Sims 2 out today

[Shmtur]

Whether or not the Sims 2 is a good game, I found this to be hilarious.  Most people's related stories about this game that I've seen so far tend to be, though.

[SirBruce]

So, I just picked up the Sims 2, but the manual doesn't answer a fundamental question for me.

Do Sims who move out of your house continue to age and have lives "off-screen"?  Or do they only age when you load them up?  Because I'm curious if I get married and have a kid and the kid moves out at say 18 if I play another 40 years and then my character dies, can I go play my kid at age 18 or will I go play him at age 58 where he already had grandkids and so on?

Bruce

[Kenrick]

That's a good question... I'm going to assume that you have to be playing a particular family/sim for them to advance.

[WayAbvPar]

Things I learned from Sims 2:

Always cuddle before you woo woo.

Bubb Rubb can dig it.

[Rodent]

Bubb Rubb can dig it.

Oh lord,  just when I had forgotten the horror... Why? WHY?!

[Shmtur]

So, I just picked up the Sims 2, but the manual doesn't answer a fundamental question for me.

Do Sims who move out of your house continue to age and have lives "off-screen"?  Or do they only age when you load them up?  Because I'm curious if I get married and have a kid and the kid moves out at say 18 if I play another 40 years and then my character dies, can I go play my kid at age 18 or will I go play him at age 58 where he already had grandkids and so on?

Bruce

I'm pretty sure only the sims that are living in the house that you currently have active age.

I had a kid in my house who aged into a teenager, and all of her friends who had been the same age as her did not turn into teenagers.

[Bunk]

Only the Sims in the Active house age.  I bought the DVD version which comes with a bonus disk of interviews. They make a point of explaining in detail that they expect you to move around the neighbourhood playing various families in order to keep the ages similar.

Also, there are cheats to turn off aging if you don't want your sims to get old.

I'm enjoying it so far. Got me a slacker that works nights at a gas station and spends his days wooing the mail lady.  Damn was he pissed when the maid service sent over a freakin guy to clean the house though. His major want in life flips between woohoo and lunch meat sandwhiches.

His female roommate is now an executive assistant (she makes all the $) who spends her evenings trying to romance all the young ladies in town, which really seems to piss off thier boyfriends.  Her major wants seem to be getting up in time for work, and buying lawn ornaments.