I'm really missing Sims 2

As much as I loved TS2 including all the packs, OFB being my second all time favourite after Makin' Magic, I haven't installed or played it since TS3 was released. I have lots of happy memories of the game and the TS2 community at that time, and I still have all the disks and would never get rid of any of them any more than I would get rid of family photos. I doubt I'll ever try reinstalling and playing it again. :smile:

I've moved this to The Sims 2 General Discussion. :smile:

I loved TS2, but it's kind of hard for any of the following series to compare to the extreme TS1-TS2 jump. When TS2 was announced and released, it was literally like diving into the sims' lives, just the possibility to get real 3D close to them was like an adventure of its own. I don't think we can ever experience such a huuuuge jump.

I did grab a copy of the full TS2 file when it was offered, but I have not yet restored my old Simmerville Hood save. I have a tower of cd's packed with cc, both downloaded and that I created myself - but I no longer remember where those cd's are stored, :smiley: . Some day I will check out TS2 again, but I also loved TS3 and am now also liking TS4, and my days are only so and so long...

The sims 2 can run on windows 10. As @Writin_Reg says there have been a few patches in the past eighteen months or so to help it, I understand that some people have trouble running it but to say that it doesn't run at all generally speaking is just false.

This thread made me load up my Sims 2 game. I played last night and this morning. I've been enjoying it, and I'm starting to remember things I'd forgotten.

I remember being so sad that TS2 didn't look like the Makin' Magic preview. It just wasn't a fun looking as that first video.

I bet TS4 sold more than TS2. In 2004 there weren't as many personal computers/laptops as they are now~ They're more affordable. Plus, it's less of a stigma to be a "Gamer" and play the Sims. :lol:

"Writin_Reg;c-16751378" wrote:
I keep Sims 2 -3 and 4 on my pc ready to play when ever I feel like it. It does take me a few minutes to gather my brain at what I was doing last in the game most times - but it's fun to go back every few weeks and play those ongoing games too. Sims 2 I have 4 legacies going and all three college have 8 sims attending at each of them.

Sims 3 I have 10 different games going in 10 different worlds.

I mostly play Sims 4 though but visit 2 and 3 about about once or twice every 5 or 6 weeks.

I would like to add that I also have kept Sims3 installed on my game. I still have the disks. I also have the disks for Sims2, however, I lent the base game disk to my then daughter-in-law who was living with us while our son was in Iraq and my little grandson managed to destroy it. Happily, the very first time I trusted using a DL pack was with a Sims2 Holiday pack that came out. I didn't wish to wait, had no functioning car of my own at the time, so, I purchased it online. This was a good thing for me. I was invited years later to download Sims2: Ultimate Collection. I've gone back and played it here and there, most particularly while I awaited the release of Sims4, trying to reorient myself to the loading screens again. There's a great deal I have forgotten on how to play it. LOL and it can be very confusing going back and forth. So, mostly, I stick with Sims 4, which I am enjoying. (I use mods and that helps.)

I know I bought at least two full sets of Sims 2 (one for me and one for my daughter)... and I think I had to rebuy the last expansion again for me because the disk got damaged in my home. I never got patches for it. I didn't do anything online with it at all. Not even register it.. Maybe if I contact EA and give them all my codes I can get a complete patched version?

"@Hermitgirl;c-16752590" wrote:
I know I bought at least two full sets of Sims 2 (one for me and one for my daughter)... and I think I had to rebuy the last expansion again for me because the disk got damaged in my home. I never got patches for it. I didn't do anything online with it at all. Not even register it.. Maybe if I contact EA and give them all my codes I can get a complete patched version?

Sure! Might as well try- even if you have to try several times. :mrgreen:
EA Customer service or their Twitter/Facebook. :)

"Hermitgirl;c-16752657" wrote:

"Rflong7;c-16752627" wrote:

"@Hermitgirl;c-16752590" wrote:
I know I bought at least two full sets of Sims 2 (one for me and one for my daughter)... and I think I had to rebuy the last expansion again for me because the disk got damaged in my home. I never got patches for it. I didn't do anything online with it at all. Not even register it.. Maybe if I contact EA and give them all my codes I can get a complete patched version?

Sure! Might as well try- even if you have to try several times. :mrgreen:
EA Customer service or their Twitter/Facebook. :)

Well you don't make that sound very easy lol...

Lol It actually is easy. 99% of people with disks get it the first try. A couple people have cranky reps ( who I guess are sick of people asking for it :D ) say there are no more codes and blow them off, but it has never taken anyone with a code more then twice to get it, and the twice is rare. Now if you didn't have a code, it is a toss up trying to get a rep to just put it in your account, but some of them are still nice enough to do that also. :)