So... addicted..

[CrimsonRaine]

You know, I've played my share of addicting games. Maybe it's because I haven't been this addicted in a while, but oh my Christ.

What I'm referring to is the Sims2. You know, simulation games are cool, but you should get bored with them. I played this game tonight for five hours straight. The character creation is utterly fucking amazing, the housing is pretty much the same, just with a hell of a lot more options. But oh my God, they fixed the Sims themselves. Days don't go by in four minutes, the Sims aren't completely retarded (although they do have their moments) and it's not a frickin' chore just to make friends. Needless to say, I feel it was 50 bucks well spent.

Anyone else played this? Agree, disagree? I'm sure someone will point out to me that "THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!" so I'm hoping for some constructive criticism.

Raine

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

Hm, I might have to consider getting it. I was worried it was just going to be a rehash of the original. I stopped getting the expansion packs after... Livin' Large? I think that was it.

[Ace Pace]

You know, I've played my share of addicting games. Maybe it's because I haven't been this addicted in a while, but oh my Christ.

What I'm referring to is the Sims2. You know, simulation games are cool, but you should get bored with them. I played this game tonight for five hours straight. The character creation is utterly fucking amazing, the housing is pretty much the same, just with a hell of a lot more options. But oh my God, they fixed the Sims themselves. Days don't go by in four minutes, the Sims aren't completely retarded (although they do have their moments) and it's not a frickin' chore just to make friends. Needless to say, I feel it was 50 bucks well spent.

Anyone else played this? Agree, disagree? I'm sure someone will point out to me that "THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!" so I'm hoping for some constructive criticism.

Raine

Completly, I played 18 hours straight with breaks for bathroom and getting snacks, it was awesome, also, finnaly a distinction between your families and the bundled ones, I much prefer the bundled ones, they allready have a nice story with them, and unique problems, anyone fixed the Romeo and Juliet scenario yet?

Personally i'm now in the building part, just running around the neighborhood of pleasentville and building houses of all kinds, from 3 room affairs to mansions, though building community lots has its appeal too.

What I really love about this game though is the sims themselves, every act has a great face, and I can feel the happyness when a birthday comes around(though it does come to fast, i've taken to using the no aging trick to set the stage for stuff), or when arguments rip open (damn, getting caught having an affair sucks).

My 2 main problems with the game is time passes too fast, taking 5 minutes to get out of bed, 4 to piss, 5 from one side of a moderate house to the other, this also figures with energy being over spent, doing anything moderatly difficult kills the energy rating for the rest of the day, with coffee not helping, it takes a sim 1 hour to finsh a cup, and has lost all the added energy meanwhile.

Parties are nice, now with a nice timelimit and rating, its fun to spice stuff up, though why are non-friend sims unable to really interact with parties? is it a bug because parties should have full socialization options

/end ramble

[DPDarkPrimus]

You know, the guys who made RedvsBlue are making a series using Sims2 now... it's called The Strangerhood.

[Ace Pace]

You know, the guys who made RedvsBlue are making a series using Sims2 now... it's called The Strangerhood.

I missed out on the whole red VS blue thing, what exactly is that?

[CrimsonRaine]

You know, I've played my share of addicting games. Maybe it's because I haven't been this addicted in a while, but oh my Christ.

What I'm referring to is the Sims2. You know, simulation games are cool, but you should get bored with them. I played this game tonight for five hours straight. The character creation is utterly fucking amazing, the housing is pretty much the same, just with a hell of a lot more options. But oh my God, they fixed the Sims themselves. Days don't go by in four minutes, the Sims aren't completely retarded (although they do have their moments) and it's not a frickin' chore just to make friends. Needless to say, I feel it was 50 bucks well spent.

Anyone else played this? Agree, disagree? I'm sure someone will point out to me that "THIS GAME FUCKING SUCKS!" so I'm hoping for some constructive criticism.

Raine

Completly, I played 18 hours straight with breaks for bathroom and getting snacks, it was awesome, also, finnaly a distinction between your families and the bundled ones, I much prefer the bundled ones, they allready have a nice story with them, and unique problems, anyone fixed the Romeo and Juliet scenario yet?

Personally i'm now in the building part, just running around the neighborhood of pleasentville and building houses of all kinds, from 3 room affairs to mansions, though building community lots has its appeal too.

What I really love about this game though is the sims themselves, every act has a great face, and I can feel the happyness when a birthday comes around(though it does come to fast, i've taken to using the no aging trick to set the stage for stuff), or when arguments rip open (damn, getting caught having an affair sucks).

My 2 main problems with the game is time passes too fast, taking 5 minutes to get out of bed, 4 to piss, 5 from one side of a moderate house to the other, this also figures with energy being over spent, doing anything moderatly difficult kills the energy rating for the rest of the day, with coffee not helping, it takes a sim 1 hour to finsh a cup, and has lost all the added energy meanwhile.

Parties are nice, now with a nice timelimit and rating, its fun to spice stuff up, though why are non-friend sims unable to really interact with parties? is it a bug because parties should have full socialization options

/end ramble

See, I agree on almost every single thing you said. I haven't thrown a party yet (Terra Johnford just had little Jacob who finally grew into a toddler that I can control) but the house I have is perfect for one.

The time still is a little bit of a pain, but I don't think it's as bad as it used to be. It's still not completely right, but goddamn, at least DAYS don't go by in four minutes.

And I think the creators finally developed personality. I mean, you had personality before based on your sign, but the aspirations add more personality, too. So not only are you very neat and maybe a little shy, but you're completely and utterly obsessed with the paranormal and that really makes character. I'm in love with my female; she's got so much spunk and she's a good mother (even if one of her fears was changing a diaper). Lastly, the aging thing is fucking wonderful. End of story. I liked the fact that they had stages of pregnancy (where Terra become incredibly moody, tired and ate all the time) and that the baby has to grow. The whole time, I'm sitting there, wondering, "Okay. Is he going to be black-haired or red? (since Aaron, the hubby, is a red-head)"

Gah! /endramble

Raine

[Utah Jak]

You know, the guys who made RedvsBlue are making a series using Sims2 now... it's called The Strangerhood.

I missed out on the whole red VS blue thing, what exactly is that?

Red vs Blue was a web site where a group made short films from Halo matches. Funny as hell. But about Sims 2, is it true 3D? I really want to get a copy for my laptop, but I need to know the specs. Any help would be really appriciated.

[Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi]

I enjoyed playing the first game, although I found the lack of AI in the Sims to be frustraing. I was thinking of buying this one, and I'm wondering, is it hard to find in stores at this point?

[McNum]

Not too hard to find. EA has pumped a lot of Sims 2 copies out and while the game has sold extremely well I haven't seen any signs of Sims 2 shortage, yet.

[Rogue 9]

Addicted to the Sims?!? Gasp and horror! *Commits Raine to detox.*

[SyntaxVorlon]

Could be worse, you could be hooked on Ninja Gaiden...One.

[CrimsonRaine]

I enjoyed playing the first game, although I found the lack of AI in the Sims to be frustraing. I was thinking of buying this one, and I'm wondering, is it hard to find in stores at this point?

Well, being I bought this like, a week or two after its release, I can't see it ever being a problem. They were well in stock when I went out to buy it. They have a DVD version, too (so you don't have a 4 CD set up).

Raine

[Ace Pace]

[quote="CrimsonRaine]*snip*[/quote]

I have now discovered all the sims are bi...must attempt something the moment I get home.

I know the part, trying to convince my populer aspiration teen to get off from bringing friends from school so she has time for HW is a chore, not to mention getting everyone eating at 6.

The time isn't as fast, but yet, its still bad, taking minutes to cross meters is bad.

[Straha]

[quote="CrimsonRaine]*snip*

I have now discovered all the sims are bi...must attempt something the moment I get home.
[/quote]

Create an Einey sim?

[Admiral Valdemar]

[quote="CrimsonRaine]*snip*

I have now discovered all the sims are bi...must attempt something the moment I get home.

Create an Einey sim?[/quote]

You realise that means giving him a Quake II railgun.

[Ace Pace]

You realise that means giving him a Quake II railgun.

We got any modelers willing to model a Railgun and implement it in Sims 2, i'll deal with tags