Petition For New Sims2 EP
EKozski:
I hang out over at the BioWare forums. I mostly read and watch video's. I'm learning without having to ask questions. But, I did ask one or two. Anyhoo, the people that complain about EA over there is remarkable. It's almost like any Sims forum.
I have yet to complain. I'm so freaking grateful I have a game I enjoy playing, other than, the Sims. Both I got with my unemployment. The third game I'm getting for Christmas....Late.
minkey:
I actually had more problems with the sims 2 than I have ever experienced with the sims 3,mainly because it's the CC and hacks that trash the game,I know from experience.Besides,I still play the sims 2 on rare occasions,but I merely like the sims 3 better.The open neighbourhood and no loading screens are fantastic,the graphics are more realistic and the endless customization is amazing. I don't understand why people complain about rabbit holes so much,in the sims 2 when it came to go to work they just got into their cars and dissapeared,so doesn't that make the whole world a rabbit hole? Besides,any intelligent human being couldn't compare something to one thing that has been out 6 years,with 8 EPs,8 SPs,to something that has been out 1 year with 2 EP's and 1 SP.I remember when the Sims 2 forums were in full swing,everyone complained about how "borked"that game was too at the time,so now all of a sudden the sims 2 has no problems? Really?
Paden:
Each to their own. But, Sims 2 didn't need to have updated patches bi-weekly or however often Pescado has to make an updated version of Awesomemod. I'm not saying the game didn't have its problems and if you're trying to infer that I did say that, then you are sadly mistaken. It just seems to me and a good many others that Sims 3 has more problems than should be acceptable to the people that shell out hard-earned money in this day and age.
EA wanted folks to be able to make custom content for Sims 2, so they pretty much left it open to be modded. Such is not the case for Sims 3. From the standpoint of someone that makes content for the Sims 2 game, I much prefer something I don't have to fight with and pray that it won't break people's games when I put it out for download.
caffeinated.joy:
Hmm. My experience has been the opposite. Any problems people found with TS2, I found, was usually because they weren't careful with what they downloaded and didn't make sure mods were compatible with new EPs or they didn't read the instructions properly, not because of a failure with the game. There's certainly a good amount of that same issue in the TS3, but the game really is broken. True, there were glitches that had to be patched with the TS2, but you'll notice they only had to release one patch per EP, not one every week or so.
Even without using any mods or cc, I had to uninstall and reinstall TS3 more times in the year it has been released than I ever did in the years I played TS2. My eighth uninstall was my last. I haven't even been tempted to try again. It's a glitchy monstrosity made even glitchier by the patches, whereas the three times I had to reinstall my Sims 2 game was because of things unrelated to the game (twice due to hard drive failure and once because I got a completely new computer).
Also, I have a big issue with the way they're pushing out the SPs and EPs for TS3. In a year they've released two EPs and a SP and have a new EP coming out as well as a SP (I believe). They don't seem to be taking the time to properly test them and get the bugs out. Instead they're letting the public do their beta testing for them. It would be one thing if they asked people to sign up for beta testing, like some other games do, but they're not. They're releasing them as ready EPs and getting us to pay for the privilege of beta testing. I'd happily take one EP and one SP a year if it meant they were releasing a more stable product. I know there are some people who have had no problems, but they're few and far between.
There are fun things about TS3 and you won't hear me deny that. I enjoyed the tomb exploring in WA and the new jobs in Ambitions, but I prefer the Sims 2 by far. I know they won't ever release a new EP or SP for TS2 and I'm fine with it.
MaryH:
If one isn't careful to check for compatibility of mods with Sims 2, you can stop or crash the game-but once it does it once or twice, you start becoming more careful about installing mods. I've got 250 different modifying hacks and tweaks in my game, but I've been very cautious to check them against one another-and it hasn't crashed yet.
True, it can grind to a halt if you have houses or content that doesn't work, but you find it quickly enough-and I haven't had to reinstall the game at all since 2008, even with new EP's. That says a lot about the stability and hardiness of the game itself.
I could never imagine uninstalling and reinstalling a game countless times to just play it for a few hours. I'd throw it out the window-or in the trash bin. It's shameful the way EA is just cranking the stuff out without checking or testing it, and they're going to pay a huge price eventually by word of mouth and reputation loss.
On the original question though-EA has literally abandoned Sims 2, and we're probably better off for it-because they don't have the original studio that made it in place-and I wouldn't trust the staff they do have to write code that won't grind your computer to a standstill. See what they do with Sims 3? Do you think we could trust them to do better than that for Sims 2? No way.
In other words, EA has become totally greedy and incompetent.
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