will look like and a single mouse click will paste it down. Another wonderful improvement is in the creation of rooms, instead of having to build each wall separate you can now just drag out a box in the size of the room you want. Something else great is being able to purchase items in different colors, or being able to choose and cook different meals (based on your skills).

There is a strange quirk in the 3D which is that you STILL cant place items at any angle you want. I can understand why you couldn't do that in 2D, but this is 3D and it makes you wonder why they bothered going to 3D with all the great improvements in the gameplay.

An absolutely fantastic game. Much more of an experience than the first game – even when creating your characters, you have what seems like a million different choices right down to the shape of eyes etc. Once in game view, everything is much the same – BUT BETTER! More view options, build options, everything! Would definitely recommend.

This game is great fun. The most engaging part is the huge amount of choices. Jobs, Family, Relationships, and much more at your fingertips. And with so many expansions, it just keeps getting better. Definitely worth the buy! With this great cost, it's a bargain!

It can run on most computers, no need to upgrade to a PC with gaming capabilities. An office PC could run this. Just don't play in the office, you may get fired – just as big a threat in this awesome game!

This is one of the best computer games, if not the best, that I have ever played. It's just so fun to play and there is always something to do, and goals to achieve and it keeps you playing for hours ;) Great game, recomended

I' ve always played Sims at friends but now I own it :) Sims is fun and has great graphics I know it may be a little old but it's still amazing :) I have suggested this game to people who are into this kind of game – it's great

Its quite good. Just like the previous game. But much better grafics.

Although this one is pretty different then the first Sims all the improvements are amazing. More choices, the sims are easier to work and generally everything is a little more crisp and clear. However, the controls are a little different also so they take some getting use too and if you're running this on Windows 7 you need to download a patch from the website just to make sure all the graphics are on par. But apart from that I highly recommend this to people who just can't afford to buy Sims 3 yet or who just want a fun time waster game to take their mind off things.

I still have the old original sims somewhere and this one (of course) wins hands down. The life stages and life stories are what puts it ahead, as well as the aliens and better build tool. I don't know a whole heap about graphics but even I can tell that they're better than that of the original sims while still keeping the cool trademark sims look. Loving this game, worth blowing off your schoolwork to get a fix. Very addictive :)

The sims 2 is a good game. The reason i gave it a 4 is beacause their's not much to other then working and socialising.You get bored after awile.But once u get the Expansion packs u will love the game and it will be hard to get you off