In the The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime and mix their genes from one generation to the next. You set your Sims' goals in life; fame, fortune, family, romance or knowledge.

Give them a long, successful existence or leave their lives in shambles. Take them to extremes, from getting busted to seeing a ghost, from marrying an alien to writing a great novel.

Unleash your creativity with the all-new Create-A-Sim, new building options, and the new in-game movie camera. Get ready to mix their genes, fulfill their dreams, and push them to extremes. What do you want to do with your Sims' lives?

How much do you wanna be a sim?

Here are some key features of "The Sims 2":

Mix Genes: Your Sims have DNA and inherit physical and personality traits. Take your Sims through an infinite number of generations as you evolve their family tree.
Fulfill Dreams: Your Sims now have purpose in life. Do they aspire to a life of fame, fortune, family, knowledge, or romance? It's up to you to decide if they will be a lover or a loser, a prince or a pauper, a fool or a mastermind, and many other choices. Give them what they want and they'll lead a long, successful existence; indulge their fears and risk ruining their lives. It's all in your hands.
Push The Extremes: Will your Sims be left at the altar and need a shrink, or inherit a fortune and become filthy rich? Witness the big moments that make every Sim's life uniquely memorable.
Unlimited Creativity: Generate unique Sims with the new Create-A-Sim, packed with a vast selection of facial features, hairstyles, and outfits. Build dream homes and design neighborhoods with new building, design, and home furnishing options.
Revolutionary Movie-making: Make your own Sim films with the all-new movie-making feature. Create the cast, set the stage, take control of the camera, and capture your own screenplay in action. Zoom in close to record every detail as your very own Sims sitcom unfolds.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· This patch addresses some issues with uploading lots and exporting lots.
· Fix to prevent accidental deletion of game data files.
· Added support for Hungarian languages.
· Fixed Custom Content Browser support for Asian territories.
· Fixed bugs related to downloadable objects.
· Re-enables the in-game browser for Asian territories (was disabled in the previous patch).
· Fixes "the jump bug" causing Sims with a large number of memories to reset, or "jump," when performing interactions.
· Visitors will no longer kidnap a baby or toddler by leaving the lot while carrying them.
· Sims can now plan outfits for toddlers by using the changing table.
· Fixes a crash that would occur when viewing snapshots while simultaneously deleting pictures.
· Prevents pixelization from showing through walls when the Sim is behind the wall.
· A Sim whose fianc� dies can now become engaged again.
· Maids can now clean up pizza boxes and baby bottles.
· Fixes problems with the grim reaper and social worker that would disable save UI.
· The plumbbob will no longer appear in an NPCs chest when they marry into a Sim's family.
· Sims no longer get stuck on community lots when a Sim autonomously chooses to leave in the same car that they arrived in.
· Stargazing on the ground no longer satisfies the "Stargaze with Telescope" want.
· Fixes a problem with Sims' jobs not functioning properly when 3 or more Sims go to work in a helicopter.
· Babies now age transition properly when the Help With Birthday interaction is cancelled.
· Fixes the extremely rare problem where the UI would become disabled when an elder dies of old age.
· Fixes a problem where small objects (mostly toys) could be deleted when a Sim interacts with other nearby objects.
· The custom content browser no longer closes when an active link is double-clicked.
· Fixes the problem where coffee cups would occasionally be deleted when an interaction is cancelled.
· An adopted baby no longer snaps to the ground when the social worker that deliver it puts it in a crib.
· Sims now take a copy of all clothing in the family's inventory when they move out.
· Fixes a couple of cases of buy/build mode becoming disabled when the social worker arrives on the lot.
· Fixes the problem where the teddy bear would occasionally float after being put down.
· Teens no longer get the unsatisfiable "Write a Novel" want.
· Fixes a problem with the newspaper delivery person getting stuck on lots containing a high number of objects.
System/Config issues:
· Users with limited user accounts can now run the game.
· Improved performance with Radeon X800 cards. Users continuing to experiencing problems should update to the 4.10 driver.
· The game no longer affects a user's modem settings when connecting to the internet via the modem.
· Fixes a problem with default collections not being available when user data is regenerated.