I feel like TS2 was the only sequel that had a clear goal in how to improve itself, that was executed well. Like, in the original game, Sims are immortal, so you don't have a sense of urgency, progress, or change. When life cycles were introduced, that changed things sooo radically! Then you had The Sims 3, where open-world and ultimate color/pattern customization were the big changes. I enjoyed TS3 a lot, but you needed expansion packs to really feel enough of a change that made it worth playing versus 2 imo. Then you have TS4...Which admittedly I haven't even played a lot of...But I feel like the big upgrade was pretty Sims and pretty houses (ultimate fine-tune customization) which is great for people who enjoy those aspects most...but for everyone else, they asked, "Where are the toddlers and the pools and the cars??" For a sequel of a game like this to work, you have to have a very defined and worth-it upgrade.
It wasn't the people, it was EA. Sims 1 and Sims 2 were both produced by Maxis, who EA bought. The development of Sims was moved away from Maxis in 2006. Sims 3 was released in 2009.
@@automation7295 The Sims was shifted away from the Maxis team in 2006. They then worked on 'Spore'. Any Maxis branding following 2006 was for the name only, not the original team.
It’s the little details that truly make The Sims 2 shine. Floppy pizza, hair physics, cushions that compress when a sim sits down. It feels like heart and soul was actually put into the game instead of making something that was made for cash (ahem TS4).
The sims 2 and The sims 3 are very similar in quality imo. The sims 3 just tends to focus on the big features (open world, individual skills, traits, etc) where the sims 2 focuses on more of the little details, and is missing some of the big features of the sime 3.
I like how in the Sims 2 the sim uses two hands to eat the floppy part of the pizza slice and when it's eaten they go on with just one hand. That's some detail
sims 2 was made when sequels had to actually be BETTER than the original. they put their whole bussy into that game and it still stands at one of the best ones. they even had a custom "create a sim" feature where you could paint custom skins to have things like tattoos or whatever, or even MADE YOUR OWN MODDED STUFF LIKE HAIR AND CUSTOM FACES. sims 2 is/was ELITE.
I may be wrong, but i saw somewhere on reddit that in the sims 2 pizza actually has two randomised types, but one of them doesn't appear because of some bug. Was it true or just my fewer dream... idk.
As a kid I was so obsessed with The Sims that I would watch everything anything related to Sims 2 for any glimpse I could. I bought the ultimate game guide before the game came out, I watched interviews etc. One thing that has always struck me about Sims 2, is how how happy the developers are about the game, you can tell they not only are proud of it, but they actually enjoy playing it. As a long time simmer, I have been on Modthesims forever, and I have developers basically tell me they only play since it is their job. Absolutely disgusted what the Sims has become.
The Sims 2 had tons of tiny details that really added to the level of realism in the game. It’s one of the reasons TS4 feels so much more one dimensional.
I still don't understand why they cancelled the plans for it... Of all the companies it just had to be EA to hold the rights for The Sims and Spore...@@AwsomeKat777
Side note I really love how you made basically the same house and sim in every iteration, it really lets you get an idea of the overall graphics and how they’ve changed in relation to the changes the pizza has made
I think one of the things I miss the most (unless they added it) was burglars. You required having a security system for insurance claims. As a kid when it was night in the sims and then a burglar shows up and the music changes.. gave the game a little more life.
Something I remember from Sims 2 was that if you didn't accept the delivery it would be left on the lot for the sim to collect. Pizzas don't spoil so long as the box isn't opened, so it was entirely possible to have a stack of pizza boxes ready to go if your sim was in the mood. Another thing from Sims 2 is that the delivery person can take objects from the family if you can't pay the delivery fee, although this applies to all NPCs (maids, mechanic, etc.) and not just pizza delivery. If you don't have any objects worth taking, they'll even comment on how poor you are. Those little things always made the Sims 2 the best imo
In The Sims 4 pizza can also be ordered via the smart speaker, but the user of the smart speaker had no control over what topping they chose. It intended to cost §25 (the same as ordering a pizza via the phone) but due to a bug the cost of ordering the pizza via a smart speaker was §0.
There was also a bug in Sims 2, that if you paused just right, you could take out the pizza from the trunk in build mode (sometime around when the car stopped). If I remember well, the delivery NPC left after some time for not being able to deliver the pizza and you got a pizza for free.
I remember in Sims 1, your Sims would always go and wash their hands after having a pizza slice. Also, if you make them drop a slice on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, they will do it, but they'll keep saying 'bleh!' as they eat. I've always found it hilarious :D
u made me remember that my sims will say it also when eating hamburguers, and even if their where just made, i wonder why was that, most of my sims hated hamburgers but i loved to make them eat it anyways and hear the "iack" lol
@@mailenvelardez1123 That's due to the level of cooking skill points the Sim who made the burgers has. For the pizza too. If the game RNGs you a bad pizza maker the Sim will react by saying some kind of version of yuck. If it RNGs you a good pizza maker the Sim will be happy. The kids even literally say "ooh yummy" for the Sims 1.
For me the winner is Sims 2 - the delivery person takes the pizza out of the back of their car!; the pizza is steaming hot and the slices disappear individually… The Sims 2 is my favourite of all time 🎉😊
I loved the animation of their car driving up haha. The vibration of it being on it's last legs yet was still putting in the effort to keep on driving.
The winner is absolutely Sims 2. I even wrote my uni degree on moviemaking in-game of the Sims 2, because I adore those small details that makes the game so much more "alive" than the other games
My Sims never really order a pizza, but TS2 and TS3 looked like pizza. It really took a step backwards with TS4 even in the graphics department, although it shouldn't have. I can't remember if it was TS2 or TS3, but the way the water would run down the roof shingles during a thunderstorm was amazing. I would sit and watch that through an entire storm! I also miss the icicles that would form in winter. Pretty sure that was TS2, as well.
The Sims 1: the baseline The Sims 2: the perfect evolution from the first game. While the neighborhood isn't really active since the only lot being active is yours, the amount of detail they crammed into one play space in order to make it as believable as possible was amazing. The Sims 3: While it does indeed cut back on the smaller details such as water physics, hair physics, entering the car by teleporting instead of opening the doors,... it instead put effort in making the wider world outside your home feel alive. Inactive Sims actually go to work, go home, go grocery shopping, go to the park, hang out with family and friends at the park,... Inactive Sims live and grow along side your Sims. The Sims 4: *throws everything out of the window*
@@BengtBagels At least the sims 4 has good build buy (Even though I don't know how to make a good home) and is pretty fun when making simlit. The ideas are there but EA's interference says otherwise. Sims 2 and 3 for the win
One thing that Sims 4 does excel at over all other games is the amount of money you can spend on DLC content… so impressive. Why buy a whole game when you can collect all the fragments!!
@@averycheesypotato truly revolutionary. Not only do they cut out contents from the base game to sell it back to you, they also started to cut out contents from the DLC itself to sell it back to you. EA always pushes the boundary of what is possible and that is truly inspiring to witness. In all seriousness, the worst part to me is that there are simmers literally "thanking" EA for "listening" to the fans and releasing the missing contents as "Expansion Pack". I swear, the state of Sims 4 is not solely EA's fault, the simming community shares some of the blame as well for enabling their behaviour. Though that's just my opinion.
One day, you should truly try playing it. It’s got some fascinating lore behind some of the main characters/ families and whenever you play them, you can actually feel the deep dynamics and emotions within each character. For a simulation game, this is unparalleled!
I would say that Sims 3 is in the list as well. A lot of people complaining about the cut back on details in Sims 3 seem to forget how much Sims 3 expanded *a lot* on the general world and in game content when compared to Sims 2.
@@pxraas_mm Yes... the sims 3 was good too. The open world was crazy! But it was heavier, and it was noticeable when playing. I had such a big disappointment with the sims 4!
Not only has it the most detail, Sims 2 also just has so much charm. Something as simple as ordering pizza and a beat down car struggles down the road, leaving a big puff of smoke behind, the care shakes as doors open, etc. So many things are like this in TS2 and it's why I still prefer it over anything else this franchise has done in the last 20 years :/ Sims 3 is good too, they clearly focused on different things in the gameplay. While I don't think the open world actually is necessary for The Sims, it's clear there was a big effort to enhance the gameplay. With the Sims 4 I honestly cannot tell where the effort went... building and CAS, I guess.. but that doesn't really make a life sim :/
Watching this made me realize that the Sims 4 pizzas seem more like microwavable pizzas down to the fact that there's no true pizza mess in the box after it's gone, that grease spot isn't a true depiction of a legitimately fresh and hot delivered pizza. (And not to mention how rubbery/soggy the pizza itself looks)
@@augusto7681 I may be in the minority here when I say i don't really care for the realism everyone else is looking for, plus I like that Sims 4 has more pizza options!
Imo it doesn’t look rubber or soggy but most importantly what is this “true mess” you speak of? Very rarely is there more than a grease stain in my pizza boxes. I don’t know who your in pizza with or who you’re ordering from but sims 3 looks like they threw the pizza in the box wring side up and sims 2 looks like someone peeled off their cheese and threw it in the box. I’ve also never seen anyone fold over the boxes like they do in 2-4
Sims 1: the pioneer Sims 2: soulful escapism Sims 3: the open world Sims 4: make up the story in your mind, it's just a notion, an abstraction, you know?
Sims 2 was genuinely a masterpiece and a real product of love. All the details, all the small tiny touches, so many things that's easy to take for granted but they went ahead and did it, from the pizza flopping, to the pool water having physics. I may like 3, but it took a lot of "small touches" out, going for the big picture. 4 Just kinda drops the ball in a lot of ways. The absolute best Sims game would be Sims 2 + 3, all the finetuning and small details of 2, with the content of and open world of 3.
Not only did you perfectly capture the personality that oozes from the game but you also seamlessly inserted your own and made what could've been a soulless comparison video into a joyful watch, easiest like and sub of my life.
The Sims 2 is such an incredible game that I will always have such a tremendous love for. It feels the most like a life simulator while also being the whackiest one which is what is so endearing about it. Never thought a video about Sims pizza would make me so emotional, hehe
the gameplay factor in The Sims 2 is just superior, you can make your own bussiness from home, build apartments and put them for rent, there's a lot of details and gameplay functionalities that mades the game and it's expansions incredible. I think we will never seen anything like this from The Sims team
@@desertrose1226 the Sims 4 is only about how pretty the game looks. What’s the point in a bunch of pretty things if you can do anything with the pretty things. TS4 is nothing but set dressing.
For the one who played since The SIMS 1, I always love the Sims 2 for paying attention on the detail. Not only for the pizza, when the preparing food, sleep, taking a bath/shower, and many more
I remember the TS3 Pizza was originally made for TS2, and can be found as an unused texture in the game files. There should have been two kinds of Pizza which would have been delivered at random, but something didn’t work, and that’s why you only get the Salami Pizza in TS2. However, there is a mod that fixes this.
@@idontreadorreply actually, please excuse me for replying to a attention seeker who probably didn’t get enough tlc from their mama, I’m not gonna reply any further.
I like TS2's Pizza the best. Though, I do like how in TS4 there's different pizza options. But, I still think TS2 is the best with the pizza because of the steam and the pizza delivery driver interaction with getting out of the car and grabbing the pizza from the back.
i gave up on ordering pizza ever again in the sims 4 cuz it would legit take centuries for my pizza to come 😭 trying to eat yogurt bowls & cereal (quick snacks from the fridge) to hold my sims over a bit 😭 it was so ridiculous
The way she eats the pizza in Sims 2 her facial expressions and the way she holds the slice and how she wipes her mouth and cleans herself after eating is a work of art in programming and development. it looks like a real human unlike sime 3 and 4 where you play with robots and aliens
@@Leozzarios And EA have to include unicorns in the base pack with toddlers and flying buses and an open world that extends into the real world or people shouldn't buy it. If you can't watch your Sim walk around for fourteen hours and see the Sims do everything in real time no one should buy it. There should also be unicorn weather, every race, every 'gender' (all 72 at least) and every thing that is in the real world or EA are just taking the p***.
The sims 2 is without any doubt the best sims game ever made. Attention to detail, good visual graphics, and expansions that had great new content, without going overboard like the ridiculous number of expansions in the the next sims games. We’ll never get another sims game like this one
The flopping pizza slice is the one example my GF gave me to explain why the Sims 2 had a magical edge that the later games just didn't have anymore. She will never get over the flop-less pizza slice of the Sims 3.
The Sims 4 is by far the best game I've played as far as aesthetics go. However, the Sims 2 was just magical... I guess little things like this pizza are a great example.
Sims 4: the pizza got cheaper, so did the game's quality 🙂 The fact that it just got progressively bad after sims 2 is an indicative of the issues in the company & how they value their product and the consumers. Sims 2 was a dream that made us dream sims would achieve SO much more in the near future, sims 3 was an oopsies we were kiddinggg we'll do it again 😉😅 And sims 4 is just.... Well there it is.
more likely that people cared more about options to do rather than fine details on how realistic it looks. yes it is preferred when you want to look in depth, however, most sims players will not care about whether the pizza flops or not or does the steam come off the pizza. They care about character design, facial features and options to interact. and thats what the company focused on. ideally you want both, however, it is resource intensive to get more finer details and only few people will truly appretiate it.
@kr-sd3ni I beg to differ. considering how many people were downloading sims 2 back when it was free on origin I think details matter more to players than EA realizes but to apparently compensate they just went "oh look we added emotions for more in depth gameplay!" when in reality they left the actual in depth gameplay behind with the masterpiece maxis left us with. Alot of players do care if the pizza flops and has steam because then it becomes pizza not just a brick that looks like one.
I think Sims 4 isnt as bad, they are giving us an entire World with people living in it living their own lifes and giving us the hability to explore it The Sims 4 returned to the formula of "Single house" of the Sims 2 but is so, so much worse
sims 2 hands down won this. It's a shame they lost a lot of the creators and workers from sims 2 and 3. Sims 4 is still fun but it lacks a lot of the sims 2 and 3's pillars and standard things that should come with the game like the pizza, or teaching your teens how to drive, or even letting pets have jobs.
its really cool to see that the TS2 sim bites the pizza carefully to not get food on her face, wipes the grease off her mouth and wipes the pizza crust crumbs off of her chest! i dont play TS2 and ive never did so idk if this happens with any other food but its nice to see those little realistic details
@@FerrariCarr i feel like the sims 2 pizza looks too soft though, too doughy. the sims 3 pizza looks like it would just be the right amount of crispyness for me, but thats just my opinion lol
@@quesAdilllas Understandable. I like my pizza on the soft side, which is why I like the look of Sims 2’s pizza. It honestly looks like a Sbarro pizza….and I really like Sbarro’s pizza 😅
nothing compares to the love for details and animations the sims team had in sims 2. the pizza, the sliding down the stairs, the snuggles in the bed when a couple is asleep, the tucking in of the siblings or kids in the bed (and they did this without me clicking anything), the making out on the sofa (that part altered my brain chemistry for sure - the making out on the couch in the later games esp sims 4 is not comparable), the cut scenes for births, birthdays and woohoos, etc.
The Sims 2, in most ways, is the climax of the series - the rest just doing their best to copy it, or build upon a foundation they couldn't replicate anyway.
@@adrianblake8876 I agree with this. I would actually say that in many ways, the Sims 3 is the best one, but it’s not my personal favorite. The Sims 2 will always have my heart.
@@sam_ugh Sims 3 offers the most control, I think (It's the one I play the most because of the Create-A-Style tool, which is phenomenal, and I like the open world) , but Sims 2 had an amazing amount of charm and detail!
The Sims 2 set the bar so high with the attention to details the sequels haven't been able to get close to it ever since. Not only with the pizza but with things like sofa cushions bending and squeezing as Sims sit down on them. Crazy stuff.
The Sims 2 is the winner. The attention to detail is amazing. The steam, the way the pizza flops, the way the slice disappears as she eats it. I hope we see some of this in the Sims 5.
TS2 was just such a huge improvement from the original game, I think that's part of why it's so beloved. It did so much with the emerging 3D graphics of the time: future games have largely just iterated on what TS2 first established, with mixed success. There hasn't been any "great leap" like there was between TS1 and TS2, which is a terrible shame. TS4, if anything, clawed back some of the interesting ideas of TS3 (which weren't always implemented very well, to be fair) in pursuit of better performance.
The Pizza Champion goes to: The Sims 2! 🏆 The delivery animation is amazing, despite the character driving in a put-put 🤭 I like the stream coming off the pizza, and the slice disappearance (it even left pizza stains after each removal) such a nice touch and perfect attention to detail! And honestly... The pizza looked very realistic! I hope future Sim games won't appear into places, but will actually drive or walk into the scene.
I miss the old Sims aesthetic. Games back then were so entertaining. This is why I've continued to be so fixated on "retro" games. I still play all my old consoles, unfortunately,vI no longer own the Sims on PC, but I have a couple titles on GameCube and GBA.
Just play it then? Its still a solid game. I'd also reccomend 1, if only to get a sense of what the series was intended to be initially (highly stressful management sim intended to give the feeling of no time) and how the dlcs clearly inspired the direction of 2 (more focus on achieving stuff as an individual and going on mini adventures than just survival), of which inspired the direction of 3 (overboard focus on outgoing behavior, emphasis on dynamism and generational change). 3 basically fails at its goals but at least was based off prior learned knowledge, 1 and 2 are very solid games with somewhat confused dlc. 4 is a total mess seemingly divorced from prior lessons.
The Sims 2 was a work of art they can't seem to replicate or compare to again
Yes! A work of art ❤️
Not enough competition to keep them on top of their game. We'll see what the next generation does, with two new contenders entering the mix
It's not that they can't, it's that they don't want to, because that would increase their workload, reducing their margin of gain.
I feel like TS2 was the only sequel that had a clear goal in how to improve itself, that was executed well.
Like, in the original game, Sims are immortal, so you don't have a sense of urgency, progress, or change. When life cycles were introduced, that changed things sooo radically!
Then you had The Sims 3, where open-world and ultimate color/pattern customization were the big changes. I enjoyed TS3 a lot, but you needed expansion packs to really feel enough of a change that made it worth playing versus 2 imo.
Then you have TS4...Which admittedly I haven't even played a lot of...But I feel like the big upgrade was pretty Sims and pretty houses (ultimate fine-tune customization) which is great for people who enjoy those aspects most...but for everyone else, they asked, "Where are the toddlers and the pools and the cars??"
For a sequel of a game like this to work, you have to have a very defined and worth-it upgrade.
One of the best things of its decade
I love how detailed the animation looks in The Sims 2. The game is nearly two decades old and it still holds up.
Incredible how it's pretty much still an upgrade from Sims 4, open world in Sims 3 is everything though
You can tell the people who worked on The Sims 2 really cared about their job. Outstanding detail.
People during 2000's were better compared to people these days.
It wasn't the people, it was EA. Sims 1 and Sims 2 were both produced by Maxis, who EA bought. The development of Sims was moved away from Maxis in 2006. Sims 3 was released in 2009.
@@alisona8318 And yet Maxis logo still appeared on The Sims 3: University Life disc case.
@@alisona8318 another instance of EA buying a studio and ruining them forever
@@automation7295 The Sims was shifted away from the Maxis team in 2006. They then worked on 'Spore'. Any Maxis branding following 2006 was for the name only, not the original team.
I feel like the fact that the Sims 4 pizza looks the worst is a really great representation of how this series has been handled by EA
EA is money hungry lolz
If it weren't for the content creators, no one would play the Sims 4. The Sims 2 was my first love, and it never felt the same again.
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@@pinky98565 right opinions
It’s the little details that truly make The Sims 2 shine. Floppy pizza, hair physics, cushions that compress when a sim sits down. It feels like heart and soul was actually put into the game instead of making something that was made for cash (ahem TS4).
The sims 2 and The sims 3 are very similar in quality imo. The sims 3 just tends to focus on the big features (open world, individual skills, traits, etc) where the sims 2 focuses on more of the little details, and is missing some of the big features of the sime 3.
And sims 3's engine would probably have a hard time with all the little Details at Times (considering how buggy and Performance-nightmarish it was)
@@keit99 exactly lol
@@wren5685 3 is still my favourite Sims game.
@@wren5685how can you even compare sims 2 to sims 3?? Sims 3 has so bad graphics, they look all like melting wax
I like how in the Sims 2 the sim uses two hands to eat the floppy part of the pizza slice and when it's eaten they go on with just one hand. That's some detail
"the slice of pizza doesn't flop"
My dissapointment is immesurable and my day is ruined
well still realistic because not all pizza flips
@@GoinSoloYT and plus people hold pizza differently that prevents the slice from flopping
@@GoinSoloYT it has to be a really crunchy stiff pizza for it not to bend.
@@omarcasique4014 idk why i made this comment lol
A true person of culture right there!
I absolutely adore the sims 2‘s chewing animation. Perfection! 😂
The Sims 2 will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart.
Same ❤️
Absolutely
sims 2 was made when sequels had to actually be BETTER than the original. they put their whole bussy into that game and it still stands at one of the best ones. they even had a custom "create a sim" feature where you could paint custom skins to have things like tattoos or whatever, or even MADE YOUR OWN MODDED STUFF LIKE HAIR AND CUSTOM FACES. sims 2 is/was ELITE.
🅱️ussy 😭
Put their whole… WHAT
The fact that TS1’s pizza slices disappear more realistically than TS4 says a lot 💀
Maxis Studio the brilliant people behind the original Sims and they are back for future game developments 🎉 sims 5
unfair comparison considering it happened with the sims 3 as well
😂😂😂
Unfortunately
@@goti4no820 But at least The Sims 3 was still better than The Sims 4
god, even the eating animation in Sims 2 is sooo well done. it actually made me hungry for pizza
Sims 2 is not only more realistic, she looks happier while eating it 😂
those chubby cheeks 😭 it realistically looks like the pizza is really cheezy
And I love how she wipe her hand on her chest like everyone on hearth do xD
Am I the only one here that thinks she looks really wonky when she's eating it lol
@@JackFoxtrotEDM Yeah, her eyes are wide, unblinking and staring at nothing while she eats. She actually looks kind of insane.
I may be wrong, but i saw somewhere on reddit that in the sims 2 pizza actually has two randomised types, but one of them doesn't appear because of some bug. Was it true or just my fewer dream... idk.
As a kid I was so obsessed with The Sims that I would watch everything anything related to Sims 2 for any glimpse I could. I bought the ultimate game guide before the game came out, I watched interviews etc. One thing that has always struck me about Sims 2, is how how happy the developers are about the game, you can tell they not only are proud of it, but they actually enjoy playing it. As a long time simmer, I have been on Modthesims forever, and I have developers basically tell me they only play since it is their job. Absolutely disgusted what the Sims has become.
The Sims 2 had tons of tiny details that really added to the level of realism in the game. It’s one of the reasons TS4 feels so much more one dimensional.
Only time will tell what type of MONSTROSITY the pizza will be in Sims 5 😅
It's just a highly pixelated piece of cardboard 😂
@@degenerateangel6891 And they just take bites out of the cardboard. Leaving nothing at the end.
@@degenerateangel6891 even worse, the pizza is just going to be printed on the cardboard box instead of a different object
Update - They're not even doing a sims 5 💀 EA really just ruined this franchise
I still don't understand why they cancelled the plans for it... Of all the companies it just had to be EA to hold the rights for The Sims and Spore...@@AwsomeKat777
Side note I really love how you made basically the same house and sim in every iteration, it really lets you get an idea of the overall graphics and how they’ve changed in relation to the changes the pizza has made
I'm so happy you've noticed that! Thank you so much ❤️
Yes I noticed that too
I was just about to comment this! Remarkable work!
I noticed as well. I just love your videos! I would love to to be able to combine 2 & 3 and it be playable.
Just saw this and I was like, I swear this is the same house lol glad it's true 🤣
I think one of the things I miss the most (unless they added it) was burglars. You required having a security system for insurance claims. As a kid when it was night in the sims and then a burglar shows up and the music changes.. gave the game a little more life.
Something I remember from Sims 2 was that if you didn't accept the delivery it would be left on the lot for the sim to collect. Pizzas don't spoil so long as the box isn't opened, so it was entirely possible to have a stack of pizza boxes ready to go if your sim was in the mood.
Another thing from Sims 2 is that the delivery person can take objects from the family if you can't pay the delivery fee, although this applies to all NPCs (maids, mechanic, etc.) and not just pizza delivery. If you don't have any objects worth taking, they'll even comment on how poor you are.
Those little things always made the Sims 2 the best imo
In The Sims 4 pizza can also be ordered via the smart speaker, but the user of the smart speaker had no control over what topping they chose. It intended to cost §25 (the same as ordering a pizza via the phone) but due to a bug the cost of ordering the pizza via a smart speaker was §0.
There was also a bug in Sims 2, that if you paused just right, you could take out the pizza from the trunk in build mode (sometime around when the car stopped). If I remember well, the delivery NPC left after some time for not being able to deliver the pizza and you got a
pizza for free.
Yep, the little things show how much love and attention the developers had for the earlier game, gave the games a lot more persanoloty and charm
I played all sims and sims 2 is still my favorite. Its little details, even the pizza, made the game so immersive. It is still the best sims imo.
I remember in Sims 1, your Sims would always go and wash their hands after having a pizza slice. Also, if you make them drop a slice on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, they will do it, but they'll keep saying 'bleh!' as they eat. I've always found it hilarious :D
I forgot about the bleh thing xD sims1 always cracks me up
u made me remember that my sims will say it also when eating hamburguers, and even if their where just made, i wonder why was that, most of my sims hated hamburgers but i loved to make them eat it anyways and hear the "iack" lol
@@mailenvelardez1123 That's due to the level of cooking skill points the Sim who made the burgers has. For the pizza too. If the game RNGs you a bad pizza maker the Sim will react by saying some kind of version of yuck. If it RNGs you a good pizza maker the Sim will be happy. The kids even literally say "ooh yummy" for the Sims 1.
Sims 1 will always be my favorite, love the sense of humor
I love how the actual images/appearance of the pizza gets more and more realistic in the 1st-3rd games, and then theres just the sims 4.
For me the winner is Sims 2 - the delivery person takes the pizza out of the back of their car!; the pizza is steaming hot and the slices disappear individually… The Sims 2 is my favourite of all time 🎉😊
Same for me. I just love every little detail ❤️
[in Snape's voice]
...Ob...viously...
EVEN THE PIZZA GETS SMALLER WHEN EATEN 😭
I loved the animation of their car driving up haha. The vibration of it being on it's last legs yet was still putting in the effort to keep on driving.
The winner is absolutely Sims 2. I even wrote my uni degree on moviemaking in-game of the Sims 2, because I adore those small details that makes the game so much more "alive" than the other games
My Sims never really order a pizza, but TS2 and TS3 looked like pizza. It really took a step backwards with TS4 even in the graphics department, although it shouldn't have. I can't remember if it was TS2 or TS3, but the way the water would run down the roof shingles during a thunderstorm was amazing. I would sit and watch that through an entire storm! I also miss the icicles that would form in winter. Pretty sure that was TS2, as well.
Opinions
The Sims 1: the baseline
The Sims 2: the perfect evolution from the first game. While the neighborhood isn't really active since the only lot being active is yours, the amount of detail they crammed into one play space in order to make it as believable as possible was amazing.
The Sims 3: While it does indeed cut back on the smaller details such as water physics, hair physics, entering the car by teleporting instead of opening the doors,... it instead put effort in making the wider world outside your home feel alive. Inactive Sims actually go to work, go home, go grocery shopping, go to the park, hang out with family and friends at the park,... Inactive Sims live and grow along side your Sims.
The Sims 4: *throws everything out of the window*
I couldn't agree more! ❤️
Sims4 : beautiful gowns, beautiful gowns.
@@BengtBagels At least the sims 4 has good build buy (Even though I don't know how to make a good home) and is pretty fun when making simlit. The ideas are there but EA's interference says otherwise. Sims 2 and 3 for the win
One thing that Sims 4 does excel at over all other games is the amount of money you can spend on DLC content… so impressive. Why buy a whole game when you can collect all the fragments!!
@@averycheesypotato truly revolutionary. Not only do they cut out contents from the base game to sell it back to you, they also started to cut out contents from the DLC itself to sell it back to you. EA always pushes the boundary of what is possible and that is truly inspiring to witness.
In all seriousness, the worst part to me is that there are simmers literally "thanking" EA for "listening" to the fans and releasing the missing contents as "Expansion Pack". I swear, the state of Sims 4 is not solely EA's fault, the simming community shares some of the blame as well for enabling their behaviour. Though that's just my opinion.
Man, The Sims 2 was my childhood and the game was awesome! Love the detail they've put in!
Never played the sims 2, but it genuinely seems like it has the most love and attention to detail put into it
No lies dected
One day, you should truly try playing it. It’s got some fascinating lore behind some of the main characters/ families and whenever you play them, you can actually feel the deep dynamics and emotions within each character. For a simulation game, this is unparalleled!
@@sykn5422 your right especially between the summer dream and Romeo family talk about fights in clouds lol
@@sykn5422 where do I play it at
@@audriella222 it's not an online game
you have to find the copies of The Sims 2 yourself and pay for them
2:41 that sniff tho 👃
you can tell when EA had replaced Maxis almost entirely… Sims 1 and 2 are such works of art..
2 and 3* (in my opinion) the lore in 3 and details in 2 make them overall best
I would say that Sims 3 is in the list as well. A lot of people complaining about the cut back on details in Sims 3 seem to forget how much Sims 3 expanded *a lot* on the general world and in game content when compared to Sims 2.
@@pxraas_mm Yes... the sims 3 was good too. The open world was crazy! But it was heavier, and it was noticeable when playing. I had such a big disappointment with the sims 4!
@@eugenia1995i agree
Now we can just wait for Paralives and Inzoi. No more Sims4.
Not only has it the most detail, Sims 2 also just has so much charm. Something as simple as ordering pizza and a beat down car struggles down the road, leaving a big puff of smoke behind, the care shakes as doors open, etc. So many things are like this in TS2 and it's why I still prefer it over anything else this franchise has done in the last 20 years :/
Sims 3 is good too, they clearly focused on different things in the gameplay. While I don't think the open world actually is necessary for The Sims, it's clear there was a big effort to enhance the gameplay. With the Sims 4 I honestly cannot tell where the effort went... building and CAS, I guess.. but that doesn't really make a life sim :/
The Sims 2 is really supreme! There is no comparison in details
2:50 The slice flops! ✨🍕 ✨
Watching this made me realize that the Sims 4 pizzas seem more like microwavable pizzas down to the fact that there's no true pizza mess in the box after it's gone, that grease spot isn't a true depiction of a legitimately fresh and hot delivered pizza. (And not to mention how rubbery/soggy the pizza itself looks)
I think the whole design of sims 4 is more simplified because it have a cartoony aesthetic.
@@augusto7681 It's still a downgraded pizza.
@@augusto7681 I may be in the minority here when I say i don't really care for the realism everyone else is looking for, plus I like that Sims 4 has more pizza options!
@@crimsonangel5416yeah I like the stilized look. The pizza texture could be less blurry ? yes but I think it match the game just fine.
Imo it doesn’t look rubber or soggy but most importantly what is this “true mess” you speak of? Very rarely is there more than a grease stain in my pizza boxes. I don’t know who your in pizza with or who you’re ordering from but sims 3 looks like they threw the pizza in the box wring side up and sims 2 looks like someone peeled off their cheese and threw it in the box. I’ve also never seen anyone fold over the boxes like they do in 2-4
This reflects the attention to details that has been lost in all EA games, even in the Sims 1 the pizza is divided in individual slices lol.
We all took the pizza flop for granted when we had it.
Sims 2 pizza looked the best of them all like if someone gave me a box of that pizza it'd be all gone so quick
Fun fact, the sims 2 has two varieties of pizza but the code is broken so it always comes out pepperoni. You can get a mod to fix it if you care.
Yes! Thank youu ❤️
Sims 1: the pioneer
Sims 2: soulful escapism
Sims 3: the open world
Sims 4: make up the story in your mind, it's just a notion, an abstraction, you know?
Sims 2 was genuinely a masterpiece and a real product of love. All the details, all the small tiny touches, so many things that's easy to take for granted but they went ahead and did it, from the pizza flopping, to the pool water having physics.
I may like 3, but it took a lot of "small touches" out, going for the big picture. 4 Just kinda drops the ball in a lot of ways.
The absolute best Sims game would be Sims 2 + 3, all the finetuning and small details of 2, with the content of and open world of 3.
Absolutely agreed!
Next time I order pizza I'll open and smell it on the spot too.
2:25 Nice shadow placement btw
3:07 she is genuinely enjoying the pizza.
Not only did you perfectly capture the personality that oozes from the game but you also seamlessly inserted your own and made what could've been a soulless comparison video into a joyful watch, easiest like and sub of my life.
i like that all the houses were the same throughout the games. laughed loudly at that sound effect when the sims 4 sim almost drops it.
Im sooo happy you liked it! ❤️
LMAO from a driving car to a teleporting one into a none existing one
1:31 Loved the little "Blegh" sound coming from the Sim. Enjoying our Pizza, yes? XD
6:00 WHOA.
The Sims 2 is such an incredible game that I will always have such a tremendous love for. It feels the most like a life simulator while also being the whackiest one which is what is so endearing about it. Never thought a video about Sims pizza would make me so emotional, hehe
"In sims 4 the sims eat pizza or a plate" this is by far the most unrealistic detail
I loved how u managed to make the same house for all of the games. Very nice video! New sub
Thank you so much! I wanted them to be as similar as possible. Thank you for the sub ❤️
Not to mention the old car's exhaust pipe is smoking and the car did shaking when close the door and trunk, this is why i still playing sims 2
I've never even played the sims 2, but I've seen videos and it is clearly superior!
Gameplay wise maybe but the graphics are so 2d it’s hard for me to enjoy them ..
For me personally, gameplay is the most important thing. Sims 2 has an amazing gameplay. You should try it
the gameplay factor in The Sims 2 is just superior, you can make your own bussiness from home, build apartments and put them for rent, there's a lot of details and gameplay functionalities that mades the game and it's expansions incredible. I think we will never seen anything like this from The Sims team
@@desertrose1226 you can make the game so much prettier with things like custom content/replacements and lighting mods!
@@desertrose1226 the Sims 4 is only about how pretty the game looks. What’s the point in a bunch of pretty things if you can do anything with the pretty things. TS4 is nothing but set dressing.
I really wish The Sims 4 had the same detail as The Sims 2, it would of made the game 10x better
For the one who played since The SIMS 1, I always love the Sims 2 for paying attention on the detail. Not only for the pizza, when the preparing food, sleep, taking a bath/shower, and many more
Ok so am I the only one whose sims would instantly turn fat the minute they ate one slice of pizza in the sims 2 ? 😂
TS2 and TS3 textures are so much better than TS4 💀
I remember the TS3 Pizza was originally made for TS2, and can be found as an unused texture in the game files. There should have been two kinds of Pizza which would have been delivered at random, but something didn’t work, and that’s why you only get the Salami Pizza in TS2. However, there is a mod that fixes this.
LMAO WTH, sims 3 graphics are so awful, they all look the same and like melting wax
@@idontreadorreply considering you are commenting this on every comment which has a different opinion than yours, I think only you think that.
@@idontreadorreply actually, please excuse me for replying to a attention seeker who probably didn’t get enough tlc from their mama, I’m not gonna reply any further.
I agree though you should keep in mind that it's different art styles
I like TS2's Pizza the best. Though, I do like how in TS4 there's different pizza options. But, I still think TS2 is the best with the pizza because of the steam and the pizza delivery driver interaction with getting out of the car and grabbing the pizza from the back.
honestly im surprised your pizza in the sims 4 actually arrived
LOL!
they bought the pizza pack
@@izaaguilar364good one 😂
i gave up on ordering pizza ever again in the sims 4 cuz it would legit take centuries for my pizza to come 😭 trying to eat yogurt bowls & cereal (quick snacks from the fridge) to hold my sims over a bit 😭 it was so ridiculous
it's so cool how you designed the houses and the sim the same for each game! this was such a thoughtful and well put together video :)
Wow! Thank you so much for noticing dear! ❤❤❤
I just appreciate you taking the time to build the same house and character each time
I'm so happy you've noticed! ❤❤❤
The way she eats the pizza in Sims 2 her facial expressions and the way she holds the slice and how she wipes her mouth and cleans herself after eating is a work of art in programming and development. it looks like a real human unlike sime 3 and 4 where you play with robots and aliens
The sims 2 had more realism and so many cool little details and animations on their own than sims 4 and isn’t that sad!
@KenyaGirly still better than 4 lmao
In order for Sims 5 to be a true masterpiece, it needs the gameplay elements of Sims 2, the open world of Sims 3 and the character creation of Sims 4.
If Sims 5 doesn't have pizzas from space then what is the point of Sims 5????
@@obscurum6 looool
@@Leozzarios
And EA have to include unicorns in the base pack with toddlers and flying buses and an open world that extends into the real world or people shouldn't buy it. If you can't watch your Sim walk around for fourteen hours and see the Sims do everything in real time no one should buy it. There should also be unicorn weather, every race, every 'gender' (all 72 at least) and every thing that is in the real world or EA are just taking the p***.
That double single door in The Sims 1 is so relatable not gonna lie. 😂
So much heart was put in The Sims 2. I remember being glued to the pc, because it was such a huge boost from The Sims (1)
The sims 2 is without any doubt the best sims game ever made. Attention to detail, good visual graphics, and expansions that had great new content, without going overboard like the ridiculous number of expansions in the the next sims games. We’ll never get another sims game like this one
It holds a special place in my heart too! ❤️
The flopping pizza slice is the one example my GF gave me to explain why the Sims 2 had a magical edge that the later games just didn't have anymore. She will never get over the flop-less pizza slice of the Sims 3.
The Sims 2 has technically two pizza flavors, there’s just an error in the code that prevents the second flavor from ever appearing.
The Sims 4 is by far the best game I've played as far as aesthetics go. However, the Sims 2 was just magical... I guess little things like this pizza are a great example.
Sims 4: the pizza got cheaper, so did the game's quality 🙂
The fact that it just got progressively bad after sims 2 is an indicative of the issues in the company & how they value their product and the consumers. Sims 2 was a dream that made us dream sims would achieve SO much more in the near future, sims 3 was an oopsies we were kiddinggg we'll do it again 😉😅
And sims 4 is just....
Well there it is.
it has a nicer UI and is easier to play. that's about it. i would choose 2 over 3 or 4 any day.
Can't wait to see how they're gonna disappoint us in sims 5 😍😍
more likely that people cared more about options to do rather than fine details on how realistic it looks.
yes it is preferred when you want to look in depth, however, most sims players will not care about whether the pizza flops or not or does the steam come off the pizza.
They care about character design, facial features and options to interact. and thats what the company focused on.
ideally you want both, however, it is resource intensive to get more finer details and only few people will truly appretiate it.
@kr-sd3ni I beg to differ. considering how many people were downloading sims 2 back when it was free on origin I think details matter more to players than EA realizes but to apparently compensate they just went "oh look we added emotions for more in depth gameplay!" when in reality they left the actual in depth gameplay behind with the masterpiece maxis left us with. Alot of players do care if the pizza flops and has steam because then it becomes pizza not just a brick that looks like one.
I think Sims 4 isnt as bad, they are giving us an entire World with people living in it living their own lifes and giving us the hability to explore it
The Sims 4 returned to the formula of "Single house" of the Sims 2 but is so, so much worse
We need someone to take over the sims just as City Skylines took over simcity
sims 2 hands down won this. It's a shame they lost a lot of the creators and workers from sims 2 and 3. Sims 4 is still fun but it lacks a lot of the sims 2 and 3's pillars and standard things that should come with the game like the pizza, or teaching your teens how to drive, or even letting pets have jobs.
The Sims 4 is removing charms of Sims 2 and 3 had.
@@matejrybus3923while asking for 60$ to have basic things
the chewing animation in the sims 2 always scared me.
They really put passion into the Sims 2.
Definitely the best out of all 4.
I loved TS2 Castaway as well
I love how the price goes down over time like they're actually offering a worse service and pizza
"Imitation [even if not good] is the sincerest form of flattery" - Oscar Wilde
Eta: And I'm not talking about the pizza
I enjoyed how it’s the same house and kind of like upgraded through the years
its really cool to see that the TS2 sim bites the pizza carefully to not get food on her face, wipes the grease off her mouth and wipes the pizza crust crumbs off of her chest! i dont play TS2 and ive never did so idk if this happens with any other food but its nice to see those little realistic details
Sims 2: Attention to detail
Sims 4: Attention to money
why does the sims 3 pizza look much better than the others just because of the olive?💀😭
ikr?? i dont even like olives but id eat that entire pizza in a heartbeat, it looks so good 💀
The olives are what’s turning me off, actually. Visually, yes, it looks the most appetizing, but I’d go for the Sims 2 pizza.
@@FerrariCarr i feel like the sims 2 pizza looks too soft though, too doughy. the sims 3 pizza looks like it would just be the right amount of crispyness for me, but thats just my opinion lol
@@quesAdilllas Understandable. I like my pizza on the soft side, which is why I like the look of Sims 2’s pizza. It honestly looks like a Sbarro pizza….and I really like Sbarro’s pizza 😅
Sims 2 has olive pizza too, they have two different kinds of pizzas
Homechef Hustle added some amazing new flavours too
nothing compares to the love for details and animations the sims team had in sims 2. the pizza, the sliding down the stairs, the snuggles in the bed when a couple is asleep, the tucking in of the siblings or kids in the bed (and they did this without me clicking anything), the making out on the sofa (that part altered my brain chemistry for sure - the making out on the couch in the later games esp sims 4 is not comparable), the cut scenes for births, birthdays and woohoos, etc.
The Sims 2 pizza looked bussin, made me wanna order one when playing.
The Sims 2, in most ways, is the climax of the series - the rest just doing their best to copy it, or build upon a foundation they couldn't replicate anyway.
There are ways in which The Sims3 is an upgrade over the Sims2, so it's not completely true...
Absolutely true, it improves in every possible way from the previous installment and is in many ways a better gameplay experience than the next two.
@@adrianblake8876 I agree with this. I would actually say that in many ways, the Sims 3 is the best one, but it’s not my personal favorite. The Sims 2 will always have my heart.
@@sam_ugh Sims 3 offers the most control, I think (It's the one I play the most because of the Create-A-Style tool, which is phenomenal, and I like the open world) , but Sims 2 had an amazing amount of charm and detail!
pizza delivery on The Sims 2 was the best out of all of them
The Sims 2 and Sims 3 one looks delicious
Idk why but sims 1 one looks most delicious to me
and you are american
@@xcollina because that's the only real italian 😹
@@Yep6803 nope lol I"m from Turkey
Proves that SIMS 2 is the best one, has the best community Mods .. and still have the enter car animation 😂❤
I don't trust anybody who eats pizza like this 6:17
it was offensive
But...sometimes I even use a fork. Fear me.
The Sims 2 set the bar so high with the attention to details the sequels haven't been able to get close to it ever since. Not only with the pizza but with things like sofa cushions bending and squeezing as Sims sit down on them.
Crazy stuff.
yes! and their hair is moving! ❤
I have over 80 game mods for S4, which makes it awesome , but without them it’s boring
what they did to the pizza in the sims 4 is a disgrace.
The Sims 2 is the winner. The attention to detail is amazing. The steam, the way the pizza flops, the way the slice disappears as she eats it. I hope we see some of this in the Sims 5.
TS2 was just such a huge improvement from the original game, I think that's part of why it's so beloved. It did so much with the emerging 3D graphics of the time: future games have largely just iterated on what TS2 first established, with mixed success. There hasn't been any "great leap" like there was between TS1 and TS2, which is a terrible shame. TS4, if anything, clawed back some of the interesting ideas of TS3 (which weren't always implemented very well, to be fair) in pursuit of better performance.
The Pizza Champion goes to: The Sims 2! 🏆
The delivery animation is amazing, despite the character driving in a put-put 🤭 I like the stream coming off the pizza, and the slice disappearance (it even left pizza stains after each removal) such a nice touch and perfect attention to detail! And honestly... The pizza looked very realistic! I hope future Sim games won't appear into places, but will actually drive or walk into the scene.
I miss the old Sims aesthetic. Games back then were so entertaining. This is why I've continued to be so fixated on "retro" games. I still play all my old consoles, unfortunately,vI no longer own the Sims on PC, but I have a couple titles on GameCube and GBA.
I blame sims 2 for my pizza addiction. It looked SO FRICKING DELICIOUS!!! And it looking this realistic didn't help either.
The pizza in all of Sims games series is always pepperoni pizza, but in third game, they added olives and in fourth, they added a list of it.
I never played TS2 but now I wish I had. It seems far superior in almost every way.
Just play it then? Its still a solid game.
I'd also reccomend 1, if only to get a sense of what the series was intended to be initially (highly stressful management sim intended to give the feeling of no time) and how the dlcs clearly inspired the direction of 2 (more focus on achieving stuff as an individual and going on mini adventures than just survival), of which inspired the direction of 3 (overboard focus on outgoing behavior, emphasis on dynamism and generational change).
3 basically fails at its goals but at least was based off prior learned knowledge, 1 and 2 are very solid games with somewhat confused dlc. 4 is a total mess seemingly divorced from prior lessons.
1:04
that name didn't age well 😂😂
Pizza box in sims 1: Take all slices till the box wrapped
Pizza box in sims 2: The box is still standing when it's empty
If my pizza looks like sims 4 pizza I aint eating it. It looks so plasticy that getting cancer from it is high probability.