4.5/5 ★ – maarsbar's review of The Sims 2.

NOW THIS IS A GOOD SIMS GAME !!! Im taking off half a star only because of the limited (or better said non existent) body editing options. I personally don't mind that the CAS options are limited, i mostly play the sims bc of the gameplay, but having only two options (REALLY skinny and slightly less skinny) is definitely an issue. Other than that, this is such a well made game. There are some things that you just can't change across all sims games, its always going to be: click thing. make sim do thing. , but the attention to detail in the sims 2 is outstanding. Making a meal, for example, is going to be the same thing in every game, but the fact that almost every meal in the Sims 2 has its OWN UNIQUE ANIMATION is what sets it apart for me. I love how the sims themselves emote constantly, they don't feel like robots (looking at you Sims 4 😡), they show you when they don't like someone, they cry if they are sad, oh and the whole THE ATTRACTION SYSTEM and I could go on and on. There are so many things that seem quite small but make a big difference when playing the game. I truly believe that if you took the Sims 2 gameplay, the Sims 3 open world and the Sims 4 character design and graphics, you would get the ultimate Sims game. On the other hand, if they sold you a perfect game how would they milk 800$ out of the DLCs? 🤔