When “Sims” is 25 years old, EA wants to embrace the past of the series
Blog Andrew Joseph 02 Feb , 2025 0

“Sims 2” (2004)
“Simulation Life 2” was released on September 14, 2004 to the effect of simulated life and extended it. “Simulation 2” is the first game in this series. This is completely 3D, and the number of customization and interactive options that players can use can be deepened. At the same time, some more frustrating quality of the series can be reduced. Sims has the ability to create memories and have desires and life needs, thereby deepening the potential of emerging stories. Pilson believes that “interconnection” is the greatest power of “Simulation Life 2”.
“Simulation Life 1 is very simulated, but” Simulation Life 2 “has raised it to a different level. You have introduced many interconnection with your family, because now they have a lifetime and family relationship … Introduce background stories and memory, This is the whole new layer in simulation life. What do I think of these villains?
“Sims 2” has once again become a key and commercial success, because it provides players with tools for raising and answering these questions. GameSpot's comments on “Simulation Life 2” 2 emphasized that it “successfully mastered all the contents of the first game and proposed a grade.” From the perspective of development, this is also the favorite of Pearson in this series. Because this is the first game of “Sims” who works from beginning to end.
Between 2004 and 2008, “Simulation Life 2” received eight extensions and 10 things. All these additional contents make SIMS 2 a very powerful and comprehensive packaging, but also make the jump from Sims 2 to Sims 3 more difficult for developers. MAXIS's Intial version of the new game of the new game has fought with the backbone function. Pilson recalled that every new member of “Simulation Life 2” will increase expectations for potential concentrated content.
“Whenever we continue to move forward, we hope to take everything away and bring everything. But the reality is that the core features of” Simulation Life 3 “and” Sims 4 “have changed, and” Simulation Life “4” changed a lot of things, and all this could not be achieved. Establish and redefine “.