63 Camden Street

I really enjoy building in The Sims 2 albeit it's a little harder than in The Sims 4.  

In TS4 you can push and pull walls and add foundations to already built houses.  You can't do that in TS2 and although I have a few problems with roofing, I eventually get it right in the end.

The Sims 2 seems to be getting more popular these days, probably due to the gameplay which seems to be more in-depth and the Sims in 2 seem to react better to situations than they do in 4.  For example, Sims 2 Sims will look at the camera when waiting for the player to direct them to do something or if you as the player sell an object from their home or it gets taken by a burglar or the Repo Man, they will go over to where the object was, sigh and shake their heads or get angry that the item was taken.  Sims 4 Sims just don't seem to care in my opinion.

There are still many custom content creators out there, past and present, who have created and are still creating for The Sims 2.  Even expansion packs and kits for The Sims 4 have been converted to The Sims 2 and this is great for Sims 2 players like myself who can still get new content for such an old but brilliant game.

For me, I care more about my Sims 2 Sims than I have for Sims from any of the other iterations and so I want them to have nice homes to live in, which brings me to my build of 63 Camden Street.

This house is a 3 x 3 lot and will cost your Sim 87,420 Simoleons - nothing that Motherlode cannot fix!  It has one bedroom, one bathroom, a study and an open-plan living room/kitchen/diner.  It also has a back porch with a barbecue and plots outside for planting seeds.  And of course, as there are cars in The Sims 2, it has a nice driveway with a brand new shiny red car.

I did use custom content in this build which seems to bring The Sims 2 more up to date and modern and my Sims really love their new home!  Here are a few pics:

And of course, I made a speed build video for my channel on YouTube which shows some gameplay at the end of my Sims testing the lot out.

You can also download this lot for your game should you want it for your Sims.  The links to download are in the description of the video and also pinned to the comments section.

- Minicart (Jules)

1571 Melody Drive

Even though The Sims 2 is an old game, I think the graphics are pretty good and the gameplay is amazing.  Sims in The Sims 2 seem more "real" and have great personalities.  To me, they are smarter than the so-called "smart Sims" that EA made out The Sims 4 to be.

Obviously, things change over the years as far as the look and feel of video games and The Sims are no exception.

Building houses and lots in The Sims 2 is harder than it is in The Sims 4.  Regardless of what anyone says about this latest iteration of The Sims, TS4 build mode is very advanced, allowing the player to push and pull walls, laying foundations after the house has been built - I could go on.  I do not consider myself a builder but I enjoy building and I do find The Sims 2 a lot harder to build in than The Sims 4.

I tend to have a lot of trouble with roofing in The Sims 2 but admit that I am getting better and I do accomplish it in the end.

When you look at Sims 4 builds, they are quite modern and "up to date" and doing this in The Sims 2 is a little harder but not entirely impossible.

Thanks to all of those wonderful custom content creators that are still out there, creating new stuff for The Sims 2, you can make your Sims 2 build look more modern for your Sims and allow you, the player, to play this great game with a new, modern look.

Apart from mods to make the water look more sparkly, the grass greener and the world more open, new and colourful UI and a host of other stuff, creators are converting Sims 4 objects to Sims 2, allowing the player to have the expansion pack objects from The Sims 4 into The Sims 2.  It's like having extra expansion packs, game packs and stuff packs for a game that, unfortunately, EA no longer supports.

There is now a conversion database for Sims 2 content that has been converted from The Sims 4 and a hashtag of "4t2" on Tumblr to find this content a lot easier.

I think my Sims in The Sims 2 deserve better so I tend to use a lot of custom content in my game and in the more modern builds that I place for download.

When I was scouring the internet for ideas on my next build, I came across a really modern home that I wanted to re-create in The Sims 2 and came up with 1571 Melody Drive.

This home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study and a kitchen/diner/lounge with a garage that houses a brand-new sparkling Mercedes which I downloaded from Mod the Sims a while back.

I also created a speed-build video for YouTube and as you will see at the end of the video, my Sims tested out the home and seemed very happy with it!

Here's the video if you want to check it out and if you would like to download this lot for your game, the link is pinned to the comments section.

Dag Dag!

- Minicart (Jules)

9 Mill Lane

I have been building quite a few Sims 2 lots lately, recording as I go and turning them into speed builds for posting on YouTube.  My latest is "9 Mill Lane" and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I did use custom content in this lot, mainly for the flowers in the garden which are converted from TS4 Cottage Living to TS2.  These plants are seen as "objects" and don't need watering or trimming, so that saves your Sims a lot of time in the garden!  As with all lots, if you download this, all custom content is included in the file.

As you will see from the end of the video, my Sims seemed to settle in very well in their new home 😃

So, without further ado, here is the video - enjoy!