Your Sims would also now die of old age, with a limit to the duration of each life stage. If you had the university expansion, you could also experience the young adult stage. Sims would move through the stages of baby, toddler, child, teen, adult, and finally elder. This resulted in a total of six life stages in the base game, while the University Life expansion introduced a seventh. It also introduced the aging mechanic to the series. The Sims 2 significantly fleshed out the life stages seen in the original game. The concept of "sub-neighborhoods" was also introduced in expansions, which laid the groundwork for the open-world concept introduced in The Sims 3. This issue continues throughout the franchise. The more expansions you installed, the longer you had to wait for the game to load. It also had the big problem that almost all Sims games suffer from: increased loading times as more content arrives for the game. At times, you would have to use cheat codes to move the Sim itself as you could not interact with objects in use. Characters would sometimes get stuck behind objects, meaning players had to move them around. The main criticism facing the game when considering its time period is the pathfinding of characters. The graphics have not aged well when you compare them with modern games, but at the time they were considered quite impressive. Most of the criticisms you could throw at The Sims have more to do with hindsight, rather than the product at the time of its release. Its inclusion of same-sex relationships was also revolutionary at the time, as it was long before diversity and representation made it into the gaming industry spotlight. The Sims became the first true life simulator game.ĭespite initial doubts, it became a game that changed the industry. It took the fanfare around other simulation games and gave users an unprecedented and extremely personal level of control not seen in the others. Positive AspectsĪt the time of its release, The Sims was unlike anything else on the market. The seven expansions for The Sims were: Livin' Large, House Party, Hot Date, Vacation, Unleashed, Superstar, and Makin' Magic. Despite this, these seven expansions laid much of the blueprint for future expansion themes.Įach expansion significantly expanded gameplay, adding new regions, gameplay mechanics, and interactions. The original Sims game has the fewest expansions in the series, as well as no Stuff Packs (content that mostly includes extra items, rather than new gameplay mechanics).
The Sims were pixelated, while their limbs were relatively rectangular. You can scroll between basic pre-designed heads and bodies, as well as three physique types: skinny, fit, or fat.
In terms of customization and graphical quality, the original Sims came with the least complexity in the series.
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