The Sims 2 on PS2 brings the Maxis sim with an original console scenario. More narrative, fewer features than PC, but accessible. A nice gateway to the virtual life.
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Simulation1 player12+
Description
A Maxis and EA simulation released in 2005, the PS2 version of The Sims 2. A console-friendly version of the essential PC life simulator, where the player directs a family of Sims through their lives (careers, romance, friendship, children). Controller adaptation with story-oriented mode, more accessible than the PC version. An excellent port making The Sims franchise accessible to console players.
Sims 2, The review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
A console port of the life simulator, this game offers the spectacle of a living dollhouse. The art direction shows a home you furnish room by room and a family you follow through daily life: work, romances, friendships, children growing up. An adjustable view over Sims with expressive faces, a spruce suburban setting and the abstruse Simlish gibberish compose a warm domestic world, carefully transposed to the controller.
A console adaptation from Maxis, The Sims 2 deepens the life simulation with aspirations, life stages and a new console story mode where you create your Sim, manage their wants and explore a neighbourhood in search of success. The richness of the social simulation, the deep customisation and the characteristic humour make it a captivating, free experience. The pad interface lacks the PC's suppleness and some features are streamlined. A good game for fans of life simulation, management and creativity on PS2.
