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The Sims 2

Half and Half

Written by DH from Chicago

Mar 24, 2009

At first 'The Sims 2' was a great, fun, computer game. It worked, for me, for about 2 months... then it wouldn't let me enter into some of the 'towns' (such as Pleasent View, Verona Ville, Strange Town) so I created my own towns. That worked for about 4 months. And now that I recently installed 'The Sims 2 Bon Voyage' (after using it ONCE by the way) the game is not allowing me to play at ALL! It is really annoying! :-|
Of course this is not Apple's fault, I'm serious! The CD is probably just screwed up.

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The Sims 2

Great but not excellent

Written by EB from STATEN ISLAND

Dec 30, 2008

i have to say: the game is great and entertaining. I never got bored of it and it holds you in your seat. However, the graphics are a two thumbs down. The players have 2 fingers, for the 4 are combined as one and your thumb is the second. The players talk JAPANESE, only the actions and headings are in english. Some actions are just stupid and the relationships are not as other life-stimulations game should. You can come to a stranger and kiss him right away. Is that right?? But if you just want that Sims feel we all love, you should still buy this game and hope Sims 3 would be better.

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The Sims 2

Torn Between Mac & PC

Written by LL from Chicago

Oct 14, 2008

The Sims 2 is my biggest addiction! I played it every night on my old PC laptop. My boyfriend had the game in his collection, so I popped it in my comp one night & was hooked! There is so much you can do with this game & the expansion packs are just as addicting! I love that you can download additional items online, too. I started creating my own webisodes using the Sims 2 game + expansion packs. The cheats help with that a lot.

A week ago, I received a used Mac Powerbook G4, so I had to get the game for it. Unfortunately, the Aspyr Sims 2 game doesn't work very well on this old Mac. It's super slow, the quality is low (doesn't have smooth lines on objects), most of the cheat codes don't work, & the video capture quality for my webisodes are poor. It was quite the disappointment.

I would normally suggest this game to everyone, but if you don't have a Macbook, it might not be worth it. Actually, after reading reviews about the game not working on a Macbook, maybe you should wait for the Sims 3 in 2009.

21 of 28 people found this useful

The Sims 2

The Sims 2 on Intel iMac

Written by NS from Winter Park

Jul 26, 2007

Well, this is a really great game and all and I can play for hours on end but it really bothers me that this game runs so slow and the framereate is very choppy at some points in the game. For example whn a sim changes clothes and they spin in a clous of smoke it runs slow and choppy. And when someone visits iit also runs slow. And the graphics are horrible I wish I knew what to buy to enhance the graphics and performance of this game.

40 of 65 people found this useful

The Sims 2

Great game if the computer can handle it

Written by GF from Galva

Jan 27, 2007

I've played it on the PC and couldn't wait to put my new iMac 20" dual core to the test. I'm disappointed. Even with 1 Gb of RAM and upgraded video, the PC plays smoother and has better quality with the same amount of RAM, a single core processor, and roughly the same video card.

It's slow, glitchy, and the graphics are substandard. I don't like the performance on my Mac, but, to be fair, the game itself is known to a computer killer. There were issues on my PC, just not to the extent of the Mac version. A pricey mistake as far as I'm concerned.

52 of 93 people found this useful

The Sims 2

Runs too slow! Not as good as Sims 1. Not designed for a laptop

Written by EM from Battle Creek

Dec 9, 2006

I bought the Sim 2 over a year ago. I have hardly played it. It is hard to navigate. I have navigated through 3-D modeling programs with less crashs, and more easily. At least the box looked nice.

24 of 65 people found this useful

The Sims 2

Froze Again!

Written by CG from Van Nuys

Oct 1, 2006

The game itself is so much fun. I could play it for hours at a time. The only problem is it runs horribly. It's constantly freezing, and I'm always having to restart my computer. As much fun as the game is, I never get to that point because it shuts down. I'm starting to feel the game just isn't worth it! Is it just me?

32 of 58 people found this useful

The Sims 2

Distressing...

Written by BR from Weston

Jun 20, 2006

I've been a long time fan of the Sims series since the original release on the PC. I've followed the franchise for some time now in hopes for a true sequel and not just more expansion. Finally when the Sims 2 came out I was thrilled. It looked amazing on PC but I didn't have a PC capable of running it. When I got my mac Mini for Christmas this year I was extatic in hopes that I would finally be able to run it.

When I bought the game it installed pretty well, no problems. But when the game started running I was a little distraut. I'm running a 1.4 ghz mac mini right now with 512 DDR RAM and 32 VRAM. It runs semi-smoothly, with alot of graphical hicups the more stuff occupies the screen. Understandable...

My friend recently bought a MacBook, the 2.0 GHz model. We recently tried installing it on his laptop and immediately it welcomed us with a prompt that stated the game will not run optimally on our Mac. We were confused... very confused considering the game says it can run on a 1.25 GHz processor and we were rockin' 2.0, not to mention a gig of DDR memory and 64 VRAM. I was upset when the game started running. It ran no better (if worse) than on my mac mini.

I'm not buying a MacBook... I'm buying the original sims, I can't take this... I hope they fix this problem with a patch or something.

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The Sims 2

Good, but..........

Written by SS from Las Vegas

Jun 11, 2006

I love the Sims and Sims2. I had about seven of the games for my Toshiba laptop. About four months ago, I had bought the Sims 2 for my INTEL 20 IN. MAC. I put the CD Rom in, and it said I needed 1 GB of free disk space. So I erased some filed and applications I didn't need. I tried again, but the same message appeared. So I called Apple, and they said that it doesn't work for the intel Mac, because it is not a universal application. The next day, my dad and I went to the Apple store to return it. I love the game, but they need it 2 B universal!!!

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The Sims 2

Disappointed

Written by MQ from Gilbert

May 28, 2006

I have a 1.83 ghz MacBookPro and I recently bought this game. Apple's website says that this program is optimized for both dual core and power pc. However every time i try to open the program a message comes up saying that this program is optimized for power pc and that my gameplay will suffer. I have 1 GB of ram, a 1.83 ghz dual core processor and a 128 mb graphics card and the game still lags. I have to have the graphics turned all the way down on the game just to be playable. The game is great, I just wish I could actually play it...

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The Sims 2

Average

Written by PM from London

Dec 21, 2005

i have found that this game is really hard to learn how to use. there are many controls actions and interactions that i haven't mastered after 2 weeks. i admit that this game is fun, especially creating the characters and messing around with them. if you have played sims 1 then i'm sure this will be the best game for you because it is so improved and has similar conttrols. i do not reccomend this for people who want a quick game, especially if you aare running on a G4 processor like me. it has loading times that are up to five mins. anyway get it if you have a G5 processor.

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The Sims 2

Better than original..

Written by AL from New Iberia

Dec 18, 2005

While Sims 2 may be better than Sims 1, I expected to pay $50 for a game that ran smoothly. My iMac exceeds all system requirements, which really surprises me.

The expansions also need to be created for Mac. Dell Dimension 8400, Windows XP MCE '05 played the game a lot better, and the only difference between the iMac and Dell is the graphics card.. iMac=64mb Dell=256mb.

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The Sims 2

not very good.

Written by CG from Pepper Pike

Dec 13, 2005

I was recovered Sims addict, but I was so dissapointed with this game that I didn't play it for a while and ended my addiction. It worked well on my dads powerbook but the performance was choppy and all together awful on my iBook.

2 of 4 people found this useful

The Sims 2

good game but there is a down side

Written by MM from vero beach

Dec 3, 2005

I own a power book G4 12' 725memory, 60Gigs, and 1.5 GHz. I put the extra mony into my lap top just so i could play this game, accoriding to the recommended requirements. But it still does not work. So unless you have a desktop computer i would not recomend this game!

7 of 12 people found this useful

The Sims 2

Good game but

Written by JH from Shelton

Aug 22, 2005

Great game but when is the expansion packs coming out? PC has then out all ready when are we getting them?

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The Sims 2

The Sims 2

Written by FK

Jul 16, 2005

This game is repetitive and the same as the original. I really wish that apple would invest in high quality games like Half Life 2 they promised. Now that would be a game worth buying.

2 of 8 people found this useful