What a great game, Extremely addictive.
It is a challenging game, as you have to improve the house and environment around with very little money, which is given to you at the start. I must confess i rarely play the game without the cheats, especially the money cheat as it takes so much time and effort to play without them.
I love the fact that you can start off making a family whatever size, it is a great way of passing time on a rainy day. Choosing every aspect about the individuals and then buying and improving the house to make the occupants happier, so that they progress up the career path you have chosen. I can't fault the added extras from the original Sims, like the fact you can now build multi-storey houses, and new and improved controls although most have little change some have new innovative ways of using them.
The number of expansion packs that go with the game also mean that it is continuously being added to and more and more stuff to improve and individualise each and every home. This allows much more variation and allows the person in control to make every home unique.
Anyway, i hope i have persuaded you to go out and buy the game, as it is a game i definitely haven't regretted to buy at all.