Now that The Sims 2 is kinda-sorta playable again on modern machines, you might expect it to be perfect right out of the digital box; its rich simulation of the modern day-to-day (circa 2004, anyway) ...

The whole 'trap Sims in the pool with no way to get out' shtick is such a cliche, and it’s a real pain in the neck to actually get done. By the time anyone actually dies my Sim has had to run to the ...

While I obviously dabbled in the game’s infamous acts of Sim sadism—deleting pool ladders and drowning unsuspecting Sims I’d forced to go for a dip, setting the house on fire and deleting the doors—my ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

Connor is a writer on Game Rant. Hailing from the east coast of Scotland, with experience in the development and retail spaces of the industry, he uses his passion for games and Scottish charm to ...

A place for your imagination to run wild. As the first expansion to the original The Sims 2, University aims to give your young adults the college experience. Party with friends, join fraternities and ...

Sometimes you want to play a game while doing something else, whether that’s working, watching something or just checking a guide, but The Sims 2 in fullscreen can take a while to load back in after ...

As The Sims celebrates its 25th birthday, fans are taken back to the beginning of the franchise with the launch of The Sims Legacy Collection. The first instalment of The Sims has been remastered, as ...

The Sims 2 cheat codes allow you to have even greater control over your Sims, their environments, and their worlds. And thanks to The Sims Legacy Collection, a re-release of The Sims 1 and 2 to ...

It's been a mixed third quarter for Electronic Arts (EA) in the ongoing fiscal year ending on March 31, 2025, with EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard performing below expectations. However, ...

Before you dream up all of the things you could use cheats for, it’s important to know how to use them in The Sims 2. Hitting Ctrl + Shift + C will open a command bar, which allows you to type in ...