Played the Sims 2 for the first time, shocked at how hard it is

I downloaded/played TS3 not long ago, and was shocked at how bad it is.

I can't even imagine the concept of downloading mods to make a game more difficult...

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-18077021" wrote:
I downloaded/played TS3 not long ago, and was shocked at how bad it is.

I can't even imagine the concept of downloading mods to make a game more difficult...

I loved TS3 during it’s time, but I couldn’t go back and play it now. What didn’t you like about it?

TS2 was hard, but TS1 was even harder! It took me a lot of time to get used TS4's quite easy pace. Sometimes I enjoy it because it gives me the freedom to do what I want, but a lot of times it actually bores me. I love TS4, but wouldn't mind a difficulty mode really.

I like 2, 3 and 4 for different reasons.

I used to play all three without mods, mainly because I wasn’t sure how to install them/was worried I’d install them wrong and mess up my game. Now I think back to how I was about mods and just go “what was I worrying about??” hahaha. Having the Sim Blender and Sim Manipulator in Sims 2 in particular has been a literal game-changer….
I’ve also played Sims 2 the longest so I guess I’m used to it. I never thought it was particularly “difficult” per se, even without mods, but everyone is different.

I never really played Sims 1 much aside from the base game. I’d just use the “klapaucius” cheat and build huge houses that all looked pretty similar because they’d have the most expensive wallpaper/flooring/items.

"thenightcourt;c-18077067" wrote:

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-18077021" wrote:
I downloaded/played TS3 not long ago, and was shocked at how bad it is.

I can't even imagine the concept of downloading mods to make a game more difficult...

I loved TS3 during it’s time, but I couldn’t go back and play it now. What didn’t you like about it?

I felt that the gameplay was not intuitive, and CAS is a disaster lol

I love the Sims 2. If it had story progression and more neighborhood freedom to explore the worlds, (open world would be awesome but to just be able to move about an open neighborhood), with an updated graphics like the Sims 4, I'd say it would be the best Sims game of all of them. It is challenging but more comical and entertaining than the others.

But Sims 3 did offer some new things like houseboats and more supernatural play with mermaids and underwater lots. I think Sims 3 has been the most innovative, (aside from Sims1 being the first of its kind) with introducing those new aspects like open world, under water lots, boats, and even World Adventures, Showtime, and Into the Future features and aspects.

Just imagine if they could combine the best features of all the Sim Gen games. That would be an amazing game.

I began with Sims2. For the longest time it held my heart. I have come to love Sims4, however. I do play with a few mods. (Never even touched Boolprop, had me scared to death). Took me ages to work up the courage just to build my own neighborhood, but once I did that I never played the others. I also had fun creating Starfleet Academy. And I now use cheats, where I never used to. I find it very difficult in Sims 4 to keep up the full households' needs, I'm sorry to say. Playing Sims3 all the way to the end, softened me too much. I'm all out-of-gaming-shape. LOL I've changed my focus to create obstacles for myself to overcome, which gives the game more of a challenge to me. I can't go backward. The problem with Sims2 is you have two game lengths to play. Normal or aging off. That is strictly unacceptable to me. What can one accomplish in that short of a time? One can barely get to know their Sims. Plus, having to turn on and off the aging, (so that Sims can get to the next age level) is bothersome. The Toddlers in Sims4 are far superior in any iteration of this game. I miss the Sims2 babies, however. Instead, they stuck us with less than the burrito baby of Sims3, in a nod to The Sims. Face/palm.

Think of Sims2 in terms of Time Management.

TS2 was the game I became severely addicted to! I would play and play and play, non-stop. I loved how it threw you curve-balls and sometimes totally wrecked your plans! The element of 'danger' made it all the more exciting. By danger, I mean unexpected deaths and random loss of jobs etc.

It did become less difficult over time, as I became used to it. But then I tried the Apocalypse Challenge lol.

As much as I enjoy TS4, I do wish it was more difficult. Everything is so set up for rainbows and unicorns unless you try really hard for it to be otherwise. Even evil sims are not particularly evil.

"elanorbreton;c-18077256" wrote:
TS2 was the game I became severely addicted to! I would play and play and play, non-stop. I loved how it threw you curve-balls and sometimes totally wrecked your plans! The element of 'danger' made it all the more exciting. By danger, I mean unexpected deaths and random loss of jobs etc.

It did become less difficult over time, as I became used to it. But then I tried the Apocalypse Challenge lol.

As much as I enjoy TS4, I do wish it was more difficult. Everything is so set up for rainbows and unicorns unless you try really hard for it to be otherwise. Even evil sims are not particularly evil.

I wish there was a middle ground between TS2 difficulty and TS4 difficulty. I feel like I have to try way too hard to kill sims in TS4, which ruins the fun a little bit. I want to occasionally be surprised by the game, and that never happens.

"cyncie;c-18076771" wrote:

"Oldeseadogge;c-18076755" wrote:
There is no one size fits all. We all have different play styles, so it is a good thing there are different Sims options to choose from.

Agree, which is why comparing the games in terms of “better” or “best” is problematic to me. Some want challenge and a chance of defeat. Others want a canvas for their own imaginations. I’m in the latter category, so S2 was always getting in my way. That doesn’t mean I think S4 is better. It’s a different game for a different play style.

Depends on what exactly you are comparing.

Overall? Yea, that's subjective and just leads to needless arguing as no one is wrong or eight in which is overall better

But if you go down to the pieces is where one will be better than the others.

But since we all play differently, those pieces have different weights on how we view the game as a whole and which is better overall.