I brought Sims 1 in 2004 and oh god, it was terrible! There is nothing to do, you just run a house, look after the Sims (the people whom we have to control in the game), see that they do not starve, see that kids go to school, see that Sims do not die and what not. But the main problem with the game was that it had no aim or rather, you fell as if there is no point playing the game.
The Sims had less artificial intelligence and they mostly depended on you, rather than doing some actions by themselves when the user does not pay attention to them.
The main problem with the game was that the Sims never died. So I felt as if there was no point making them happy, as they kept on living forever.
I brought Sims Unleashed expansion pack, but it did not improve the game at all. Instead, it made it worse. Now, apart from looking after depressing Sims, we have to look after terrible pets.
But after some years, I saw Sims 2 and I browsed the site on its review and I became interested in it and anxious to buy it. I was a bit worried in the beginning that it would turn out to be like Sims 1, but good that my fears drained away when I played the superb game. Here are some of its new facilities which have thoroughly improved the game:
1) First of all, Sims age! For some days,you are a baby,then a toddler, then a teen, than an adult and then an elder. And then you die. This has improved the game as I want to fulfill their wishes before they die.
2) There is a family tree showing all the members of the family, ranging from grandfather to great great grand children, depends upon how you grow the family.
3) Sims have needs and wants and aspirations. So if you fulfill more needs, your aspiration level will increase and you can buy items from the aspiration points. For teens, you yourself have to choose the aspiration and they will have this aspiration for the rest of their lives. But they become depressed when they realize their fears and their aspiration points goes down. Then the gamer has to improve their life or a psychiatrist would come to increase the aspiration a bit.
4) You can have relations with once non playable characters like the maid, the exterminator etc. But the main thing is that there are aliens now and you can get abducted by them or even marry them
5) There are three neighborhoods and each have their own storyline. So, you know why the Sims behave in different ways with other Sims even if you try and make them friends with each other.
But the thing I did not like about this game was the colossal usage of memory drive. The game occupies about 2.5 GB of the 19 GB my computer has. Plus the game has high requirements, so it works a bit slow on my computer. So beware because there are chances it won't work.
Yet it is a great game meant for all ages. I give it a 8 out of 10.
The Sims had less artificial intelligence and they mostly depended on you, rather than doing some actions by themselves when the user does not pay attention to them.
The main problem with the game was that the Sims never died. So I felt as if there was no point making them happy, as they kept on living forever.
I brought Sims Unleashed expansion pack, but it did not improve the game at all. Instead, it made it worse. Now, apart from looking after depressing Sims, we have to look after terrible pets.
But after some years, I saw Sims 2 and I browsed the site on its review and I became interested in it and anxious to buy it. I was a bit worried in the beginning that it would turn out to be like Sims 1, but good that my fears drained away when I played the superb game. Here are some of its new facilities which have thoroughly improved the game:
1) First of all, Sims age! For some days,you are a baby,then a toddler, then a teen, than an adult and then an elder. And then you die. This has improved the game as I want to fulfill their wishes before they die.
2) There is a family tree showing all the members of the family, ranging from grandfather to great great grand children, depends upon how you grow the family.
3) Sims have needs and wants and aspirations. So if you fulfill more needs, your aspiration level will increase and you can buy items from the aspiration points. For teens, you yourself have to choose the aspiration and they will have this aspiration for the rest of their lives. But they become depressed when they realize their fears and their aspiration points goes down. Then the gamer has to improve their life or a psychiatrist would come to increase the aspiration a bit.
4) You can have relations with once non playable characters like the maid, the exterminator etc. But the main thing is that there are aliens now and you can get abducted by them or even marry them
5) There are three neighborhoods and each have their own storyline. So, you know why the Sims behave in different ways with other Sims even if you try and make them friends with each other.
But the thing I did not like about this game was the colossal usage of memory drive. The game occupies about 2.5 GB of the 19 GB my computer has. Plus the game has high requirements, so it works a bit slow on my computer. So beware because there are chances it won't work.
Yet it is a great game meant for all ages. I give it a 8 out of 10.