My Favourite Things About The Sims 2 (That Are Not In Other Games)

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  • @anastasiia5103
    @anastasiia5103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I totally agree that the subhoods system and the ability to create custom hoods are absolute game-changers! Also, I think that sims from sims 2 are the most beautiful and unique-looking. But my favorite thing is that there are tiny-tiny gameplay details. Like when your sim comes home, and their kid greets them with a hug

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That interaction is the cutest🥺 also how parents sometimes randomly go tuck their kids in while they sleep

    • @leslie2149
      @leslie2149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CozyPixels Tuck in is one of my favorite interactions parents do. My heart melts every time!

    • @gdust6579
      @gdust6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea if you think Goopy Gilscarbo is beautiful. ts3 sims are way better looking >_>

  • @Keriiinka
    @Keriiinka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The missing wants and fears are a reason I can't stick to Sims 4 lol

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Exactly my feelings, without them how am I supposed to know what my dear pixel people want to do?🥺

    • @Rekowcski
      @Rekowcski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      How to play sims 4: make household, build house, rinse repeat
      How to play sims 2: play a bunch of households with crazy relationships and family trees, and fulfill their lives

    • @natwel1544
      @natwel1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have whims, just like wants,

    • @Rekowcski
      @Rekowcski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      whims have not been added for years, they're they same for every sim, and they come disabled by default

  • @catchyalata777
    @catchyalata777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I am 100% with you on Sims 2 memories! It was so strange to me that EA chose to alter that system so radically in The Sims 3. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

    • @natwel1544
      @natwel1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In sims 3 they decline a romantic interaction if they have a partner. They don’t in the sims 2. Or in the sims 2 if they sleep around they get jealous of other partners. Somebody wrote a mod for this.

    • @OmenaOmega
      @OmenaOmega 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@natwel1544 yeah the romance system is quite basic and lacks realism and individual fine-tuning. But it doesnt have anything to do with the memories

  • @AniBats
    @AniBats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I agree 100% I hadn't even thought about the subhoods but that's a really good point! I think I take them for granted, but you're right, they're not in the later games and they are amazing.
    I think the biggest thing for me is whatever magic they did to make every single sim feel unique and alive. I cannot get that same experience from any of the other games.
    Really nice casual video 🥰 And I love that sweater on you, very pretty!

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much Ani!! 🥰🥺

  • @dmckim3174
    @dmckim3174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The wants & fears along with memories really create the sim's personality. Also, autonomous actions based on personality really differentiate sims from each other too.

  • @TheUltimateGamer04
    @TheUltimateGamer04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I completely agree with you, I moved on Sims 2 like 4 years ago and I don't want to go back and play the other games anymore lol. I feel like the Sims 2 is complete for me and I don't need new useless and boring packs so I'm fine with it

  • @jesaea
    @jesaea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I couldn't agree more. Another thing that I miss are the interest and hobby system because they make the Sim more unique, not to mention that they choose their one true hobby by themselves and their interests as well but you can alter them with magazines, which is something that I miss A LOT but I get it that no one barely reads them now.
    I also miss the whole customization that The Sims 2 offers, like create custom paintings with my own photos or create a desert hood with a concrete university attached to it if I want to.
    A minor thing that I miss is the fact that you have to buy landline phones in order to get calls, and if I want a specific Sim to have a cellphone too they need to buy it first. This way no one gets a free phone and I can safely create a realistic Medieval or Castaway Hood.

    • @jesaea
      @jesaea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I want to make an honorable mention towards autonomous reaction (neat sims occasionally clean up windows, playful sims slide ladders instead of walk, lazy sims spin slowly while active sims spin quickly when they change) + if I order a slob Sim to clean up they will look annoyed by that action lol (same like nice Sims who have to do mean interaction, shy Sims who have to interact with a stranger etc)

  • @plastichouseplant
    @plastichouseplant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I agree with all of these. Others I miss are the cutscenes, the more spicy romantic interactions like the sofa makeout and goosing, and the personality/attraction system in general. I feel like TS2's personality system made for more unique feeling sims than the traits system does.

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, how could I forget the cutscenes! And yeah I definitely agree with the spicy romantic interactions, I find it weird how in The Sims 4 adult sims often act like teens when having their first kids, etc.

    • @gdust6579
      @gdust6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i found the personality sliders in ts2 to not really affect how the sim generally acted very much. itd be like having 12 traits (neat freak vs slob , etc) while ts3 has like 100 traits

  • @jessy7550
    @jessy7550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I absolutely agree with you about subhoods! I love the ability to create worlds they way we want with some separation. I also love the fears. I know my fears play a role into how I behave. You’ve made lots of great points!

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Definitely agree about fears haha, such a crucial part of life!

  • @diegohernandezramirez2642
    @diegohernandezramirez2642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In the Sims 3 there are automatic memories, but they are generated for everything they do and they clog the game. Also Sims don't react or reminisce on them like they did in the Sims 2.

    • @corvigae
      @corvigae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, and idk if it's just my game or not but they're also kinda broken. I get a "new memory" of "meeting a vampire/celebrity/etc." nearly every single time one of my sims interacts with someone they ALREADY KNOW who's a vampire/celebrity/etc. It gets SO annoying, like yes, your dad is a celebrity, and this is the fifth time you've noticed this.

    • @jesaea
      @jesaea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@corvigae it's not only your game unfortunately... 😥

    • @jesaea
      @jesaea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kabotynka there's Lot Debugger which has a feature to eliminate all gossip throughout the hood or No Sim Loaded which denies rumours so Sims cannot gossip (I use them both)

  • @popemaria
    @popemaria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The interconnected worlds/neighbourhoods of TS4 are not only unrealistic, but also make it near impossible to play a themed or historical game. I don't have the time or nerve to edit hundreds of townies to fit in with whatever theme I've chosen on the off chance that they'll walk by one day. And I don't want constant festival notifications when I'm playing a Mediaeval village. It would just be nice to at least have the option to choose which worlds you want connected at any given time if actual custom hoods aren't possible.
    And yeah, a proper want and fear system would really help make TS4 more interesting in the long run. Although that would also require a lot of changes to traits and emotions; in my experience too many of the whims are just emotion-based or just single interactions with other sims, nothing that drives the "story" forward.

    • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
      @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy ปีที่แล้ว

      the biggest joke of it all is that people like you exist who even bother to "play" this cursed garbage so called Sims4

  • @nightrider_
    @nightrider_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    %100 agree with Subhoods. I don't think it's talked about enough but I think it needs to brought forward in the community. Wonderful video! You are very entartaining to watch!

  • @sybah2180
    @sybah2180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It is comforting to know that even though I'm practically in prison, the shadow ruler of our world chose to create that prison in the best available simulation engine.

    • @gdust6579
      @gdust6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what does that mean?

  • @divineeegoddess
    @divineeegoddess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You're so sweet! I really enjoy listening to you,I like it when people list what they like about sims 2,it makes me really interested playing the game and find out its 4 am and I'm super interested in my sims game lol,I also like how you dont bash the recent games like 3 and 4 ,subscribed!🌼

  • @grazynawolska8160
    @grazynawolska8160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nraas Traveler Mod for sims 3 let's you travel to other hoods same way you travel in world adventures. So you can live in Riverview and go to Bridgeport on vacation and vice versa.

  • @sorrowsprite
    @sorrowsprite ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the memories system is amazing, the sims 3 memories was bad, and getting rid of memories in sims 4 was the worst. whims are terrible, and they just gave up with whims altogether, so lazy and no thought behind it, wants and fears and memories was what made the sims fun and taking away all that just makes it boring, to this day i dont know what the hell they were thinking

  • @harmmillsullah606
    @harmmillsullah606 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel is so interesting. It taught me things I never knew! I have never played the sims 2 but I have 37 CDs waiting for my computer to arrive. Your channel is great and I hope more people see it.

  • @iirachelmadness8677
    @iirachelmadness8677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I agree with everything you said! Especially with the wants play style thing I do the same like with the homework I think it's realistic to have your sims do it even if they don't want to.

  • @joandsarah77
    @joandsarah77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't make everything want based but mostly. I also have motivation levels (neatness+Activity-playfulness) so how much wants matter depends on my sims motivation level.

  • @ImPaperFace
    @ImPaperFace 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You accent is adorable. And I mean this in a kind way. Really cute haha

  • @mellisvids
    @mellisvids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They saw how well Sims 2 did and the Expansions and wanted to make a new game that had some of the expansion stuff they learned but they took away things in Sims 3 because it wasn't possible to program what the Sims 2 became. I liked the ability to jump around a neighborhood to grow the neighborhood.

  • @Helda_Ilweranta
    @Helda_Ilweranta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am LONGING for an ability in Sims 4 to CHOOSE which hood would be in your save! I want my vampire-only or magician-only saves without a need to firstly clean all the hoods, and than to ignore them the rest of the time!

  • @vampyress83
    @vampyress83 ปีที่แล้ว

    i agree..but i miss the cheat items from the sims 2 like the sims modder and the tombstone of life and death the most..and also am not sure about others..but i like the fact that in sims 2..when we pause the game..we can return to where we left while in the sims 4..everytime i return to the game after pausing and saving, it does not start from when i paused and saved the game..so it left me frustrated a bit to see my sims in ts4 have aged, married n ad have kods despite that i have paused the game when i left it

  • @kiwifruitkl
    @kiwifruitkl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Currently, I have The Sims 1, 2, 3, and 4 all installed on one PC.
    I hardly ever play The Sims 1. The Sims 2 was my first game from The Sims Franchise, and having played that one and The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, The Sims 1 feels like the most boring game ever.
    I actually do like The Sims 4 for the sake of novelty, but after going through the careers or aspirations, the game doesn't seem to have much replay value for me. It's been there, done that, moving on.
    So in actuality, I just play The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection and The Sims 3. The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection may have all expansion packs and stuff packs to the Sims 2, but it runs very smoothly on my PC, and I just play it because it's more expansive than the disks that I own (I didn't own much prior to the UC). I also play that one because the UC version on Origin is compatible with Windows 10. But my gameplay sessions of The Sims 2 have become shorter and shorter, because I'm primarily engaged with The Sims 3.
    For me, currently, The Sims 3 is the game that never ends. I can create tons of scenarios/storylines in the Sim Bios and Household Descriptions, and that really provides a focus for the entire save file.
    But, there are some challenges that are best done in TS2, in my opinion, such as the Build-A-City Challenge. Any challenge that involves rotational gameplay is best done in TS2.

  • @zigaudrey
    @zigaudrey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sims 2 knows what make a life-sim game a life-sim.

  • @Kezia_Pratiwi
    @Kezia_Pratiwi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love sims 2 but i dont know how to install mod because every tutorial download sims 2 from origin and the file they show is so different. I dont know what to do and i dont have someone to ask.

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi! I'd recommend checking out reddit.com/r/sims2help and my video on how to make the sims 2 run on windows 10 :)

    • @Kezia_Pratiwi
      @Kezia_Pratiwi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CozyPixels thanks i will look at it btw i can download sims 2 because i look at your video thank you very much. It helps a lot.

  • @NawiTheCore
    @NawiTheCore ปีที่แล้ว

    This was such a weird video as someone who loves both The Sims 2 and 3. Most of the things you're listing are present in 3:
    - Memories are generated automatically when an important event takes place. They can be positive or negative. It's more or less like The Sims 2 memory system.
    - Wishes in The Sims 3 are actually better than wants in TS2. There are at least 4 times more wishes than wants, and they are more situational than in TS2.
    - There special objects as lifetime rewards in The Sims 3: food replicate, hover bed, body sculptor, mood manager, collections manager, teleporter, etc.
    - The Sims 3 has the Create-A-World Tool which is more powerful than anything The Sims 2 has. It allows you to create worlds exactly like the ones made by Maxis. There's also an in-game editor that allows you do put lot wherever you want, place neighborhood decoration, etc.
    - Overall, there are more things to buy in The Sims 3 than in 2. You can buy recipes (you don't learn all of them automatically), you can music scores, you can buy second hand items, you can buy relics. There are also clothing stores with Into the Future (although you don't need to buy anything).

  • @PhantomHouseplant2018
    @PhantomHouseplant2018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven't played the Sims 2 yet, so I don't actually know if it's a thing, but I just want to take my WHOLE Sims family to the park and such lol that means the baby too. I hate that the babies in Sims 4 are objects. I know they aren't objects in Sims 2 but can you take them off the lot?

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi! Unfortunately babies cannot be taken off lot as far as I know, but maybe there's a mod that allows that 😊

    • @PhantomHouseplant2018
      @PhantomHouseplant2018 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CozyPixels Thank you for the reply! ❤️

  • @aviendha1154
    @aviendha1154 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you think of the new fear system in 4?

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the idea was great, the execution unfortunately terrible as with most features in The Sims 4. Unfortunately with the broken base there's only so much they can do

    • @blankuser987
      @blankuser987 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CozyPixels I totally agree, I really like the idea of your sims developing fears after something happening in their lives, but some of the fears are just broken (cough cough, unfulfilled dreams and dead end job, cough cough) it ended up with me just downloading a mod to completely block out fears because it just made my sims miserable 24/7

  • @natwel1544
    @natwel1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1.Sprinkler [Uni Pack]
    2.Gardening Servo [OFB+Seasons]
    3.Juicer [seasons]
    4.The shop [run your own business] is far better than other games. The others you drag to inventory and sell to mystery buyer :( . In sims 2 you can buy directly off suppliers in sims 3 there is a middle man.
    You can get sleepy hollow or baking station in sims 3. It isn’t as good as the sims 2. In sims 2 you can sell ANYTHING. The bakers stand you can sell food, the system is faulty. With the toy shop you can’t sell crafted items, or discovered items like rocks or gems, in other words I want sims to sell what can’t be found in the catalogue.
    In sims 3, memories are added in big events, I turned them off.
    I prefer the sims 4 , that you can travel to worlds no problem, the loading time is like the sims 2, where the loading screen is to go to the shop, or the sims 2 where there is a loading screen to go to a shopping parlour. I want sims to go to a shop or another town without loading screen, I understand hardware limitations. So I don’t mind them loading a town as a sim can travel. It’s best to have 3 residential area and 1 shopping district. With some locals shops in each residential.

  • @morenaandreu9318
    @morenaandreu9318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Okey, how about a game with the music of the first sims (the best soundtrack), the small details that makes the game so much more real in the sims 2 (having to call the delivery man, otherwise you won't have food, have no clothes if you don't go buy some, have actual money to pay with and an animation with it, etc.), the build mode in the sims 3 (being able to decide and personalize your furniture, walls, and everything that comes with building a home) and the grpahics of the sims 4?

  • @mavisyong2303
    @mavisyong2303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Mavis 😁🥰

  • @sarahk9131
    @sarahk9131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really do feel like the Sims 2 sims had the most personality. Sims 3 was nice with the range of traits you could choose from that actually impacted gameplay as well. I really wish we could go back to the TS1 and TS2 style of adding personality points but also integrate the TS3 with special characteristics like kleptomaniac, absent-minded, etc. that would make for really fun and unpredictable gameplay. TS4 is too easy and simplistic. Every sim acts exactly the same with over exaggerated animations which the TS2 did so well and TS4 is just too much. The open world in the Sims 3 is really near and dear to my heart because I love exploring, but even just exploring the neighbourhood and scaled back to just visiting nearby houses without a loading screen would be the best. I like to see what other sims are up to and I want them involved in my stories. Playing with just one household and not wanting to leave the lot because the same four sims show up to community lots isn't a good time. I liked sending my sims all over town and just letting them meet and interact with whoever naturally. I want NPCs back and lore more than anything. TS2 lore was so much fun to play with. I remember being ten and just playing the base game no expansions (because I couldn't afford it) but there was so much to do without the expansions that it didn't matter. I only played the expansions as an adult but we need a game that's fully fleshed out from the start so badly.
    I really love the shopping aspect too! I'd always take my sims to get their wedding dresses and new outfits for life changes. It would be fun to bring back the stylist and have hair dressers and barbers some day. I remember hearing a rumour that hair would grow for sims in TS4 and finding out it wasn't true. :( Anyway, TS2 was an amazing game and I'd happily return to it when Mac comes out with a complete collection.

  • @leslie2149
    @leslie2149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the whole system of dating in the Sims 2. When I first played Sims 3 and had my sim go out on a date I was disappointed because they got to go inside a restaurant while I'm stuck out on the sidewalk waiting for them to finish. I really hated that. I like all the little flirty things you can do with your date even while eating, like holding hands or offering them a bite of your food (or stealing theirs). You can even blow them a kiss! Of course there's always the danger of Mrs. Crumplebotton spotting you indulging in a little PDA and then smacking you with her purse but that's really part of the fun.
    Sims 2 memories are great and they're so fun to go back and see what's all happened in a sims life. My only complaint with the memory system is when I have children getting memories of cousins passing every semester of college, getting married, etc, when they've never met them!
    One of the neatest things about wants and fears is how they are actually tied to things that happen in the game. I had a sim get electrocuted once trying to fix the microwave. His son, who was a child, saw this. Next thing I know the boy has rolled a fear of his father dying and he had not rolled a want like that before. AW!

    • @natwel1544
      @natwel1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      With sims 3 you can select “dine with date” or “dine with group”

  • @tudorc1054
    @tudorc1054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg first 🤩 I'm never first to anything 😂 Haven't even watched the video yet, but I bet it'll be good and I love the idea!

    • @CozyPixels
      @CozyPixels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha, thank you dear I hope you'll enjoy! 😁

  • @nejdalej
    @nejdalej 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tried playing Sims 4 and although some quality of life fixers were there, and the Aspirations were a lot better, the game is boring. You cant create your own neighbourhood, which is a huge part of the appeal to The Sims for me. I just play Sims 2 with a whole bunch of mods and cheats lol x

  • @keg10609
    @keg10609 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with all of these.

  • @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs
    @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you would do really great if you tried other games like for example ark survival evolved or something a little different and includes more interactions with your fans.

  • @Lina-uk7ss
    @Lina-uk7ss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everybody has their favorite game, and each game is different - certain things are in sims 2 but so many are not!
    Recently I got hyped to play sims 2 because of nostalgia and all the videos like this one convincing that sims 2 is the best So, I did it - first, spent entire two days downloading all the mods to make it work and even have basic features (like fixing the frozen time nonsense)... At first, it was fun but really quickly I realized how many things this game lacks and that all that is left is the nostalgia that runs out of its course after a few hours. And now I am back to sims 3 and 4 because sims 2 is just plain boring to me.
    Moreover, after coming back to sims 2 myself all these comparison videos and sims 2 fans seem like they want to convince the entire world that sims 2 is superior while in fact it isn't and the advantages presented are often misleading, wrong, or just personal opinions.
    In any case, happy simming to everyone! It's great to have different versions of the game not for seeing shortcomings of other versions but to be able to choose your cup of tea and have fun with it :)

  • @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs
    @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you should play ark survival evolved and you can tame and raise dinosaurs plus build bases, houses, etc

    • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
      @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy ปีที่แล้ว

      ARC?! you have to be joking, I yet have to see a version of that game that is actually playable and isn't cursed even when I look at it let alone give a damn and waste my life to play it.

  • @algarvestrikk
    @algarvestrikk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Genetics!

  • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
    @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really exhausting to even think about it anymore. Give me Sims2 with the open world of Sims3 (that actually works) and as of Sims4 there is nothing worthy about it at all perhaps the building system and body sliders but even then you need cheats and mods on top of that to even make something worth a while, other then that no thanks.
    TS2 was amazing, TS3 open world was inviting but was unplayable, sims looked awful in there that is all I remember, same goes for 4, overall 4 have no actual coherent content nor anything that speaks volumes.
    Think if I ever start playing games again and in this case Sims it probably will be old console versions or just TS2 on PC, don't care for anything else.

  • @duda4768
    @duda4768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🇧🇷❤

  • @gdust6579
    @gdust6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like traits in ts3 better than ts2 personality sliders. i think ts3 sims do have more unique personalities and their CAS looks is alot better. hard core ts2 fans thought ts3 sims look too doughy. i disagree. ts3 is more realistic graphically, the open world especially. seasons are the best in ts3. is the best looking and the best part of the game that made adventure EPs, jobs like firefighter, and collecting stuff like gems, fishing, scrapyard etc so fun. there was so much ts3 had cuz of open world. then making ur own world in CAW is endless. ts3 was most immersive sims game imho... ts2 tho has the best storytelling like i played pleasantview all my middle school days, i had fun having all the sims in pleasantview grow up. ts3 did not have such immersive default story characters. ts2 also OFB was one of the coolest EPs. the graphics sucked tho but theres nostalgia i got when i was a kid in the early 00s. also afaik in ts3 you got to buy ingredients to cook at the rabbithole grocery