The Sims 2 (PlayStation 2, 2005)

Okay, I can honestly say that I have loved the Sims franchise ever since they decided to branch off from the PC. I consider myself a cut above the geeks who still sit hunchbacked in front of the screen, massaging their pocketprotectors and fiddling with the tape on their glasses. Sims 2 for the PS2 has brought playing make-believe to the 21st century, and all those who have secretly harbored a desire to play barbie dolls, can once again rejoin the rest of humanity.
Alright, let's go over the basics. The game doesn't really introduce anything overtly new or extraordinary for fear that gamers would rise up in angry retaliation. However, the game does look pretty darn good compared to its counterparts; The Sims and The Sims: Bustin Out. The characters actually look believable, and the gameplay runs smooth enough that you can play for hours at a time without food, water, or bathing. Believe you me, I've done it. And no, you STILL cannot see any bare naked sim flesh, and I still have no clue what they are saying.
Another new thing about this game is the conversation interaction mode-y thingy. Now, when you initate a conversation, the entire game seems to unfocus, and it's just you and whatever dope you've managed to corral into a conversation. Now you get to choose such prompts like "Check Out," "Card Trick," "Kicky Bag," "Confide," and my personal favorite, "Tell Dirty Joke." And no, that is no indication of just how mentally stunted I am.
Oh yeah, the newness also extends to the food you eat. Now when you go to the fridge, you can choose to pick what foods you will cook for supper or you can be lame and lazy and choose generic ingredients. If you're like me, I tend to choose those things that are easy on the pockets. Each ingredient costs a certain amount of simoleans and I have been none to make a meal for 8 bucks. Yes I know, how does she do it?
Let's see. Designing and dressing your sim is also done differently. Not only are there more choices-everything doesn't look as if it belonged in the 60s-but you can also alter your clothes to put your own personal spin on your outfit.
Now on to the bad and the downright ugly. On this game, they obviously thought that it wouldn't be necessary to let players stage their next action after their main action was completely. On the Sims 2, you have to wait till the previous action is completed before you go on to anything else. So while Bill the Specter is WooHooing with your girlfriend, you can't do anything because you're too busy taking a crap in the bathroom. Such is life.
Also, this game's objectives are a little screwy. When you complete an objective, you are given points and points are used to open new stuff. The only thing is, the objectives never seem to completely go away. I mean, one was "Sell a Painting," and I was like, "is that the best you got?" And they were like "yeah, that's pretty much it." Well, of course I sold the painting but 2 days later, guess what my objective was. To sell a f@#$%& painting! Argh!Foiled yet again. Also, it's pretty darn hard to cheat on this game. I have yet to see a F@#$%# gnome statue appear by my mailbox. It's okay, I'm not going to explode, my belly just has to be rubbed and I'm good to go
Overrall, the game LOOKS pretty darn good, and gameplay runs relatively uninterrupted. I'd recommend this game for any Sims fan, seeing as what there are only 4 games out for the PS2. And you don't want to slide back into the hellish world of PC gaming do you?

The Sims 2 so far has been the worst version of the game for the Playsation 2 console, and for many reasons.

-You can build no levels or stories above your house, but you can on the PSP version.
-You can have no kids, no matter how much ‘Who-Hoo’ you do.

Though if you want a game for gags, this might be it. Here’s some of the stuff you can do in the game.

-Make deadly foods to give to your friends or enemies. Some cases this kills. But you don’t go to jail, or get fined.
-Have several relationships with guys and girls at once, which is a little weird to me.
-Have a three way marriage from what I’ve seen so far.

I have really enjoyed this game so far. It gets a little tricky to play sometimes. In each new house you move into you have to help at least one of the people who live there. It's hard to complete their wants and your own persons wants at the same time. Usually I just focus on the person who lives there so I can keep moving through the game. It's also hard to keep your Sim's friends while you play since they have virtually no time between work and fulfilling their daily needs.

Pros:

-New places to visit all the time.
-You can skip going to work more often, just make sure they don't miss two days in a row.
-New wardrobe.

Cons:

-You can't have children.
-You can't have any pets.
-The fire hazard thing is ridiculous. If you buy too many objects you will violate the fire hazard rule, and objects in your house will start setting on fire until you remove some objects.

Some other facts:

-You can be married to more than one person.
-You can die and become a ghost, and can be brought back to life if you pay the Grim Reaper $100.

All in all, you are much better off buying the computer game.

Eh,

I own Sims, Sims Bustin' Out, and Sims 2 all on PS2. My favorite is Sim's Bustin' Out.

There were some better aspects of this game compared to Bustin' Out and some worse...

Let's start with the Positives:

+The graphics: They are much better in Sims2. You can really see everything with more detail.

+The Characters: I like that you can alter the appearance of anyone that is in your control in a home by going to the wardrobe... not just your Sim.

+The Locations: Again there was a bit more variety here. Nice detailing.

+The occupations: Similar- but not the same. You get to be an artist, which I liked.

Now with the Negatives:
- The controls are more difficult. I didn't like the super speed thing.

- The game is more about controlling everyone around you. You have more goals to fill the goals of others, even ghosts in some instances.

- FIRE! FIRE! That seriously got annoying. Not only do you have less selection to choose from when it comes to buying and decorating with things, but everytime you exceed a 'Fire Code' limit something literally bursts into flames. Moving objects too much, buying too much, even accidentally, causes a fire. Unlike Bustin' Out where you can max out your spending and then can resell items to buy new ones.. in Sims2 if you hit max fire code violation and resell items or delete them you don't get much chance to buy anything new. Stupid!

- Relationships were way more complicated here. The whole shades of color in the background and basically going into a talking mode with people was kinda dumb. It takes way more time to get someone to like you than in Bustin' Out. It's drawn out and you can't really casually talk to more than one person.

Well... that's what I can tell you. You'll have to decide for yourself. Happy Gaming!

I'm a huge fan of the sims but the ps2 verison of the sims 2 pretty much sucked. Especially when I saw how much the PC verison can doso if u have a computer i would recommend u go for it rather than the ps2 verison here's my pros and cons list:

PROS:
-i cant really say anything amazing about it since everything good in the ps2 verison is basically in the pc verison.

CONS:
-CANT have children
(nope no babies, no toddlers, no nothing)
-YOU CANT AGE!
(its fun to have different stages of life..)
-building mode sucks
(NO MULTI LEVELS!!! NADA!)

First of all, I like the game because I love the sims, but it didn't live up to my expectations. I didn't read the review on the playstation 2 version and took for granted that it would be like the pc version. I bought a playstation 2 in order to buy this game so I could play it. A playstation 2 was cheaper than another computer. My computer is too slow for a dvd player and is under 500 Mhz. Anyway, in this game some of the aspirations you need to fill are crazy! LOL! You can't have any kids, like everyone else is saying and your person can obviously be married to more than one person. Only one level on housing also. :( It's just kinda crazy! I will still play this game until I can get a better computer and the Sims 2 computer version. It's still a great game! It's just not what I had expected.

Great game for teens and over. Addictive because you control these "Sims" lives, everything from love, education, job, and fun. Hard to put down and better to control than the original Sims game. Fun game and you actually think while you play it!

GREAT SELLER, NO PROBLEMS, TRUSTWORTHY, GREAT,NICE, SPECIAL, GOOD PEOPLE, SUPER SELLER, GREAT PRODUCT, GREAT CONDITION OF ITEM, FAST, AND QUICK..................

This game is so awesome, because Sims 1 you live on ground and buy a yaucht, but you live on it on the sequal. That is so awesome to me. So you also have many different career choices, and boy is that nice. So this is a great game to buy, considering the price too!

I love this game because you can do stuff you couldn't do in the other games like have SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX

I bought this game because the one on my computer was taking up to much space.
This game plays well and I'm happy with it.

I've been a Sims fan for years, and I've seen the PC games pretty much go from terrible graphics, and very little detail in the story line and game play - to WAY better graphics, and very detailed story line and game play.

I think 'The Sims 2' for PSP was kind of a step down from the PC version. The biggest cons for me were:

- No kids (even in the original version of the Sims you could have kids).

- No aging.

- One action at a time (no planning ahead in your actions. You have to wait until you're finished with each thing before you can click the next).

- The fact that no matter what time your 'sim' goes to sleep, they only sleep until their sleep meter is full. They never sleep through the entire night.

- Gaining relationship points with characters is this game is much more difficult. They all seem to be bi-polar.


Now for the PRO's

- Wider selection in wardrobe. You're able to put your own spin on the clothing with more options.

- The locations thing is cool. Lots of different places with different people for your 'sim' to visit.

- Pretty fantastic graphics.

- New careers. Similar, but not exactly the same.

- Addictive factor. It IS a Sims game, so even though it does have quite a few cons, you're still definitely able to get zoned out into this game for hours at a time.

So, in my opinion... Here is what it comes down to. The PC version of 'The Sims 2' is a MUCH better option, the PS2 version is definitely a down grade, but it's not too shabby. Give it a go. If you like sims games, you'll enjoy this - and if you haven't played the PC version you'll probably love it.

My daughter enjoys this game allot!! She is able to create her own person/family--pick the style of clothing, hairdo, face shapes, etc.... My daughter is 13 years old and it quite talented in artistic areas--drawing, painting, singing... The Sims games, I believe, fit with her talents and personality of creating.

Shipping was very resonable. Recieved my purchase in about 3 days. Item was as expected. Due to the speed of the shipping, I would definately buy from this seller again. I had actually bought a couple other items before this one and was very surprised I had recieved it. Besides having good items, in my opinion speed of delivery is important too. I have never recieved an item this quickly. Gr8 seller. Thanks.

I like the digi world. Something new, to me at least. Its a fun interactive game. I decided to buy it because i had previously played the game that belonged to a friend.

The Sims 2 is a worthy successor to the Sims line. You can customize your sim, build more elaborate houses, and the story mode has improved since the original. I think the important new feature of what your sim wants is an interesting but annoying way to proceed about the game. If you're big sims fan or have played the sims before, this game is for you. I think though, this game is easily addictive and easily for all gamers.

I bought this item because I used to enjoy playing Sim City. I was greatly dissapointed with this game. It aims for realism, but falls short in many aspects. When building walls and rooms, you're pretty much stuck with right angles. It takes characters 10 min of gametime to begin talking with another character, and 45 min. to take a crap. If there were more options as far as things to do, and more time to do them, the game might be entertaining. Instead, all you get to do is eat, sleep, poop, go to work (which is not even a part of the game!), and occasionaly slap someone in the face. Save your money.

I purchased this game for my daughter - she has spent a lot of time playing it. After enjoying this game - she found the Sims 2 PC game and said that the PC game does have more to it. But great starter game.

First of the life simulator Sim games I've purchased. I found it a little tedious but could easily spend several zoned out hours on it. Good game to buy.

i really played for hours and it took me at least 3 weeks to play it. i like the sims i have the whole collection its really good on playstation but really its real good on pc

I love the sims and the sims 2 is a good game..I like the family tree and that it generates a sim for you or you can still create one how you would like it to look it was good. I play it whenever i get a chance. Me and my sone fight for the ps2 i am going to have to buy another one.

The item are excellent, but shipped need change, need do more fast shpping. And respond the email the company not are responsable.

I bought for a gift and the young lady loves it. it teachs about real life situations. and the parents can monitor any adult content.