Hi, what is your favorite Sims 2 EP? I'm curious to see which of the 8 packs will turn out as the most popular one.

Ooof omg this is the hardest question I've been asked this whole year so far! Here's my list of why I didn't choose the other ones :p -University: It never really felt that ''college-y'' enough for me.. But I obviously still loved it. And the new walking animations for young adults hahaha-Open 4 Business: Hmm well for one I thought it was a little tedious to have to constantly re-assign the ''set for sale'' ,say, food in a bakery.. Also the glitch of the special uniforms messing up their faces was a bit of a killjoy, but still fantastic pack! I loved the all the new activities! Ts2 packs were just so full of goodies, I miss those packs.. (I especially loved the water object that even dogs could play with, from the toy making station)-Pets: I guess the interactions with the pets were limited :/ still loved it with all its beautiful details, like when dogs would bark out the seat-window.-Seasons: Loved everything, though it plumed how gardeners would always throw away the leaves piles! Like hello I wanted you to rake them so that then I could play in them hahah.-Bon Voyage: BV was amazing and so well made. Buying a vacation home really felt realistic, it was awesome how you could get houses on the beach. My biggest bummer is that Tours were just rabbit holes... They could've at least done a cinematic each time they went, but not nothing :( though the helicopter coming to pick them up was awesome lmao. Oh and also, I HATED HOW THEY COULDN'T ACTUALLY JUMP OFF OF THE PLANK ON THE PIRATE SHIP-Freetime: AMAZING I loved this one omg, all the new activites and objects and everything! However, I really didn't like basketball and soccer. I wish they could actually play, not just a shootout that would make their needes decay like crazy.-Apartment Life: Honestly, I felt this one was so close to reaching it's potential.. It was rather boring how your NPC neighbours were always just 1 sim, and the in-game apartments were all so..Un-apartment like and ugly. Nothing like the ones in the trailer. However, the amount of content that went into it (yet again) is bloody astonishing. I loved that interaction where parents would swing their kids around haha.They all had so so so much content, I miss those good packs :(

I love them all but went with Seasons. It was a huge game changer and is just incredibly well done.If I hadn’t picked Seasons, would hsve been free time, loved the new hobbies, the new hidden lots, the genie and the new objects. Just really added a lot of character to the sims.

It was between Uni or Night Life. I love the young adults and the university hoods, but you can't really incorporate it into a lot of the game. My sims use Downtown constantly, and I love the dating system.

Wow! That question had me looking at it for quite a while. Honestly, ALL of the EPs had great things to offer. Even the ones I don't particularly play much of, in my case Nightlife. For this poll, I chose Open For Business because it let's my stay-at-home parents create a good income for the family. I don't think I ever reached a level 10 business when I played all those years ago but I currently have two level sevens and thing they will eventually hit 10 if the owner lives long enough. That's a fun challenge for me as is seeing my Sims be all proud of the items they created to sell. One family has a clothing shop and the entire family has jumped in to make clothes for it. The cool thing is my other families have those clothes in their closet since they stopped by to buy them.Seasons added so much realism and I love the weather changes.Pets is so much fun with all the furry "kids" around, just like my RL.Freetime gave some great hobbies and for more than one of my sims, a career.Bon Voyage makes for great honeymoons.Apartment life had value. Some of my founding sims chose to get an apartment when they started out with nothing.University, while not my cup of tea, gave more careers and extra wants/fears.Nightlife, while I don't play it much, gave us a number of things like CARS.The lists of benefits for each EP would be pages long. Honestly, I can't imagine not having any of these EPs.

This poll wasn't fair.... there was no all of the above choice! :joy: I honestly couldn't imagine playing without any of them. I chose Freetime though just because of all the extra gameplay it added. I love all the workstations, hobbies can make sims seem more unique ( though I do wish we could choose which was their favorite hobby) Lifetime aspirations, and the fact you could now age up some of your sims friends with them. It came with a lot of other activities for your sims to do too. Plus who doesn't like getting a genie lamp!

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marshacompton
7 years ago
It was a toss up between apartment living & University. Apartment living won, because of the Newson family. I could never give them a happy ending. I kept putting them in other towns and the social worker took the little ones away. I put them in an apartment and got them babysitters with the extra money they had left over. I had the oldest work part time and study with their siblings. It was the first family I played and was hooked, right away on a game that had concequences for every action.
Cabelle1863
7 years ago
It was so hard for me to decide, because I love every single EP. They are all fantastic for the content and the features they include. But to pick one, I'll go with Seasons. It's great to have weather, and the little buffs for each season. Plus, I love having my sims garden. But honestly, every single EP could have been picked as my favorite too. I love Sims 2, it is my all time favorite game ever.
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
Sims 2 Uni has always been my fav and in fact I have two Universities going right now in Sims 2 but I also loved the AApartment Life EP almost as much. All Sims 2 eps were amazing though and hold up well.
TimeTraveller23
7 years ago
In this order: There were a couple I didn't have, but I will guess how much I liked them, the ones I don't have have a * beside them:

Seasons
Bon Voyage
University
Pets
Apartment Life*
Nightlife
Open for Business
Freetime*
EricasMyTouchQ
7 years ago
"EricasFreePlay;c-16350271" wrote:
For me it was University. I loved having my Sims live in a dorm. College life was fun for my Sims and they usually met their future spouse while there.

Updating my own post. Seasons and FreeTime are my other favorites. The changes in weather and the hobbies make the game better also. The skill boost in fall is also a favorite feature.
SJNorway
New Novice
6 years ago
University. I love the YA life stage, the leg up in life for my sims helps with their legacy to earn that extra money they so desperately need at the beginning. Yes, I am one of THOSE players.
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
6 years ago
I love them all.

My favorites have always been Open for Business and Nightlife though.

I always loved being able to open and build my business from ground up, being the hire employees that can help manage costumers and tend the register, craft my items to sell and just straight control my sim's work place. That being a bakery, a toy store, a flower shop, a restaurant etc.

As for the night theme it's been one of my favourites since ever. Late Night was also one of my favorite EP's. Always loved being able to go out in the town to bars and nightclubs to get drinks, dance to dj's, going out to eat, playing bowling etc.

Then I'd say

Seasons
Pets
Bon Voyage
Freetime
University
Apartment Life
JaggidEdje
6 years ago
For me it's a tie between Night Life and Seasons. I like all of the EPs, but those two definitely are at the top of the list.
I voted Night Life because you made me pick ONE and it's the one that I don't think any Sims game released since 2 has done a decent job of replicating, whereas Seasons is excellent in both TS3 and TS4 as well. That made Night Life stand out as a good choice between the 2.

OFB also almost got my vote...I remember when it first came out I spent months and months doing nothing but retail gameplay. No Sims game since has gotten this right either.
Karamazov123
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
As much as I adore witches, I gotta go with the business. Running a store from home is so much fun, and I love all the badges the pack offers. It's a shame that Sims 4 hasn't been able to completely replicate the experience.
Anmirla
Seasoned Adventurer
6 years ago
This is when you know you've got a good game. No option is blowing any of the others away. There is a progression, but the numbers are staying relatively close.