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Rotational Gameplay in The Sims 2 is MORE FUN!

Pleasant Sims

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In this video, I'm showing you how I play The Sims 2 rotationally, including how I handle aging, University, addding new families, and more! Plus, my passionate ranting about why I love playing this way & why Sims 2 is best!
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20 Comments

@Treytinoxo 5 years ago (edited)

This is what I imagine when people say “god has a plan for you” just Cindy at her computer looking confused through her spreadsheets.

@MkatSims 5 years ago

Cindy: Have I lost you?
Me: Kinda but tbh i just like to hear you talking about things you're passionate about.

@mistercritter 5 years ago (edited)

Cindy, you really have figured out the best way to play this game.

I feel like you deserve a special award from Will Wright or something, because you're single-handedly keeping this game alive and interesting for me and many others.

As we both know, TS2 deserves so much more love than it gets, and you are doing an excellent job of that.

@Max_6200 5 years ago

Playing rotationally actually kinda makes you think about things you normally wouldn't even add to your usual gamestyle. New possibilities, new kinds of atmosphere
Yes, exciting it is

@Simney 5 years ago

Here's a tip I learned that makes my life easier in rotations! So, when I have sims grow up and move out, I go into SimPE and change their household name according to the generation. So, for example, when Dustin Broke moves out, I change the household name to "Broke II" and when Beau moves out, "Broke III" and so on. It helps a lot, not only with tracking but with the family funds cheat as well. It doesn't change anyone's last name, just the household name :)

@UsulPrincess 5 years ago

I'm a TS2 fangirl, but TS3 is where Story Progression shines. I used to love micromanaging premade families because I wasn't a legacy player until Generations came out. I don't want to keep track/age up/name babies from random people my sim knocked up etc.

@Posionseeker 5 years ago

Before I found your channel, I would play the same family for generations upon generations to the point where my sims could marry their long, long, lost cousins that I never aged up because I couldn't be bothered to play multiple families at a time. After finding your channel though and binging your pleasantview videos (both the og and reboot you did), I've begun playing rotationally and I gotta say it's like a breath of fresh air. There's nothing worse than filling up a neighborhood with your own sims and how many generations later, seeing your founders husbands ex wife who hasn't aged a day meeting the great great grandchild of their love child

@Grimonvacation 5 years ago

It’s like the Truman show, they don’t know they’re being watched but you enjoy the drama in your Sims’s lives 👁👄👁

@anothergirl3209 5 years ago

Cindy is the real game changer 💕❤️

@misarinnah 5 years ago

"They just jump from one household to other..." I felt called out

@sixfourtyfive 3 years ago

I just learned this was necessary when Alexander Goth became older than Cassandra 😂

@Hendrik_McSims 5 years ago

I'm lazy. My rotations are 1 day so I don't have to do maths when moving Sims, marrying off Sims and the most complicated one University.

@sentimentalelemental7353 5 years ago

There is something so soothing about your voice.

@vanyadolly 5 years ago

One season rotations FTW! Five days every time. Never need a spreadsheet or anything, you can tell which household needs playing just by mousing over the house and seeing which season they're in.

@aspirationfailure6100 5 years ago

Ever since I found and tried rotational play I can’t go back to the way I used to play. Thanks Cindy!!

@Ously6 5 years ago

You know what the worst part about clicking on this vid is? I can’t play Sims 2. So why am I watching a vid telling me about how much fun Sims 2 is? I watch your Let’s Plays, I watch your streams and I’m constantly reminded how much better this game still is. XD

I can remake Sims 2 townies all I want in Sims 4, but it’s just not the same

@osopeluche5953 5 years ago

This is basically how I've been playing for years. I learned how to do it when I got addicte to the Build a City Challenge. It's either 7 Sims days or 1 season then I jump to the next family. I really recommend people to try it out.

@Jftyty 5 years ago

“Some people like to load up a family and torture them to death then quit.”
That is one of the most accurate and hilarious lines I’ve ever heard

@Treytinoxo 5 years ago

I love how Cindy could write “actively enjoys recording thorough information on spreadsheets” on a resume and not be a liar. I love this type of content.

@nordern1 5 years ago

"Playing a single family gets boring to me"

Glances at own play style, where I play a single family without aging...

To be fair, though, I also tend to only play the game maybe two months at a time before I drop it again