The Sims: 22 Years and Counting

[Amir Shoam]

With over 200 million copies sold, The Sims is one of the most popular series in history, receiving a world-record number of expansion packs and redefining what's a game and who is a gamer.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/article/2497-the-sims/

 

[Fearghast]

Had a blast back then playing Sims 1 and even the DSI version, but when second came out it started to lose its charm.
Don't get me wrong, I still own Sims 2 and 3, but the time I played them is so insignificant compared to the first one it might as well be non-existent.
I wonder if we could "measure" popularity of this series, how would the graph look like?
Does anyone seriously care anymore? I mean other than core audience.

A lot of Sims user "content" feels like "Baby shark, Nursery rhymes, that Spiderman/Elsa themed videos that exploited young children watching YouTube etc.

 

[RudyBob]

Tried but too repetitive. Life is usually repetitive and that's good so I decided on life vs game

 

[p51d007]

Played it a little back in the "dialup" days, but since you couldn't nuke something, why bother.
Now, I'm sure there are a ton of mods/cheats to do all sorts of things, but like everything else,
it is probably "woke".

 

[baN893]

A trip down memory lane. Thanks for the summary.

 

[Vaneheart]

I miss The Sims Medieval. That game was a lot of fun.

 

[amghwk]

Always wanted to play but never had the time (or maybe motivation to play it). This, coming from someone who played the original Simcity a lot.

So, is the Sims 2 the best version?

 

[Hodor]

Funny article. Since, in case you didn't know, our world isn't real. We're Sims version 979.5 beta.

 

[maestro0428]

My daughter has like a 1000+ hours in Sims.

 

[Amir Shoam]

So, is the Sims 2 the best version?

The Sims 2 is probably the one that improved the most upon its predecessor, but 3 and 4 are conventionally better (in different ways) and easier to run on modern systems.

 

[Hodor]

One question each person on this little planet has to ask himself is:

"Am I controlled by a real player, or am I just an NPC."

(and TBH, it's hard to say which is worse)

 

[zavrix]

I spent way to many hours playing Simcity when it first came out, such a great game when it released.

 

[RudyBob]

I always thought it a dumb go nowhere game.