| 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
When I try installing it just says at the end that it can’t find: IPersistFile::Save failed; code 0x80070002
And the sims 2 icon doesn’t pop up on my deksotp
Hi! so i downloaded it and everything works fine but my resolution screen is stuck at 600?? I think. Its just way too big. All of the forums say to go to the “fun with pets” folder but with this download that does not exist! Someone please help!!!!!!
Anyone know the cause? Occurs everytime just before I can enter a town. Running in Windowed Mode ( -w) on Windows 10 as Admin.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6c5ac8fd1b79fdb420eb6148537fb62ec4cdce71275d0e6dcce46ae53794e1f.png
You are not alone, this is as far as I get. Just crashes before or as I have selected a neighborhood.
when i try to install the setup it keeps asking for a hard drive what do i do?
hey i just extracted it and tried to install the setup but it keeps asking for a hard drive to store it in and doesn’t install properly otherwise please help
Cant play I got the Directx9 error
I download the sims 2 game and the screen keeps flickering as soon as I start the game I don’t know how to fix it please help me
When I tried this it said “Write error in the file… Probably the disk is full” after going in the setup.exe file. Once i clicked cancel from that popup i go the message “WinRAR: Diagnostic messages, There is not enough space on the disk” yet i cleared my storage. Can I get some help ??
Hello,
my game keeps crashing at certain points:
-If I select another neighbourhood than Strangetown (only this one seems to load), even though it crashes when I want to start or play a already existing family.
-If I go to tutorial to try if even this is loading. (Nope it doesnt, crash)
-It crashes right in the loadingscreen at the begining when I tried to fix the resolution as said in the manual.
So basicly I cant play the game..
So Is there an solution, or is it a hopeless case because the game have problems with modern hardware such as simcity 4.
Can you download cc?
can I put mods in this game this way
can someone tell me how the hell to do this on a macbook? bc at this point im about to just give up
I need Help!!! its asking me to insert a disk when im installing. I dont know what i didnt wrong ? Can someone please help
hi im having this problem were it couldn’t find a directX 9.0c. how do i fix that.
help plea https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bb4616484c2704aca181af65310cb83000caa0007d6c20653325cf4b6417362b.jpg seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I got this answer from a user named baserrano
“I fixed the problem! Try to put your the sims on the windowed mode!
“The only thing you have to do is add a -w at the end of your normal shortcut.
Right-click on the game icon and select properties.
* At the very end of the Target path (after the “), put in a space then -w and click OK.
* If you want to have 2 separate icons (one for windowed mode, and one for regular), then just right-click on the game icon, select copy, then right-click again anywhere else on your desktop, select paste, and rename your shortcut and update the path accordingly. ”
I catch this from yahoo! ”
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-The-Sims-Games/the-sims-2-direct-x-9-0c/td-p/3204989
Here is the link to where I got their post as well. This worked for me and hopefully it works for you as well.