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Stop telling us it's really just an automated dollhouse; the ultimate "real life" simulation is back...and now it has DNA

Words: Cameron Lewis, GamesRadar US
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The other major difficulty of The Sims 2 is that it often manages to be too realistic a simulation. Between eating, sleeping, bathing, working, and cleaning, there's little time left over to investigate the goodies packed into each location. Sure, you can manually queue up a list of activities and then fast forward through them, but then any immersion factor evaporates. You can likewise choose to hop from Sim to Sim at the most opportune moments, but this too dilutes any sense that you're helping an individual build his or her own virtual life.
 
Whether you'll enjoy The Sims 2 boils down to how much you enjoy oodles of raw content in the form of toys, furniture, food, and skills. If you don't mind that none of it ever quite congeals into a coherent whole, you'll have a blast.

You'll love
  • Constant flow of unique rewards
  • Sim-ulated language and music
  • Career advancement and exploration
You'll hate
  • Simulates mundane life too well
  • Sims don't interact well
  • Limited save slots

 
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jswolfie  - 9 months 23 days ago 
This game is pretty much a great game.the only worst thing is that you really get ticked waiting for your sim to finally do a command that you tried to direct him to.It gets real frustrating when that happens
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The Sims 2

Genre: Other Games/Compilations
Release date: Oct 24, 2005
Published by: EA GAMES
Developed by: Maxis
Designer: Will Wright
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