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Video Games : The Sims 2 (Mac)
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The Sims 2 (Mac) from: Aspyr Media List Price: $49.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: $37.99 You Save: $12.00 (24%)Prices subject to change. |
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Maximum Age: 20 years Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: DVD-ROM Brand: Aspyr EAN: 0618770108804 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Aspyr Media Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Manufacturer: Aspyr Media Model: 10880 Platform: Mac OS X Publisher: Aspyr Media Release Date: June 13, 2005 Studio: Aspyr Media Sales Rank: 336 MPN: 10880 Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: The Sims 2 is an incredible sequel to the best-selling PC game of all-time! You'll get to direct an entire Sims' lifetime, and try to get them to reach their goals in life. Will they have a long, successful and happy life - or will they end up poor and heartbroken? Amazon.com: The Sims was one of the most popular games ever made. In it, players micromanage the lives of a family of virtual people, or Sims, and influence their paths toward success or something akin to a nervous breakdown. Its open-ended blend of cartoonish behavior and everyday living is unique in an art form otherwise obsessed with carnage and sports. With The Sims 2, longtime fans now have a deeper game with lots of ways to customize and share their experiences. The game will also attract first-timers because the goal-oriented gameplay and the luridly fun starter families make it easier to get into the action right out of the box.
The game starts at the neighborhood level. Here you can create a housing development from scratch or start with one of three premade neighborhoods, each with its own theme. From there, you'll settle on a house and a family of Sims to control.
What Else Is New? Of course, you wouldn't be able to juggle all that if it weren't for the improved "Free Will" option, which makes it easier for Sims to fulfill their basic needs. The artificial intelligence of the game is noticeably improved; they won't turn on radios just as a family member is going to bed but, strangely, they do occasionally put their dishes on the floor. Another big change in the series is the concept of the lifespan. Now Sims are born with the traits of their parents, families grow, and Sims grow old. Not only does this go hand in hand with aspirations (growing up is the first aspiration that a baby Sim will have), it provides a limited time with which your Sims can achieve their goals.
The Sims 2 not only lets you create just about any type of Sim in any type of family, build elaborate houses, and even create a neighborhood from scratch, but it also allows you to start the game in medias res, with premade households. These families all have backstories that are smart spoofs of soap-opera plots--lots of scheming, romance, ghosts, and family fighting. Parents of teens shouldn't worry, though, because nudity is tastefully blurred out and "woo-hoo" between Sims takes place completely under the covers. The ESRB has given this a Teen rating. If The Sims 2 were a film, it would likely land between PG and PG-13. The makers have included some nice tools to help share the universe you've created. For example, you can capture in-game stills and video to show friends the private moments, family interactions, and house parties of your Sims. You can even package a household to share as a blog or an album on a special Web site. The Sims 2 is for patient gamers. Like life itself, the game is filled with mundane details, like getting ready for work and doing dishes. The game also demands a level of creativity from its players that the run-and-gun game genres wouldn't know what to do with. But those who stick with it will be rewarded with an absorbing, amusing diversion and a virtual family history that they've created themselves. --Porter B. Hall
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 Rating:  - sims 2 for macThe game works beautifully. My only complaint is that it is more costly than the pc version. Rating: - Very FunSims is a very fun and addicting game that offers unlimited game play hours. I heartily recommend getting this game and it's expansions. If you liked the first Sims or any free form open game play games, then this is for you. Also this game has a very active custom content creation community (Quadruple C's) so you can constantly change your game play and even make things of your own if your good enough. Rating: - Great game good for all agesI think this game is great. The graphics are really good, and its cool how sims age and die. As well as real life weird things can happen. Things like being abducted by aliens or doing woohoo with the grim reaper. You have wants and fears that if you fulfill you can get things cool like the water of life. Their wants and fears have to do with what aspiration you chose for them. You will have fun with this game I bet. 10/10 Rating: - Best Game Ever!This is by far the most fun game I have ever played! I would recommend it to anyone that likes to create their own world. Not for someone that likes fast action though. It is a repetitive game, but I find it a great escape from my own world. Rating: - I love this gameThe Sims 2 is awesome--so much better than the original. It's also better on a Mac than a PC--its a lot faster. |
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