THE SIMS™ 2

THE SIMS 2 - GREAT NEW OPTIONS

KAREN HALLORAN, ASSOCIATE DESIGNER

The Sims 2 is a worthy follow-up to the biggest selling PC game of all time. The graphics are now fully 3D, which gives the Sims a stunning level of realism. I could spend hours customizing a single Sim if I really wanted to, and watching them interact with the new body and facial animations is always fascinating. Although the look and feel of the user interface is very different from the first generation of the game, the odd sense of humor that both celebrated and joked about modern life is alive and well in this next generation of the game.

Some of the old families from the first game are back. Cassandra Goth is an adult now, and has a love interest that may not be all that he seems. Brandi Broke, a descendant of Betty and Bob Newbie, has a family and a situation on her hands. I was very eager to play The Sims 2 before it came out, and once I got hold of it, it didn’t disappoint me at all.