Sims 2

Sims 2 is a Video game developed by Maxis studio pertaining to Electronic Arts (EA) and by Aspyr for the versions Macintosh.

Left on September 17th 2004, this play is the continuation of one of the video games more sold any known support, Sims . Just like its ancestor, it offers many extensions.

The frankness Sims , all confused versions, was sold with more than 16 million specimens.

During the month of August 2007, was announced that " Sims" , all confused versions, was sold has more than 90 million specimens!

Description

In this second version, a advanced graphical interface and the appearance of the 3D largely improve the jouability compared to the first opus. The initial version of Sims 2 integrates the majority of the great evolutions brought to the first play by its extensions, without counting the extensions (left and to come) suitable for Sims 2.

The principal improvement on the level of the gameplay is the appearance of the Génétique, which makes that the natural children of the sims receive the physical features (color of the hair, forms face…) their parents. It should be noted that it was in the first play possible to have some, while being embraced or by using the bed in That includes Changes You the Life , but the children obtained were not to in no case resembling their parents and did not grow.

The principle of the play remains however the same one, while bringing new functionalities as the gauge of aspiration of each Sim, which evolves/moves according to the satisfaction of its desires, or contrary to the realization of its fears (desires and fears evolving/moving constantly during the life of each sim).

The sims pass by 6 stages during their life, that is to say baby, small child, child, teenager, adult and senior. The extension Sims 2 Academy also adds the stage " Young person adulte" , which corresponds in fact to the period during which the sims are at the university. During their life, the sims can marry and to have children. These family relations are preserved in a family tree. They can also choose (it is in fact the player which chooses) to remain unmarried, to divorce…

The environment is improved compared to the previous model. There are a greater diversity on the level of the behaviors of Sims as well as objects, houses, grounds. The angle of the camera is now completely gérable, contrary to the first episode which proposed only one limited number of sights.

The play does not have a precise purpose, but a limited time is now offered to make evolve/move a sim (even if there exists a object-reward which makes it possible a sim to renovate with each time it is used), whereas in the first version, the sims do not age that they are children or adult. This thus leads the player to make choices, for example on the level of the career of the sim.

Aspiration

The play also defines a specific aspiration to each sim, on which the desires and fears depend directly that the sim will have during its life. This aspiration can be of five types (six since the extension Sims 2 Nights of Madness ): love, richness, family, knowledge, popularity, aspiration with the pleasure (Night of madness) and cheese spread (this aspiration is hidden, it is necessary to use bad manners the Sphere of Sensioubli lapse of memory so that Sim obtains it).

These seven aspirations have particular characteristics:

romantic Sim of aspiration wants to always leave to the conquest the come first, but fears to be pushed back.
avid Sim of richness seeks to be enchirir as fast as possible, and with being with the signal level of its work. On the other hand, it fears to break or to be made steal an object.
family Sim dreams to found an big family, and if possible, to do them diplomer university. The divorce and adultery are its worst nightmares.
avid Sim of knowledge will spend its time studying for its pleasure. A loss of competences would be fatal for him.
Sim wanting to be popular wishes to be close to the come first and thus to increase its influence. To lose a friend or to be made an enemy is worst fears.

Harms of madnesses:

Sim seeking the pleasure wishes to live in the joy and good mood, and if possible in the luxury. A complicated and morose life will not be better taste for this Sim
Sim " cheese spread " its life organized around cheese spread sees. If another dish is presented in front of him, it is the drama!

Music

The original soundtrack of the play was composed per Mark Mothersbaugh, member of the group Rock DEVO. (it also signed the music of the film " the ladybird - Herbie fully loaded" in 2005).

Now, with the arrival of " Sims: In the course of the years " New songs of artists popular, translated into simslish (the language of the sims)!!!

Grace to " the good deal, one can also hear " Suffer Well" Depeche Mode group.

Additional discs

Seven extensions were carried out for the first play Sims. In September 2007, Sims 2 have some for the moment six:

The six additional discs completely change the aspect of the play while bringing new possibilities there:

(March 2005) ** Academy makes it possible to send Sims teenagers to the university (they grow as young adults) during 4 years of six days studies. There are also new hairstyles and held thus that new objects (mini-refrigerator, guitar, billiard table, etc) (September 2005) ** Nights of Madness is the first great revolution of Sims 2: he adds the possibility of leaving in a under-district called " Center-ville" , new interactions in love, hairstyles and held with tattooings, new objects (platinum of DJ, sphere électrodanse, carpet, cars, chain karaoké, etc) as well as the arrival of the appointments and exits in group, and a system of attraction or repulsion in love. (March 2006) ** the Good deal makes it possible to open a trade pertaining to Sims and offers new purchasing possibilities for them. Moreover, that makes it possible to practically buy all the objects of the Purchase Mode on private Community spot. This add one also makes it possible to obtain badges of talents, which show the talents of Sim in such or such field (hairstyle, sales, robot-like creation… (October 2006) ** Animal & Co is the second revolution of Sims 2: indeed, Sims will be able to have pets. You cannot control them nor to stop them when they do something of evil, but you can thunder them as with animal truths. (March 2007) ** In the course of the years is the third revolution of Sims 2: the weather arrives and makes it possible to garden in a greenhouse or to fish in a lake. Two new badges of talents are also with the menu: gardening and fishing. (September 2007) ** Good Voyage makes it possible Sims to travel and take holidays thanks to three new architectural styles inspired of the buildings of the whole world.

(At the beginning of 2008) ** new and last a add one will leave on the topic the leisures.

Kits of extension

They are collections of objects, without real evolution of the Gameplay.

(April 2006) * Sims 2: Fun in Kit Family This first kit of extension brings objects for child and of the disguises to the play, such as castles of princesses or behaviors hawaïennes, as well as a marine style and a style hawaïen.

(August 2006) * Sims 2: Glamor Kit This second kit brings objects and pieces of furniture of luxury as well as clothing " tendance" , very useful for the marriages and the evenings.

(November 2006) * Sims 2: Merry Christmas Kit This third kit brings objects of decoration related to the festivals of end of the year, such as the Christmas tree, of the electric garlands of outside or a disguise of Father Christmas. It contains even more objects than the edition of Christmas. Although the edition of Christmas left front.

(April 2007) * Sims 2: Feastday Kit Objects of celebrations for any kind of festival: marriages, birthdays or barbecues. This kit also adds new behaviors intended for the marriages and festivals of engagement/family.

(June 2007) * Sims 2: H&M Fashion Kit This kit is dedicated to the " fashion victims" : it comprises new behaviors inspired of the collections of H&M, and new objects planned especially for the fashion shows and the shops with the effigy of H&M.

(November 2007) * Sims 2: Kit Very for the Banked-up beds This kit will be dedicated to the teenagers. One will find there new behaviors and new objects such as material Hi-Fi, furniture of room…). 3 new styles there will be also found: Gothic, sport, fashion.

Special editions

Sims 2 Edition of Christmas (December 2005) (normal Play with in more some object on the topic of Christmas. To note that this version of the play is an limited edition)

Sims 2 - Special edition (September 2006) (the normal play plus the Kit Glamor contains)

Sims 2 Edition of Christmas (November 2006) (republication of the version December 2005 + forty new objects)

Sims 2 - Special edition (October 2006) (contains Sims 2 and the add one Animaux & Co)

Sims 2 Deluxe (April 2006) (Sims 2 plus the add one Contains Nuits of Madness accompanied by a DVD no-claims bonus, container of the tutoriels for better playing).

The personalization of the play

As in the preceding opus, the play can be improved by the player, the effect is even more realistic during the creation of clothing. (EA Games even organized a contest before the exit of the 2nd add one " Nights of Madness " , some behaviors created by players were added to the play). In addition to the musics, (as in Sims) the player can diffuse his videos in the television set of his Sims. Creations are made starting from the software Boit@look delivered with the play, Cré@logis, software downloadable, for constructions, Wizard off Simpe and Color Enabled Package for the objects and Poster Importation, makes create its posters and imports them in the play.

Codes

To post the complete listing of the codes available for the play, return in the file are read me of the last extention left in the trade which you installed.

Many codes to cheat exist such as: (ctrl+shift+c to reveal a rectangle in which you will type the various codes:)

kaching: 1000§ adds on your account.
Motherlode: 50000§ adds on your account.
UnlockCareerRewards: This code makes it possible to resolve the rewards of the careers.

Very dangerous for its ordi. Can make bugs irrevocable. This code in the beginning was reserved for the developers, and it can damage the play, obliging its complete reinstalment. For these reasons, it is interdict of stay on the official forum. To handle with precaution, to use the tutoriaux ones on Internet. (to decontaminate it, replace " true" by " false")

boolProp testingCheatsEnabled true : After typehaving typed it, click on a sim or an object while pressing " Shift". New actions (in English) appear then.

There exists many other codes, of which the new ones appearing with the extensions of the play.

Challenges

With Sims 2 appeared a new way of playing, thanks to the challenges: To follow a challenge consists in following established rules as a preliminary, and, thanks to a system of points, counting a score which will be compared to the other players. The first challenge is The Legacy Challenge . It was created by a member of the American forum: Pinstar1161. this challenge only consists from one sim, and to create the most powerful family, on 10 generations. Points are allotted according to the success, 1 point for 100.000 simflouz (the currency of the play) on the family account, for example. This challenge became worship, and others flowered a little everywhere on the Web: " Babies with gogo" , " Marriages with gogo" , or " Challenge of happiness conjugal" to quote only the last of the official forum. These challenges thus propose like a " scénario" with this play. Rules of the legacy

A new series of plays, Sims Stories with a defined scenario, will propose " challenges" directly in the play, since the player will gain rewards if it concludes the scenario. Also let us specify that the player is not obliged to follow the rules to the letter (i.e. to make lead to their sims a life of routine). Many blogs where the sims are put in scene in scenarios dignent of films exist on this date.

Sims 2 on console

Sims 2
Sims 2: Animals and Company
Sims 2: Shipwrecked men

The principle is the same one but certain details are different compared to Sims 2 on PC. For example, the stages are non-existent on console although present on PC. On console, there is possibility of playing as a multijouor, contrary to the PC. Certain objects change, trades or clothing, inter alia. The possibilities of play are clearly reduced, such as the disappearance of the sections of life, of the photographs, mini-films, inventories, children and seniors. It should be noted that two modes of control are there:

traditional control, as in Sims (Allowed to also leave) and in the URBZ
the direct control, which will make it possible to directly control its Sim in its least movements.

There is a new way of equipping its Sims which consists in superimposing its clothing to create the look and the desired behavior. A scenarized mode makes it possible to advance in a mode scenarized in the play with special houses and of Sims having each one their personality. The Famille aspiration is replaced by the Créativité aspiration considering which one cannot make children (even if one can couple oneself all the same as on PC).

See too

Sims 2 the Magazine provides also a compilation of 750 objects in disc no-claims bonus to the purchase of the review.

preceding Opus :

Sims

additional Discs or Add-ons :

Sims 2: Academy (March 2005)
Sims 2: Nights of madness (September 2005)
Sims 2: the Good deal (March 2006)
Sims 2: Animals & Co (October 2006)
Sims 2: In the course of the years (March 2007)
Sims 2: Good Voyage (September 2007)

Kits of extension :

Sims 2: Fun in family (April 2006)
Sims 2: Glamor (August 2006)
Sims 2: Merry Christmas (November 2006)
Sims 2: Feastday (May 2007)
Sims 2: H&M Fashion (June 7th, 2007)
Sims 2: Very for the banked-up beds (November 2007)

independent Plays :

Sims: Stories of life (February 2007)
Sims: Stories of Animals (September 2007)
Sims: Hitoires de Naufragés (unknown date)
My Sims (October 2007)

to be appeared:

Sims 3

For the continuation…

EA Games had not revealed it, but sure sources (Feng Zhu Design and Gamma Ray) announced that there would be indeed a continuation " Sims 3 ". The coming out date is not fixed yet, but since the series of the " Sims 2" will be finished in April 2008, one can think that from here 2009 or 2010, of more precise information will be given to us by EA Games.

External bonds

French Official site
English Official site

Simple: The Sims 2

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