Sims 2... wow, think of this as your 'Desperate Housewives' tv show addiction.Yep, this game is a guitly pleasure. Not alot of games let you control a family and create a home... from scratch. This style of Virtual Reality is amazing. EA games has done it again.

The gameplay is very simple and very fun to mess around with. From the online community to the game itself, the never ending fun will keep you playing for a very long time. You get to start off picking a Neighborhood to live in. From there you create your own family, you choose the family name and then you work on who will be in your family. From having a mom and a dad to a mom with eight sons, you can do it. When you choose if you want a new family member, you can choose what he looks like, what he wears, and what his attitude will be... ex: easygoing, kind, mean ect...

Once your family is created, you have to buy a lot or you can buy a lot with a home on it. Your family starts off with only 20k, but buying lots and houses is very cheap compared to todays world. Once you buy, lets say an empty lot, you get to build you own house, a house with your choise of furniture/electronics, flooring, and wallpaper.

Then is the crazy part, the part evereyone hates... well in life that is. Getting a job. Yep, you can be whatever you want in Sims 2, from Business to the Army, you got it. When you join your job, you will have to end up practicing your skills which you can make them better by studying 'Cooking', and 'Cleaning' and stuff. Once you raise in skill, you will get promoted and ake more money.

The online community at Sims2.com is very helpful and fun to hang out with. What I mean by this is that you can download objects and lots made by other people like you! Also, by going to places such as 'Modthesims2.com' you can get hacked objects such as an Xbox 360 and your sims can play it.

The graphics in Sims 2 is a huge improvement from the Sims. Huge. The details on the houses and objects is very well done. From the characters to the grass, everything is very well done.

The sound is also another important feature in every game. Duh. Sims 2 still has the 'Jibberish' talking style the Original Sims has and it still works out great. The music is very Sims'ish and plays and works into the game very well. When you buy a stereo, you can play some hip-hop to slow dance songs, all in which sound great.

Overall, one of the best games around. PC owners, please get off your ass and buy this game. Seriously, stop reading this and go buy this game.