The Sims 2 OBLITERATES The Sims 4.

You’re lucky the pizza lady didn’t put the pizza on the floor, go into your house, sit on your couch, start a conversation, then head to the computer

Sims 4 is basically a dress up game and build game

One of the nicest things about the Sims 2 is how with big events like birth and weddings and the like, everyone will stop what they're doing to go attend. But in 4... It's like nobody cares.

Ok, the couple sleeping and waking up together is pure wholesome gold. Really cute and really sad they took that out in later releases. I never knew couples could be so cute in the sims.

How is it that a 20 year old game has better graphics than a supposed modern game? 😮

I also think it's worth mentioning the relationship system in the sims 2. The fact that sims didn't automatically have the exact same opinion of each other, you could have unrequited love, you could have a sim think another was their friend when they actually hated them, added a lot to the game. And also, ghosts! Ghosts were genuinely scary in the sims 2. The sound effects, the fact they could possess items like the teddy bear and make its head spin, the fact they acted out their deaths and left behind puddles and burn marks, even the fact they could scare other sims to death. All of that was so cool.

My biggest "thing that was lost from Sims 2" is the genetics system, particularly when it comes to hair and eye colors. In Sims 3 and Sims 4, Sims inherit their hair and eye colors in a 50/50 coin toss between the parents' traits. In Sims 2, Sims actually inherit alleles from their parents which have dominant and recessive values coded in from the beginning. This allows Sims to inherit recessive traits from generations before their parents; for example, a brown-haired Sim and a black-haired Sim who each had a blond parent could have a blond child.

One detail that I really love is how upset a child would be if they see one of their parents cheating. Even though it's only a game that made me tear up a little.

I think the goal that the sims team developers set out to achieve while creating The Sims 4 was to cut corners & recycle as many animations as possible, Lol. Some people say "oh, if this existing animation can be duplicated to serve the new interaction, why bother making a new one?". And to that, I'd say that this approach has decreased the immersion of the sims 4 more than helping it. The Sims is a game that relies heavily on animations, we can only control our characters with mouse clicks, how do u expect people to not get bored if they have to watch the same animation for multiple interactions? Without providing unique & distinctive animation for each interaction, all the sims has left is....texts to read

I remember thinking that at least ts4 has better graphics but seing them next to each other is crazyyy 4 actually looks so bad 😭

All the lack of animations breaks the immersion, of course, but the worst part is with relationships. The cuddling while sleeping, the irreparably damaged relationships if you did something bad, the mere concept of CONSEQUENCES for what you do are almost absent in the sims 4. I still remember the first time I played in a rented lot in Saint Myshuno, an annoying neighbor told me I was doing too much noise and if I didn't cut it out she would have made me regret it. Needless to say I couldn't wait to see what would have happen. Try and take a guess? Nothing. It didn't even affect our relationship. This is the stuff that makes the game feel soulless. 😢

I love how in Sims 2, personality traits of a sim also give different animations. Medium-Active sims change clothes at the dresser in a quick spin while lazy sims do a slow spin to change their clothes. Neat sims eat properly while sloppy sims tend to gobble their food while spraying food everywhere. Kids with good report cards run happily off the bus to show their parents while kids with bad grades crumple their report cards. I also love the lore that the creators built in the game. Each family/townie had a fun storyline that are play-ready. I miss The Sims 2 so bad.

the best part about the sofa seat switch, is that in the sims 2 if you tell someone to sit next to someone that doesn't like them, they'll occasionaly autonomasly do that slide to block the sit down option.

The Sims 2 was made entirely by Maxis. Also, considering how hard hand and finger animations are to animate (to this day), shame on EA for reasons too many to count.

The cheating animation was awesome! When I cheated on someone in Sims 2 and heard that POOOOIMMM sound, I trembled. Then broken hearts and fire symbols appeared, followed by slaps in the face and sim's relationship photo turned red. The betrayed sim stayed furious for days and kicked the trash can at every opportunity. It was a true tragedy to cheat on someone, with a heavy emotional weight.

Sims in TS2 have so much detail and nuance in their animations too, depending on their personality. For example you showed Darren eating the chips and shoving them into his mouth, but Sims who are very neat will daintily take the chip out and hold it between their thumb and forefinger and place it deliberately in their mouth, like they’re avoiding crumbs.

That's the difference between working for heart vs working for making money.

As someone who has been playing since The Sims 1 in 2000, Sims 4 is an absolute disappointment and after it I consider the franchise dead to me. Sims 2 remains the best game. RIP Maxis.

I remember loving how sweet the cuddling in bed was with couples in TS2. And winter in TS2 is far superior; I loved the animation of the sims walking in deep snow! I miss a lot of the special child animations, like sitting on chairs that was shown in the video, but also them running off the school bus to show their parent(s) their report card if they got good grades and running to hug their parent when they came home from work. I was also so surprised how lackluster the witches were in TS4. In TS2, there was so much detail and branching paths you could take with your witch sims - and the fact that witches came with apartments was mindblowing.

I really crave a Sims game combinging TS2 and TS3, imagine the quality of life in animations, the huge worlds (open world too) different types of lots, the crazy packs like back to the future etc. real relationships. I remember playing TS3 for days on end as a teenager, always something to do with a single pack. I can't spend more then 20 minutes on TS4 without wanting to vomit, its boring, no quaility of life, bland interactions, no personality. Not even mods can make the game as good as TS2 and TS3. When paralives and other games come out, I'm completely ditching The Sims forever, the fact they thought this absolute trash of a game would go anywhere baffles me. Only think I really care about more in TS4 is how easy it is to place roofs now.