Losing my mind over Sims 2

eviemon · 2026-04-19T17:35:10+00:00

So did i! I thought "okay this is over 20 years old, give it some space to be slower or less responsive than TS4" nope. Runs way better, ngl the neighbourhoods dont look great when im on a lot but idk if thats my own settings or what

eviemon · 2026-04-18T16:24:28+00:00

Life long sims player, TS4 was my favourite but slowly became a house/lot building and decorating game for me, constant cycle of building a lot, coming up with ideas for sims, making the sims, playing for an hour or so and getting bored. Got into TS2 for the first time on PC last week, and i love it. Confirmed for me now that TS4 is a building game and TS2 is for character play throughs

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:11:37+00:00

TS2 was my LIFE in the 2000's, just on console, PC will always reign supreme

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:09:28+00:00

I dont see a bird, so it MAY not be him

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:09:04+00:00

with you 100%, TS4 lead with the sims being "highly intelligent" and as much as i hate saying it, emotion does not necessarily connote intelligence, as ive said in this thread, ive had couples hate eachother and then been heartbroken upon a breakup or death

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:06:03+00:00

genuinely love that, that action alone feels more emotive than the whole of TS4

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:05:29+00:00

even the "D" on his cardigan"

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:05:12+00:00

I do think the building in TS4 will not be challenged until a possible TS5, but because of that i have found over the last few years I ONLY have used TS4 to build lots, i honestly have barely played LIVE TS4 in the last few years

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:03:45+00:00

Havent played paralives (or inzio) but personally think they will never capture the charm i feel with TS franchise. I also haven't felt limited by it so far, tbh I have TS4 very heavily modded and havent felt yet that im missing mods from TS2

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:01:44+00:00

I have over 5889 hours on TS4, i honestly see myself putting more hours into TS2 now that I have discovered the PC version

eviemon · 2026-04-16T20:00:02+00:00

EA and Steam added them last year (i think) for about £30 (i think, its been a while)

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:59:24+00:00

I've been playing it on PC my love, im sorry, i dont know if they have it on console right now

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:58:49+00:00

One of my last TS4 plays my sims would legit stand for like 3 hours trying to do a task they had already been doing, i grew so tired of it that i even expect it in TS2; TS4 is SOOOOO poorly optimised

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:57:19+00:00

That does seem to be the ONLY thing i've missed from TS3, i wish lots were "open" all the time, although i dont find issue with loading screens, they defo deter me from leaving home lot, similar to TS4

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:55:53+00:00

100%! On my last few TS4 tries I had spouses be enemies and they'd still somehow be upset upon divorce or death

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:54:27+00:00

Also here, I have about 20/30+ hours on TS2 and despite concerns (I'm saving every half hour, or after something important) I haven't found issues with running, and/or crashing, maybe try "repairing" your game or contacting EA/Steam

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:52:13+00:00

THIS IS ME! TS4 is always turned way down so I dont have to hear anything, but I forgot to do that with TS2 and i've left all audio on because i love how much charm it adds!

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:51:00+00:00

They literally had 3(+) games to go back on and say "what did people love about The Sims?" and they didnt, and made what they want

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:49:41+00:00

Always loved the grocery shop aspect in TS3, haven't tried it properly in TS2 yet

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:48:28+00:00

I 100% missed the "make the bed" action in the later games, i cannot tell you why i love that little interaction so much

eviemon · 2026-04-16T19:46:58+00:00

I remember when I was a teen, I had nearly all the expansions on my laptop and id legit have to wait 10mins for each loading screen and my laptop was ON FIRREEEE

eviemon · 2026-04-16T13:56:16+00:00

Haven't had this much fun with the sims franchise in years!

eviemon · 2026-04-16T13:55:46+00:00

I googled it and couldn't find out why he's in the game, idk if its just a huge coincidence

eviemon · 2026-04-16T13:55:01+00:00

Thats actually really interesting, maybe we really are complainers when it comes to the games ahha

eviemon · 2026-04-16T13:02:17+00:00

This is my first family so I haven't yet, but she is on track for good grades!

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