Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Sims 2 Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the really-big-computer-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims 2, the next generation of the #1 PC game of all time, is in development." Seems like the new 'unique selling point' for the sequel is "the.. addition of genetics, with the DNA of Sims passed down through generations", but there's a whole heap of other new bells and whistles. The game will be previewed properly at E3, and the franchise has now sold over 24 million units as a whole.

4 of 55 comments (clear)

  1. Creatures by ScurvySeaDog · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Remember the game "Creatures" from a few years ago? They had kinda their own DNA and would take on traits from their parents.

  2. My brain hurts just thinking about it... by redtail1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wil Wright's games would come full circle if a Sim could spend a few hours playing a tiny version of Pinball Construction Set...

  3. The Sims are bit like playing with dolls by rRaminrodt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And I'd guess that's why they've been so popular. At least with my Mother I think that's true. :-)

    Personally, I hope the Maxis folks optimize the loading of objects/the startup procedure. Since my mom has downloaded so many objects for the game she'll start it up and then go do something else while it loads. They've had plenty of expansion packs to try and do something about that, but I haven't seen much of a change.

    --
    They'll think I've lost control again and leave it all to evolution. -- Supreme Being, Time Bandits
  4. Re:Silence of the Lambs Construction Kit by Allison+Geode · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used to make a small room similar to that... I would put a toilet, a fridge, a bed, and a phone in there, and lock one person in by removing the door. this sim served the purpose of a "phone slave," since occasionally when the phone ring, you can get a pretty nice amount of money from the call: his whole purpose was to sit in his box, with just enough to keep alive, and answer the phone, so that everyone else in the house could have afford to live comfortably. yes, I realize how awful that is.