TS2 is HARD!

Time needs to stand still so you can sneak out child free for a few hours and no one will ever notice you left. Much needed for ones sanity

"bamcam30;12482289" wrote:
Wow, I never knew people thought the Sims 2 was hard...

I wouldn't say that it's hard, but it IS harder than TS3. Just as TS1 was harder than TS2. I love TS2. I've just finished removing TS1 and 3 from my PC. I still play TS2.

In The Sims my first sim died completely by accident he caught fire, and it was hilarious to watch. More funny was trying to move a sim into that now haunted lot lol! Sims2 My first family death was before College came out and the father died of old age and I actually cried cus I go so attached to that family. That house was a bawling mess when he died and I swear the mama went nuts after he died and then I deleted the bed...

What bugs me the most about Sims 2 is how temperamental the Energy bar can be. I'll go to bed at 10pm, wake up fully rested at 3am and be exhausted by 1pm. It's impossible to have any kind of normal sleeping pattern.

"SimChelle1982;773595" wrote:
I know this isn't TS4 related but there is no TS2 forum anymore. Anyway, I forgot how hard TS2 is! Playing last night and today for the first time in years and wow! My current family consists of two parents and two kids, one toddler, one newborn. Yikes!! It's impossible to keep motives up without cheats and forget having time to make friends to earn promotions! And that's with the mom being a stay at home mom! Only the dad is working. I have to say, as much as I love TS3, everyone here was right. Overall, TS2 is better. It's more challenging, takes more effort, and has far more engaging gameplay. I really hope TS4 is as good. :)

Now go play TS1 and see how easy everything really was in TS2. For reals. Just try and make a friend in TS1. LOL

Sims 2 is the BEST SIMS EVER

The game and stories produced are so much more interesting when crap hits the fan.

I loved that about TS2 and when the social rabbit and Dr. came I couldn't figure out who my sim was talking to till I clicked on her

"bethany1552;12482403" wrote:
I know right! It took getting used to but once I got the hang of it the depth of it is great. I feel like I can enjoy each game for what it is and play which ever suits my mood. While "harder" it is also worth it.

This exactly! I am thankful to have both the different Sims games and be able to play them when i am in the mood. They are all quite different from each other. But truly, Sims 3 could play itself, my Sims just never had death related accidents, except for bug related types, like vampires from other houses dying at my parties because they were too dumb to get plasma from the fridge.

Glad I'm not the only one! When I say "hard", I mean it in the best sense of the word. It takes effort! There are many things I really love about TS3 but if I walked away, leaving it playing, I would probably come back to find my sim playing in the sandbox, clapping for no reason, with their motives having only decreased a smidge. In TS2, I could walk away for five minutes and come back to find the whole family dead lol. It really takes more attention, and there is more skill involved. With my TS3 toddlers, every one of them grew up having learned to walk, talk, and use the potty...no problem. In TS2...you basically need 4 adults in the house to even hope to make that happen, haha. And, the house is a filthy mess. Here are some screenshots I took today of poor parents Michael and Melody Bourne who are just trying to get through life with two toddlers (the newborn aged up).

No explanation needed here. lol Mom and Dad are too exhausted to even eat...or to wipe the salad off of their face.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/14838710908_2f2640e288_o.jpgsnapshot_21053a74_21061c92 by SimChelle1982, on Flickr

Ah, poor Michael. He had come home from work during a thunderstorm to find his two toddlers screaming on the porch, and Mom passed out in the rosebushes. He took a deep breath before heading up the stairs...but in that moment...BAM....struck by lighting (an ominous warning? lol)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/15025318645_7e239c5526_o.jpgsnapshot_21053a74_6106415f by SimChelle1982, on Flickr

Just another Monday in TS2 :)