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Overall Critic Score:3.6672
The Sims 2 Critic Reviews
Starting off, the new true-3D engine allows you to swivel the camera to any angle, zooming all the way in to get a people-eye view of the interiors or panning around to view the structure for any angle. (We actually wished the camera control was even...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GameSpy
The Sims 2 is as big as life and as consuming. At heart, and with heart, it is a masterpiece....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Computer Gaming World
The Sims 2 starts off by allowing you to choose which location (or town) you wish to enter - a few pre-made examples are available to chose from but you are also given the option to customise your own. Each town has its own back story, which you can also...read the complete The Sims 2 review at UnderGroundOnline
Players macro-manage the daily lives of their family, sending children off to school or finding jobs for the adults, then making further career decisions as they arise. Shoe-horning all their needs into each day is so challenging that the gameplay is inst...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Times Online
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It has everything that I believe is integral to a classic success: It looks amazing, sounds fantastic, and offers more immersive entertainment and replay value than any other single-player game I’ve ever seen....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Adrenaline Vault
Your goal in The Sims 2 is for your characters to achieve their life aspirations. Maybe your Sims want to be popular, rich, intellectual, or loved. Help them realize their dreams and conquer their fears. If you get bored, or are a certain level of...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Industry News
The enormously popular people-making game returns, but is The Sims 2 an evolution or...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GamePro
Because of the included Body Shop utility, the relative ease of creating your own custom content for your Sims makes this game all the more fun....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Chronicles
Gone are the days of your Sims never dying, gone are the days of just fulfilling their needs, EA have taken it to the next level. The major focal point of The Sims 2, apart from of course the new graphics engine, is the Aspiration Meter. This plays a big...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Club Skill
Polished and full of the “little things” that take a game from good to great. I do not think there will be any fan of the Sims series that will disappointed with this title....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Loaded Inc
go into all the details and possibilities, there's just so much going on and you're constantly discovering something new…You can spend so long playing this game, that it's ironic how the more time you spend attending to your Sims' needs, the more you...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GameSpot AU
As much fun as the original game and its family of expansion packs were, Sims 2’s gameplay is an incredible leap forward that veteran Sims players and newcomers alike will thoroughly enjoy....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Armchair Empire
The jump to full 3D makes Sims 2 the best looking Sims game to date. Character customizations are as deep as ever, giving players the option to make their Sim look exactly how they want them, right down to the smallest dimple. Those who just want to jump...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Vortex
The most interesting element of the Sims is the random, life-like quality of it all. Your Sims do things you never told them to do – never even thought of them doing....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Over Online
My venture into the Sims universe started with a craving to play Sims 2 before it was even released. I turned to Bustin’ Out on Game Boy Advance and quickly succumbed to its charisma. I then went out and bought the original Sims and a few of its...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Helper
in the game, would have probably been enough to satisfy fans of The Sims. But Maxis and EA refused to rest on their laurels, refining and improving all that we loved, fixing what we didn’t, and adding enough new aspects to the game to make it feel n...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GameZone
While The Sims 2 is no longer a game about “nothing,” its “something” is deep enough, varied enough, interesting enough and most importantly fun enough to justify its purchase for just about everyone from soccer moms to first person shooter...read the complete The Sims 2 review at PGNx Media
How can a company improve on the best selling PC game of...read the complete The Sims 2 review at IGN
Who knew having this much control over a little virtual family would be so fun, but there’s something undeniably charming about the sims that will keep you glued to your PC for weeks, wanting to buy that one last toy for the recreation room or add one...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Gaming Horizon
Just watch out though because once the game digs its claws into you it’ll own your life. If you want to buy the game give your friends an early notice, because they won’t be seeing you for a long while....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Gaming Nexus
More of a refinement of the original game than an exciting new offering. While that’s not a bad thing, per se, it’s lacking the innovation that enticed people to play the game in first place....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Game Revolution
Once you move your sims into their house, their lives develops as each sim's personality comes alive and the game is back to the same theme as the original. But The Sims 2 is even better! You must build and run the everyday lives of your sims, ensuring...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Gameguru Mania
Each Sim has certain goals and stats (which you influence), as well as certain needs. Keeping an eye on their energy level, hunger, bladder, cleanliness, etc., is key as you manage time during the day and teach them to interact with their world. For...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Yahoo! Games
It's the circle of virtual life -- and it's insanely addictive....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Games Radar
Damn! But while the game isn't revolutionary, it's evolutionary in every sense of the word. In fact, you could safely say The Sims 2 is the single biggest, coolest, most complex digital toy ever created ... at least until The Sims 3 hits sometime around ...read the complete The Sims 2 review at WHAM! Gaming
The Sim generator alone can provide hours upon hours of amusement, especially once players discover the power to recreate in the game almost any friend, relative or celebrity they can think of. This becomes even more fun when those creations begin...read the complete The Sims 2 review at 1UP
One of the main things that has kept the franchise going strong is the community and The Sims 2 does nothing to reverse that; quite the opposite. Almost everything can be created or modified now....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Boomtown
So if you are under the impression that The Sims 2 is for girls and housewives and that you wouldn't touch it with my rocket launcher you could be doing the gaming node in your brain a great disservice to pass over this title with such wilful abandon....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Ferrago
People insist on telling me that The Sims was the most unpredictable videogame phenomenon ever to occur. Fact is, they're all talking rubbish. The Sims is quite possibly one of the most predictable successes of our time. By its very premise it was bound...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Pro-G
The sims have wants and fears that are determined by the type of sim you have created (family, financially, romantically, knowledge, or popularity oriented.) You’re sim may want to do something trivial like eat cereal for breakfast tomorrow, or...read the complete The Sims 2 review at DreamStation.cc
Well first of all – the graphics are much much better. Your Sims now have fingers – instead of a lump of non-finger-shaped things for hands. They also now have moving hair, expressions and you can customise every part of their face from their brow...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GameCell UK
Initially, I didn’t care very much when the second installment of the Sims was released. I never played neither the first game, nor any of its numerous expansions and had no inclination to put down Halo and pick it up. I was a first person shooter fan,...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Lawrence
Best of all is how the Sims interact with each other. Every gesture is exaggerated and adorable. From the innocent flirtation, to ravenous make-out sessions, to baby's first steps... all are captivating to watch. Roommates, spouses, co-workers, and...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GamerDad
My first surprise with The Sims 2 was the size of the box. It was thick, a lot thicker than your average PC gaming box. This could mean only one thing, lots of discs. Woohoo. I wasn't disappointed. There are a total of four discs in the box along with a...read the complete The Sims 2 review at ThumbBandits
Easily the best computer game of the year, The Sims 2 will not disappoint....read the complete The Sims 2 review at Cincinnati Enquirer
The Sims 2 starts off by allowing you to choose which location (or town) you wish to enter - a few pre-made examples are available to chose from but you are also given the option to customise your own. Each town has its own back story, which you can also...read the complete The Sims 2 review at 3D Avenue
The world's most successful "people simulator" gets a new lease on life in The Sims 2, the first full sequel to Maxis best-selling original. This 2004 release updates nearly every aspect of the Sims experience, from opening presentations to deep-down...read the complete The Sims 2 review at AllGame
If you were a fan of Maxis’ original title, you’ll be an even bigger fan of this one. Maxis has really built on the shortfalls of The Sims, adding new designs, textures, colours, and characters. The sequel also allows you to make your Sims into real...read the complete The Sims 2 review at GamingExcellence
As in the first title, the concept of The Sims 2 is rather simple: you play a simulated individual or family and guide them through the ordinariness of everyday life by keeping an eye on such needs as comfort and hunger, socializing with other sims, and...read the complete The Sims 2 review at Amped IGO
You can make a highly customized family, even if all you want is a bunch of Nerds....read the complete The Sims 2 review at GameSpot
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