The Sims 2 2004

Released: September 14, 2004
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy
Platforms: PC · Mac
Developer: Maxis
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Where to buy

Digital: Steam Epic Games Xbox
In a collection: The Sims 25th Birthday Bundle

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Is it still worth playing?

Maxis' 2004 life simulation, the sequel to The Sims, released for Windows in September 2004 and for Mac in 2005. From the neighborhood view you pick one lot to play: an inhabited lot, an empty prebuilt lot you move a household into, or an empty lot you build on. Sims live only in residential lots but can visit community lots to buy things like clothing and magazines. In Live mode you control Sims, in Buy mode you add, move or delete furniture, and in Build mode you rebuild the house and change its structure. Sims can throw parties to gain aspiration points, and expansion packs add mini games and supernatural Sims. A home can still change as the household does, with three modes for living, buying and building.