The Sims 2
In The Sims 2, players for the first time control their Sims over an entire lifetime taking them through life's greatest moments. Create and play your own virtual sitcom or soap opera by choosing one of five different aspirations - Popularity, Fortune, Family, Knowledge, and Romance. Players can now fulfill their Sims' life dreams as they take them from cradle to grave.
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Overview
The Sims 2 also opens up endless new creative possibilities. Make your own sim films with the new movie-making feature. Create the cast, set the stage, take control of the camera and capture your own screenplay in action. Zoom in close with the new camera to see every last detail.
Check out the Sims2 trailer.
Features
- Mix genes. Take your sims through an infinite number of generations as you evolve their family tree.
- Fulfill dreams. Your sims now have a purpose in life. To what sort of life do they aspire?
- Push the extremes. Will your sims be left at the altar and need a shrink, or inherit a fortune and become filthy rich?
- Unlimited creativity. Generate unique sims with the new Create-A-Sim, packed with a vast selection of facial features, hairstyles and outfits. Build dream homes and design neighborhoods with new building, design and home furnishing options.
- Revolutionary movie-making. Create the cast, set the stage, take control of the camera and capture your own screenplay in action.
ESRB Rating: T for "Teen" (Crude humor, mature sexual themes, violence)
System Requirements
- 1.2 GHz or faster G4/G5 processor
- Mac OS X v10.3.8 or later
- 256MB RAM minimum
- 3GB free hard-disk space
- 32MB VRAM minimum
- Radeon 9000 or later (ATI) or GeForce FX5200 or later video card
- DVD drive
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The Sims 2
For MacBook Users
Written by RB from Van Nuys
Oct 15, 2006
Alright. I bought "The Sims 2" on a whim a/b a month ago. I was bored w/ some downtime. I don't usually play computer games, but you know. I have a 13inch MacBook that I installed it on. I carefully read all the reviews on the game and most of them said that it ran pretty slowly with the notebooks. I figured I would take the chance. At first yes it did run very slowly. It was an extremly fun game, but the freezing was rather annoying. I changed the graphics to the lowest possible setting(by the way, it didn't really affect the look of the game either)and the game ran fine. When Sims were changing clothes was really the only time I would have a delay of maybe 1/2 a second. It worked great for me!!!
As for the game: The game is really fun. It passes the time and it has a lot of ins and outs that you can play with. I'm happy with the purchase. I have a lot of fun with it. …More1295 of 1631 people found this useful
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The Sims 2
AMAZING GAME BUT>>>>
Written by CL
Jul 14, 2005
Although I adore the Sims 2 and have all of the expansion packs for the original Sims, I was very disappionted with the RAM and memory needed for Sims 2!!! If you have a slow computer (and I say from experience) you will have no hope to download Sims 2. I am currently trying to find another way to get the Sims 2, as it IS an amazing game.
For example, I love how you can utterly control someone else's life! The new ideas of grocery stores, twins, different age groups, new careers, new food, new objects, aspirations and growing up is remarkable! To someone who has never played the original Sims, this will sound insane, but believe me Aspyr did a good job!!!!
If you are still doubtful about whether or not to buy this GREAT game, consider this: You have unlimited possibilities. Unlike the Sims, in Sims 2 you can have generations upon generations of families! The fun just keeps going!!!!
So, if your computer is fast enough and you have a sense of humour, buy this game. You won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!! :D …More863 of 1238 people found this useful
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The Sims 2
Good Enough
Written by WK from Lakeland
Jul 20, 2006
I recently went on vacation to see my family in the LA area of California. While there I stopped by an Apple store and picked up a copy of the sims 2 hoping it would work with my new intel MacBook. I am happy to report that yes the sims 2 runs smooth enough on my mac even without being a universal binary. my machine sports 512mb's of ram, and I'm sure when I upgrade to more later, it will run much much better. So, go ahead any just buy a copy if you have an intel machine, works good enough. …More
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Most Recent Reviews
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The Sims 2
Good But Not As Good As Sims 3
Written by PA from Corona
Nov 16, 2009
the game is ok and the thing i like about it is you can get expansion packs But i would recommend the Sims 3 if u want better graphics and faster gameplay …More
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The Sims 2
I Love The Sims 2 However....
Written by NH from Goose Creek
May 23, 2009
I use to have the Sims 2 on a PC however I came over and purcahsed the IMAC, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!! SIms 2 started off working fine, very addictive. The only issue I have found thus far, and I have had it for my IMAC for only a week is the Dart Board. It worked fine initially however the last two times I logged in to play it, I click on the Dart Board for them to play and they go stand next to it and just look at the board...I even went in to try to delete the board and add it again to the house and it will not allow me to delete. It states, Cannot delete object in use....checked the people and no one in the house is using it or anything. Frustrating but I love the rest of the game. I am taking it back to Best Buy to get a replacement copy, to see if it is just a problem w/ that copy. Ready for Sims 3 to come out, how exciting!!! …More
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The Sims 2
Great at the beginning.....
Written by RD from Rochester
Apr 15, 2009
I bought The Sims Life Stories and my children loved it so I bought Sims 2 and it started off working well and we never had a problem with either games... until my children stopped playing the games for a short amount of time and when they would try to play either games it wouldn't open up.
>>> If anyone has any suggestions , their greatly appreciated.<<< …More39 of 65 people found this useful
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