In addition several console versions have been released. Eight expansion packs and nine stuff packs were subsequently released.

A port to Mac OS X was released on June 17, 2005. The Sims 2 was released on Septemfor Microsoft Windows. Veronaville's characters are based on Shakespearean characters. Strangetown's storyline is based on the supernatural, and is loosely connected with Pleasantview. Pleasantview is based 25 years after the town in the original The Sims. Although gameplay is not linear, storylines exist in the game's pre-built neighborhoods. The Sims 2 builds on its predecessor by allowing Sims to age through six stages of life and incorporating a 3D graphics engine. All Sims age, and can live to 90 sim days depending on the degree to which their aspirations are fulfilled. Sims have life goals, wants and fears, the fulfillment of which can produce both positive or negative outcomes. The Sims 2, like its predecessor, does not have a defined final goal the gameplay is open-ended. The game has the same concept as its predecessor: players control their Sims in various activities and form relationships in a manner similar to real life. The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategiclife simulationvideo game developed at the Redwood Shores studio of Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. Wherever a patch is mentioned, you should also apply respective patch before moving to the following stuff pack / expansion. This is the order you should follow when starting a clean installation of all The Sims 2 games. Here below is the order that The Sims 2 games have been released.

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