| Publishers | EA Games |
| Developers | Maxis |
| Release date | 2004 |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Game rating |
Game Description
The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to The Sims. The game has the same concept as its predecessor: players control their Sims in various activities and form relationships in a manner similar to real life.
Publisher description:
The Sims 2 is the next generation of the bestselling PC franchise. For the first time, players control their Sims over an entire lifetime from womb to tomb. Every choice you make has a relevant and dramatic effect on the life of your Sim. More life-like Sims, all-new gameplay and the ground-breaking addition of genetics gives players a more vivid and in-depth Sims experience.
Guiding your Sims through “Life’s Big Moments” takes on new importance, as players now get a “Life Score” to measure how well they are playing each individual Sim. The decisions that players make throughout the lifetime of their Sims now have an impact on their long-term success or failure. A choice made as a toddler has a direct effect on the teen and adult Sim they become. Will players be able to successfully lead their Sims through such important events as a first step, first crush, or marriage proposal, all while the clock is ticking?
The Sims in The Sims 2 are more aware and responsive to both other Sims and their surroundings. Sims truly come to life expressing moods and feelings through more realistic body animations and for the first time facial animations. They form complex relationships and are able to distinguish between family and friends, platonic friendships and romantic love. Sims in The Sims 2 now have DNA. Passing along physical characteristics and traits to their offspring, Sims both resemble and behave like their ancestors. As in real life, the appearance of the Sims now changes over time. In addition to getting older, a Sim that spends too much time on the couch will develop a paunch and a Sim that works out will enjoy rock solid abs.
An entirely new 3-D engine makes the world of The Sims 2 more life-like and dynamic. The Sims 2 will also introduce an all-new “Create-a-Sim” feature. This allows you to customise the facial features of your Sim with a few simple clicks, to a level of detail never realised before. In The Sims 2, players are now able to build dwellings over two stories and have the ability to coordinate and customise the homes of their Sims to a new degree of design with all-new furniture, lighting and objects.
Download The Sims 2
The Sims 2 is no longer abandonware. You can now buy the game from:
Windows (2004)
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection on Steam
Additional files, patches and fixes
The Sims 2 Body Shop Windows Manual (English)
The Sims 2 Screenshots
Windows
as soon as i click on a family and while its loading it crashes everytime!
Important: To make things more organized, we’ve moved The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection to its own page. You can now download it here: https://oldgamesdownload.com/the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/
how do i change resolution? it says go to mansion and garden folder but i don’t have that folder.
it just crashes and closes..
´Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application´ – what does that mean?!
have you found a way to fix that!?
i downloaded the game, its on my desktop but it wont start.. its been 30 minutes and nothing has popped up… help meee https://media2.giphy.com/media/Q8FaD6GjQ97jO/giphy.gif
Found a fix?
Hi, I have the black boxes as shadows. I’ve tried the recommendation above but they’re still there. Any other tips on how to get rid of them?
try some of the graphic settings on the game i think
Set shadows to medium.
Ive installed the game and I love it! Tho I don´t know how to put it into my D drive insted of my C drive. When I tried installing it on my other drive an error occurred. Any way for me to put it on the d drive so I can download more games?
When I try to install the game it gives me an error code and forces me to cancel, can anyone help me out?
Works for me! Thank you so much. I didn’t have to do anything for the shadows. The screen flickers somewhat badly at times during gameplay, and gameplay itself is also a bit choppy. But it’s all still playable, the loading screens don’t take an excessively long time, and I’ve been able to leave my home lot. All on an old, decrepit laptop.
Hey do you already know how to fix it? I got the same problem
Great game! Is there a way to get mods to work on this version though? I have created a Downloads file in documents, as all of the tutorials have told me but I cannot get any package file mods to work. They simply don’t show up in the game.Nothing I have tried has worked, including using clean installer.
Thanks anywho.
I have a bunch of the old save data from Sim 2. I was hoping to use this ultimate collection file to get the rest of the content I’m missing. Is there a way to add the existing save data to this version?
0For me that goes lower in the game with the shadows. And with me in game files fix instead of change. Why, please help
Does anyone know how to change the resolution
It explains how to in the tutorial above.
i have a question, if i wanted to download CC (custom content) and mods do i have to make a folder for that?? the worked for me anyway just wanted to know how to install custom content and mods
there should be a downloads folder you put the cc in there