The Sims 2

The Sims 2 is a strategy/simulation computer game from Maxis and is the sequel to the popular game The Sims. It is a vast departure from the previous version and various updates. It is fully 3D, and, unlike in the first installment, characters age and have genetic traits that can be passed on to their children. The game was officially released on September 17 2004. Customers who pre-ordered The Sims 2 received their copy on September 14 2004. A port to Mac OS X was done by Aspyr and was released on June 12 2005. The DVD edition will not be available outside of the United States.

System requirements

Many have criticized The Sims 2 for needing extremely high system requirements. In fact, just the required (and not optimum) system specs meant that many PC's purchased as late as 2001 would not even be able to run it at all. A similar compliant was levied against another recent Maxis game, SimCity 4.

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2001 - SimCity 4

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The system requirements for The Sims 2 (from the official The Sims 2 website) are as follows:

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Windows

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• 800 MHz processor for systems with a T&L-capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM. 2 GHz processor for systems without a T&L-capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM.
• 256 MB RAM
• Windows® XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating System or better
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Mac

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• 1.2 GHz processor
• PowerPC G4/G5
• (ATI) Radeon 9000 or better.
• 256 RAM
• Mac OS X 3.8 or better
• At least 3 GB of hard drive space