Should I get this game?

Should I get this game?

I heard that The Sims 2 was a good game thusfar, but i don't know if I want to spend $150 on a game and a video card.

 

My gut feeling is to say if you have to ask then you are not going to easy to please. The clever answer is to say that $100 bucks spent on hardware is an investment that needs to be considered carefully ... what are your computer's current specs? Processor speed, system RAM! No sense spending cash on a wrecker (to use a car metaphor).
The smart answer is to find someone who has the game and go and play on their system for a while ... if it bores you rigid you've saved some money ... but maybe lost a friend

 

I'd have to agree with Mirelly on this one, if you have to ask, then you probably won't find the game worth it.

But it really depends on the types of games you like. If you are a control freak and like to have control over every little detail of things, you'll probably like the game. If you are creative, and know your way around photo editing software, then the options are even more abundant, because you'd be able to make new clothes, wallpaper, floors, and more for your game.

If you like games that are fast paced, have lots of action, and tend to lean towards the violent side, then you'll probably be disappointed.

As both the others have said, the graphics card will end up being a necessity anyway, so why not wait until you are ready to that, THEN pick up a copy of the game (which most likely will have dropped in price by then).

But for me personally, I am hard pressed to find a game that I like better than TS2. Being able to create, build, mold, shape, and then watch my little world come to life is something that brings me great joy. =)

 

Well its hard to give our own opinions because some of us likes the game and get very addicted to it wherelse some of us gets bored of it easily. But basicly I think its the only game Ive been very addicted too, moreover with the new objects made by other simmers, it made the game more intresting to me, with more furnishing options and all.

Moreover, sims university will be out in March. By then prolly some of them who are bored of sims2 will get hooked again because of the new expansion. So basicly, you should decide yourself if you should buy it or not

But from my point of view, (I bought the game for RM150) and I think its worth it because of the graphics, how realistic it is and all.

 

Maybe a description of it would help. A lot of this is an edited version of an article from the Wikipedia, one of the most brilliant sites on the internet.

The Sims is quite different from most computer games, which tend to have a definite goal or objective. Instead, the game focuses entirely on virtual people called 'Sims', placing the player in control of a virtual dolls house. Instead of objectives, the player is encouraged to make their own choices and engage fully in an interactive environment. This makes many people, espeically (but not only) people with firm preconceptions of what computer games are like, find the game boring and ultimately pointless. Sims have a certain amount of free will, and although you can instruct them to do something, they may decide ignore your commands if they are in a state of desperation (for example, are ravenously hungry, very bored or very upset with the way their lives are going). The player must make decisions about time spent in personal development, such as building skills (for example, cooking, logic, creativity, charisma), and forming relationships with other Sims. Daily maintenance requirements must also be scheduled, such as personal hygiene, eating, and sleep. If Sims do not receive the proper amount of maintenance, bad things will happen. Financial health is simulated by the need to send the sims to find jobs, go to work, pay bills, and take advantage of personal development and social contacts to advance in their jobs.


In addition, the game includes a very advanced architecture system. In fact, the game was originally designed as an architecture simulation alone, with the Sims only there to evaluate the houses. During development it was decided that the Sims were more interesting than the houses and the Sims franchise was born.

The Sims technically has unlimited replay value, in that there is no way to win the game, and you can play on indefinitely. It has been described as more like a toy than a game.


So if you are't deterred by the open-ended, freeform, objectiveless nature of the game, and the idea of a toy centered around creating, sustaining and/or possibly destroying virtual dolls, their lives and ther environments appeals to you, it'll probably be worth it. If you enjoy more conventional, structured, objectives-based games then the Sims might not be for you.

 

I echo everyone else in that if you have to ask, the answer is probably no. Many of us are addicts, but it's not for everyone. Did you play with dolls or action figures as a child? Because this has a similar appeal in a more grown-up kind of way.

I myself was a Barbie fiend. I collected clothes, fixed their hair, bought furniture and made diffrent "homes" for them out of books because the store-bought houses didn't always suit me. I then proceeded to make great sweeping epic stories with my Barbies. Now that I'm 35, I'm doing the same things with my Sims.

As to the video card, I can speak as someone who plans on upgrading hers very soon. There is nothing worse than thinking your computer is more than adequate only to make the discovery that it needs upgraded. If you can afford it, then I'd say upgrade, playing TS2 or not.

 

Yes. I think what puts off lots of people is that they buy the Sims expecting a computer game like the ones they've played before. The Sims demands you be creative in order to enjoy it, which is very rare amoung computer games. I suppose it can be like being handed a pen and paper when you're expecting a book, to use an extreme example. People are used to having their fun organised according to a predefined structure and set of aims. While the Sims has a long way to go before it properly breaks this mould, it fits it far less easily than most games. Obviously the game can be boring even if you are willing to be creative because it's so limited, but it will definately boring if you aren't.

I don't think that the fact you're asking youself whether you should buy it or not means you won't enjoy it, though.

 

I think we're just saying this because when I first heard the game was coming out in 2000, I didn't even have to think about it, I KNEW I was going to love the game. Even just based on the previews.

There are some games that I know I'll love before I even play them. But that definitely doesn't mean that I won't go out on a limb and TRY a different kind of game, I love to explore different genres.

I actually LIKE playing the Grand Theft Auto games, not because of the violence, but because there is so much to explore and see... And the GTA games are pretty much as opposite from The Sims as you can get. =)

 

Get a used

You don't have to buy a new Sims 2 et one off EbAy or EB games to get a gently used one , there much cheaper

 

...and let's all hope that those who have sold on on ebay loose out when they realise they are gonna have to buy back a disc cos the no cd hack they downloaded doesn't work ...