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The Sims 2: The Sim Sequel Closest To Real-Life Genetics

Weisya

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Sulsul!

You might've heard that The Sims 2 has the most detailed inheritance mechanics throughout all of The Sims sequel. So, in this video, I’m discussing and comparing genetic inheritance throughout all of The Sims games so far that has hereditary features. This video mostly go over the dominant-recessive feature, exclusive to The Sims 2.

🌸 Sources
1. The Sims 2 Prima Guide
2. Forum discussing genes: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf...
3. C. Syde's Wiki: https://csydes.fandom.com/wiki/Geneti...)
4. The Sims Wiki: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Genetics

🌸 Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:24 Sim Games' Genetic Overview
1:04 The Dominant-Recessive
2:27 Before We Dive In
2:51 The 5 features Inherited
3:20 Biology Genetics: Alleles, Genes, etc.
4:16 Hair Color Inheritance
7:18 SimPE
7:25 Eye Color Inheritance
8:45 Eye Color Inheritance: Alien (Sims 2)
9:30 Facial Features Inheritance
16:22 Skin Inheritance
20:14 Skin Inheritance: Alien (Sims 2)
20:44 Skin Inheritance: Heterozygous or Homozygous Skintones? (Sims 2)
22:54 Personality Inheritance (Sims 2)
24:43 The Big Question
26:22 Thank You!

🌸About me
I'm Weisya, I like sharing fun videos surrounding The Sims 2
I'd be happy if you'd join me, your support is greatly appreciated :3

🌸Outro
Chillpeach - Gameplay : [no copyright music] 'Gameplay' cute backg...

Thank you so much for coming by!

#thesims2 #thesims4 #thesims3 #gaming

20 Comments

@weisya Creator 3 years ago (edited) Pinned

Hi, everyone! Thank you for all the kind words!

‼️Corrections/More Fun Details
- The Sims 3 is still able to pass down colored hair, regardless if it's genetic or dyed (not sure why my first try in the video, the child doesn't have colored hair) (thank you @maveurent4445)

- Sims 3 has chances to inherit grandparents' feature (for me, it's not recessive/Mendelian genetics like Sims 2, but more like, there's x% chance, but it is entirely possible, it's not 50/50 only from parents as I said in the video, sorry! it is ~54% parents, ~36% grandparents, ~10% mutations) (thank you @disaster4550 and @wikicatyt) [I made a short about it: https://youtube.com/shorts/PZX8bOxDeTw]

- About Sims 2's CC eyes, Sims' eye colors isn't always dominant, but it depends on what the CC is overrode from, so it is possible for CC eyes to be recessive if the creator intend to do so! (thank you, @lumare)

It's so fun reading your comments, I'll be updating here if more comes up!

@cmikhail7289 3 years ago

Every time I revisit Sims 2 content I still dream of a sims game with Sims 2 mechanics and Sims 3 open world deal. Preferably can import and interpret CAD and DWG files. haha

@Allison_Hart 3 years ago

The Sims 2 is impressive for today, let alone monumentally impressive (and how much love and care clearly went into it) for its time.

@kersacoft 3 years ago

I got way too interested in the genetics of a game I haven't played in over a decade, lovely video.

@noodle100100 3 years ago

Also want to mention that CC isn't ALWAYS dominant. Most people who make custom skintones or eyes often 'geneticize' them and place their cc in similar values as the game uses, so it rolls the same as base game eyes or skins. But if they're not geneticized, they're always a dominant trait.

@Fiffi852 3 years ago

This is why I never understood why anyone would get the equal genetics mod. TS2 genetics are just so cool!
I’ve heard players claim that all their sims will end up with black/brown hair - but this isn’t true because TS2 have reciessives! Sure, most sims will but youknow - thats just what real life is like as well? Most people have dark hair!

@CaptainKashup 3 years ago

This is one of the reason why I'm still playing the Sims 2. The genetic system is incredible and you can really see both parents in every children's face. There's also the fact that imo, the Sims in 2 have the most easily recognizable features.
In 3 and 4, the sims have rounder, softer features that makes them look a lot less unique from one another. When a sim has a child in 4, I honestly can't tell if they actually resemble their parents or not, due to everyone pretty much looking same-y.

@Vladimira92 3 years ago

One of the many reasons The Sims 2 is still a great game almost 20 years after the release!

@OnionChoppingNinja 2 years ago

Sims 2 genetics are awesome! one of my families, the husband has black hair, as did his parents and all 4 grandparents. His wife also has black hair. as her father. her mother is a blonde though. The couple's firstborn? a redhead! Turns out the fathers great grandmother was a redhead. the gene for red managed to survive as a repressive gene for 4 generation's in his lineage!

@lumare 3 years ago

as a CC creator from the sims 2 days, if you made eye colour overrides, they didn't automatically go dominant - they took on the dominance/recessiveness traits of whichever default you overrode.

@QueAwkwardNoises 3 years ago

My friend, your English is what I would essentially consider to be fluent. This is some real complicated stuff you’re talking about and doing so flawlessly. Your pronunciation is also 99% perfect. When it’s not perfect it’s still entirely understandable!

Great vid

@gracegrass4462 3 years ago

Something that really annoys me about the Sims 4 is that if you customize a sim's skintone swatch in CAS using the slider, it totally screws with the genetics. Also it can look so bad if a child inherits one parent's color hue and the other parent's value, it can make the kids look absolutely nothing like their parents and unearth weird skintone swatches that look purple or ghostly.

@miraryu8527 3 years ago

This just makes me want to play sims 2 more and more it looks so goooood I love the genetics mechanic, it makes for a realistic gameplay♡

@illizcit1 2 years ago

TS2 still out here reigning supreme 😎

@indyavonside207 3 years ago

I love the genetics in sims 2, this is why I have too many sims as well. I like getting that extra surprise 3 generations in of a recessive great great great grandparent. I do wish the twins could be identical, but that is just one small issue for me.

@PDD555 3 years ago

Another reason why I love TS2, you can feel the love in the detail. Awesome video

@ZaelLevi 3 years ago

I've always loved the genetics in Sims 2 and now I have a good understanding of why!! This video is so good and informative!!

@dana.marie.e 3 years ago

after getting halfway through, i can proudly say that sim science is definitely my cup of tea 😌 i was never into science as a kid, but biology and genetics were always interesting. i could sit and listen to someone pick apart this game for hours.