What does sims 2 have that is lacking in sims 4

I forgot one detail in my long winded reply above. I left out the fact that when I save a neighborhood in Sims 2, it is exactly the same when I go back in the next time I want to play. There is no Story Progression or Neighborhood Progression in Sims 2. Sims in the Base Neighborhoods do not carry on their daily lives while I play a Young Adult in University, and vice versa (Young Adults in University do not carry on their college lives while I play the Base Neighborhood).

"EricasFreePlay;c-18077026" wrote:
I forgot one detail in my long winded reply above. I left out the fact that when I save a neighborhood in Sims 2, it is exactly the same when I go back in the next time I want to play. There is no Story Progression or Neighborhood Progression in Sims 2. Sims in the Base Neighborhoods do not carry on their daily lives while I play a Young Adult in University, and vice versa (Young Adults in University do not carry on their college lives while I play the Base Neighborhood).

This is also a feature that i like. i don't have to worry about Polination TEch dying while his daughter is in college!

I keep getting pleasant surprises seeing great animations and new little details. In Sims4, you can run through everything that is possible in one sitting, and then they all start to seem a bit like those toys that do a set number of things when you push different buttons: the play value is very limited. Sims4 sims are less like people and more like simple electronic toys.

Thank you first of all for reading my comment I know I’m years off but it has been about 8 years since Sims 4 was released.I grew up playing Sims all the way from the first sims. I would love to see the Spin Offs to make a comeback actually. Especially Castaway stories I was in love with that one, it can be revamped and I loved the Idea of the survival mode. It was giving virtual villagers vibes and it just had me stuck for hours on end.

"FoxInSocks;c-18096809" wrote:
Chaos! The random things that happen. The social bunny (I can't remember if that was sims 2 or 3) repo man, uhmm..I haven't played in so long so I'm trying to remember. I know that in university there's a cow mascot that comes in and sets the sprinklers off. It was the random npcs for me I guess.

All Sims 2. That cow would set off the sprinklers, prank Sims in the dorm, pick fights. I've tried to a few times to befriend him, but it's hard without a voodoo doll. The llama (who is easy to befriend) is the school's mascot for whichever University you are attending, so clearly the cow is meant to be some other school's mascot.

Oh dear, so many things.

Sims 4 is the best game in regards to graphics and build mode. If you are a builder and/or a story teller-player, sims 4 is the game for you. Sims 2 is the gameplay-game. If you play generations, rotationally, or just simply like _gameplay_ sims 2 is the winner. I think the difference between sims 2 and 4 is like the difference between an IPhone and an android. Sims 4 is the IPhone: it has the beautiful graphics and is more user-friendly, but it is completely restricted and you can’t customize anything. You have pre-made beautiful small sandbox to play in, and as long as your needs don’t stretch beyond that sandbox it’s great, but the minute it does you realize you are very very limited. Sims 2 is the android: not quite as good looking, but man you can do ANYTHING.

I can create any world I want and any number of worlds. I can decorate the neighborhoods to my liking. I can build as many lots I want wherever I want. When I build apartments _they are actual apartments_ and not just a shell with some space in it. They are real buildings with a lobby, 20 floors or more if I want with playable apartments on all of them, a basement with a gym if I want, a rooftop were I can barbecue with my neighbors if I want. The entire building is real and accessible.

I can set the seasons for all the hoods. I can build my own dorms. I can control everything to my liking, which is something I never feel like I can do in sims 4.

And the gameplay. The lack of proper memories is something I can never get over with sims 3 and 4. Wants and fears. Animations. Personalities. Realistic aspirations. Some challenge to keeping them happy (though nowadays I find it too easy).

"IamJ;c-18165829" wrote:
Oh dear, so many things.

Sims 4 is the best game in regards to graphics and build mode. If you are a builder and/or a story teller-player, sims 4 is the game for you. Sims 2 is the gameplay-game. If you play generations, rotationally, or just simply like _gameplay_ sims 2 is the winner. I think the difference between sims 2 and 4 is like the difference between an IPhone and an android. Sims 4 is the IPhone: it has the beautiful graphics and is more user-friendly, but it is completely restricted and you can’t customize anything. You have pre-made beautiful small sandbox to play in, and as long as your needs don’t stretch beyond that sandbox it’s great, but the minute it does you realize you are very very limited. Sims 2 is the android: not quite as good looking, but man you can do ANYTHING.

I can create any world I want and any number of worlds. I can decorate the neighborhoods to my liking. I can build as many lots I want wherever I want. When I build apartments _they are actual apartments_ and not just a shell with some space in it. They are real buildings with a lobby, 20 floors or more if I want with playable apartments on all of them, a basement with a gym if I want, a rooftop were I can barbecue with my neighbors if I want. The entire building is real and accessible.

I can set the seasons for all the hoods. I can build my own dorms. I can control everything to my liking, which is something I never feel like I can do in sims 4.

And the gameplay. The lack of proper memories is something I can never get over with sims 3 and 4. Wants and fears. Animations. Personalities. Realistic aspirations. Some challenge to keeping them happy (though nowadays I find it too easy).

I can see from your post that I have barely scratched the Sims2 surface and have a lot to discover! Thanks!

> @ignominiusrex said:
> I can see from your post that I have barely scratched the Sims2 surface and have a lot to discover! Thanks!

Love to be of service! So fun to see people get in to sims 2 for the first time ?

Gameplay and the ability to play rotational without the game itself messing up your sims! I still love Sims 2 though I haven't played in a while. I have a vacation coming up and am thinking of returning to Sims 2 as I am not happy with the changes in Sims 4. I enjoy Sims 4, but the new update has me worried that playing rotationally will be even more of a mess. I do enjoy the gameplay in Sims 4, especially the occults, the active jobs, and everything the sims can do in the game. The obsessive phone behavior, the wants and fears, and all the many bugs right now have turned me away from the game. I may return if they fix it because I do miss the gameplay, but I don't have much hope the all the issues will be fixed. The more I read on the forums about problems with relationship and other changes in households that have been played but aren't the active at the moment, really concerns me as a rotational player. It makes me sad. But on the bright side, I still have all of my Sims 2 and I feel that out of Sims 2, 3, and 4 Sims 2 is the best! Yes, graphics and building is much better in 4, and I enjoy building and the beautiful setting, but the personality of Sims 2, and the gameplay itself, cannot be beat. Wants and fears in Sims 2 adds to the gameplay and makes more sense than those in Sims 4, and allows you to choose which wants and fears you want for your sim. I am looking forward to returning to Sims 2 and can't wait to play with my old friends and be able to send a group of friends to college agaiin and play with all of them while there! That was another big disappointment for me with University in Sims 4. The gameplay makes it difficult to play rotationally or to play with more than one sim in college. Another week and I will have the peace and quiet and time to play!

So many small details. The other day on Twitter, I posted this video of TS2 'Stuff face' interaction.

https://twitter.com/MarianaF53/status/1554887267902185474