Oh wow, remember when doll's houses were a decent size and didn't take up an entire room?! 😯

I think this challenge would be really cool in reverse too, i.e. building a house in sims 4 and trying to recreate it as close as possible in the previous games

I’m a little bit worried about how crazy the house in the sims 3 is gonna look. James will probably go crazy with create a style 😂

TS2 was such a jump from TS1 that as a kid I had literal dreams about it before it came out. And I vividly remember that one dream even though I'm in my late 20s - it was about being able to build basements (gasp) and zooming all the way on the sims and seeing every detail of them (gasp!). And then at school we had heated discussions about how "sims will have to actually learn recipes before they can cook anything!" and how hard surely the game will be! They were very, very fun times :D TS1 was my first sims game, but TS2 will forever have a huge place in my heart, because it was such a great part of my childhood (and such a great game! Only love for TS2.)

i was shouting "the pool table!!!!" at the screen for a good minute there XD

This could almost be a game of telephone, where someone builds a house in the Sims 1, then another builds and interprets it in the Sims 2, then again for the Sims 3 and 4, and in the end you compare the Sims 4 house to the original one

Oh god, watching you having to rebuild everything made me appreciate ts4's tools so much hahahah

The way the roof at the back doesn't join with the rest drives me slightly insane but hey, I can't even build a box in sims 2 without crying

I prefer the system in The Sims 3, but I will accept the swatch system from The Sims 2. The fact that a door frame is separate from its glass panel is just utterly superb compared to The Sims 4. I also miss the days where you could paint the foundation. I've played The Sims 1-3, but I haven't really played with The Sims 4.

The dollhouses in sims 2 were soo much smaller and better than sims4, why do they make everything so darn big? 😂 anyway I’m glad you included the whole build and decorating because it’s safe to say we love your videos. 💙👍🏼

One thing I really miss from TS2 & TS3 was a way to make my own worlds and place lots where I wanted them. I always played worlds I built.

In my memory the Sims 2 is kind of, still, the perfect game and I have so many great memories of the game and my sims and I felt like the options were unlimited, the sky is the limit and such - then my computer died and I stopped playing Sims altogether and skipped S3 until I started playing the Sims 4 last march and by now, seeing this, I think the build mode would make me absolutely furious :D the Sims 4 build mode really is SO much easier and user friendly. By now I probably would flip my table if I had to rebuild the whole lot because of one tile because I am used to just grab the whole lot anf move it over. And there is so much more furniture in the Sims 4. Were there really so few fridges in the Sims 2?!?

"And then the rug was kinda like this, but bigger, and not like that at all" 🤣😂classic

You know, a pack like Dream Home Decorator would have been a *perfect* opportunity to reintroduce Sims 2 style swatches (recolouring different parts of the object). Sigh. Yet another missed opportunity...

DOLLHOUSE TIP: In the Sims 4, you can scale down the dollhouse and it will still work because they technically don’t play with the dollhouse. They play with the dolls in front of it. Enjoy xx 🙂

It's so much fun seeing the little differences in build and buy modes through the years. We really are spoiled with Sims 4 build tools... Except for the color swatches, of course. You are 100% right, they should've copied the Sims 2 color tool at the very least for things like beds, sofas and paintings. Also: how sweet are the animations in Sims 2? We got like 1 min. of the Renrut family and we got two super cute moments. I swear those sims felt more alive...

Ok, I think you should try building a house in sims 4 first, and back it up each generation to see how different it is!

Aww, yeah, Sims 2 is great! I love the little animation of Iled playing with Bowser. So cute!

“HOW come Sims 2 swatches are better than Sims 4?” Louder for the people in the back please ☕️

For all that we complain about Sims 4, they sure made some things a lot easier when it comes to building. I forgot how difficult it could be in 2. I do prefer 2's swatches and 3's cast though.

I think you should be able to take a few creative liberties when moving between games! rather than trying to exactly recreate your first build and limiting yourself to the tools in ts1

I feel like you and Deli should play a sims build telephone jumping to and from different sims games.

TS2 will always be my favourite sims, it’s so nostalgic and felt more genuine and fun than the newer ones, especially TS4

“Why didn’t the Sims 4-“ “Laziness.”

Building in TS2 is so hardwired into my brain at this point that I often take unnecessary steps when building in TS4. I've started, messed up, and re-started builds more times than I can count. Sometimes I get so fed up that I just delete the entire lot. Considering James isn't even used to TS2 anymore, I can't imagine how frustrating that was!

So happy you decided to record the whole building process 👍🏻 Makes me so nostalgic to see The Sims 2 and the build tools again ❤️

10:25 - "I still, to this day, don't understand why they didn't do Sims 4 like this. How come Sims 2 swatches are better than Sims 4?" ...because The Sims 2 _IS_ better than 4...

Not being able to paint a specific section of a wall by blocking it with the end pieces is the one thing that drives me insane in the sims 4, I'll deal with not being able to pick the bedframe and the sheets separately but the walls I simply cannot

"are you telling me that i need to slide the whole thing over?" **The sims 4 bb mode laughs villainously**

I love watching these videos, just seeing how overall furniture styles have changed and electronics too... damn I feel old haha

Semaj is totally gonna use *that* living room set from Get Famous in TS4 since there is no cowprint couch

I love how James points out and sticks to his silly little mistakes (like the random hedge).

I miss The Sims 2 so much. One of these days I must figure out how to run it on a modern computer, or try and build a computer that can run it, still got all my discs. You know, I could swear there's some stuff missing even though you seem to have expansions installed... maybe I was just used to using more custom content in Sims 2, bur I am sure there were more fences and arches and stuff.

I fully agree on the swatch system of Sims 2. Being able to individually select bed frame and the sheets was so much better. Or with counters: counter top and the counters themselves. Why can't we have that in the Sims 4? If we had then, and no extra swatches, but just to independently choose each section... think how much better that would be. 🤔😃

It would be interesting to attempt this in reverse, make a nice house in Sims 4 and then see how close you can get in 3, 2 and 1

The Sims 2 was my LIFE for YEARS when it first came out! I got the all-packs bundle for free on Origin a few years back and I’m so happy I can go relive my childhood every once in a while 💕

Oh wow, I was kind of upset you made some random woman called "Eyelid" instead of Deli in the last part, took me a while to work out it was actually Iled for Deli lol 😅 I feel so dumb, you two are just too cute.

I hope you when you finish this you do the same challenge in reverse and see how a Sims 4 house gets converted back all the way down to Sims 1

Could you post the simoleon price comparison between all the homes? Would be interesting to see how much they’re different throughout the builds!

Thanks James for continuing this series. I forgot many of the features and limitations from this pack, so thanks for the reminder. It's amazing how similar and different the two series were in terms of content. I can't wait your next build. Have an awesome day.

Love seeing a positive TS2 build video! I play TS2 exclusively and although there’s no doubt TS4 has some great build mode advances, if you know what you’re doing you can make great builds in TS2! So often I see videos where players who are used to TS4 are just complaining about how they don’t know how to use TS2’s build mode and it’s nice to see someone who is familiar with the tools! 😁 Was gonna say too, you can definitely use the diagonal cheat for most things no problem, I have it on all the time. Mostly I use it for armchairs in the living room. Things that need to snap together like tables and chairs may not work, and hot tub animations look…. Very odd with it placed diagonally though lol.

you should do this agin but next time with each game do a different stage of the people living theres lives for example in the sims 1 the kid room you biuld could start off as a baby room and then in sims 2 a child room sims 3 teenage room sims 4 maybe the kid moved out and the parents have more furniture that older people would have and turn the room into a guest room. but that is just an example i think that would be a fun cool twist on this already awesome mini series.

Kid me never knew one could paint the foundation in sims 2, I often tried but it didn't work...

I'm really enjoying this series and am so glad you kept the building process in.

That feeling when even Sims 1 has more gameplay than Sims 4... ~yes, I am sittin' and bitchin' right here~ :D

This series is giving me life. My laptop is too modern to run TS1 and TS2 now even with patches, so I'm living vicariously through your videos. Thanks for spreading the joy! ^__^

The random corner hedge and the “Bowser” thing are both cannon now. I wish there was up to a Sims 50. I love this idea so much.

I always appreciate the details in Sims 2. How realistic furniture looks like.

This is a great series! Sims 3 is my favorite game, so I'm excited for that one.

IMO, The Sims 2 (considering when it was developed) is still the best game of the entire saga!

The Sims 3 house will be almost identical to the Sims 1 house. The Sims 4 house will be completely different in every way except for that Cats & Dogs rug

It's going to be waaaay easier to build this house in The Sims 3 since the building tools are pretty similar to the ones in 2. Sims 1 and Sims 2 have radically different tools.

I love this concept so much

The wardrobe with full size doors with mirrors on them.. I miss those

I played the Sims 2 when I was younger and I really miss playing it. This made me so happy to see. Also, I hope the Sims brings back the swatch menu from Sims 2 or the thing from Sims 3

The fact that some of the windows are backwards drove me nuts

Nothing gives me more sims vibes than this cow print Couch.😂😂✨

Thats pretty awesome. Love the Sims 2. Wish I could take the best elements of each game, plus a few iconic loved items, and put them together to be the legacy Sims descendent. ;)

damn , Sims 2 has such good lighting system and overall the graphics are so nice and give a happier vibe

Give some love to Bowser for me!!

Damn this game was my childhood life 😍

I love this challenge idea so much, it's really creative and also a great throwback to the older games!! I can't wait for more of these :D

Nice! Can't wait to see Sims 3 version.

Man, I miss Sims 2 so much. It's amazing how well it holds up.

I've been playing the sims 2 for years and have literally just learned you can cheat quarter tile placement. this is a game changer

This one was such a delight to watch, Sims 2 is the game I played most of the Sims games & I have the most memories with so it was nice seeing this, brought me back. It's still my favorite of the Sims games. One thing I do recall is that like every lot I placed, it ended up on uneven land so I remember flattening it out like almost every time I went in for a build which was annoying to do but younger me also sucked at doing builds so maybe having the different elevations was a good thing? I just remember not liking it back when I was a teenager playing the game. Still, loved placing the lots, when I first played the Sims 3, I thought you could still do that & was ticked off that it wouldn't let me. I always would move my family to the lot first, do the motherlode cheat for Sims 2 & later, rosebud for Sims 1, & then have all the money I want to use to build what I liked. It was weird, it wouldn't even let me move a new family to an empty lot in the Sims 3 but like I think it was just me being dumb or something. The second game will always be my favorite & I liked how you brought this house into the second game although I wish there could of been tile in the kitchen, oh well.

So glad for this mini series! It's a brilliant idea!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this house in sims 3. Create a Style is going to be fun. Could you also add in pets, too?

"I do fear that I'm slightly overcomplicating things" Semaj says as he is vastly overcomplicating things

That's cool -- the house came out really well in its Sims 2 version! :D I love how it's so clearly the same house, and yet it's so improved from its Sims 1 incarnation. I'm looking forward to the Sims 3 and Sims 4 versions! (Bet you were missing Sims 4 when you realized you had to shift the entire thing over a couple of blocks -- poor James. . .)

I love these videos I haven’t played any other sims game other than sims 4 so I love finding out about the other earlier games❤️ also these videos or any sims building videos remind me I need to place windows on my builds 😭😂 I always forget! I made a whole build, loved it and was so proud then realised it only had 1 window 🪟😂❤️

Ahh I love watching your build videos at the end of the day and perfect way to chill out! can't wait for the next one!

It brightened my day so much watching you build this version, it looked like you had so much fun and it is contagious 😃

Great series-- it's fun to see how the game has evolved. I've still got Sims1 and Sims2 (base game only, unfortunately), and now you've got me thinking that I should go back to them and explore them from the building point of view.

This house definitely looks like it belongs in Texas.

23:37 This made me laugh a little too hard

Absolutely loving this series!

This video mini series is super fun. I’m already excited for the build to go backwards when we get to the sims 4. Car? Gone 😂

Thank you for not making us wait too long for part 2! This is a great series.

I remember being a kid and all my builds had crazy bright carpets, animal print and crazy wall design 😂

Loving this series! Such a fun concept!

I am enjoying this so much! I forgot how hard it was to build in Sims 1, 2, & 3!

Love watching the whole build videos!

I love this video especially because it shows you are very good at building in The Sims 2 as well and don't spend the whole video on complaining how hard it is 🤭 I think a lot can be done in The Sims 2 if one knows how to do it!

I'm loving this concept and much more invested in it than I'd like to admit

I like these kind of videos, I really enjoy them. Can’t wait for the other 2

man, i love the sims 2.. i grew up playing it on my family computer and watching this gave me so much nostalgia :>

I want to see you do this series again.... But in reverse order. Start building in sims 4 and recreate the same house (the best you can) in each game going down to Sims 1. 😜😂

When the Sims 2 objects look better than the Sims 4 ones..... *sips tea

I’ve never heard someone outside of the east coast or the us in general mention the bay bridge. Cheers from Maryland haha

I'm really enjoying this build challenge! Can't wait to see what you do in my fave game...Sims 3😁🤗

I'm so excited about this little build series

Absolutely loving this series of builds!

I've only ever built in The Sims 4 It looks waayy too difficult to build in the other games😂

Could you end the video with a comparison photo?❤

This is soo nostalgic... i played sims2 in kind of a “pre-school” and when i see this im going to cry. I want to play it soo bad! Love!

Sims 2 my childhood, i still remember how happy i was to try my uncles sims 3 with the different color options. I still feel so familiar with the "buy mode", i miss it sadly it doesnt work anymore on my pc.. :(

Oh my gosh, I was so worried that you were just going to forget to add the pooltable. And when you remembered, I was like "All the village rejoiced!!!"

Loving this series

Maybe after this you can try doing the same but in reverse, so you start with sims 4 and go back to sims 1 so we can see how much harder it was to build in the earlier games! I think it would be really funny to see how as you go through the games the build will look almost nothing like the original