How did you getinto playing the Sims

How i got into playing the Sims. It was The Sims on the very first Xbox or may have been PS2 then i got Sims Busting out, next was Sims Urbs something like that. Then they bought out Sims 2 for PC and xbox, PS2 Sime 2 was last i played 3 or 4 years later i bought a Laptop got it all set up next straight out Sims 2 PC and now i have every Sims 2 game
Expansions:
The Sims 2: University
The Sims 2: Nightlife
The Sims 2: Open for Business
The Sims 2: Pets
The Sims 2: Seasons
The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (The Sims 2: World Adventure in some regions)
The Sims 2: FreeTime
The Sims 2: Apartment Life
Sims 3
Name

Release date

Includes

Life State

New Careers

World Adventures

• NANovember 17, 2009
• EUNovember 19, 2009

Additions: New traits, items, clothing.
Features: quests, tomb exploration at three new destinations, photography, new build functions including the basement tool, nectar, fireworks, shops, vacation homes.

New vacation worlds: Champs Les Sims (France), Al Simhara (Egypt), Shang Simla (China)

MummyNone
Ambitions

• NA June 1, 2010
• EU June 3, 2010

Additions: New careers, skills, traits, and items.
Features: control within work (professions and selected careers), laundry, tattoo system, skill-based self-employment.

New world: Twinbrook

Simbot (Robot)Architectural Designer · Education · Firefighter · Ghost Hunter · Medical · Investigator · Stylist · Self-Employed
Late Night

• NA October 26, 2010
• EU October 28, 2010

Additions: New careers, skills, traits, clothes and accessories, furniture, and cars.
Features: bars, night clubs, penthouse suites, hot tubs, subway portholes, elevators, breast and muscle definition sliders, Group, Band, Butler, zodiac signs, new swimming pool design tools, height adjustment for wall objects, fountain tool.

New world: Bridgeport

VampireFilm · Band Member
Generations

• NA May 31, 2011
• EU June 2, 2011

Additions: New playground equipment, mid-life crisis, new interactions, new traits, and new profession.
Features: Pranks, body hair for males, new types of celebrations (i.e. birthday/teen/bachelor parties, weddings, slumber), memories, graduation ceremonies, prom, imaginative play, potions, spiral staircases, water slides, boarding schools, pillow fights, strollers, canes for elders.

Imaginary FriendDaycare
Pets

• NA October 18, 2011
• EU October 20, 2011

Two editions: Regular and "Limited Edition"
Additions: New pets, new animal and sim traits, Create-A-Pet, new lifetime wishes and rewards, new interactions, new items, new venues and community locations, new pet and sim skills.

Features: Controllable animals (cats, dogs, horses) and non-playable creatures (see NPC section), pet contests.

New world: Appaloosa Plains

UnicornEquestrian
Showtime

• NA March 6, 2012
• EU March 8, 2012

Three editions: Regular, "Limited Edition" and "Katy Perry Collector's Edition."
Additions: New stage performance careers (singer, acrobat, magician), new objects (pool table, golfing), new sim traits/lifetime wishes; Katy Perry only: downloadable stage venue, fruit-themed clothing, items, and stage props.

Features: Social features, stage decoration, singing, gigs, new 'Achievement System', Simport which allows importing and exporting of celebrity Sims.

New world: Starlight Shores

GenieSinger · Acrobat · Magician
Supernatural

• NASeptember 4, 2012
• EUSeptember 6, 2012

Three editions: Regular, "Limited Edition" and "Origin Decor Edition"
Additions: New items (alchemy station, rocking chair), new clothing options including wings, new traits.

Features: Supernatural life states including witches, werewolves, fairies, vampires, and zombies; creation of supernatural Sims directly in Create-A-Sim.

New world: Moonlight Falls

Vampire · Witch · Werewolf · Zombie · FairyFortune Teller
Seasons

• NANovember 13, 2012
• EUNovember 15, 2012

Two editions: Regular and "Limited Edition"
Additions: New skills (soccer/snowboard), new traits, seasonal celebrations.

Features: Weather, seasons, new outerwear clothing category.

AlienTest Subject (Aliens Only)
University Life

• NA March 5, 2013

• EU March 7, 2013

Two editions: Regular and "Limited Edition"
Additions: New skills (Bowling, Science, Photography, Social Networking & Street Arts), new traits, social groups, college sub-neighborhood, a smart phone, and a new university world you enter when you enroll.

New university world: Sims University

PlantSimArt Appraiser · Sports Agent · Video Game Developer
Island Paradise[32]

• NA June 25, 2013

• EU June 27, 2013

Two editions: Regular and "Limited Edition"
Additions & Features: Houseboats, resort management, island discovery, new modes of transportation on water (e.g. boating, water skiing, windsurfing).

New world: Isla Paradiso

MermaidLifeguard · Resort Manager · Scuba Diver
Into the Future[32][33]

• NA October 22, 2013
• EU October 24, 2013

Traveling to the future
New world: Oasis Landing

Plumbot (Robot)Plumbot Dealer · Astronomer · Plumbot Trainer
Stuff packs[edit]
Main article: The Sims 3 Stuff packs
Stuff Packs only include new items e.g. furniture, clothing, hairstyles. They do not add any new functionality to the game. Stuff Packs are compatible with both Windows and OS X as with the main game and expansion packs.

Name

Release date

Includes

High-End Loft Stuff

• NAFebruary 2, 2010
• EUFebruary 4, 2010

High-end furnishings, mainly technology such as televisions, video game consoles, and computers, as well as postmodern designs of bookshelves, tables, and chairs. Three items from The Sims and The Sims 2 were reintroduced to celebrate The Sims 10th Anniversary. Alternatively titled "Design and High-Tech Stuff".
Fast Lane Stuff

• NASeptember 7, 2010
• EUSeptember 9, 2010

Four all‐new styles of fashions, furnishings, and vehicles: Racing, Intrigue, Rockabilly, and Classic Luxury.
Outdoor Living Stuff

• NAFebruary 1, 2011
• EUFebruary 3, 2011

Clothing, furnishings, and items centered around patio activities in two new styles: “Garden Terrace” features elegant wrought-iron pieces, while “Sunset on the Veranda” embraces the warmth of outdoors.
Town Life Stuff

• NA July 26, 2011
• EU July 28, 2011

New casual outfits, hairstyles, and items. Features newly redesigned venues such as a school, cafe, and grocery store; as well as new community lots including a gym, park, laundromat, and library.
Master Suite Stuff

• NA January 24, 2012
• EU January 26, 2012

Luxurious bedroom and bathroom décor centered around romance and relaxation. New contemporary furnishings and intimate apparel themed for creating romantic master suites.
Katy Perry's Sweet Treats

• NA June 5, 2012
• EU June 7, 2012

New candy-themed décor, items, outfits, hairstyles, and community lots. Features a simlish version of Katy Perry's song "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".
Diesel Stuff

• NA July 10, 2012
• EU July 12, 2012

New clothing and décor from Diesel.
70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff

• NA January 22, 2013
• EU January 24, 2013

Outfits, hairstyles and items modeled on that of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Movie Stuff

• NASeptember 10, 2013
• EUSeptember 12, 2013

WorldFeaturesDate Released
Riverview

• A small town with an idyllic countryside setting
• Flat landscape
• Rustic architecture

June 2, 2009
Barnacle Bay

• Pirate-themed island
• Sims' clothing and personalities are outdoor-like
• Many pre-made Sims have the Angler trait

September 23, 2010
Hidden Springs

• Mountain-themed
• Sims can remain forever young with The Fountain of Youth, only exclusive to this world
• Some Sims are based on the fairytale, Cinderella

August 25, 2011
Lunar Lakes

• Set in outer space, with geometric shaped lakes
• Sims can work at the crashed spaceship, The Perigee
• Sims are able to learn skills faster by playing with The Tree of Prosperity, only exclusive to this world

February 16, 2012
Lucky Palms

• Small resort town set in an oasis modeled after Palm Springs, California
• Abundance of palm trees and wind turbines
• A wishing well is located at the centre of the town which can grant several different wishes

June 28, 2012
Sunlit Tides

• Modern downtown
• Based on a tropical island with sparkling beaches and palm trees
• Sims can regain Fun, Energy and get a new Refreshed moodlet from taking a Refreshing Steam from The Steam-It-Up Sauna

August 23, 2012
Monte Vista

• Italian-themed world
• Hilly town with a coast that leads to an open sea
• Sims can make breads, calzones, pizzas, lasagnas with the new Wood Fire Oven

December 6, 2012
Aurora Skies

• Icelandic coastal town-themed
• New transportation: hot-air balloon
• An eco-friendly community

February 21, 2013
Dragon Valley

• Medieval-themed
• New pets: baby dragons
• Town features a mix of new and old technology

May 30, 2013
Midnight Hollow

• Dark, spooky-themed
• Victorian-style architecture
• Elements from Sims 2 Business returns with Sims now being able to own and run their own businesses

September 26, 2013
Roaring Heights

• City skyscrapers
• Art deco style
• Beaches

December 12, 2013
Clothing and décor inspired from iconic movie themes and settings.

My dad was gifted this box of all kinds of sims games, (sims deluxe, sims online, sims theme park, and sim city 2000) but these kinds of games just aren't his style he's more into the war shoot em up games. They ended up collecting dust till I installed a few and started playing. I bounced around between all of the games, I think I was about 7 at the time.

A friend talked me into playing awhile back. I heard about the games for a long time, but never gotten the chance to play it until about a year or so ago.

I lived around with people a lot from the ages 12-18. I wasn't in school (of course my mom got fined for it until I was 16 and old enough to drop out but I didn't know because I didn't speak to her much.) So I had much more time on my hands than the average pre-teen/teenager. One friend I was living with had an older sister who had Sims 2 and that's how it started. I was 12-13 then. I didn't play for a long time after moving out of her place because living around didn't leave me much room to bring belongings around or hold onto anything, I didn't own much lol. But living with different people introduced me to a lot of different games. XD My home life became stable and I went back, but went into a deep depression thing. So Sims 3 came out and it was definitely like therapy for me. I loved making families and making a lot of goals for them, etc.

I was first introduced to the sims early into TS1's life (I forget the exact year, but I think only the livin' large expansion was out at that point). I was 8-10 years old and was at a family christmas party. My cousin was playing the game and and all my other cousins were amazed with it (I in particular became instantaneously attached to it in a way that very very few games have been able to do). Some time shortly after I got it as a gift from my parents which started many, many happy years of me and my younger sister sitting together at the computer taking turns playing our different sim families.

I just realized that maybe this is why I never enjoyed TS3 (and 4) as much as the first two...I don't have my sister sitting here with me to talk to

...well...now I'm just bummed out...

edit* Now I'm sitting here having a morality crisis/guilt trip about how I moved away from my family to attend college and never really speak to them anymore -_-

I was 11 years old and had just come out of a horrific experience in hospital over Christmas for about three weeks, which left me quite unable to walk more than twenty metres at a time because of my deteriorating muscles, and I couldn't climb a flight of stairs without needing to sit down because my lung capacity was at 30%. I had lots of issues with my skin, and retreated into myself for a long period after.
I had expressed a lot of interest in getting The Sims 3 while I was on holidays with my family. We got back, I was celebrating my reduction of medication by walking around the shopping centre, and we saw it in Dick Smith - and there.

I started playing when the first Sims game was still new. I was 10 or 11 years old and my cousin's best friends (they were twins) had the game and were playing it. Their sim was cooking and the house caught on fire. Another sim was already eating and she sat her plate down on the ground and started screaming and pointing at the fire. After a minute she stopped reacting to the fire and she peed on the floor over the plate. That's when I knew I needed this game lol. I've been playing ever since.

I was around 8 or 9 when my older cousin first started playing The Sims 1, I wanted to be as cool as him of course! But he used to trick me my putting my sims in the pool and deleting the ladder! But he gave me some dodgy copy of the sims so never got to get properly into it. So I had The Sims on Playstation 2 along with The Urbz for a couple of years. Then around the age of 13 I got my first laptop, so my dad got me the whole sims 1 collection. I got really into it, especially loved the vacation ep. And then one day, it broke, after about a month. It just refused to open!! So my dad returned it and swapped for The Sims 2 which was only new at the time. And from then on I've always loved and collected all the sims 2 ep's. However sims 3 let me down, and I had only ever bought the main game. Even now with sims 4, I don't think it will ever be as good as the original first two editions. Maybe it's nostalgia or something, brings me back to my childhood.

Glad i done this its intresting how people got into the Sims

My sister got the original game and didn't like it much.
I started playing it and just never got over it.