The Sims 2 - Double Deluxe Edition (PC)

I bought this as an electronic download from a site called "Direct 2 Drive". I paid £25 which, at the time, seemed fair (considering I didn't get a physical disc). Anyway, it's a good little game, but some aspects are just not as good as the original Sims. The graphics are totally different as the game is now fully 3D. You can zoom in and out to an impressive scale, and the whole screen is rotatable 360 degrees on three axis. So that's impressive. However, I think it requires substantial computer power to be able to view it smoothly without stutters or delays. In terms of gameplay, a new addition is a system of short term and long ...  Read the complete review

This is possibly the most addictive game ever invented. I thoroughly cannot get off it for hours on end. The charaters have so much more life than the original game and the added personality makes this all the more fun and enjoyable. I love the way that having house parties the sims can dance and drink just like in the real world and if you're not careful they even vomit too. Having to remember to get the women to take the contraceptive pill each day is hard as well and if ou don't remember they can end up with more babies than you know what to do with. This can become very expensive when they require a lot of childcare as private schooling means you can't generally just ...  Read the complete review

Yes I know it's been out for quite some time but it was all completely brand new to me when I got it as a christmas present last year. It wasn't completely random, I have had the old Sims PC games somewhere in the back of a drawer somewhere, collecting dust because I had more important things to do than spend hours controlling a little person. And now I find out that they'll be bringing out a Sims 3 soon, which is just all very typical. But at least maybe the price of other expansion packs might decrease. It is very simple to set up with only 2 discs. One of them is something you can watch so in fact it's just the one that you have to contend with. Just stick it ...  Read the complete review