What's your favorite TS2 feature?

I LOVE sim reactions. When my sim got dumped in the street after abduction #3, the whole family rushed outside to greet him. Only his human son worried, the rest of the family (human wife + 2 alien daughters... poor dude) just pointed and laughed at him falling on his butt.

I also like the idle animations according to their personalities, like the lazy slouch. They're more subtle and realistic than 3/4. Similarly, I like when your sims will slowly stomp their way to do a task if they don't actually want to do it. Lazy/sloppy sims on house cleaning day are verrryy relateable.

Children in the Sims 2 are ADORABLE. The way they dance on older sims' toes, can get swung around, show off to their friends, play unique games with other children, run to greet their parents, and show off their report card if it's good are all so endearing and make the life state feel so realistically fleshed out.

The sims in TS2 are beautiful and I really love BV and OFB. I also like that you can build mega hoods.

Watch for family interactions (like young adult siblings scolding their siblings for breaking things or parental anxiety when a little one isn't feeling well, or sibling rivalry or hero worship... so cute)

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17486889" wrote:
My favorite feature is the story album where you can type and add photos to slides. I used to write my own books in there (Well as far as the character count would take me). I only wish it had a little editor in there for bold,italic, and no character limit. I had so many stories *glossy eyed stare in the distance*

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I'm showing my age here (Even my username has stood the test of time haha) but back in the day, when the sims 2 specifically had a website, you could upload your stories for people to read! It was one of my favourite past times as a kid! The Sims 2 forums and the story telling on that page was second to none, and had a community like no other, I really miss it!

Amen to that! Lack of it is a major downer for me with both TS3 & 4. A great opportunity missed. There may no longer be a place to share, but I'm still happily using my household albums..