Highlights
- The Sims 4 offers quality of life improvements over older games like The Sims 2, despite fan nostalgia for earlier versions.
- For example, files in The Sims 2 were limited, forcing players to share households and restrict gameplay; a major inconvenience at the time.
- This inconvenience resulted in a hilarious letter from a player that was written to their mother where they demand their own copy of The Sims 2, which apparently worked out for them.
A gamer has found and shared a letter addressed to their mother requesting their own copy of the Sims 2, and the composition is just as funny as it is wholesome. The Sims 4 is the latest entry in the franchise, and it was released nearly a decade ago. Even though many fans still visit older games in the series, such as The Sims 2, it’s safe to say that most players have more than gotten used to The Sims 4‘s quality of life improvements and gameplay additions.
Save files are a big deal in The Sims, as they allow gamers to make as many worlds as they would like without the risk of interfering with other playable households. Streamers and active members of the community even tend to share their Sims 4 save files with other fans online. However, this hasn’t always been possible. In The Sims 2 era, players could control other households in each neighborhood, but they couldn’t create multiple save files. This meant that if another player wanted to use the game, they wouldn’t be able to play in a separate save file – they would always have to use the active file.
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Reddit user gballerio shared a picture of a letter they wrote their mother when they were younger, and it discusses this same issue. The purpose of the letter is to convince the mother to get them their own copy of The Sims 2, so Grace, the OP, didn’t have to use her sisters’ copies of the game, as it seems they were too restrictive. According to the letter, both of Grace’s sisters owned The Sims 2. However, one of them didn’t allow Grace to visit other neighborhoods, and OP suspected that she would snoop as well. The other sister only gave Grace permission to create one household with a maximum of four Sims. On top of this, they could only play once a week, and if Grace ever contradicted their sister, she would kill all of their Sims “slowly”.
In the comments section, fans were quite curious to know what happened after Grace handed her mother the letter. OP quickly replied and revealed that they were successful and were able to convince the mom to get another copy of The Sims 2, the best Sims game for many fans of the franchise.
It is technically possible for players to make separate save files in The Sims 2, but it’s not practical at all, as it requires changing information in the game files every time gamers want to switch. Thankfully, the next Sims games included the save file feature, but this is undoubtedly a great reminder of basic quality of life features that weren’t as common in older video games.
How to Create Another Save File in The Sims 2
- Move save file data from the The Sims 2 folder somewhere else on the computer
- Start a new game to create a new save file
- Put the original save file back to switch it back
- Repeat the process to make another save file or change between them
The Sims 2
Following the huge success of the first Sims game, EA released The Sims 2 in late 2004. Like its predecessor, the game was eventually made available on consoles and received numerous expansions in the months and years following its release. It sold more than thirteen million copies during its lifetime, making it one of the best-selling PC games of all time.
- Released
- September 14, 2004
- Publisher(s)
- Electronic Arts
- Genre(s)
- Life Simulation
