Sims2 / Demon Stone

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 20, 2004, 4:57 pm

Who's playing both, and what do you think of them? Heavy on the details, pls!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 22, 2004, 10:43 pm

I doubt that noone that freuqents this board is playing Sims 2.
SPEAK!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 22, 2004, 10:49 pm

Akaran_D wrote:I doubt that noone that freuqents this board is playing Sims 2.
SPEAK!

Pyrella does! He's just dodging the public humiliation of his Sims coming out party!

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » September 23, 2004, 12:16 am

Akaran_D wrote:I doubt that noone that freuqents this board is playing Sims 2.
SPEAK!

or they are all watching their toons wash dishes and flirt with the neighbors. that's why they haven't posted here.

i got a copy yesterday but I'm too busy to play it right now.

noel · Post by **noel** » September 23, 2004, 6:29 pm

I hated Sims 1 so fucking badly that I had no desire to play Sims 2. Until I saw a thread on another forum that said Sims 2 takes the tedium out of the game. I'm looking forward to trying it out, but this is definitely a try before I buy type of game.

Kindo · Post by **Kindo** » September 23, 2004, 7:08 pm

I love The Sims but I just don't have time to play it. I will be buying it though, probably this weekend, for my daughter.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » September 24, 2004, 5:02 pm

I played it a little yesterday. It's really not as different from Sims1 as I expected. Graphics are better, they have the whole aging thing, some more choices for this and that, but otherwise it's the same game. The graphics disappointed me because I expected a much bigger change.

I'm already anticipating the 2-3 expansions per year like Sims 1 of less than exciting additions hardly worth the $50 price tag. I quit buying expansions for Sims 1 after realizing how much money I had spent just to get a few neat features.

Maybe I haven't played it enough, but I'm starting to feel like I just got roped into "starting over" and another $300 worth of expansions to eventually buy.

I haven't looked close enough, but do they have pets in the Sims2? I'll be pretty pissed if they don't. After the Sims1 expansion with pets, there is no reason not to have it...oh I forget, another $50!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 24, 2004, 5:12 pm

No pets that I've seen.
I'm in love with the character generator - I made a guy that looks almost exactly like me.

Aside from that, not so much different. I'll be bored with it within a couple days, but hope my female coutnerpart will play it longer.

noel · Post by **noel** » September 24, 2004, 5:36 pm

Thanks for the write-up, Lala/Akaran. I'll probably finish DLing it just to see what it looks like, but if it involves the same level of tedium and micromanagement as Sims 1, I'm sure I'll delete it soon.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » September 24, 2004, 6:04 pm

What pissed me off about Sims 1 was the expansions. I had a lovely neighborhood filled with developed sims, the second or third pack comes out (the one where they tinkered with the compatibility matrix), and all the sudden all of my houses are fighting with each other, nobody would go to work, they were fucking PISSING THEMSELVES.

So I crushed the whole hood, and started a new one. The new sims would always do the stupidest shit, it was like watching a fucking 4 year old. Uninstalled after that.

So I guess my question is do you have to monitor your sims like a puppy to keep them from pissing on the floor/starving/missing work?

noel · Post by **noel** » September 24, 2004, 6:09 pm

Hehe. As soon as I realized I had to make sure the fucker ate, made it to work on time, got to bed on time, etc. I lost interest. I have to do that in my real life, I don't need to do it in a game too.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 24, 2004, 6:29 pm

Give me till morning to dick around with it in between homework assignments, I'll put in a more detailed writeup by then.

Kindo · Post by **Kindo** » September 25, 2004, 10:29 am

Yikes Lalanae, where do you buy your games? The most I ever spent for one of the expansions was 29.99, and I bought them all.

flankmen · Post by **flankmen** » September 25, 2004, 11:52 am

IMO, there's much less micromanagement involved in Sims 2. Moods seem a little bit easier to change, and I haven't had any week long boughts of depression or hunger that would afflict my sims in the first game.
It's been entertaining so far, but I can't see it holding my attention for any extended period of time. Mostly got it for my girlfriend; she loves it so far.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » September 25, 2004, 7:00 pm

Kindo wrote:Yikes Lalanae, where do you buy your games? The most I ever spent for one of the expansions was 29.99, and I bought them all.

maybe the expansions were only $30, its been awhile.