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OldeSimsFan
6 years agoSeasoned Ace
"catloverplayer;c-17351440" wrote:"Sk8rblaze;c-17350381" wrote:"Oldeseadogge;c-17349911" wrote:
I've been playing TS2 since it came out and am still finding new things. That team knew how to pay attention to the details, even the little ones, and make a well-crafted game. More like a work of art than something mass produced. They cared! If the present team does, then the upper management does not, otherwise TS4 would be TS2 on steroids.
It's crazy how The Sims 2 still holds up even to this day.
Sure, the fashion trends are a little different now than they were in 2005, and that's reflected by the CAS options in-game, but that doesn't matter to me at all. I still play it because it focused on all the right things that makes sense in a Sims game. Life simulation and balanced game design, detailed gameplay, smart Sims that develop as you play them, and great game progression remains unmatched by the successor titles.
Problem with TS2 though is townies didnt age. Also if you didnt play your Sims parents and played their children the children become elders before their parents. TS2 was perfect except for that aspect.
Which is part of the point - players have control there. TS2 delivers what 4 only promises. Sure it has flaws and imperfections, but it's old school sims play - detailed, gutsy, funny, unexpected, fully customizable, and our game. To the topic, not only was there the slow dancing, but even the other kind looked more like dancing than the TS4 style. Just standing around waving a cell phone is not dancing.