Weird, fun gameplay like that kept players coming back for more. The kicker part was the Bunny was only visible to the Sim who needed it, so if players switched to other household members it looked like the Sim was talking to themselves. If Sims’ social needs were down enough, the Social Bunny would appear and talk to Sims to get their social needs up again. Even without the DLC, The Sims 2 base game allowed for hours of play time thanks to not only the design of the game, but the randomness of it as well. Players don’t consistently play The Sims 2 for its graphics, of course, but all the gameplay options definitely make it a top-tier Sims game. It also won a ton of awards and reached a score of 90 on Metacritic. The NPCs and townies already had relationships with each other before players loaded up a family, and the game toed the line between too much and just wacky enough perfectly. Not only was the game a foundation for the rest of The Sims franchise to come, but it had a ton of heart and personality. It will fully update the original game and all expansion packs to their latest version as of December 2007. By way of compensation, they offered to upgrade digital copies of the game to its Ultimate. Despite The Sims 2 being over 15 years old, it’s still surprisingly popular in The Sims community. EA and Maxis officially ended support for The Sims 2 last week not unreasonably, given its age.
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