The Next Generation of The Sims ™

The Sims™ changed the face of gaming in the new millennium and quickly became the #1 PC game of all time. In the next generation of The Sims, The Sims™ 2, players control their Sims over an entire lifetime for the first time. Every choice that is made has a relevant and dramatic effect on the life of a Sim. More life-like Sims, all-new gameplay, and the ground-breaking addition of genetics, with the DNA of Sims passed down through generations gives players a more vivid, realistic, and in-depth Sims experience. All of this takes place in a new, amazingly life-like 3-D world. Experience the crazy, unpredictable ride of a Sim’s lifetime in The Sims 2.

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I like the pool scenes !

Amazing looking game.

Wow, how are they going top that?

2nd floor!!

Thats incredible. I don't think my computer will handle it.

Originally posted by Fabian

Thats incredible. I don't think my computer will handle it.

So Do I :(

Do we nedd the other games ro play it?

Originally posted by LoveCPH

Do we nedd the other games ro play it?

No,it's totaly new graphics engine,so we don't need them :)

Eeeeww. :( So no superstar in 3d :(

Anyone else find The Sims incredibly depressing?

Don't know why I found this cos I like god games such as Civ and Sim City.

In my Sims games there always seemed to be an air of hopelessness and desperation...after 30 minutes I had to pack it it.

:?

Originally posted by LoveCPH

Eeeeww. :( So no superstar in 3d :(

I think there will be everything :tongue3:

Originally posted by scowler

Anyone else find The Sims incredibly depressing?

Don't know why I found this cos I like god games such as Civ and Sim City.

In my Sims games there always seemed to be an air of hopelessness and desperation...after 30 minutes I had to pack it it.

:?

For me it's kinda fun :) For example : Get your sim to small 3x3 toilet and remove the doors :devil:

Originally posted by Mauser

For me it's kinda fun :) For example : Get your sim to small 3x3 toilet and remove the doors :devil:

haha what I like to do is remove all the doors in this room full of furniture and then set it on fire! mwhahaha:happy:

Originally posted by MichiganDude

haha what I like to do is remove all the doors in this room full of furniture and then set it on fire! mwhahaha:happy:

^Now thats really fun :banana: OR remove all laders to the pool :happy:

When does it come out? I never cared for the game but my sister would love to know.

Originally posted by Taylordaman

When does it come out? I never cared for the game but my sister would love to know.

2004 :(

Birthday present :)

Bloody hell, those screenshots are amazing.

WOW!!!

THREE STORIES!!!

LOOK AT THE WAY YOU CAN DESIGN HOUSES!!! sO REALISTIC!!


gotta get it!!! :)

LOve this game
all the addons I have will have to start over
and up grade of course too

Three floors! :cool:


It also looks more clear/cool than the regular game. I want it! :D

needs an adult version

That would have some teens have a new porn outlet! ;)

Here are some more screen shots I found for ya'll! :)


These are off of GammaSim.com (http://www.gammasims2.2ya.com/)

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I wont be showing my sister these screenshots, she's used most of the hard drive with the sims!

Originally posted by dinp

I wont be showing my sister these screenshots, she's used most of the hard drive with the sims!

How is that possible?! :? The game is not that huge. Then again, my hard drive is 180 gigs. :D

hmm its like 12 Cds all up
the Sims 1 Cd
Living large 1 Cd
House Party 1 CD
Vactation 1 CD
Hot Date 1 Cd
Unleased 2 Cds
Making Magic 2 Cds
Superstars 2 CDs
Sims online 1 CD ?

I have all but the last 2 ! Takes up quite a bit of space ( am yet to install)

Amazing looking game this is! But this means only one thing... it´s off to the PC hardware store again. I´d imagine the HW requirements for sims 2 are kinda large! :)

The game will probably require as much as Sim City 4. Looking at those screen shots it just might. :bash:


Trances, did you buy every single new expansion pack? It got too expensive for me at House Party. That is lots of money! :eek:

yeash she has almost every expansion pack, so it gobbles up loads of hard disc space, luckily i got my own pc now, and ive only got Warcraft!

That's jus insanity! Warcraft, that's the only thing you need. Other than Sim City 4! ;)

looks great cant wait to get one, i love the sims first game awesome and innovative.

for pp who worried about the specs, here they are:


If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM (such as nvidia GeForce 2 or better or ATI Radeon 7000 or better) then you need at least:
600 MHz P3 processor
256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
128 MB RAM if Windows 98
If you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as TNT2 or Intel Integrated for example) then you need at least:
1.5 GHz processor
256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
128 MB RAM if Windows 98
Recommended video cards (and the more video memory the better):
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Nvidia Geforce 4 or FX series cards

Those images look great. However it just looks like a graphics upgrade to me. Like the movement from SC2000 to SC3000. I suspect that Sims 2 will not be different enough to satisfy those who are bored with the gameplay in Sims.

Maxis has become expert at getting people hooked on their games. Convincing people to buy expansion pack after expansion pack....

Originally posted by Bahraini Spirit

Recommended video cards (and the more video memory the better):
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Nvidia Geforce 4 or FX series cards

There's about one video card that exists that is better than the 9800 Pro... the 9900 Pro. Maybe the 9800/9900 XTs are better too. They're pretty damn expensive and meeting minimum requirements means shit - unless you don't mind playing in 640x480 with detail as low as possible with frequent occurrences of lag.

Now when they say GeForce 4 series - that's just stupid. The Geforce 4 MX 440 is utter crap and the Geforce 2 Ti performs way better than it (that's a fact). The GF4 Ti is when they start to become decent.

Personally I recommend ATi graphics cards - they currently outperform nVidia cards.

Actually almost all of the system requirements seem a tad unrealistic/misleading.

Trust me, there is no way in hell a TNT2 could render graphics like that - even with a 3Ghz CPU. Maybe it could but if you want to play a game a 1 fps, I won't stop you.

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hmm buy ?
not there to discuss ethics
Lets just to say that I have them all