Sims 2 Wedding: Everyone sitting down good and mannerly to witness the event. Sims 4 Wedding: Everyone on a computer, swaying, grilling hot dogs, broke a toilet, or taking a nap.
Me neither, but some simmers are still praising it, usually if a game is good, you will be hyped for the next game, but when a game isn't good, you won't be looking much foward to it, I mean it's good to have hope, but some simmers are being really toxic about it
@@joaolima7131 You're right... this is the first sims game I am not excited for, and its because Sims 4 was the first real disappointment. They could definitely save the series, but I expect Sims 5 to be a pay-to-win mobile game.
@@Rekowcski they already went there to an extent with Sims Freeplay. It was ok when I first started playing, but things rapidly became such that you couldn't complete any of the limited time events because it would take too long without using premium currency to skip. Like all freemium mobile games, the desperation to take more and more money from players just took over.
YES!!! The Sims 3 is my personal favorite game in the franchise but when I started playing it I definitely felt that the relationship system was a huge downgrade. I looove the one-sided feelings in The Sims 2 and I desperately wish they would bring that back. It's so much better for storytelling!
it still amazes me how detailed and ahead of it’s time the sims 2 was and makes me wonder: if all this was possible to code and program back in 2009 or whatever why couldn’t ea just make it like this again for the sims 4 in 2022😭
i don’t understand how they can fail so bad when they could’ve literally just redone what has pretty much been perfected already… like all the thinking is already done. their only job was to improve it and make it look and run nice. wtf is wrong with this company
I want Sims 2's details in the sims 3. I'm finally able to play TS3 at max settings and find myself playing for hours on end. TS2 details like Bathing Babies in sinks, Taking babies to the kitchen to get their 🍼 bottle. Bottles being tossed and left on the floor to be cleaned up, children rushing to their parents when they get an A+ report card. Cutscenes, Storyline, Elder sims actually sounding like elders. Shopping for clothes, seeing sims actually get into their cars and drive along with so much more is everything
Agree completely with your point. Miss all the family gameplay that 2 offered. It makes me so emotional seeing children dance with their parents for example 🥺. Ah there is a new mod at modthesims that let's your Sims bath their babies in sinks for TS3 by the way. TheSweetSimmer in general has amazing mods for smaller sims in ts3. I play with them all the time, to get more interactions, activities and family gameplay in general. She also makes new animations that look as professional as EA's 😍. Can't recommend her enough!
I started playing Sims 2 when I was like 8 or 9. I'm 23 now and still play it every few months when I have time. That game has a special place in my heart ❤️
Wants/Fears in Sims 4 is still broken. Unless you just let your Sim run free and tell them nothing, they will have a 'fear of missing out on their dream". And there is no easy way to help them achieve this. Even if you fulfill all of their wants, they are still just angry or sad ALL of the time. So broken
Ong i literally downloaded a mod to completely block out fears in ts4 because of how bad it is Like i had a sim get a dead end job fear... she was working her dream job and got frequent promotions 😐
@@blankuser987 RIGHT?! Holy shit same thing for me. Both my sims were working their dream jobs, but had the constant "fear of dead end job". Like wtf?? Totally broken
god so much this. had a bug where a sim was stuck being scared of the dark despite me having done everything to resolve it in their childhood. happened to ANOTHER when she never even got the fear at first when she was a kid. and then suddenly one day she was running around scared even during daytime. she was just stuck refreshing the scare no matter what time of day
While I agree with this list, there is one thing you forgot. Just ONE small thing. Despite its clunkiness and occasional weirdness: The mechanics in Sims 2 work. And they usually work as intended. Let's compare visiting restaurants: In The Sims 2 you go to a restaurant lot, where all the work NPCs will be there and ready to do their jobs. Townies will then arrive after your Sims and get seated and do other restaurant related stuff. You Sims can get a table without a problem, place an order without a problem, get served their food without a problem and can skip pay... err I mean pay the bill without a problem. Depending on how the restaurant is build you can continue to spend time there, meet some neighbors etc. Dating and hangout mechanics also work quite well in the restaurants. In Sims 4 you can consider yourself lucky if you get to the eating part. And may the Sim lord have mercy when you are there for an outing! Half the time my Sims visit a bar the bartender just... leaves. And may come back two hours later. Never had this problem in 2. Never. I love building restaurants in the games and I love having my Sims treat themselves occasionally to just have a nice meal and relax or have a place to meet others. Or perhaps the restaurant is just part of the bowling alley to grab something to eat while you make a fool of yourselves. I love doing this in 2, because it works fine. Worst that happens is the waiter throwing food on your Sim (which is an intended possibility) or taking longer due to many Sims taking up space (which an be avoided if you leave enough space to maneuver and is somewhat intended). In 4? The waiter forgets you exist. The cooks don't do much. Your Sim waits an entire day for... SOMETHING, while in 2 it takes at most an ingame hour to receive the food. That's the thing. Sims 2 mechanics are deep and intricate, often even interwoven with new or old mechanics from EPs and, usually, work without big issues. Most of Sims 2 bugs are funny glitches or have to be actively provoked with cheats. Bugs in 4 are a constant annoyance and while a lot of the mechanics are neat on paper, they fall completely flat in practice. Doesn't help that most of them are tied to the mood system, which... is way too shallow and too easy to manipulate. And on top of that they often just don't work as intended. Restaurants in 4 could be just as cool as in 2. The core ideas and mechanics are there, they just don't work. Sims 4's core problem is the lack of intricate and WORKING mechanics. Sims 2 was a product of love and care and it shows in all the little details and it can be felt while playing. The clunkiness? Eh, it's part of the charm, the game still largely works as intended is well thought out and fun. Sims 2 will remain my favourite. It has introduced me into the series and I spend most of my Sim time on it. I loved building own neighbourhoods, the emphasis on creative storytelling, the Sims that feel alive and have their own personality, the wants and fears (and its excellent dynamics!), the vacation EP that actually has vacations rather than "adventures", the excellent business EP... the comment is too long already, let's just say: I agree with your list. :P Sims 2 has the heart that Sims 4 desperately needed. Oh! And of course. *turns on radio* *Salsa is blasting through the house* This! :D
Let’s not forget that Sims 2 is a game that was left in 2008, fifteen years ago, and Sims 4 is a game of today that’s still actively being developed; and it’s times worse than the former 💀
Whenever I play The Sims 2 everybody dances in the bathroom when the radio is on and they refuse to leave when someone shoos them out, and then that Sim gives up and starts dancing too
The Sims 2 is very hard to forget. That's a big step up after the sims 1. The most fun Body Shop mod is the sims 2, but the most fun game is The Sims 3.
I absolutely think that TS3 had the most to offer in gameplay content, too bad they didn't actually make the game properly but left it glitchy and butt ugly. Not to mention the stripping of all sorts of nice details from TS2. How ever; the open world is awesome, the sheer amount of content and things to do in the earlier packs is unparalleld in the franchise (later packs start to get that familiar rotter flavour to them that permeates TS4: not much substance and so many pointles, annoying "features"... looking at you university pack, I don't want my swamp dwelling vampire to be a "jock" th?? Atleast in Late Night you could opt out from the celebrity system or disable celebrity feature altogether.) And before anyone comes at me with "but CC!", if you need to download fanmade content to make the game paletable or fun, the game isn't doing its job. Excluding downloading content to customize details to your personal preference (new clothes/hair/items...) to fix compatability issues with old games & new interfaces and downloading premade lots/neighbourhoods/families for the heck of it, you shouldn't need to download any content for your game. All and all; TS1 is a classic where this all began, chaotic, sometimes rediculously difficult, wonderfully whimsical but not quite living up to its potential. TS2 has the most soul, is the richest in details and was obviously made out of love for the series, offering the peak of this franchise despite its age and restrictions. TS3 was ambitious and had such incredible ideas behind it but was ultimately released unfinished, glitchy and without proper testing, not to mention the constantly dropping quality of the later packs. TS4 is mostly just souless cash crab with incredibly agressive marketing campagne holding it up to revenue, tho, credit when credit is due: the building engine is the best in the franchise. Here's hoping that TS5 will be open world, full of flexible & varying gameplay content, rich in wonderful & whimsy details, easy on the eye (not plasticy like TS4, but balanced like TS2), fun and intuititive to build & create with and properly finished. Not holding my breath tho....
What I never see people mention is the Sims 2 story album option, it was my favourite part of the game! I would take photos of all my sims' important steps in life and spend hours writing the family album creating my own story with pictures, I loved it! I felt sad when that didnt make it on the Sims 3.
I’d say you potentially forgot one major thing: the best thing about TS2 is the ability to play rotationally - something that’s not possible in the other games without extensive modding. I love playing a whole neighbourhood and seeing the storylines of the families interweave and change. Story progression is actually my least favourite feature of TS3 ( and now 4) and it didn’t work as intended anyway. Playing rotationally in TS2 allows you to leave one family and head over to the next - they’ll be right where you left them and you can carry on micromanaging their lives! I love it so much.
Great video. Sims 2 remains my favorite game. I love that wants and fears can change depending on what's going on in the game while playing. For instance, in one family I had the father go and fix the microwave that had broken down. While doing that he got zapped and his son happened to be there and saw it happen. Father survived but I noticed that the son had rolled the fear of his father dying! I love a lot of the little details in the game: parents tucking in their children, looking at things out of windows, active children running everywhere. Kids running to meet their parents when they come home. Or the one child I had that started at a -6 daily points with her baby brother! Not only that but she started gossiping about him to her other brother! Sibling rivalry? There are some things I wish were better with the game (it is old, after all) but I just can't stick with Sims 3 for any length of time and I've never played Sims 4 so I'm stuck playing Sims 2 until I just can't anymore !
Sims 2 was a passion project. Sims 4 was made only to make money. The ideal Sims would be Sims 2 with open world and content from 3 and building from Sims 4 and maybe it's look. I don't mind the cartoonist look, is just that the AI doesn't feel alive
There is no denying Sims 2 is my favourite, along with Sims 1 and 3. I would like to add there are many features that started in Sims 2, where Sims 3 and 4 only update (downgraded in Sims 4 sometimes). The colour swatches in buy mode, building tools, detailed CAS, family trees, age groups, 3d camera view etc. It is truly revolutionary to the game series.
I feel like Sims 2 aged better than Sims 3 in many ways,especially graphically.I was never a Sims 3 gal,grew up with 1 and 2,3 was at the time way too demanding for my computer and as it`s working now,it crashes A LOT without Nraas mods or other mods.But Sims 2 is still amazing,without any mods even.I`m big on CC and even with that,it`s still the most enjoyable game to play.It`s the only installment I never got bored of.
i just recently downloaded the sims 2, and it’s my favorite so far. i love how much detail there is and it makes the gameplay a lot more immersive. i grew up on the sims 3 and love it a lot, but the sims 2 is just so much better.
Sims 4 character artstyle with Sims 3 open world + furniture customization with Sims 2 neighborhood customization with Sims 1 soundtracks A person can dream...
You made some really nice points here. My preferred game is the Sims 3, but videos like this still make me miss the Sims 2 in a way. I guess it's nostalgia since my first ever experience with the Sims was watching my older sister play the Sims 2 when I was a kid. I learned all the Pleasantview characters by heart and always loved hearing about my sister's plans for them lol.
I tried to choose things that Sims 2 did better than Sims 4 and Sims 3, to show that it is still a strong game. I guess I am a "Sims 3 Simmer", but Sims 2 is my favourite game to play.
Same but with a cousin and the sims 3. I was like 4 at the time she used to play it and I loved seeing her build her houses and play with her sims hehe
TS2 is the real best sims game tbh. It still runs beautifully on computers, it had the most love and care put into it, you don’t need to buy a supercomputer to run it on high settings (though you do need Graphics Rules Maker) It has its issues, it’s definitely the most easily broken of the games, but the ability to *easily* create new neighborhoods using SC4 and build whatever you want is something that neither of its successors have managed to recreate. The only bad thing is that the heyday was over a decade ago, many of the mods and CC are disappearing or the meshes are becoming inaccessible. Still, I don’t have issues enjoying the game even with that.
I'm a Sims 3 kinda gal. I skipped 2, since I had finally perfected all my Sims 1 mods lol I always hear people singing its praises but after the open world of Sims 3, especially with story progression, I feel like it wouldn't hit the same for me as it did for those who grew up with it, and that it would possibly feel like Sims 4 in that something is missing. I still might try it sometime, just because it's so beloved. I do love watching Sims 2 videos and let's plays though, so who knows!
I love Sims 2, but Sims 3 is my baby. I put an ungodly amount of hours into that game and every time I play the TS4, I find myself missing TS3 more and more. At least I still have TS2, but open-world beats loading screens any day for me.
@@serenitymoon825 the only thing I don't get about 3 is it doesn't seem to want me to switch between families. When I try, it warns me about losing wants and desires. Is that just something you can ignore? It was never a problem with switching in Sims 2, but both 3 & 4 seem to make the whole thing more confusing.
3 is definitely my favorite. The open world is what seals the deal all by itself for me. That being said I do miss Sims 2 I switched from 1 late so I didn't get much time with it but I remember enjoying the gameplay, even if I was not a fan of the art style. Don't like the plasticity looking dolls. A style sims 4 unfortunately adopted.
This!!! The open world fits like a glove to this type of game. Got very disappointed when I learned 4 didn't keep it. I have fond memories of the sims 2, that was the game that introduced me to the series in the ps2, but the sims 3 on pc is definetely the way to play it
@@MasochistNinja tbh the Sims 3 was very laggy, which was dissapointing for a big company like EA, Isla Paradiso in particular was atrocious regarding to lag, TS4 already lags without open world, imagine with one, even in the gurus live streams the game seems to be lag, and their PCs are suposed to be better than most people. Yeah I love open world, but what's the point if they can't properly implement It?
fun fact not long ago you were still able to contact EA support and ask for the sims 2 complete collection and they would add it to your account (if you find a employee who loves sims like i did) and thats how i got it
The Sims 2 was amazing I remember it took me years ago to get into the Sims 3 because of that. However I can’t go back to playing the Sims 2 seriously because I now miss the freedom I have when playing Sims 3. It fits my game style, I just wish it had more of the realism of interactions and little animations in the Sims 2
@@Rekowcski yes. I really miss the retail system. None of the other games can match Sims 2 Open for Business. I also love that it lets you open a home business and you have to convince customers to buy from you. I love active careers and home businesses I think I might play Sims 2 today!
@@cloudsurfer73 Sims 2 Open For Business may be my favourite Sims expansion of all time... and Ambitions is definitely my favourite sims 3 pack. I am always a capitalist simmer and I never cheat, so I love new ways to make money that arent painting or gardening lol
@@Rekowcski Sims 4 has too many ways to make money though. You can make money just by having dates and parties, for example. Spellcasters can just copypasto something of high value (such as the relics from Jungle Adventure, which can make your sims rich all by themselves). You could just let your house get filthy and let dust bunnies give you some money. Dumpster diving also works. In fact, almost anything provides lots of money in Sims 4 if you're playing for that. Even if you're dead broke you can snap some photos and make money in an instant. I love doing rags to riches type challenges, but there's barely any challenge to it in Sims 4 unless you impose very heavy restrictions on what you can do.
Honestly if we were to have a sims game with builds and graphic like in sims 4 and sims 2 and 3 system, it would've been a hecking amazing game. Main issue with sims 4 is that you get overwhelmed by expansions and get quickly bored by them, as a child i had sims 2 pets and i would've play it for hours and i always managed to create scenarios and such.
My only experience with the Sims 2 was with the console edition for pets. I remember watching RU-vid videos for Sims 2 on PC and being envious at all the things you could do, haha.
Rekowski, I don’t blame EA for not including Sims 2 style apartments in the Sims 3. If they could be made to work perfectly, or almost perfectly, they would be great and save us world creators a ton of space, but with the Sims 3’s open worlds, it’s hard to imagine how they wouldn’t cause massive lag and even game crashes, if you had basically multiple homes and multiple families on the same lot
I understand why it's not in the Sims 3, but the Sims 4 doesn't load any other lots in a neighbourhood at a time, so why not?? Especially since building is so big in that game :(
@@Rekowcski, I’m thinking that’s because all Sims 4 worlds are connected, they want to limit the number of Sims per world. It might be one of the reasons why we don’t have an official world editor for the Sims 4 and why EA never allowed free travel between worlds in the Sims 3. They’re worried about the size of saved game files getting too big.
My issue is why they still haven't added apartments as a lot type to the Sims 4? Rentals are not apartments nor do they function the same as apartments. They gave us City Living that came with apartments but didn't add apartments as a lot type, which makes ZERO SENSE. It would be nice to have functional apartments outside of San Myshuno and Evergreen Harbor. I would like to create trailer parks, townhouses, rowhouses, duplexes or high rises in other worlds and have them function as apartments.
I stopped playing Sims 4 years ago, and went back to my first game, Sims 2. I was given Ultimate Collection by EA (tho I still have the old Discs in a box) and with all modern mods and CC to spruce it a bit while the base is so solid, it works so well
I agree with you. Sims 2 is still my favorite because of the details and overall cohesion. I have fond memories of my kids running outside to greet their parents when they arrive for work or happily showing their report card when they get an A+ at school. I also remembered how fascinated I was when my first teenager was bothered by something in the mirror, which I later discovered to be acne. So amazing! And the burglar scenes - there were even random phonecall warnings. The jealousy/love reactions were fun too. It was funny when a jealous sim would knock off the trash can. There are so many things to love about Sims 2. And yes, I loved the cut scenes so much! Sims 3 was amazing for the open world. I wish they can combine Sims 2 and Sims 3, with the flexibility of Sims 4's build/buy.
What I don't see mentioned enough frankly is the Sims 2's engine is bulletproof. You have to try to corrupt your save files or find unintended behavior. The features in the game largely work completely as intended.
Sims 2&3 are just so good that i couldn't care less about the graphics or character customization. It comes second. The story and liveliness of the game is what matters!
The memories in Sims 2 was just peak, *chef's kiss* all that jazz! The fact that they included some lore and memories that made sense was great. I hate how in Sims 3 update included memories but it so dumb my Sims gets a memory for every fish they catch and every time they visit a lot. Why does EA think we care about this?
You hit it right on the nail in every aspect of the sims franchise…I honestly think the sims 4 creators just don’t know how to make the sims 2 happen in the sims 4 as the creators of the sims 2 aren’t even involved anymore and that is a TRUE SHAME and EA is a money grabbing company who don’t care as much about quality of their games so that is why the sims 4 is going down hill, they keep releasing this and that cause people keep buying their garbage
While Sims 2 was the only mainline game that had dynamic cutscenes, the Sims 3 for DS had dynamic cutscenes, too. DS version of Sims 3 was also the one that introduced the drag-to-sculpt character creation later used in Sims 4.
I used to play sims 2 on the ps2 when I was younger. But my older cousin actually had it on his computer and it shocked me as a kid how mods worked in the sims. Honestly the level of depth in the sims 2 was something I didn't actually notice when I was younger. Thanks for pointing out so much of these!
there are only a handful of sims 4 features i like. i mean i like the idea, not always how they're handled most notably "fear conquered" buff that a sim gains by confronting their own fear (it's just a temporary buff tho) would be really nice if they work from that and make like a hidden counter for it or something, once they have confronted and conquered that fear for a certain number of times, they could completely overcome that fear
I picked up a box set of The Sims 2 with like 5 or 6 expansions real cheap at a pawn shop many years ago, and I played it very often. I also played a lot of Sims 3 when it came out and enjoyed both games a lot. Sim 4 on the other hand feels awkward to play, it's nowhere near as fun as Sims 2 or Sims 3. It's nice you point out all the great things about Sims 2 that make it so much better then Sim 4. I hope Sims 5 goes back to basics and builds upon what made Sims 2 and 3 so great and not just "make life easier" with too many stripped down gameplay cycles and meaningless content no one wanted.
Awesome video. I'm a huge nerd gamer who plays tons of games since always, but The Sims 2 is the one game that takes me back to my childhood. Every now and then I feel the urge to go back to it.
100% agreed! 😍😊 I was just wondering why I am being weird for liking-loving Sims 2 better than the Sims 4😅😁 nope, its just the game is so much more detailed and fun to play😁😅
@@Rekowcski with how long the bug thread has gotten in recent times I can list more things that don't work than things that function as intended 😅. This could also be a difficulty. Don't know how the game changers on RU-vid are so calm about it. Nowadays even the world's completely glich out from time to time and same goes for the emotions. I had to get mc command center just so my Sims wouldn't be in a bad mood around their own family members and friends. And the emotions are at the core of the game, so seeing them not functioning makes playing the game very difficult and annoying 😒
first reason why Sims 4 in the worse in the franchise: I'm not able to play it in Windows 11, even if the game is legit or not. I will never stand for the Sims 4. edit: my brother couldn't play in his Mac either. we're both origin clients. edit2: we're both Sims 3 stans but Sims 2 is an absolutely classic we can't even deny.
I sadly never got to play the sims 2 on pc. I have the console ports, but by the time I could get a computer that would work with the sims series, it was already on to the sims 3. I want them to bring the open world of the sims 3 back combined with what so many people love about the sims 2.
You forgot to add - Better visuals and texture work, more fluid, varied and complex animations and much higher attention to detail. Other than that good video, thanks.🙂
Sims 2 was a dream for me because it was the first sims I ever played. At a young age and growing up without a dad, I saw this as an opportunity to live a life I wished I had. It felt majestic to play Sims before than today.
sims2 has a uniqueness and an interesting game presentation to be played for a long time, game presentation, game process, storyline and events that are focused on being able to share with other sims, important events that give a pleasant atmosphere, this is the power of content and sims2 gameplay that we will not find in sims1,3,and 4 even though sims4 gives an improvement to another level but there is something that cannot be achieved and cannot provide an atmosphere of feeling like in sims2. The content and experience and message of this sims2 achieves what the player achieves and it is not limited. sims2 gives freedom to players to decide and how the taste of this game is desired by us.
0:15 i want the random cook baby thing back. It was such a dumb feature but classic to the wacky sims universe 6:32 a lot of these things are fixed in the sims 4 in mods but it still tells how empty the sims 4 was
Small correction on the apartment bit: you CAN'T build your own Apartments in Sims 2... OFFICIALLY. There are no features in Sims 2 GUI that allow you to build an apartment. To make an apartment you have to plop down a residential lot, build and decorate a structure and then use the changelotzoning command in the developers console (" cheat menu") to make it an apartment. The console is not something we the players are supposed to see (unless we cheat) and therefor I don't consider it an official feature.
it's crazy how a game that came out almost 20 years ago outdoes nearly every aspect of the sims 4, i wouldn't even be surprised if it was still better than the sims 5 when it comes out considering the direction EA is going
@@Rekowcski oh absolutely, cant wait for the basegame sims 5 to only have the ability to CAS and move to a house, take care of their needs, and that's it. Gotta get the job EP for 40$ so they can work, the travel EP so sims can visit community lots, etc. LOL
Awsome video but there're some details I would correct: 1: Until this day the sims 2 is the only game that can memorise your sims genetics's every detail. Your sims had brown hair but it was dryed to black? The game REMEMBERS. Your sims had ugly face but you got ride of it with carieer rewards? The game REMEMBERS. and the kids will look like quasimodo... 2. Yeah, we can make apartment but just with code. I wonder the creators of the sims 2 wanted to players can create apartment - but then why not made an option for this? - or they didn"t but players somehow manage to find the code for this? I don't know, maybe there's a code for it in the sims 3 as well, but nobody found it yet... 3. The sims 2 is an only game where the car come across the driveway to the garage not just teleport to the street.
SIms 2 was the BEST of all. After that it's Sims 4 for me, i never liked Sims 3. I hated all the bugs, i hated the piggy faces (the sims looked horrible?!) etc... Sims 2 had so much details... so much love in animations, so much everything. It was wonderful.
I love the older games, but when I was playing 3 and 2 I realized how annoying building and creating sims was compared to 4. Also, the mods for 4 are some of the best. The storylines for 2 are awesome and I wish we had more of that, but ultimately 4 is the one I play.
am I the only one that doesnt mind the sims 2 graphics. I like how the actual sims in sims 2 look better, but every other graphic i like sims 3 , but its not horribly outdated like the sims 1 so I still find it very playable.
2 was great, 3 was OK. 4 was rubbish. Graphics get better, but the content gets worse. oh! and don't forget the amazing stuff you could do in sims1: make a hotel with WORKING elevators, own a dragon, have magic fights and so much more (could do some of this in others sims games, but again, only graphics improved and content went...down. what you could get in buy mode in sims1 was awesome also). only way sims5 could save the series, is if it had ALL the previous games content and better build options.
Sims 1 will always be so iconic. I remember when I bought livin large and house party when they came out... the build buy was so hideous but I LOVED it because it was so whimsical and outrageous.
YESS again, couldn't said better myself!. My favourite topic of all time, i was kind of hoping myself you would actually be covering this up over!. I'm completely have got to be agreed with you on all of those things points you've made here. For me as long time fan of 2, It's just really feels so right when i played it, like literally everything is there. The wants and fears, buildings and cutscenes are all my time favourites, i could just see it everyday when i'm playing this god tier game, tbh. It's absolutely the best game ever in main games series in the franchise of all time, 3 is close second the best but TS2 however is just did it for me! ❤️❤️ TS4 is just absolutely are plain trash for me, i'd ended up getting bored and feels like i didn't really wanted to play it for some reasons and just left it for a couple of months. 2 is just way more better, you can clearly just tell you can't stop playing it because it was addictive in terms of everything.
I'm going to get the sims 3 base game soon. It's nostalgia for me since it was made a couple years after I was born on my birthday and I loved the music. I do love how the sims interact in the sims 2 but I really want to try out the sims 3 again. The sims 2 is a lovely game if I didn't have nostalgic memories of playing the sims 3. 😊
Sims 3 base game has the most things to do out of any base game I think! Sunset Valley and Riverview also have several sims that you will recognize from Sims 1, 2 and 4!
I'm the strong one I'm not nervous I'm as tough as my publishing year old is O-Kay? I have it all what they ask for, never struggled with Backstory and lore Hey, where y'all going? I don't ask how high my worth is I know my skills yeah no matter the price tag. Pets and careers, wishes and fears, So easy to handle, it's what you demanded BUT UNDER THE SURFACE I feel anxious like a deer caught in headlights out on the road Under the surface Was EA ever like "Hey, I don't wanna abandon this"!? Under the surface I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if no one wants my services You like new stuff for sure It's all you adore On and on it goes but I can't take it anymore it's Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop, whoa Pressure through the Sul, Sul, Sul, 'till you just go pop, whoa Give it to Sims 4, yeah, Sims 4 is younger Give it to Sims 4 now and let them plunder Who am I if I can't run on your screen? Have you seen the Pressure like a grip, grip, grip and it won't let go, whoa Pressure through the dag, dag, dag 'til it's ready to blow, whoa Give it to Sims 4, "their content is stronger" See if it can hang on a little longer Who am I if I can't run anymore? If I falter Under the surface I hide my nerves, and it worsens, I worry new content's on the way here Under the surface EA only swerves as they heard how big the criticism is Under the surface I think about my purpose, can I somehow preserve this? Let social bunny come The therapist is done My aspiration failure it has now just begun But wait If I could shake the crushing weight of anxiety Would that free some room up for joy? Or Don Lethario? Cuz he's fantastical. Instead I capture this growing pressure Keeps growing, keep going 'Cause now I know the Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop, whoa Pressure through the Sul, Sul, Sul 'til you just go pop, whoa-oh-oh Give it to Sims 4 cuz it doesn't hurt and see if it handles every community burden Watch how I struggle to keep up but never break No mistakes just Pressure like a grip, grip, grip and it won't let go, whoa Pressure through the dag, dag, dag 'til it's ready to blow, whoa Give it to Sims 4 now and never wonder If the same money you've spend could go elsewhere Who am I if I don't have what it takes? No laggs, no bore Duel core, no pressure
Honestly, I think The Sims 4 is the best Sims game when it comes to mechanics and overal quality of life features. In Sims 4 the build/buy mode is better, CAS is better, live drag, short/normal/long lifespans, and The Sims 4 is a lot better when it comes to legacy challenges. The Sims 2 is however my favorite Sims game because of the attention to detail and the pacing of each day. The One thing I really hate about Sims 2 and 3 is the is the lifespan: Sims 2 has well-paced days but you age up way to fast and Sims 3 has better lifespan lengths but the days go by way to fast, in Sims 4 the lifespans are better lengths especcially because you can choose from short, normal, or long lifespans but each day feels a lot slower than The Sims 2.
This makes me so sad I was born in 2000 and I wanted to play Sims three but I was never allowed to because my mom thought it might be too inappropriate and as soon as I became an adult and got a job I bought the Sims four I’m so sad to know that I missed out on so much
I'm primarily a Sims 4 player but I would be playing the older games in a heartbeat if it actually worked for me. I grew up on the Sims 3 (and glad I did since the Sims 4 was out when I got into the Sims in 2016 but the BG was abysmal) but I can't play it now since the lag fixes don't do much for me and crashing is frequent, much more than I remember too. I would love to try the Sims 2, your channel has really sold the game to me, but I'm worried about corruption mainly but also it even working. I don't think you can even access it in online stores anymore too. The only good selling point for the Sims 4 is really that the modding community and CC community are incredibly active but you could make the same case for the other games too
I’d recommend checking out Pleasant Sims video on what NOT to do in Sims 2! She explains a lot about corruption and the causes and ways to avoid it so that might help lessen that fear for you!
The Sims 2 runs without issues on Window 10. I have heard (though not confirmed as I have not updated) that it will not run on Windows 11, but I’m not sure if that just means you’d need to run it in compatibility mode or if it is borked borked.
@@kalirivera4637 I second this, I've watched her video on corruption and it makes every misconception clear, also it proves my point that people overreact to sims 2 corruption, it's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be.
Hopefully 5 will be a blend of sims 2, sims 3 and something new. Without mods (major gameplay overhauls I might add) ts4 is not fun and playable. I hate the emotions.
@@Rekowcski I agree. I feel like it'll be worse. The Sims Summit thing they had really hammered home that I'm no longer the game's target demographic and I feel like the disconnect will be even more apparent in the next game and it'll be much more catered towards zoomers (no offense to zoomers but I'm almost 35 and probably just out of touch). I feel like the earlier games did a better job of appealing to people of all ages, and both men and women, whereas Sims 4 seems to cater mostly toward young adult women and teens.
weirdly, people are looking forward to it even if TS4 is flopping, I mean, if the predecessor isn't good, why I would be looking forward to the sucessor? I was atacked by some simmers too because I'm more hopeful for Paralives, simmers can be so toxic
The Sims 4's online gallery is probably my favourite feature about the Sims 4 and building is so much easier than the Sims 2. Though my fondest "Sim" memories are playing the Sims 2. The memory system in the Sims 2 was also epic.
@@Rekowcski Haha true sometimes I think this is a deliberate tactic on their part to get us to build/redecorate to make the existing lots better. For example, I mean the crane sea container lot build in Eco Lifestyle is pretty epic so they can do it ;)
Hello! Thank you for the video 💗 I love sims 1,2 and 3. I didn't know that the Sims Superstar has copyright, i wouldn't suggest it if i knew that😕, i remember that you coment it has copyright
One of my grandest regrets is not changing the fates of the pre-installed families of The Sims 2. I took them all for granted, and I only let my own sims interact with them. Seeing everyone else play with families like the Pleasants and the Brokes highlights an aspect of game play I didn't even engage. I'm devastated, lol.
Sims 4 werewolves comes with some lore, but a lot of the lore isn’t fully explained. I’d love to know what happened to Avelina Lunvik. I know she died, but I don’t know how she died. I’d also like to know what Vlad did that made the werewolves hate him so much.
I did not know about the cinematic when I first played 2 as they don't pop up if you play on a potato. Sims 2 was full of small details like using cabinets when cooking and actually enter cars. I am a 90s "kid" so I miss things like landlines and cash registers. I would love a Sims 2 remake, as the game is a little clunky, I have had a hard time returning to Sims 2 & 3 after 4, some of the quality of life changes get hard to play without :(
The Sims 4 suffers from being too safe, too family-friendly, and lacking in conflict. The Sims 2 had a LOT of conflict: On personal levels there were cheating spouses, gold diggers, teens acting up, and creepy neighbours. On the bigger scale there were rich families fighting for power, implied murders and serial killings, kidnappings, theft, increased crime rate due to political issues causing poor areas, discrimination between Sims and alien Sims, and competition for resources from big companies. It was VERY deep, and wasn't simply about who was sleeping with who like it was a cheap, shallow soap opera. The characters were inspired by real-life events and real-life PEOPLE. That's why the game had so much weight. Watch The Sims Lore, as she goes very indepth on the different families and conflicts. I love it!
I agree with what you said, and I rarely mention this but sims 2 has the BEST sims, period. Every sim is unique, and is prone to S tier drama. I never end up building in the Sims 2 (unless I need a new lot or apartment) because I am too busy playing. That doesn't happen in any other game, for me.
Sims 2 will always be superior! I never was allowed to play sims 2 as a kid because my mom thought it was extremely inappropriate. But I got to play it as an adult and I can see why it’s such a beloved game. The gameplay, the lore, the characters and the game’s personality. I only got into the sims 4 in 2016 after convincing my dad to let me play it. And I enjoyed the sims as a franchise! I even got to play sims 3 !
The Sims 2 is iconic. It’s fun, random and the ability to create stories is legend. You never know what might happen! And I love that. I do love Sims 3 as well, cos of the build features. I guess the Sims 4 is the easiest in terms of building, but you still have to know the cheats etc. So much happens in a Sims 2 game that I can play for hours and not see the time pass…
Frikken love Sims 2. I remember when it first came out, the first household I played a random sim walked through the room and my sim looked at them! It blew my mind. And then, and then!! If you can believe it they got a phone call and, you are never going to believe this, they walked around while they were on the phone!!!!!! And there were so, so, so, so, so, so, so many more little interactions with the world and other sims that I just kept discovering and even to this day I find out new things in the Sims 2. The expansion packs and stuff packs were not over priced and they delivered! Sims 2 was a labor of love and for me it is still the penultimate of sims game. And it will never not be sweet when sims cuddle in bed before they get up.
I miss the chaos of the Sims 2 and 3. The Sims 4 isn't a life simulator. It's a dollhouse where you have to control everything your sim does. I also want the Wishes system back from the Sims 3. I used to do entire playthroughs of the Sims 3 JUST fulfilling wishes and seeing where that got me, based on my sims' personalities. But the Sims 4 sims HAVE no personalities because emotions took over all that, and the whims/wants system sucks ass and all the sims have the same wants.
9:58 Now wait a minute! You can build your own apartment in S3. And not just with the shells in buy debug. In fact Floodgate Apartments in Bridgeport is done like that. Now, you can't build a penthouse without a stock building, yeah. But I've built quite a few apartments 4 or 5 stories tall. You can make the unit whatever size you like, from a fleabag studio to a multi-level condo. In fact, since in Bridgeport there's barely anyplace to build new stuff where apartments would make sense, I've done a few on 10-15 and 15x20 lots I could just squeeze in someplace. Anyway it's exactly the same process as building any structure in S3, as well as building in a buy debug shell (except without it). Maybe you should do a build as a tutorial?
I should really look into it. I’ve tried my own with the debug shells and stuff but it was always a mess. I just have memories of being a teenager and being able to make a sims 2 apartment in like 15 minutes and I think the simplicity is where the sims 2 is best for this.
@@Rekowcski @Rekowcski It is more complicated because you need buydebug on and restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off, but once you've got that it's simple. When you add the wall mailbox the one outside disappears. Three markers are needed, public room (any sim can go there) hidden room (any area inaccessible to player) and skip level (level up-down skips that level) and rbbb off lets you build outside a unit. Don't even finish the insides of hidden rooms and skipped levels, I just window them and done. @Rekowcski It is more complicated because you need buydebug on and restrictbuildbuyinbuildings off, but once you've got that it's simple. When you add the wall mailbox the one outside disappears. Three markers are needed, public room (any sim can go there) hidden room (any area inaccessible to player) and skip level (level up-down skips that level) and rbbb off lets you build outside a unit. Don't even finish the insides of hidden rooms and skipped levels, I just window them and done. I think that's it, man.
all I want to know is where to even GET sims2. It's not on origin, not on steam, and anything I click on a web search just takes me to 3 or 4 when it says 2. It seems it's only available second-hand hard copies, or downloads from questionable places. Nothing official. I started sims when the sims online came out. I guess that was basically sims 1 online. But when that closed down, I had no interest in playing an offline sims, and went to Second life. I only started actual sims a couple years ago and fell in love with sims 4. But then I tried 3 and saw it was better. Now I want 2, lol.
