I think this challenge would be really cool in reverse too, i.e. building a house in sims 4 and trying to recreate it as close as possible in the previous games
TS2 was such a jump from TS1 that as a kid I had literal dreams about it before it came out. And I vividly remember that one dream even though I'm in my late 20s - it was about being able to build basements (gasp) and zooming all the way on the sims and seeing every detail of them (gasp!). And then at school we had heated discussions about how "sims will have to actually learn recipes before they can cook anything!" and how hard surely the game will be! They were very, very fun times :D TS1 was my first sims game, but TS2 will forever have a huge place in my heart, because it was such a great part of my childhood (and such a great game! Only love for TS2.)
I'm probably slightly younger than you and I will mention that I had the same experience with TS3! I had dreams about it before it came out and being able to choose my own swatches in CAS! TS2 will always have that same special place in my heart though.
@@MellowJelly i also went from 1 to 3 and in the meantime my friend who had sims 2 was describing how awesome the game is, including some bullshit like: my dog jumped from the second floor to the pool :D
Made me think about my memory. It was the biggest jump between Sims 1 & Sims 2. I remember the anticipation during the installation. I was waiting for my turn to play Sims 2 (my brother installed it on his gaming computer). He played around with Build Mode, all the while, I was waiting for him to start his night shift at the warehouse. As soon as he left for work, he let me play the game, and it felt like the best thing ever. 3D Camera, zoom ins, and new social interactions. I didn't realize how long I had been playing until I heard his keys jingling on the door and there was daylight outside the windows. He already worked his whole night shift.
This could almost be a game of telephone, where someone builds a house in the Sims 1, then another builds and interprets it in the Sims 2, then again for the Sims 3 and 4, and in the end you compare the Sims 4 house to the original one
I prefer the system in The Sims 3, but I will accept the swatch system from The Sims 2. The fact that a door frame is separate from its glass panel is just utterly superb compared to The Sims 4. I also miss the days where you could paint the foundation. I've played The Sims 1-3, but I haven't really played with The Sims 4.
Haha. I noticed it too but I was more bothered that the left climbing vine is sideways and not on the wall. But the imperfections make the next build funnier- like the random bush out front and missing window in the kitchen.
The dollhouses in sims 2 were soo much smaller and better than sims4, why do they make everything so darn big? 😂 anyway I’m glad you included the whole build and decorating because it’s safe to say we love your videos. 💙👍🏼
@@elorinnes.9187 yees, I remember how surprised I was for a second, still being used to the Sims 2 small teddy bear and I click on it and its gigantic!
In my memory the Sims 2 is kind of, still, the perfect game and I have so many great memories of the game and my sims and I felt like the options were unlimited, the sky is the limit and such - then my computer died and I stopped playing Sims altogether and skipped S3 until I started playing the Sims 4 last march and by now, seeing this, I think the build mode would make me absolutely furious :D the Sims 4 build mode really is SO much easier and user friendly. By now I probably would flip my table if I had to rebuild the whole lot because of one tile because I am used to just grab the whole lot anf move it over. And there is so much more furniture in the Sims 4. Were there really so few fridges in the Sims 2?!?
Sims 4 is a builder’s game. Sims 2 is a player’s game. If you just want to play a building simulator, then 4 is the one for you. Sims 2 was designed with actual good gameplay in mind, not building endless houses. Its gameplay is 1000x better than Sims 4 to this day.
@@HerHollyness exactly!!! I could spend days playing Sims 2 and wishing for the next day to come so I could play again lol my families, their interactions and growth, all of what the Sims 4 is lacking. I love Sims 4 building and designing, but it lacks so much of that human touch from the Sims 2
@@Teyanna. Yeah, I saw early work on that and it's impressive from a programming standpoint, but it wasn't user friendly. But, you know...early stuff. Hopefully will get better.
I remember in Sims 2 you could import maps from Sim City 4 into the game, that was a game changer. There were loads of custom neighborhoods to choose from but if you had a specific idea for a neighborhood you could literally build one from scratch.
DOLLHOUSE TIP: In the Sims 4, you can scale down the dollhouse and it will still work because they technically don’t play with the dollhouse. They play with the dolls in front of it. Enjoy xx 🙂
It's so much fun seeing the little differences in build and buy modes through the years. We really are spoiled with Sims 4 build tools... Except for the color swatches, of course. You are 100% right, they should've copied the Sims 2 color tool at the very least for things like beds, sofas and paintings. Also: how sweet are the animations in Sims 2? We got like 1 min. of the Renrut family and we got two super cute moments. I swear those sims felt more alive...
yes, in the sims 2 they drove their own stories more without needing to use your imagination. i do love imagining things about my sims 3 sims, though. i think theyre both fun ways to play bit of a long winded off topic-ish thing incoming: i think if i had to choose parts of each game's sims to make the sims 5, id choose the personality of sims 2, wants and fears system, and relationship system. the appearance customization of sims 3, and the walk/gender/sexuality etc. customization from the sims 4, moodlet/specific mood system, and some sims 4 outfits and things that all might make a sim thats much too complex but idk, seems fun also let sims die more easily ffs
though aside from the sims 3 color wheel i think my opinion of cas and how the sims look being better is just a personal preference, i like the less cartoony style. OH but a mix of sims 2 and sims 3 pet customization would be great (sims 2 for shape of pet model, sims 3 for detailed marking placement and colors)
You know, a pack like Dream Home Decorator would have been a *perfect* opportunity to reintroduce Sims 2 style swatches (recolouring different parts of the object). Sigh. Yet another missed opportunity...
@@Stukov961 Absolutely! Maybe for the final DLC, they'll put all those features together into The Sims 4 Missed Opportunities Pack. Seems like a fitting way to wrap up so many years of mediocre bite-sized content.
Its like a cut back version of Sims 3 Ambitions it seems. Sims 4 needs the stylist career for townies tbh. There's so much that would put Sims 4 at the level of past games, but they never fail to let us all down.
Same, sims 2 is special. But very quirky. It'll always be my favorite. I did have some fun with the sims 4 though, but it's not the same even with the quality of life building stuff. Live mode is better in sims 2.
The Sims 2 was my LIFE for YEARS when it first came out! I got the all-packs bundle for free on Origin a few years back and I’m so happy I can go relive my childhood every once in a while 💕
I think you should be able to take a few creative liberties when moving between games! rather than trying to exactly recreate your first build and limiting yourself to the tools in ts1
For all that we complain about Sims 4, they sure made some things a lot easier when it comes to building. I forgot how difficult it could be in 2. I do prefer 2's swatches and 3's cast though.
This one was such a delight to watch, Sims 2 is the game I played most of the Sims games & I have the most memories with so it was nice seeing this, brought me back. It's still my favorite of the Sims games. One thing I do recall is that like every lot I placed, it ended up on uneven land so I remember flattening it out like almost every time I went in for a build which was annoying to do but younger me also sucked at doing builds so maybe having the different elevations was a good thing? I just remember not liking it back when I was a teenager playing the game. Still, loved placing the lots, when I first played the Sims 3, I thought you could still do that & was ticked off that it wouldn't let me. I always would move my family to the lot first, do the motherlode cheat for Sims 2 & later, rosebud for Sims 1, & then have all the money I want to use to build what I liked. It was weird, it wouldn't even let me move a new family to an empty lot in the Sims 3 but like I think it was just me being dumb or something. The second game will always be my favorite & I liked how you brought this house into the second game although I wish there could of been tile in the kitchen, oh well.
This series is giving me life. My laptop is too modern to run TS1 and TS2 now even with patches, so I'm living vicariously through your videos. Thanks for spreading the joy! ^__^
Thanks James for continuing this series. I forgot many of the features and limitations from this pack, so thanks for the reminder. It's amazing how similar and different the two series were in terms of content. I can't wait your next build. Have an awesome day.
Not being able to paint a specific section of a wall by blocking it with the end pieces is the one thing that drives me insane in the sims 4, I'll deal with not being able to pick the bedframe and the sheets separately but the walls I simply cannot
if you hold alt you can paint whole walls :) with shift you paint whole rooms, if it were single walls (that don't count to a room) shift paints both sides of the wall :) Just a quick tip in case you didn't know these hotkeys ^^
I miss The Sims 2 so much. One of these days I must figure out how to run it on a modern computer, or try and build a computer that can run it, still got all my discs. You know, I could swear there's some stuff missing even though you seem to have expansions installed... maybe I was just used to using more custom content in Sims 2, bur I am sure there were more fences and arches and stuff.
It runs fairly well on modern systems, you just have to do a little extra work when you first run it to make sure it recognizes modern graphics cards. The real struggle is keeping it from completely imploding on itself from the irreparable bugs it shipped with. If TS2 was less of a technological disaster, I think it might be my favorite sims game
Building in TS2 is so hardwired into my brain at this point that I often take unnecessary steps when building in TS4. I've started, messed up, and re-started builds more times than I can count. Sometimes I get so fed up that I just delete the entire lot. Considering James isn't even used to TS2 anymore, I can't imagine how frustrating that was!
I played the Sims 2 when I was younger and I really miss playing it. This made me so happy to see. Also, I hope the Sims brings back the swatch menu from Sims 2 or the thing from Sims 3
Love seeing a positive TS2 build video! I play TS2 exclusively and although there’s no doubt TS4 has some great build mode advances, if you know what you’re doing you can make great builds in TS2! So often I see videos where players who are used to TS4 are just complaining about how they don’t know how to use TS2’s build mode and it’s nice to see someone who is familiar with the tools! 😁 Was gonna say too, you can definitely use the diagonal cheat for most things no problem, I have it on all the time. Mostly I use it for armchairs in the living room. Things that need to snap together like tables and chairs may not work, and hot tub animations look…. Very odd with it placed diagonally though lol.
The Sims 2 did have the ability to place items off grid - boolprop snapobjectstogrid false But many objects would become unusable when off grid so it’s really only for decor unless you don’t intend your house to be liveable.
Sims 2 is honestly really impressive with graphics. It seriously looks like sketch up or in design but better graphics. It’s really beautiful. I feel like it was way ahead of its time
@@newelysium9718 I know right?! Especially the mix and match feature of the Sims 2, like pick a bedframe and pick a mattress, pick a wood swatch and pick the colour for your chair’s cushions. But in the Sims 4 it’s like if you want the colours to match you’ll have to deal with 15 different kinds of woods, and if you want the woods to match (well, sort of) you get 20 different colours of pillows and stuff and it is. so. FRUSTRATING.
you should do this agin but next time with each game do a different stage of the people living theres lives for example in the sims 1 the kid room you biuld could start off as a baby room and then in sims 2 a child room sims 3 teenage room sims 4 maybe the kid moved out and the parents have more furniture that older people would have and turn the room into a guest room. but that is just an example i think that would be a fun cool twist on this already awesome mini series.
Great series-- it's fun to see how the game has evolved. I've still got Sims1 and Sims2 (base game only, unfortunately), and now you've got me thinking that I should go back to them and explore them from the building point of view.
Maybe after this you can try doing the same but in reverse, so you start with sims 4 and go back to sims 1 so we can see how much harder it was to build in the earlier games! I think it would be really funny to see how as you go through the games the build will look almost nothing like the original
10:25 - "I still, to this day, don't understand why they didn't do Sims 4 like this. How come Sims 2 swatches are better than Sims 4?" ...because The Sims 2 _IS_ better than 4...
I fully agree on the swatch system of Sims 2. Being able to individually select bed frame and the sheets was so much better. Or with counters: counter top and the counters themselves. Why can't we have that in the Sims 4? If we had then, and no extra swatches, but just to independently choose each section... think how much better that would be. 🤔😃
It's going to be waaaay easier to build this house in The Sims 3 since the building tools are pretty similar to the ones in 2. Sims 1 and Sims 2 have radically different tools.
Oh wow, I was kind of upset you made some random woman called "Eyelid" instead of Deli in the last part, took me a while to work out it was actually Iled for Deli lol 😅 I feel so dumb, you two are just too cute.
That's cool -- the house came out really well in its Sims 2 version! :D I love how it's so clearly the same house, and yet it's so improved from its Sims 1 incarnation. I'm looking forward to the Sims 3 and Sims 4 versions! (Bet you were missing Sims 4 when you realized you had to shift the entire thing over a couple of blocks -- poor James. . .)
I love this video especially because it shows you are very good at building in The Sims 2 as well and don't spend the whole video on complaining how hard it is 🤭 I think a lot can be done in The Sims 2 if one knows how to do it!
Oh my gosh, I was so worried that you were just going to forget to add the pooltable. And when you remembered, I was like "All the village rejoiced!!!"
Man, this brought back so many memories. The amount of hours I spent playing this game. I played the Sims 1 right as it was wrapping up (I got the complete collection). So, the first game I really played through as expansions where coming out was The Sims 2.
Thats pretty awesome. Love the Sims 2. Wish I could take the best elements of each game, plus a few iconic loved items, and put them together to be the legacy Sims descendent. ;)
So much nostalgia. Sims 2 was my introduction to the series. I'm scared to boot it up though because I tried booting up Zoo Tycoon 2 on a "newer" computer as a kid and it crashed my computer pretty hard. Hah... I'd love to play that game and Sid Meyer's Pirates too, actually.
I love these videos I haven’t played any other sims game other than sims 4 so I love finding out about the other earlier games❤️ also these videos or any sims building videos remind me I need to place windows on my builds 😭😂 I always forget! I made a whole build, loved it and was so proud then realised it only had 1 window 🪟😂❤️
Sims 2 my childhood, i still remember how happy i was to try my uncles sims 3 with the different color options. I still feel so familiar with the "buy mode", i miss it sadly it doesnt work anymore on my pc.. :(
I want to see you do this series again.... But in reverse order. Start building in sims 4 and recreate the same house (the best you can) in each game going down to Sims 1. 😜😂
Sims 2 was my jam. I used to play it on the X-Box because I didn’t have a pc to play on until a few years ago. I can still picture one of the houses I built. I wish I knew how many hours I spent playing it. I played with my friend and we would spend ages playing the story mode thing and doing all the tasks. I think we even finished the whole thing, which was a bummer because it meant we basically beat the game and there was nothing left to do.
The nostalgia! I played the sims 2 the most. I wonder how many hours I played and how many people I drowned in the pool and then saw their ghost swim through my house.
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I think this challenge would be really cool in reverse too, i.e. building a house in sims 4 and trying to recreate it as close as possible in the previous games
Hehe I just commented that before seeing your comment!!
I was thinking the same thing too
Yes!
It would be way better 😁
omg i was about to comment this
Oh wow, remember when doll's houses were a decent size and didn't take up an entire room?! 😯
They are still functional if you scale them down.
Just shrink them down, they're still functional if you do
Fr. it’s the size of an actual house. But size them down they work just fine 😊
And telescopes! And microscope!
Yeah why did they decide to change that?
I’m a little bit worried about how crazy the house in the sims 3 is gonna look. James will probably go crazy with create a style 😂
I miss Create-A-Style! 😭😭😭
its the only way
I know for a fact they have a brown cowprint so we're good!
Cow print everywhere lol
@@raindropsneverfall me too
TS2 was such a jump from TS1 that as a kid I had literal dreams about it before it came out. And I vividly remember that one dream even though I'm in my late 20s - it was about being able to build basements (gasp) and zooming all the way on the sims and seeing every detail of them (gasp!). And then at school we had heated discussions about how "sims will have to actually learn recipes before they can cook anything!" and how hard surely the game will be! They were very, very fun times :D TS1 was my first sims game, but TS2 will forever have a huge place in my heart, because it was such a great part of my childhood (and such a great game! Only love for TS2.)
I'm probably slightly younger than you and I will mention that I had the same experience with TS3! I had dreams about it before it came out and being able to choose my own swatches in CAS! TS2 will always have that same special place in my heart though.
I went from Sims 1 straight to Sims 3 so that was really mindblowing 🤣
@@MellowJelly i also went from 1 to 3 and in the meantime my friend who had sims 2 was describing how awesome the game is, including some bullshit like: my dog jumped from the second floor to the pool :D
When 3 was about to come out I hoped sims would be able to articulate each others names lol
Made me think about my memory. It was the biggest jump between Sims 1 & Sims 2. I remember the anticipation during the installation. I was waiting for my turn to play Sims 2 (my brother installed it on his gaming computer). He played around with Build Mode, all the while, I was waiting for him to start his night shift at the warehouse. As soon as he left for work, he let me play the game, and it felt like the best thing ever. 3D Camera, zoom ins, and new social interactions. I didn't realize how long I had been playing until I heard his keys jingling on the door and there was daylight outside the windows. He already worked his whole night shift.
This could almost be a game of telephone, where someone builds a house in the Sims 1, then another builds and interprets it in the Sims 2, then again for the Sims 3 and 4, and in the end you compare the Sims 4 house to the original one
That would be a fun collab to watch!
Hard mode: person 1 has to talk them through the build, person 2 doesn't see the original build until the end.
@@gnu740 exactly what I was thinking! Though to make it a little simpler, person 2 follows the audio from 1 and tries to recreate it
@@gnu740 Now I need to see this!
i was shouting "the pool table!!!!" at the screen for a good minute there XD
Same here! He kept going through the house checking if everything was right and I was like “go to the BACK!! the pool table!! the POOL TABLE!!”
Oh god, watching you having to rebuild everything made me appreciate ts4's tools so much hahahah
Build mode in Sims 4 is definitely an improvement over previous Sims games. I wish I could say the same about gameplay.
Still, I hate the swatch system in the Sims 4. The Sims 2 did it way better, and the Sims 3 had create-a-Style 😒
Sims 4 build mode POPPED👏OFF
I prefer the system in The Sims 3, but I will accept the swatch system from The Sims 2. The fact that a door frame is separate from its glass panel is just utterly superb compared to The Sims 4. I also miss the days where you could paint the foundation. I've played The Sims 1-3, but I haven't really played with The Sims 4.
The way the roof at the back doesn't join with the rest drives me slightly insane but hey, I can't even build a box in sims 2 without crying
Yeaahhh I noticed that in editing too, hoped no one else would 😂
@@JamesTurnerYT sorry, I have an Eagle eye 😂
@@JamesTurnerYT Pretty sure many of us noticed. It’s fine. It’s close enough eh? :P
@@JamesTurnerYT It's roofs we are talking about, everyone's nightmare...
Haha. I noticed it too but I was more bothered that the left climbing vine is sideways and not on the wall. But the imperfections make the next build funnier- like the random bush out front and missing window in the kitchen.
The dollhouses in sims 2 were soo much smaller and better than sims4, why do they make everything so darn big? 😂 anyway I’m glad you included the whole build and decorating because it’s safe to say we love your videos. 💙👍🏼
You can just size the S4 dollhouses down however you want and it will still work, since sims play in front of them, not in them.
Same with the teddy bears! 😂
@@elorinnes.9187 yees, I remember how surprised I was for a second, still being used to the Sims 2 small teddy bear and I click on it and its gigantic!
I never really use dollhouses because of that reason!
In my memory the Sims 2 is kind of, still, the perfect game and I have so many great memories of the game and my sims and I felt like the options were unlimited, the sky is the limit and such - then my computer died and I stopped playing Sims altogether and skipped S3 until I started playing the Sims 4 last march and by now, seeing this, I think the build mode would make me absolutely furious :D the Sims 4 build mode really is SO much easier and user friendly. By now I probably would flip my table if I had to rebuild the whole lot because of one tile because I am used to just grab the whole lot anf move it over.
And there is so much more furniture in the Sims 4. Were there really so few fridges in the Sims 2?!?
Sims 4 is a builder’s game. Sims 2 is a player’s game. If you just want to play a building simulator, then 4 is the one for you. Sims 2 was designed with actual good gameplay in mind, not building endless houses. Its gameplay is 1000x better than Sims 4 to this day.
@@HerHollyness exactly!!! I could spend days playing Sims 2 and wishing for the next day to come so I could play again lol my families, their interactions and growth, all of what the Sims 4 is lacking. I love Sims 4 building and designing, but it lacks so much of that human touch from the Sims 2
See, I've yet to really use 4, and I just don't see how it can compare to 3. 3 is just PERFECT
One thing I really miss from TS2 & TS3 was a way to make my own worlds and place lots where I wanted them. I always played worlds I built.
Yes building your own world was so cool!
Yes!!! I miss placing lots... Haven´t even thought about that until now :((
Create a world mod is in the works for sims 4 :D
@@Teyanna. Yeah, I saw early work on that and it's impressive from a programming standpoint, but it wasn't user friendly. But, you know...early stuff. Hopefully will get better.
I remember in Sims 2 you could import maps from Sim City 4 into the game, that was a game changer. There were loads of custom neighborhoods to choose from but if you had a specific idea for a neighborhood you could literally build one from scratch.
DOLLHOUSE TIP: In the Sims 4, you can scale down the dollhouse and it will still work because they technically don’t play with the dollhouse. They play with the dolls in front of it. Enjoy xx 🙂
But won't the foot print still be the same size?
@@that-possum-guy3209 no, the foot reduce when you reduce 2 times
@@ClaaireEvane Ah, that's good to know!
HERO!!!!
This is a thing I never tried. I do this with other furniture, esp. carpets.
It's so much fun seeing the little differences in build and buy modes through the years. We really are spoiled with Sims 4 build tools... Except for the color swatches, of course. You are 100% right, they should've copied the Sims 2 color tool at the very least for things like beds, sofas and paintings. Also: how sweet are the animations in Sims 2? We got like 1 min. of the Renrut family and we got two super cute moments. I swear those sims felt more alive...
yes, in the sims 2 they drove their own stories more without needing to use your imagination. i do love imagining things about my sims 3 sims, though. i think theyre both fun ways to play
bit of a long winded off topic-ish thing incoming:
i think if i had to choose parts of each game's sims to make the sims 5, id choose the personality of sims 2, wants and fears system, and relationship system. the appearance customization of sims 3, and the walk/gender/sexuality etc. customization from the sims 4, moodlet/specific mood system, and some sims 4 outfits and things
that all might make a sim thats much too complex but idk, seems fun
also let sims die more easily ffs
though aside from the sims 3 color wheel i think my opinion of cas and how the sims look being better is just a personal preference, i like the less cartoony style. OH but a mix of sims 2 and sims 3 pet customization would be great (sims 2 for shape of pet model, sims 3 for detailed marking placement and colors)
"And then the rug was kinda like this, but bigger, and not like that at all"
🤣😂classic
You know, a pack like Dream Home Decorator would have been a *perfect* opportunity to reintroduce Sims 2 style swatches (recolouring different parts of the object). Sigh. Yet another missed opportunity...
we’ve been asking for that (like in separate beds to frames) for years... not too hopeful.
Missed opportunity is like the perfect summary of the 7 years, so far, of sims 4
@@Stukov961 Absolutely! Maybe for the final DLC, they'll put all those features together into The Sims 4 Missed Opportunities Pack. Seems like a fitting way to wrap up so many years of mediocre bite-sized content.
Its like a cut back version of Sims 3 Ambitions it seems. Sims 4 needs the stylist career for townies tbh. There's so much that would put Sims 4 at the level of past games, but they never fail to let us all down.
I love how James points out and sticks to his silly little mistakes (like the random hedge).
Ok, I think you should try building a house in sims 4 first, and back it up each generation to see how different it is!
So happy you decided to record the whole building process 👍🏻 Makes me so nostalgic to see The Sims 2 and the build tools again ❤️
TS2 will always be my favourite sims, it’s so nostalgic and felt more genuine and fun than the newer ones, especially TS4
Same, sims 2 is special. But very quirky. It'll always be my favorite. I did have some fun with the sims 4 though, but it's not the same even with the quality of life building stuff. Live mode is better in sims 2.
Same 100%
The Sims 2 was my LIFE for YEARS when it first came out! I got the all-packs bundle for free on Origin a few years back and I’m so happy I can go relive my childhood every once in a while 💕
I think you should be able to take a few creative liberties when moving between games! rather than trying to exactly recreate your first build and limiting yourself to the tools in ts1
For all that we complain about Sims 4, they sure made some things a lot easier when it comes to building. I forgot how difficult it could be in 2. I do prefer 2's swatches and 3's cast though.
The random corner hedge and the “Bowser” thing are both cannon now. I wish there was up to a Sims 50. I love this idea so much.
I love watching these videos, just seeing how overall furniture styles have changed and electronics too... damn I feel old haha
Aww, yeah, Sims 2 is great! I love the little animation of Iled playing with Bowser. So cute!
This one was such a delight to watch, Sims 2 is the game I played most of the Sims games & I have the most memories with so it was nice seeing this, brought me back. It's still my favorite of the Sims games. One thing I do recall is that like every lot I placed, it ended up on uneven land so I remember flattening it out like almost every time I went in for a build which was annoying to do but younger me also sucked at doing builds so maybe having the different elevations was a good thing? I just remember not liking it back when I was a teenager playing the game. Still, loved placing the lots, when I first played the Sims 3, I thought you could still do that & was ticked off that it wouldn't let me. I always would move my family to the lot first, do the motherlode cheat for Sims 2 & later, rosebud for Sims 1, & then have all the money I want to use to build what I liked. It was weird, it wouldn't even let me move a new family to an empty lot in the Sims 3 but like I think it was just me being dumb or something. The second game will always be my favorite & I liked how you brought this house into the second game although I wish there could of been tile in the kitchen, oh well.
I feel like you and Deli should play a sims build telephone jumping to and from different sims games.
This series is giving me life. My laptop is too modern to run TS1 and TS2 now even with patches, so I'm living vicariously through your videos. Thanks for spreading the joy! ^__^
This is why they need to remaster both versions.
@@GreatBritney99 Especially for us younger sim players who never got to experience the masterpiece of the sims 2!
Same here so much nostalgia and I miss playing so much. But my laptop doesn't support them
Thanks James for continuing this series. I forgot many of the features and limitations from this pack, so thanks for the reminder. It's amazing how similar and different the two series were in terms of content. I can't wait your next build. Have an awesome day.
Not being able to paint a specific section of a wall by blocking it with the end pieces is the one thing that drives me insane in the sims 4, I'll deal with not being able to pick the bedframe and the sheets separately but the walls I simply cannot
if you hold alt you can paint whole walls :) with shift you paint whole rooms, if it were single walls (that don't count to a room) shift paints both sides of the wall :)
Just a quick tip in case you didn't know these hotkeys ^^
having to paint the outside room by room is what gets me
I always appreciate the details in Sims 2. How realistic furniture looks like.
I miss The Sims 2 so much. One of these days I must figure out how to run it on a modern computer, or try and build a computer that can run it, still got all my discs.
You know, I could swear there's some stuff missing even though you seem to have expansions installed... maybe I was just used to using more custom content in Sims 2, bur I am sure there were more fences and arches and stuff.
I also think some things are missing. All expansion pack items aren’t there
I think he is missing the Ikea stuff pack and maybe some other extra stuff that came with preorder or sth (?)
I play Sims2 recently and with the right CC it looks actually amazing. Loved the gameplay since childhood. Hope u can get it to work like me :)
He's missing store content maybe that's what you're thinking of?
It runs fairly well on modern systems, you just have to do a little extra work when you first run it to make sure it recognizes modern graphics cards. The real struggle is keeping it from completely imploding on itself from the irreparable bugs it shipped with. If TS2 was less of a technological disaster, I think it might be my favorite sims game
Building in TS2 is so hardwired into my brain at this point that I often take unnecessary steps when building in TS4. I've started, messed up, and re-started builds more times than I can count. Sometimes I get so fed up that I just delete the entire lot. Considering James isn't even used to TS2 anymore, I can't imagine how frustrating that was!
I'm really enjoying this series and am so glad you kept the building process in.
man, i love the sims 2.. i grew up playing it on my family computer and watching this gave me so much nostalgia :>
I played the Sims 2 when I was younger and I really miss playing it. This made me so happy to see. Also, I hope the Sims brings back the swatch menu from Sims 2 or the thing from Sims 3
Love seeing a positive TS2 build video! I play TS2 exclusively and although there’s no doubt TS4 has some great build mode advances, if you know what you’re doing you can make great builds in TS2! So often I see videos where players who are used to TS4 are just complaining about how they don’t know how to use TS2’s build mode and it’s nice to see someone who is familiar with the tools! 😁 Was gonna say too, you can definitely use the diagonal cheat for most things no problem, I have it on all the time. Mostly I use it for armchairs in the living room. Things that need to snap together like tables and chairs may not work, and hot tub animations look…. Very odd with it placed diagonally though lol.
damn , Sims 2 has such good lighting system and overall the graphics are so nice and give a happier vibe
I've been playing the sims 2 for years and have literally just learned you can cheat quarter tile placement. this is a game changer
The Sims 2 did have the ability to place items off grid - boolprop snapobjectstogrid false
But many objects would become unusable when off grid so it’s really only for decor unless you don’t intend your house to be liveable.
Sims 2 is honestly really impressive with graphics. It seriously looks like sketch up or in design but better graphics. It’s really beautiful. I feel like it was way ahead of its time
It would be interesting to attempt this in reverse, make a nice house in Sims 4 and then see how close you can get in 3, 2 and 1
“HOW come Sims 2 swatches are better than Sims 4?”
Louder for the people in the back please ☕️
um I remember being frustrated at sims 2 for having swatches of wood that kinda match but not 100% and then sims 4 came out and likeeeeee....yeah
@@newelysium9718 I know right?! Especially the mix and match feature of the Sims 2, like pick a bedframe and pick a mattress, pick a wood swatch and pick the colour for your chair’s cushions. But in the Sims 4 it’s like if you want the colours to match you’ll have to deal with 15 different kinds of woods, and if you want the woods to match (well, sort of) you get 20 different colours of pillows and stuff and it is. so. FRUSTRATING.
I hope you when you finish this you do the same challenge in reverse and see how a Sims 4 house gets converted back all the way down to Sims 1
you should do this agin but next time with each game do a different stage of the people living theres lives for example in the sims 1 the kid room you biuld could start off as a baby room and then in sims 2 a child room sims 3 teenage room sims 4 maybe the kid moved out and the parents have more furniture that older people would have and turn the room into a guest room. but that is just an example i think that would be a fun cool twist on this already awesome mini series.
I love this challenge idea so much, it's really creative and also a great throwback to the older games!! I can't wait for more of these :D
Great series-- it's fun to see how the game has evolved. I've still got Sims1 and Sims2 (base game only, unfortunately), and now you've got me thinking that I should go back to them and explore them from the building point of view.
This is a great series! Sims 3 is my favorite game, so I'm excited for that one.
Could you post the simoleon price comparison between all the homes? Would be interesting to see how much they’re different throughout the builds!
This is soo nostalgic... i played sims2 in kind of a “pre-school” and when i see this im going to cry. I want to play it soo bad! Love!
Maybe after this you can try doing the same but in reverse, so you start with sims 4 and go back to sims 1 so we can see how much harder it was to build in the earlier games! I think it would be really funny to see how as you go through the games the build will look almost nothing like the original
10:25 - "I still, to this day, don't understand why they didn't do Sims 4 like this. How come Sims 2 swatches are better than Sims 4?"
...because The Sims 2 _IS_ better than 4...
I'm loving this concept and much more invested in it than I'd like to admit
I fully agree on the swatch system of Sims 2. Being able to individually select bed frame and the sheets was so much better. Or with counters: counter top and the counters themselves. Why can't we have that in the Sims 4? If we had then, and no extra swatches, but just to independently choose each section... think how much better that would be. 🤔😃
It's going to be waaaay easier to build this house in The Sims 3 since the building tools are pretty similar to the ones in 2. Sims 1 and Sims 2 have radically different tools.
Oh wow, I was kind of upset you made some random woman called "Eyelid" instead of Deli in the last part, took me a while to work out it was actually Iled for Deli lol 😅
I feel so dumb, you two are just too cute.
That's cool -- the house came out really well in its Sims 2 version! :D I love how it's so clearly the same house, and yet it's so improved from its Sims 1 incarnation. I'm looking forward to the Sims 3 and Sims 4 versions! (Bet you were missing Sims 4 when you realized you had to shift the entire thing over a couple of blocks -- poor James. . .)
I love this video especially because it shows you are very good at building in The Sims 2 as well and don't spend the whole video on complaining how hard it is 🤭 I think a lot can be done in The Sims 2 if one knows how to do it!
"are you telling me that i need to slide the whole thing over?"
**The sims 4 bb mode laughs villainously**
Oh my gosh, I was so worried that you were just going to forget to add the pooltable. And when you remembered, I was like "All the village rejoiced!!!"
So glad for this mini series! It's a brilliant idea!
Man, this brought back so many memories. The amount of hours I spent playing this game. I played the Sims 1 right as it was wrapping up (I got the complete collection). So, the first game I really played through as expansions where coming out was The Sims 2.
The wardrobe with full size doors with mirrors on them.. I miss those
I love this concept so much
Hello fellow weeb 🙃
@@swirlyramen3271 Hihi! :)
Nothing gives me more sims vibes than this cow print Couch.😂😂✨
Man, I miss Sims 2 so much. It's amazing how well it holds up.
Semaj is totally gonna use *that* living room set from Get Famous in TS4 since there is no cowprint couch
When the Sims 2 objects look better than the Sims 4 ones..... *sips tea
Thank you for not making us wait too long for part 2! This is a great series.
Thats pretty awesome. Love the Sims 2. Wish I could take the best elements of each game, plus a few iconic loved items, and put them together to be the legacy Sims descendent. ;)
I am enjoying this so much! I forgot how hard it was to build in Sims 1, 2, & 3!
So much nostalgia. Sims 2 was my introduction to the series. I'm scared to boot it up though because I tried booting up Zoo Tycoon 2 on a "newer" computer as a kid and it crashed my computer pretty hard. Hah... I'd love to play that game and Sid Meyer's Pirates too, actually.
I'm really enjoying this build challenge! Can't wait to see what you do in my fave game...Sims 3😁🤗
I love these videos I haven’t played any other sims game other than sims 4 so I love finding out about the other earlier games❤️ also these videos or any sims building videos remind me I need to place windows on my builds 😭😂 I always forget! I made a whole build, loved it and was so proud then realised it only had 1 window 🪟😂❤️
Sims 2 my childhood, i still remember how happy i was to try my uncles sims 3 with the different color options. I still feel so familiar with the "buy mode", i miss it sadly it doesnt work anymore on my pc.. :(
The jump from Sims 1 to Sims 2 in graphics oO
Also that just brought back so many childhoof memories!
This video mini series is super fun. I’m already excited for the build to go backwards when we get to the sims 4. Car? Gone 😂
I love it so muuuch! I didn't know I could do stuff like this in Sims 2 as I never use cheats. Whoa!
Nice! Can't wait to see Sims 3 version.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with this house in sims 3. Create a Style is going to be fun. Could you also add in pets, too?
I want to see you do this series again.... But in reverse order. Start building in sims 4 and recreate the same house (the best you can) in each game going down to Sims 1. 😜😂
“Why didn’t the Sims 4-“
“Laziness.”
Sims 2 was my jam. I used to play it on the X-Box because I didn’t have a pc to play on until a few years ago. I can still picture one of the houses I built. I wish I knew how many hours I spent playing it. I played with my friend and we would spend ages playing the story mode thing and doing all the tasks. I think we even finished the whole thing, which was a bummer because it meant we basically beat the game and there was nothing left to do.
That feeling when even Sims 1 has more gameplay than Sims 4...
~yes, I am sittin' and bitchin' right here~ :D
I remember being a kid and all my builds had crazy bright carpets, animal print and crazy wall design 😂
it’ll be really cool to see you do it the other way, staring with a super detailed house in the sims 4 and trying to re de o it in the other ones
Why do I love the cowprint couch
Ahh I love watching your build videos at the end of the day and perfect way to chill out! can't wait for the next one!
This was so much fun to watch. Very nostalgic. Can’t wait to see Sims 3 and 4
James: allows himself to make slight changes to the build
Also James: does not allow himself not to put the randomly placed bush from the Sims 1 build
I forgot all about the little triangles! I have forgotton everything from 2 and 3. Never played Sims 1. You are awesome for doing this.
I like these kind of videos, I really enjoy them. Can’t wait for the other 2
I’ve never heard someone outside of the east coast or the us in general mention the bay bridge. Cheers from Maryland haha
I love that it looks like the family just did a tiny bit of remodelling like 5 years after initially purchasing the house.
James. You just upped my sims 2 building skills with your chats!
The nostalgia! I played the sims 2 the most. I wonder how many hours I played and how many people I drowned in the pool and then saw their ghost swim through my house.
I'm excited to see 3 and 4
This is for sure my favorite series so far!! You should try and do this but with a modern tiny home 😂 That would definitely be a challenge
It brightened my day so much watching you build this version, it looked like you had so much fun and it is contagious 😃