The Comparison Thread

"Cinebar;c-17236571" wrote:
Sims may think of someone long since dead or someone they want to see right at that moment or even if that Sim is in the area. To me thought bubbles were a great tool for me in TS2. It told me what they were thinking at that very moment and sometimes often suprised me.

I can vouch for this 100%. In my most played family on TS2, which is a legacy family, my own Sim as part of the first generation built a Servo whilst my friend (who was my roommate) actually got married and started the family off. My Servo, Roberto, went on to watch over the family for countless generations. Point being, eight generations in when Roberto visited the family memorial lot for the first time, the first grave he visited was mine. Servo's are perfect examples of how effective memories really were, seeing as they lived forever. His memory panel is like an encyclopaedia on the family at this point.

Thought bubbles really were quite something, you could learn a great deal about both your own Sims and other Sims simply by paying attention to them.

"Cinebar;c-17236571" wrote:
Games Sims played in TS2 were real games, they had a beginning, a middle and an end. Chess, pool, and other such games were literally real and developers talked about how they implemented those to particular outcomes, and how many versions of an outcome etc. And it may depend on the Sim who is playing, too. Unlike bowling in TS4 which is mainly a set of animations.

This! In TS2 you could watch a game of chess or pool from start to finish - every single individual move. That's what made it particularly interesting if you were playing with a grouchy Sim because you could see how they would try and cheat sometimes.

You mention how players of TS4 have been asking for the gender preference system. I for one would have added it as part of the pride update. It would have had an actual impact on gameplay, unlike clothing or a wall decoration. Actual gameplay, actual representation, not just fluff.