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I'm wondering what is happening to Sims 2.  Lots of people don't care for Sims 3.  Modders say Sims 3 doesn't give them the opportunity to create like Sims 2 does.  There has been some great stuff created recently for Sims 2 (BBv2 & LBBv2), but with many of the best modders retiring and significant drop-off in new things being created I'm wondering if people aren't actually playing.  There are over 49,000 member to this site.  But people rarely quit a site, they just stop going to it.  So, I'd like to know how many of the 49,000 members still play or use Sims 2 (in any way,i.e. stories ...)!  And if that is a significant number, I hope the modders see it as an opportunity to still create to a large audiance!

Moved to the Sims 2 discussion section.

And yes, I still play sims 2. I don't have much time, any more, because I am (once again) gainfully employed, but I still play.

Oh, there are still a lot of people who play the game-but this isn't the only forum they go to, either. The creators that are still producing things for Sims 2 are plentiful.
I'd say that Sims 3, after all this time, has really not made that much of a dent into the Sims 2 crowd, and in fact, has increased it because a lot of players are giving up on it and going back to the old game due to numerous issues. There are a lot of Sims 2 players who refused to buy Sims 3 outright.
Oh, I do still play, too, regularly-and my downloads folder is groaning.

Cool - moving the poll is fine!  Congratulations on the new Job, much success!


I agree with your comments Mary H!  I think that Sims 3 should be creating a resurgence in Sims2.  There is a lot of great stuff being created and still some great modders creating, but there are also a lot of high-level modders retiring and maybe people should see how many people are still playing!

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Okay, understood!   And Thanks Caffeinated Joy and MaryH for your comments and participating in the poll!

Haven't played TS2 much lately, but I have done a few photoshoots for creations. So I guess you could say I'm still playing TS2. It's kind of become "serious" for me, as I use it for my story.

I do play TS3 sometimes, but mostly "for fun" (like I used to do with TS2 the first few years). I don't have any CC for it yet, and I haven't played it more than once since I moved. Don't have much time for fun playing any more, so I concentrate on TS2. I still can't see myself using TS3 for stories, though. 

Thanks for your comments Theraven, I appreciate knowing how you use both!  I think using TS2 for you story as you described does count and indicates it is your preferred ... platform.  Very Cool!

I decided that Yes or No may not be appropriate for everyone, so I've updated the poll with two additional options!

I still play my sims2, pretty devoutly.  Building new lots never becomes old to me, neither does offerring free makeovers to the neighborhood npc's.  Take that dopplegangers, now I can tell them apart lol. 

As for a noticeable decrease in creations, I wouldn't go so far as say there is a decrease, more of a "what haven't we created yet factor".  I can skip around new and old sims2 sites and still find stuff thats new to me, even if it was created back in '08. 

I play Sims 2, I'm even still collecting (slowly) the EPs for it. I build lots (houses, Community & Holiday), I play with my Simmies (occasionally) but I don't do the story thing. I used, but I have more important fish to fry at the moment haha. Job seeking being one of them,

I'm not ever going to go over to Sims 3...if they bring out a Sims 4....well....we'll see what they've done with it by then...

Thanks for sharing your HappyThoughts, and taking the poll (I hope)!  I'm a builder too, sometimes I build for several sessions!  Then I can't wait to put some sims in the lots to see what their enviromental responce will be to what I've created.  I too find myself collecting some of the older CC.  I guess I miss the works of certain modder that have retired.  I love the body builder series and there is a big drop in outfits being created for them and the new v2 versions.  And yes, makeover interventions are a must!  Seems like my game is getting the gist of my sense of beauty; I'm seeing less odd looking NPCs.  But maybe I've given most them "walk-by" makeovers and don't remember; cause it doesn't matter who they are If I see them as odd looking I gotta try and fix them!    

Thanks ladyrose!  I agree, I'm hoping that Sim 4 will be the best of TS2 & TS3 (which I have not purchased or played yet).  TS3 has a lot of potential, but the one skin limitaion and limited families in a town are show stoppers for me!  Good luck finding the job you desire!  

Yes i still play the sims 2. i do like the sims 3 but i play the sims 2 more. i have all the expansion pack's and stuff pack's and i am learning to do new things. lately i have been re colouring objects and i love it. i love building too.

neff xx

Of course! When I got my new laptop, the first thing I did was buy all the sims 2 disks I was missing and haven't played the sims 3 ever since

I don't know if I've ever actually posted here, or just lurked to download stuff.

But yes, I play the Sims 2. And I rely heavily, if not exclusively, on custom content. I like recreating my World of Warcraft characters, my D&D characters, and other fantasy and medieval stuff. I've tried making my own meshes and recolors, but I'm really kind of artistically sucky.  :-[ So having a community of modders is a huge deal for me! You help me tell my stories!

I'm never going to buy the Sims 3. It has too many drawbacks for me.

Thank you for your comments nefertiti781!  I think it cool that you like both games, but glad you like TS2 more, very cool!

Great to here Aquarius!  Thanks for your comments!


Very cool if you first post was in responce to this poll saathei!  Wow, you really seem to get a lot out of the game, right on!  It's great that you get to tell your stories with it! 

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I haven't played The Sims 2 in a long time. I occasionally still play the Sims 3 but I'm starting to lose interest.

caffeinated.joy, I guess I don't understand reply to myself, I thought I was replying to the indivisual messages being left!  Thanks

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I am a late comer to Simming (Nov, 2009). I am still in love with the Sims 2 and having a blast.

Yes I still Play The Sims2, and have been Since it was first released.

Then I got sucked in buying the Sims3, Big Mistake that was!!.

I took a long break for quite a few months, and started Creating foods and re Colours for sims2 for my own Personal use.

I have all EP's except Pets, and Most of the SP'S.

I would Have to say I get more enjoyment playing Sims2, When ever I get a chance.

me in my case i can say that i no longer play the sims2 as i have found that the sims3 have better graphics and gives me the chance to make my own recolors as well ;)

yes i play every day

I'm playing sims 3 at the moment. Just got Late Night (found it cheap), and it's kind of fun. Turned one in the family to a vampire on the first sim day (and just so it's said - vamps are actually funnier to play in TS3 than 2) :D

Though, I did some bodyshop stuff for 2 earlier today, and had a little downloading raid yesterday, I think...

I play both when I find the time.  I've found that sims 3 has some interesting things to discover and having limited time it's taking me longer to uncover those surprises than other folks. Overall though most of my free game time is spent on TS2.

I still play and enjoy it.  I find myself very focused on getting Sims to the top of their careers.  Despite having all the EP's up through Bon Voyage, I have not yet had a Sim open a business, become a vampire/werewolf/zombie, have never made a plantsim or taken a vacation.  I still have a lot to experience in the Sims 2.  No way I'm ready for Sims 3 yet.

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The thing I realy liked with Sims3 was World Adventures.The other EPs are lame,so I played Sims2 today and enjoyed it a lot.The language is beautyfull,there is a lot to do,the sims are adorable,there is a sense of humour,I love the game.
Haven't played sims3 for months.I find it boring.

I am going to admit I have sinned: I tried TS3. Actually, I don't believe I did it, but I bought it along with 3 EPs. TS3 has some good things regarding building and decorating, but it lacks "soul" and "character", and I find the general game-play annoying, irritating and horrible. In short, I am still playing TS2 and have a blash. It might be that I am attached to my own Sims and their stories, but I do think TS2 is a great game, and Sims' animations -the animations I have watched one million times before- always look new when performed by a different Sim. And always make me laugh to tears.


 

I do, in fact, still play Sims 2.

I own Sims 3, I got it when it came out, played in CAS a bit, tried to build a house and failed, HATED the graphics, then I figured out how to get custom content in sims 2 and I don't think I'll take another look at sims 3. Maybe later, if they fix ALL the bugs. I could barely get into a lot before it'd crash my computer. Though, *cough* that was a computer that is about seven years old, so.. I dunno. I'm not sure I want it on my new laptop, if it does actually have the spyware like the people on MATY says it does...

Excuse my ramblings.

Yes, I still play Sims 2.

funnily all these years I rarely play both TS2 or TS3,
the moment I decided to come back doing something for TheSims, I open my photoshop and download nvidiaDDS plugins to make skinset for TS3, then install TS2 only to make another skin in bodyshop
those are my real pleasure, not really for gaming, only a platform to channel my skin texturing hobby.  :D

Heck yeah, I play Sims 2. I've played it since 2006 (yes ... I'm a bit of a latecomer), and except for blocks of months here or there when my video cards went flaky or when real life simply took over (it does have a nasty habit of doing that), I've been playing it pretty consistently. I have only up to Seasons (I didn't want to deal with Securom, didn't want to even reward EA Games for inserting Securom by buying any EPs after Seasons in the first place, and really don't want to do anything illegal). The amazing creations for this game, even now, continue to make the game fresh for me. There might not be quite as many, and many original creators have indeed retired, and that is sad. But I am fascinated at what newer creators have devised.

Now I admit to sinning just a little. I still don't have the faintest idea whether or not the problems my video card allegedly had with the base Sims 3 game were ever resolved, and I have no desire to pay even $20 to find out. That is still $20 too much for a coaster! But I did want to get a taste of Sims 3, so I bought a console version. Surprisingly, I noticed several of the good and bad aspects people mentioned here about the original PC Sims 3 base game ... the rabbit holes, the pudding faces, the moodlets, the vivid colors (definitely a different palate from Sims 2, but that is not a bad thing), etc.

Sims 3 is not without its charm. It's a nice game. I play it sometimes. It's not quite the horrible game I thought it was. But while playing it, I still keep wondering what could have been if the creators took this game further. If they had given it a more time and tested more thoroughly, I think this game might have blown Sims 2 right out of the water. Those who caution not to think of Sims 3 as an expansion upon Sims 2 are right. It isn't.  And for every hour I play Sims 3, I play ten hours of Sims 2.

I think what Sims 3 has done is to actually split the Sims community into three groups; devoted Sims 3 players, devoted Sims 2 players, and those who really like both games. Well, four groups, perhaps ... there still is a group devoted to Sims 1, though they seem rather small now. (I play that too, sometimes, and can see the charm with that as well. :)) Perhaps EA expected all of us to rush over and fight each other to get the new Sims shiny, abandoning Sims 1 and 2. I'm not getting the impression that actually happened. I would still really, really like to see the Sims 2 sales figures compared with Sims 3. I think that would tell the story best.

Sims 4 might, indeed, be the one that will put Sims 2 to shame, and make people think, "Sims 3? What's that?" But who knows if there will be a Sims 4 for a long time?

I love sims 2!  :D
I play it a lot because I am always getting new ideas for sims and such.
But I do not plan on ever playing sims 3, even if I do get bored of 2.

I play TS2 most every day, and I skip a few days when I am bored. Lately I am really into animes such as Kekkaishi and Fullmetal Alchemist, so I have been creating stuff for my beautiful anime sims. ^_^

Hmmm ... I've seen some stuff for FMA (pretty much Ed, but I've seen downloads for other characters ... most of these are older downloads, though, and with the wonderful new meshes and techniques that have come out since those early efforts, you could probably make some interesting FMA Sims!), but I haven't seen anything for Kekkaishi. I hope you can show us a picture, and perhaps even provide a download, sometime into the future

I might try uploading some of the stuff I made, but I don't know if they are worthy of download. x] I've even made careers and college majors for them!
I'll make a thread that has pictures of them!

Yes.

Never liked Sims 3 :P

Yes,I adore the sims 2 like I did when I first played it ha. I don't care for the sims 3,and don't plan on playing it any time in the future..while the sims 3 is a little more unique,I still geek around on the sims 2. I play it every few days..and stay up for hours spending time on it.  :-[

I loved TS2 ever since it was on console. I think the fisrt ts2 game I played was Sims 2 for Xbox.

My little brother has the sims 3. I played while I was visiting in Texas. Now I bought a new desktop and installed my sims 2 game. It was an emotional reunion for me 1tehe . I'm going to buy the last two EP's soon.

I tried to play TS3, but couldn't get into it :'( I don't really care for it to be honest. My husband however is a faithful TS3 player (every morning at 4am) he's up. The only thing I like about TS3 is the story progression, other than that I'm sticking with TS2 1rock

Haha, sounds like what I do with TS2.

Yep, I play until I can't play no more...LOL. Although I've realized that the sims 2 can get a little boring...so I plan on not playing for a few weeks,then going back to it,it always works. :)

I do that sometimes. My tastes change all the time, so I will be like "Eh, boooring." and then be into something else for... three days... xD
And then go back to playing sims.

I always get the urge to play after I have played only to be bored. And the sad thing is, in order for me to play the game I have to switch hard drives. Sigh.

Hi, Diggerdude.

I think you'll be glad to know that I play Sims 2 exclusively! I love the game and am always discovering new things about it all the time, even after literally *years* of playing it.

I also have all the EPs which sure expands it's playability a lot.

I'm glad you're discovering recoloring. I do recolors, myself, and love it. It's a great way to add special items to my game.

I also do Sims 2 Graphic Novels (rather like comic books) and I often find I have need of a recolor of this or that so it's great to know how to do that.

So, are you using Body Shop Mechanic or SimPE?

I use both and love em! Great programs and I wouldn't play the Sims 2 without 'em!

Also, do you know about Neighborhood Copy? (A way of copying modified neighborhoods from SC4 into your game so you can change road layouts on neighborhoods you already have.)

There's also Height Calculator (Which will give you the stretchskeleton numbers you need to make a Sim the exact height you want them to be in the game.)

And Lot Adjuster (for changing already existing lot sizes larger or smaller one side at a time or all sides at once.)

I better stop now before I end up creating a thread of my own out of this one post! LOL!!

Hey, glad to meet another avid die-hard Sims 2 player. :D

Hi,
well, I got sims3 as a present from my daughter, tried to load it but got some stupid error. Than loaded it on her laptop, which worked. Tried to build some houses, struggled to get them just right. Created a sim and played a little bit, but the next time I locked in, he had a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. This I found so not funny, I decided to leave the game.
Now with all the custom content of sims 2 and the really fantastic new body-shapes etc, I am a total sims 2 addict. Don't even ask how large my downloads folder is. I only have a very small hard drive, so once again my daughter (Bless her)  :Dgave me an external huge hard drive and after some searching on net about how to play from that drive and copying of files onto it, I am back and playing happily ever after sims 2.

How does neighborhood copy work?
I sometimes would love to change the road layout.
at the moment I am only changing the terrains a bit.
Havn't figured out how to use simPE.I do know now how to change skintones and am absolutely thrilled by it's possibilities.

To use Neighborhood Copy you need Sim City 4.

You copy your chosen SC4 terrain from your Sims 2 SC4 terrain folder into the SC4 downloads folder then open SC4 (Sim City 4).

You use the sc4 terrain in your sc4 downloads folder to create a new city (the one you just copied) then, once it's open, use Mayor Mode to add, remove or change roads in that neighborhood.

Once you're satisfied save and exit SC4.
Now, copy your changed neighborhood back into your Sims 2 sc4Terrains folder.

It'll have a different name. It'll say City - Whateveryounamedit.sc4

Rename it, removing the "City" - part of the name

As an example: I wanted to change some roads in my Queefton neighborhood so I copied the Queefton neighborhood into my SC4 Downloads folder, opened it in SC4, edited it then saved it.

After I was done I put it back in the Sims 2 SC4Terrians folder like I said but I changed the name to Queeftemp (as in Queefton Temporary) so I wouldn't get it confused with my regular Queefton SC4 neighborhood file.

I then reopned Sims 2, created a new neighborhood called Queeftemp using the modified SC4 file I'd just created.

After the game created the new neighborhood I closed Sims 2 and, after it unloaded, opened Neighborhood Copy.

In that program there's two items: "Copy From" And "Copy To"

I selected the Queeftemp.sc4 neighborhood in "Copy From" and then selected Queefton in the "Copy To" window then I unchecked all the necessary boxes so that only the roads were changed, clicked the okay button and that was it!

The next time I opened my Queefton neighborhood the roads were changed just the way I wanted them.

I know it sounds complicated but it's actually a lot easier than this description.

Anyway, I hope that answers your question.

Hi there,
since sim city4 is one of the sims packs that I havn't got, I suppose I have to stick to what ever I can find
on the net. Fortunately there are plenty creators willing to share their terrains, thanks to all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1rock. Thanks for explaining, who knows, it might come in handy some time. 1:D

I haven't played in a couple of months - been on a WoW kick - but I'm getting a little bored with WoW at the moment and missing my Sims.

Lol, Amalia, I'm kind of doing the same thing. I'm taking a break from the Sims,because I know almost every cheat,every aspect,every little detail,so obviously,the game can get boring. So what I do is I take a LONG break from the Sims,then play it again after a random amount of time..at least it works. :D

Well, kind of really. Trouble is, it takes too long to load in and by the time it's loaded, I'm already bored with it.

I only play it now for story purposes, however, not so long back I made a HUGE error in judgement, and tried to load in Sims 3 forgetting I'd already had Sims 2 disk in the drawer. Yep, a teeny tiny, but VERY effective crack developed. That put me off for a little while. Then I got a replacement but haven't played since.

Another reason why I don't play is because I had a great legacy going, you've probably seen it - Ambrose's Blog - and Riverblossom (the 'hood it was based in) decided for some reason to wipe out every single family in the entire 'hood. And that included the college campuses and the other sub hoods too. The lots were still intact but.... unoccupied. Still couldn't figure out why that happened but needless to say it put me off playing Sims completely.

I really must get back to playing, even for those pictures for my other stories.

After so many years i am still playing sims2, its great.
The only problem is that i played it only for 2 hours  ?  ;D
The rest is all creating new sims and outfits , just for personel use.
You can create almost everything but the problem is that most meshes, here and somewhere else are gone, so you have to start over again.
i hope in the near future i can begin playing the game  :rolleyes: :p

Yes!!! Love this game 3yay

I haven't played Sims 2 in almost two years at this point, stupid college.  But I REALLY miss my sims and am really looking forward to getting my desktop computer back when I graduate, although I have no clue how it's going to get across country, let alone overseas, like I'm planning on doing...

But yeah, I really dislike Sims 3 and really wish I could just transfer my Sims 2 to my laptop, but it doesn't work that way  XD  (Mac laptop and PC desktop...)

Lol, darn college.
I dislike sims 3 as well. -_-
I dunno if I could go that long without sims. I would have to sneak home or something xD

Yes. And i still prefer it over sims 3.  :D

Haha, I play it regularly, lol. :P

The cool thing about it is how there's so much endless possibilities for different aspects of gameplay, making it one of the more awesome games out there to this day. That said, at the moment, I only have two EP's, which makes me reel at how much more expansive the world of the Sims 2 could be when I have all of them, lol...:rolleyes:

But yeah, in truth, I really want the Sims 3 as well, to be honest; besides, I can never set an official opinion until I've tried both, right? :o

Either way, though, I'm still pretty sure both are equally as spectacular.

(And of course..! Let's not forget the very foundation of 'em all, The Sims, lol...:P)

With all these new expansions, the Sims 3 is starting to become somewhat presentable. But I'm still sticking with sims 2

I almost cried three weeks ago when my video card died while I was playing Sims 2. I was near tears when after installing my new video card, I learned my sound card was fried, too. I figured out a way around that yesterday and did the Happy-Happy Joy-Joy dance when I got to the neighborhoods page, so yes, I still play the Sims 2.

My primary reason for not moving on to Sims 3 is the cost. ;)

Awww! That is so cute.

Yep, I'm currently playing it...in the early morning....that's how we roll. xD

My game is a little laggy,but it's getting better with speed and performance...I haven't played the game in forever,and I'm just now getting back into it. I'm looking for some more sims to download,but so far...nothing comes to mind. :P

Well....my computer reset and I lost all my sims and custom content....I may be taking a break from the sims for a little bit :P

I still play my Sims2 game.  The original as I never had any expansion sets work on my computer.  My poor download folder is holding over 15k files made for the original game and/or that work in it for me.  And because I lost about half of them the beginning of this year in a meltdown, I now have a flash drive holding copies of everything so I don't lose them again   1rock

Even when ever I finally get an upgrade to my system, I won't be buying any other game of the Sims as I like my Sims2 original and don't want to hunt down expansion compatible items for it. So, I really really enjoy it when I search sites and find base game compatible stuff I can get.   3yay