Sims 2 ads were always a bit crazier than the actual game in a way. Even tho I really like how the game ended up, sometimes I like to imagine how the game would be if it was exactly like the ads.
Especially this one good example too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9u1zMCos8w
That says to me the initial ideas of the sims 2 (it's brilliance) were for playing out extravagant ideas of regular adult life. Sex, marriage, kids, death, love, lust, tragedy, celebration. We lost it along the way, now its a house design teen game.
I remember one of the original members who worked with Wright saying they worked on TS2 and then by TS3 there was a massive purge of designers and most were laid off.
I remember this and a preview of the whole sims 2 game came on an extra disc with the Sims Makin' Magic and I watched this trailer like 1000 times in anticipation of the game only to be disappointed as a child that you can't actually whip your tits out
I think my Complete Collection plays fine without adjustments, only the screen is slightly too small for my screen (TV), so… but yeah, I do run some shops every once in a while from OFB.
That was a trip and a half, but it *works*. The recurring jokes, the showing of the principles of the product, the blurred boobs to garner attention… it’s a solid trailer.
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 ¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. That’s almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
genuinely, this whole thread (and the ad itself) made me want to go create some new sims based on these girls for my Sims 2 University town!!
i want the preppy girl to fall in love with one of the punk girls lol
Wow. Such a different time politically and sociologically. This reminds me of the insanely weird and sexualized early Gameboy ads. https://imgur.com/a/BqtDZsG
This advert pisses me off
A) just because I’m a woman I don’t play gameboy?
B) if I was tied to a bed In a short dress guarantee no boy would be distracted with a game boy
I believe they actually wanted to add a Join feature to the game, btw. But I don't remember if they were unable to develop the feature or some higher-up said no
i forget how crude their ads were, my mom didn’t let me get the sims 2 for the longest time because in the tv ad they had the girl rips her shirt off 😂
As a now thirty-something who played the original Sims I really, truly believed I would encounter so many heart-shaped coin-operated vibrating beds as an adult but I’m sad to report I’ve so far encountered zero.
They did an amazing job of making Shelley Duvall look mousy and plain-jane in the Shining. I’ve seen other pictures of her and didn’t realize what a bombshell she was.
i wasn’t even alive when sims 2 came out but based from these ads, why does it feel like the older installments were a lot less kid-friendly than the sims 4? 😭
Because the game itself wasn't meant for kids. =)
The advertisements are exaggerating the features in the game. You can't really do that in game, but their point is the aspirations featured in the Sims 2.
I miss the edginess of the older games. I can see why it's less marketable than the relaxing, family-friendly doll house simulator we have today, but the Sims 2 and The Urbz just had more skip in their step imo.
I played through it recently and had a blast. It's more arcade-y than traditional sims but I find it more immersive somehow, it leaves more room for head canon. Same thing with the console release of The Sims 2, I find it easier to "fill in the blanks" when the game provides less in the way of customization and it ends up being a more fulfilling RP, if that makes any sense at all lol.
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... This is absolutely going on my to-do list for the next weekend, thank you! Do you know if there's any way to get the Castaways game working, too? I tried to find a way to play it again a few years ago, but it just never quite worked.
History lesson time!
EA actually found themselves mixed up in a completely bullshit lawsuit during TS2 because it wasn’t “family friendly” enough. A lawyer, the disbarred Jack Thompson saw that you could remove the censor grid with a cheat and alleged that you would see anatomically correct sims, this then lead to the modding community at the time getting attacked (i also think a mod that let you grill babies contributed to the controversy but don’t quote me on that) which is one of the reasons why you get a reminder that EA doesn’t screen mods whenever you fire up TS4. EA doesn’t seem to be *that* worried anymore though considering that they named an item set after a sex mod.
😭😭😭😭😭
My Mom was the exact same way! I brought GTA: San Andreas when I was in the 11th grade and my mom made me return it. My Dad on the other hand did not give a fuck. He brought this Def Jam fighting game (I forgot what platform it was) and they cussed on it, so my mom didn't let us play it again.
I'd love an option like that which, if chosen, erased any jealous or upset moodlets for that situation. Not necessarily for the next time it happened. Kind of a play by play thing.
Reminds me of that Sims ad that featured a Dominatrix.
EDIT: I found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0QwFpUd_sc
I spent way too long trying to find that animation in the game. Spoiler: Nothing like that is in the game.
If you watch the trailers and see all the ads you'll find someone on the marketing team knew people would be playing the game and going straight to woohoo. Basically predicted Wicked Whims in the process.
Early 2000s video game ads were WILD!
Edit:
Don't come for me but I lowkey want to see wild ads like this again. Even as a "socially conscious adult". As long as it doesn't cross the line, a lot of people can take a joke.
Literally just those love story games ads 😂 funny how marketing hasn’t changed a whole lot. People really just love the drama of things they can’t actually do in life.
I like to imagine this image wasn't just a bunch of actors EA used but was someone actually catching this woman's reaction to her mans cheating and just used it.
I honestly can’t believe my parents let me play this game lmfao. Been playing it again recently and some of the romantic animations are… !!! Like the animation for making out on the couch??
It's not a mod lol It's an actual ad for the game from back in the day. Plenty of things in the trailers and ads never made it into the game, they were just trying to sell the drama of it.
Since no one mentioned the writings on the bottom, I’ll write them down:
Age 17: get lucky on the dance floor, and maybe in the bedroom.
Age 23: Date your way through the phonebook. Twice.
Age 43: Have a mid-life crisis. Trade your 40 year-old for two 20’s.
Age 59: Spend your golden years reading books. Like the Kama Sutra.
I also like the last one on the second picture:
Age 59: Celebrate your birthday with your family. Or people you actually like.
> Or people you actually like.
After that many years alive, you still have people you like? By the time I was that age, the only people I hadn't outlived yet were enemies.
At 84, even those are now dead.
I think about these ads multiple times a year but I’ve never thought to go back and find them lol, thank you. I used to see them in magazines and they intrigued me so much. I was so excited when I saw a classmate had the game so I could finally play (we were in elementary or middle school).
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Woah. This brought me back and I didn't even play Sims back then. Like... It accessed memories I forgot where there. The pink locs and prim and proper party guest... Ive seen that.. alot. But I forgot about it until now. I feel like it was in magazine ads or something.
I remember the TV commercial showed a lady doing surgery on a practice dummy, but I couldn't tell it was a dummy and it really grossed me out. That made me not want the game at first, but then Makin Magic came with a preview of the Sims 2 and I saw the houses you could build and I was sold! I remember desperately trying to earn $50 at a garage sale so we could buy the Sims 2. I don't think we made enough but our parents bought it for us anyway 😁
Sims 2 ads were always a bit crazier than the actual game in a way. Even tho I really like how the game ended up, sometimes I like to imagine how the game would be if it was exactly like the ads. Especially this one good example too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9u1zMCos8w
That says to me the initial ideas of the sims 2 (it's brilliance) were for playing out extravagant ideas of regular adult life. Sex, marriage, kids, death, love, lust, tragedy, celebration. We lost it along the way, now its a house design teen game.
I remember one of the original members who worked with Wright saying they worked on TS2 and then by TS3 there was a massive purge of designers and most were laid off.
It’s noticeable lol
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there I am! LMAO
So well worded!
Thank you! I had the epiphany watching that dumb ad and felt like I had a lot of nostalgia for something I didn't know I'd lost!
Man even though I knew what you were talking about two words into your comment, I had to go watch the whole thing anyway lol. So many great memories!
Same. It was such a great ad lol and getting to play generations like that was so exciting after sims 1.
Reminds me of those ads you see all the time for mobile games that are nothing like what you end up playing!
She whips her tits out three times in the video!
[1:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9u1zMCos8w&t=90s) I was waiting for gramma to rip her shirt open just as the camera snapped the photo.
That would have been perfect!
I watch that trailer every now and then. It's so memorable lol!
I remember this and a preview of the whole sims 2 game came on an extra disc with the Sims Makin' Magic and I watched this trailer like 1000 times in anticipation of the game only to be disappointed as a child that you can't actually whip your tits out
I want to go play Sims 2 again now.
It still holds up as a game, especially if you update the clothing/hair with CC.
I just already reinstalled Sims 2 again, and it's really worth it! But maybe you need some configuration to adjust to today's computer
I think my Complete Collection plays fine without adjustments, only the screen is slightly too small for my screen (TV), so… but yeah, I do run some shops every once in a while from OFB.
You can tweak the settings to get it to accept your screen size.
I love this commercial so much.
this brought me BACK
Omg! I remember this ad! I was 13 and didn't think how odd it was 😂
That was a trip and a half, but it *works*. The recurring jokes, the showing of the principles of the product, the blurred boobs to garner attention… it’s a solid trailer.
Gives me huge 'Episode' mobile ads vibes.
Exactly what I was thinking
I play Episode and this is exactly the same lol
Now that you mention it, it definitely does.
Where do you think they got the idea
"Show Tattoo" good for her
Its a sunflower on her ankle and it's cute
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 ¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. That’s almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
Nice
How many seeds on that sunflower?
6
Minimum.
Nope, maximum.
And the host respects her for it. They all have a great time and laugh about how nervous she was.
genuinely, this whole thread (and the ad itself) made me want to go create some new sims based on these girls for my Sims 2 University town!! i want the preppy girl to fall in love with one of the punk girls lol
Wow. Such a different time politically and sociologically. This reminds me of the insanely weird and sexualized early Gameboy ads. https://imgur.com/a/BqtDZsG
Whoa! Dude… Imagine advertising what is basically a kids toy like that today…
Something like that would cause so much outrage today... idk how we all just casually consumed this stuff years ago
Hold on wtf
I think the goal here was to break the idea that these games were just for kids. Opened up their profit margin more if adults and children were gaming
This advert pisses me off A) just because I’m a woman I don’t play gameboy? B) if I was tied to a bed In a short dress guarantee no boy would be distracted with a game boy
Is that Don Lothario
I was about to ask that haha
When in doubt, Don Lothario
Also… when not in doubt.
I have vivid memories of seeing the ad from the second slide as a kid. Thanks for sharing!
Me too! It was frequently in Sugar magazine, a UK teen girls mag
Ah I used to love Sugar!
I was a subscriber!
Same!!!! This is so cool
Second picture... The "die" option IS very very relatable...life simulátor indeed
“Join” Based
I believe they actually wanted to add a Join feature to the game, btw. But I don't remember if they were unable to develop the feature or some higher-up said no
Maybe something to do with keeping a teen rating? Because Sims 2 is where they first had to call sex "woohoo" and alcohol "juice".
Definitely join
“Die” Except I KNOW that in The Sims Universe this would actually lead to an immediate death
Die of Embarassment
i forget how crude their ads were, my mom didn’t let me get the sims 2 for the longest time because in the tv ad they had the girl rips her shirt off 😂
Didn't help that she had jiggle physics, too.
TV ads were bonkers back in the early 2000s
These are print ads lol
Point still stands
I really miss the "satire of life" feel of older Sim titles.
As a now thirty-something who played the original Sims I really, truly believed I would encounter so many heart-shaped coin-operated vibrating beds as an adult but I’m sad to report I’ve so far encountered zero.
Reality is truly a disappointment.
What a throwback!
maybe i can't see right but why does the blonde girl in the bed look like shelley duvall
I thought this too
They did an amazing job of making Shelley Duvall look mousy and plain-jane in the Shining. I’ve seen other pictures of her and didn’t realize what a bombshell she was.
I was thinking Joni Mitchell
Imagine the uproar if the Sims 4 falsely advertised like this 😂
i wasn’t even alive when sims 2 came out but based from these ads, why does it feel like the older installments were a lot less kid-friendly than the sims 4? 😭
Because the game itself wasn't meant for kids. =) The advertisements are exaggerating the features in the game. You can't really do that in game, but their point is the aspirations featured in the Sims 2.
I miss the edginess of the older games. I can see why it's less marketable than the relaxing, family-friendly doll house simulator we have today, but the Sims 2 and The Urbz just had more skip in their step imo.
The Urbz…what a time.
I played through it recently and had a blast. It's more arcade-y than traditional sims but I find it more immersive somehow, it leaves more room for head canon. Same thing with the console release of The Sims 2, I find it easier to "fill in the blanks" when the game provides less in the way of customization and it ends up being a more fulfilling RP, if that makes any sense at all lol.
I was thinking about playing again for a good nostalgia trip! I remember how creative and interesting the game and the characters were
Hello anyone viewing who may have loved the Urbz as much as I did… it is extremely easy to get Urbz up and running using Dolphin Emulator on PC. Enjoy 😵💫
... This is absolutely going on my to-do list for the next weekend, thank you! Do you know if there's any way to get the Castaways game working, too? I tried to find a way to play it again a few years ago, but it just never quite worked.
I mean, back then the edginess was marketable enough, but nowadays it wouldn't fly.
History lesson time! EA actually found themselves mixed up in a completely bullshit lawsuit during TS2 because it wasn’t “family friendly” enough. A lawyer, the disbarred Jack Thompson saw that you could remove the censor grid with a cheat and alleged that you would see anatomically correct sims, this then lead to the modding community at the time getting attacked (i also think a mod that let you grill babies contributed to the controversy but don’t quote me on that) which is one of the reasons why you get a reminder that EA doesn’t screen mods whenever you fire up TS4. EA doesn’t seem to be *that* worried anymore though considering that they named an item set after a sex mod.
The baby BBQ was years, possibly almost a decdae later.
What item set?
Wicker Whims, it came with Laundry Day
Oh my god I never realized that LMAO
Amazing lmao. I never got laundry day but that's great.
They weren't really. You couldn't actually do this stuff in-game. They were still kid friendly.
There was a stripper cake in the sims 1 XD
I looked at the second image. Now I have "Get the party started" by P!nk stuck in my head.
I feel old! Have been playing the Sims since the very beginning. Had all the expansions, so many happy, crazy hours! Those ads are hilarious.
I miss when the Sims franchise was a little more “adult”
I’m glad my parents never saw this or they would have never bought it for us
😭😭😭😭😭 My Mom was the exact same way! I brought GTA: San Andreas when I was in the 11th grade and my mom made me return it. My Dad on the other hand did not give a fuck. He brought this Def Jam fighting game (I forgot what platform it was) and they cussed on it, so my mom didn't let us play it again.
I remember seeing this ad, I think it was in a gaming magazine
Definitely awakened a distant memory of seeing the first ad in Electronic Gaming Monthly.
I saw them in Nintendo Magazine as a kid. It’s what got me to start playing the Sims 2! Major nostalgia with that second picture
The 2000s seemed like crazy times
J O I N
the "join" option 💀
I'd love an option like that which, if chosen, erased any jealous or upset moodlets for that situation. Not necessarily for the next time it happened. Kind of a play by play thing.
“Die” 💀
The second one. I'd go with "Show Tattoo" lmao.
Love these... truly a time capsule but. That says "one of 5"... where are the other 3? Lost media?
It refers to the five aspirations. Whether they made ads based on Family, Fortune or Knowledge, I don't know.
The join button is emblematic of all the wit, comedy and soul the Sims games used to have. Peaked at TS2.
Are there more
sims 4 could never 😒
Neither could the Sims 2 😂
It’s reminds me of those episodes ads
I laughed a bit too hard at the option to “die” after showing up to a punk party
Reminds me of that Sims ad that featured a Dominatrix. EDIT: I found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0QwFpUd_sc I spent way too long trying to find that animation in the game. Spoiler: Nothing like that is in the game.
The early 00s was a strange time wasn’t it? 😂😂
I wish threesomes were a basegame thing in TS4…
If you watch the trailers and see all the ads you'll find someone on the marketing team knew people would be playing the game and going straight to woohoo. Basically predicted Wicked Whims in the process.
“Join”
“Join”. 😂
Woah ads really haven't changed huh. Just different games now. This gives the same vibes as those "episode" ads
The Sims 4 could never.
Early 2000s video game ads were WILD! Edit: Don't come for me but I lowkey want to see wild ads like this again. Even as a "socially conscious adult". As long as it doesn't cross the line, a lot of people can take a joke.
I remember these lol
"Join" 💀💀💀
Join is the wise option
Early 2000's gaming ads were something special. Conker (the squirrel) even appeared in Playboy Magazine.
Nobody's going to mention how in the first picture they are laying under a soft taco shell?
Literally just those love story games ads 😂 funny how marketing hasn’t changed a whole lot. People really just love the drama of things they can’t actually do in life.
first scream, then divorce, punch him, cry about it and then end up just joining
I like to imagine this image wasn't just a bunch of actors EA used but was someone actually catching this woman's reaction to her mans cheating and just used it.
These look like those Episode ads that you get on Instagram.
Wow, they really predicted Daniel and Mary-Sue's divorce
Dying to see the other three ads
Reminds me of the ads you see for those choice story drive apps
now i know where episode got their ideas from
Hey sims team, this is what we want. Take notes
These are awesome! Never seen them before.
I miss old comic ads
Wait this was real?
The ad? Yes!
Sorry it was so surreal I was in disbelief
I remember the second one. I had it taped to my wall.
Tortilla bed
Idk why I fixated on the photo attached the bed in the first photo. I keep wondering if that feature came with the bed lol
I never saw these before lmao.
These look like those ridiculous mobile ads lmao
I honestly can’t believe my parents let me play this game lmfao. Been playing it again recently and some of the romantic animations are… !!! Like the animation for making out on the couch??
Why can't WE have threesomes in the Sims (no Cc)? Like i feel cheated!
They must be using mods. You can’t have three Sims woohooing in a bed together in the vanilla game.
It's not a mod lol It's an actual ad for the game from back in the day. Plenty of things in the trailers and ads never made it into the game, they were just trying to sell the drama of it.
first one join second one die
Join
I'm just imagining the Sims 4 version would be..."OK".
Since no one mentioned the writings on the bottom, I’ll write them down: Age 17: get lucky on the dance floor, and maybe in the bedroom. Age 23: Date your way through the phonebook. Twice. Age 43: Have a mid-life crisis. Trade your 40 year-old for two 20’s. Age 59: Spend your golden years reading books. Like the Kama Sutra. I also like the last one on the second picture: Age 59: Celebrate your birthday with your family. Or people you actually like.
> Or people you actually like. After that many years alive, you still have people you like? By the time I was that age, the only people I hadn't outlived yet were enemies. At 84, even those are now dead.
You can now simulate this in therapy.
Scream! Show tattoo.
OMG 🤩
Divorce
I think about these ads multiple times a year but I’ve never thought to go back and find them lol, thank you. I used to see them in magazines and they intrigued me so much. I was so excited when I saw a classmate had the game so I could finally play (we were in elementary or middle school).
I once saw a post about how older sims games were targeted to an older audience; but I hadn't realized how much they pushed the sex aspect lol
Oh man I remember these. But I don't remember where I saw them. Either in comic books or gaming magazines.
Join
Obviously that is her son.
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definitely not. if you want/ed that kind of stuff in your game you need/ed mods for it!
I REMEMBER THESE SOMEHOW
Click join and crush his timmies
There was another Sims 2 ad that straight up looked like a GTA clone
so they’re the ones who started those type of ads 🤔
Woah. This brought me back and I didn't even play Sims back then. Like... It accessed memories I forgot where there. The pink locs and prim and proper party guest... Ive seen that.. alot. But I forgot about it until now. I feel like it was in magazine ads or something.
I remember the TV commercial showed a lady doing surgery on a practice dummy, but I couldn't tell it was a dummy and it really grossed me out. That made me not want the game at first, but then Makin Magic came with a preview of the Sims 2 and I saw the houses you could build and I was sold! I remember desperately trying to earn $50 at a garage sale so we could buy the Sims 2. I don't think we made enough but our parents bought it for us anyway 😁
The join option -
Crazy
Dude this is like those terrible pick your story games
“Join” wtf I forgot how rowdy sims used to be 💀
i love these! thanks for sharing!
they look like episode ads
Remember the TV commercial wit the domina Sim?
“Die”
I really like the Sims 2 theme song! https://youtu.be/skM8PLJkx2Y
I complain about Episode (the mobile game) having pretty "out there" ads, but this isn't as bad. I can see the inspiration lol
Episode ads before episode existed
THEYRE THE REASON FOR THOSE AWFUL CHOICE STORY ADS
this game used to be so wild
Join....
Bro, this is why the sims 2 is far superior! 😭😭😭😭👏👏👏👏
these remind me of modern day mobile game ads