Customer Reviews

Sims 2

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

To make it short and sweet, for those of us who don't meet the requirments for the computer version of The Sims, this version (which is also on PS2) is the best one for consoles. I've played all three of the console Sim games and this (or Bustin' Out!) is my favorite. It's really solid, the worst part is not being able to have a kid. Other than that, all the regular stuff is still there (along with some neat things like learning/cooking recipes). However, the computer version is better because there is so much more. Hope you found this helpful.

This game is pretty cool, with all the new graphics and fashion customizations, the ability to change colors and cut it to a smaller size, and you probably will notice, the amazing graphics, well probably not that amazing, but pretty much amazing compared to the previous sim games. And you really can get closer up! It was so weird really being able to get close up to your sim's face. And the ability to give the sim earrings, belts, tatoos, and necklaces really is very attractive.

But if you want it to be straight out the same as the sims 2.. You shouldn't get this game. This game is an entirely different game because of it's no ability of having babies, a second floor, and a 3-d overview of the neighborhood. And also there is no neighborhood. You can't even call 4 lots a neighborhood! And this pathetic story mode was not even a story mode! I can't even find the story in this mode! First you have to take a shower, clean up, and jump on the trampoline and then your so-called roomates will return home. No story in that at all. And then you will automically want to talk to someone then become a friend of that person. What happened to mom? What happened to that attractive moving out selection? Is this really better than the bustin out one?

And what happened to the cars? That was a cool thing to have! And what happened to community lots? And what happened to the pizza delivery guy? And what happened to children? You can customizate an adult and an elder, but not a child! And the elders are uggggggggggggglay! And everyone in the story mode will probably make you lose your love for this game. And you also probably will like that you can WooHoo in any double bed, not just the love bed. And also I am hoping that the next one will have a 3-d overview of the neighborhood, and the ability to have a 2nd floor, and CHILDREN!!!!!!!!! And aging!!!!!!!!!! Those will always be what everyone wants!

So this is a very oooooooookay game. Don't get this if you think you could get diappointed.

Graphics 9/10
The clothes, people, and objects are all so life-like! You can get way up in their faces and sleep and actually turn over like a real person. Also, when you're by a radio you snap your fingers and if you're by trash you fan your nose! It's so cool!

Music 4/10
The music is very disapointing for a sim game. In the very first place you come, the music is HORRIBLE! It's the gibberesh version of Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff. It's so gross and irretating you are better off with silence.

Overall Gameplay 9/10
The whole game is lovely! You can do all sorts of things with your sim, and the sims around them! It's wonderfull! And it's a very excellent job by Maxis! It really stays true to the feeling of the sims.

All in all, you should get this game! It's the best Sims game in my opinion!

all i have to say is. if you dident realy like the pc or mac one and hated bustin out. THIS GAME IS FOR YOU!! i own bustin out and coldent beat the artist part. I COLDENT GET MY GUY IN A GOOD MOOD!! errr I WAS PULLING MY HAIR OUT. and i dident realy like the pc one i founde it kinda hard to manage alot of sims. but over all it was a good game and i still play it alot.
i rented this with a bnch of my friends and LOVED IT. YOU CAN CONTROLL THEM WITH THE STICK THINGY WOW!! NO POINT CLICK STUFF. and you can MKE your own food &hearts ITS GREAT. good luck. have fun.
BUY IT!!!

Okay, everybody is saying it's really repetitive and there is no storyline. NOT SO TRUE. You have to find the NEW LOCATIONS. Once you get through a couple of new locations, you have to complete OTHER people's goals, and they get much harder (you find yourself playing more with the other characters than with your own, and you have to take care of like three!)! There are like 13 locations, and the locations are like levels. I've only gone up to the Biodome place, which is about half-way.
I wouldn't recommend buying this game, but it IS fun to rent and it seems more fun because you haven't played it in awhile. TWO PLAYER IS AWESOME, so get a friend and play!

Okay when you get into the game you like the 3-D graphics and all that. Well the first thing is you need a memory card 1 and 147 blocks. Then you realize you do everything you do in just about any other sims game.

Positives- You can get married,Abducted by aliens,slapped with a fish,have fun when your married like cuddle and woohoo and be a ghost and scare,possess,vomit,or wail at people,move your charectar without stick,make your own,kill someone,go places,fashion,acsseriores,tatoos,create an alien,have alien furniture,new and cool items in the catalog.

Negatives- No kids,you can't get pregant,you can't go to work with yor sims,all items in catalog a the same,and things like that.
There are alot things wrong with this game so i'm tellin you to stick with the pc version.

This game is fun.... for the first 30 minutes. Then it gets extremely repetitive. You fall in love with a girl, you clean puddles in the bathroom, you make yourself a meal... It all gets very boring, and very repetitive after a while(and I only played this game for the first time yesterday).

The characters speak in gibberish, which is very annoying, and they lindsay lohan/avril lavinge/hilary duff type music(with gibberish words) on the stereo which the computer sims keep turning on. I hate that type of music. I turn it off, and they turn it on again. When you get a job, you just go to a carpool. You don't actually get to see the office or anything.

From reviews of the computer version I was expecting more

No one else directly adressed this problem so I will. In Create A Family, I only had the option to make adult sims, no old people, no kids, babies, nothing. Plus when I created a family this way, I could not make them siblings, wife, exc... They're all "Roommates". The "Try For Baby" option does not appear. When my male sims were abducted by aliens, they did not return pregnant. I've tried it a dozen times on 1 male sim and he NEVER became pregnant. Plus, my sims never age in this game. I have taken them through several weeks and they have never grown old. The Gamecube version seems like it was watered down so 6 year olds could play it. Maybe that's why I couldn't do any of the above. *laughs*

Consider the above when you buy the GC version of Sims 2.

This is a really good game. Its one of those games that u have to play but dont really want to play untill ur playing it, by which time u cant stop playing it. U can control ur guy/girl with the d stick (direct Control) or push the Z button to let them move around by them selves. The basic thing in the game is to keep ur sim happy. There is a story mode where ur sims have wants and needs that u have to fullfil or they die or get depressed and wont do anything. There is freeplay mode (i havent tried it yet), and there is multiplayer mode which is just like story mode but there is more than one person playing, u even use a already created story mode file! The new
player(s) creates a new sim and when u go back into single player mode u have control over that sim(s) they/he/she created. There are 4 basics for the sims personality, romance, poularity, wealth, and knowledge. u also get to customize ur sims personalities just like in the computer version. If u by a wardrobe u can change ur character's (and any characters u control) clothes, and hair style and color. this means u go back into the menu u have to choose from when ur first creating ur sim. Also when a sim dies there gohst haunt the place they died at. If u have control over a sim that dies u can control the gohst. Gohst can float through walls, and instead of the normal sociale activities they can puke on people, take over there body (when u do this they act like a chicken), wail, and spooke. If a sim dies on accident or u want to bring back a dead sim u can beat Death in a fiddle challenge or pay him 100 money to come back to life. Ur sims have wants that (depending on ur basic personality) can range from woohoo (in bed) to getting a job. If u raise ur sims liking for another sim enough u can propose to them. Any sim u marry u gain control over them u can also cheat on them with other sims (if u choose romance as ur basic personality then u have to because they usualy have "WooHoo with 2 different sims" or "WooHoo with 3 different sims"). By fullfilling ur sims wants u get apiration points which help u unlock new objects, and fullfilliing ur sims gold and platinum needs u can get new locations. there are some characters in new locations that u can control even though the game made them. so all in all Sims 2 is an extremly fun and addictive game.

Sims 2 for Game Cube is flat out horrible. I love Sims 2 for the computer...I play it for hours and dissapointed when I was having trouble installing it on my laptop at college. I had game cube and so I decided to buy sims 2 version for game cube. HUGE MISTAKE. The beauty of PC Sims 2 is gone on the video game. My favorite part of PC Sims 2 is having kids and seeing how the DNA works out. IN GC Sims 2, however, there are no kids! You can't have them and therefore the DNA factor that made PC sims 2 so unique becomes moot. The game is boring, the controls are difficult to use and the graphics suck. DON'T BOTHER. BUY A COMPUTER JUST SO YOU CAN PLAY THE AMAZING SIMS 2 ON PC!