The Sims 2 TUTORIAL taught me so much! (First time playing)

I'm playing The Sims 2 Tutorial for the first time in my life! I've been playing Sims 2 for 15 years and I have never once played with Tutorial Joe and Jane - the tutorial family. I thought I had nothing left to learn about this game, but I was wrong!
The tutorials in Sims 2 cover the basics of new gameplay, relationships, and even build mode (well, at least the basics of how to build a square house). I thought it would be so basic, it would be worthless to me. But, I somehow managed to learn a few new things and I was reminded of some features I forgot about too!
It's never a bad idea to revisit the tutorials from old games from time to time - especially more complicated games like The Sims!
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[@brandoniswhoiam]

When the world needed her the most, she came.

[@marijkebotes4999]

Thanks Cindy, needed that it seems.l watched it as I did not play Sims 1, but I forgot about the fence!

[@greenamogus]

Pause

[@AxeltheKing1000]

Sus

[@blackbat908]

😏

[@ItzDrPlow]

​@greenamogus its a woman... dont think you know how to use pause

[@aspirationfailure6100]

Cindy just casually coming back in style 😌

[@ava13]

i mean she never goes out of style right?

[@ava13]

@doll i’m not sure if you mean the original commenter, i was just referencing a taylor swift lyric which goes “we never go out of style”

[@alexwinter4127]

"I got Sims 4 issues like some people got daddy issues" - Cindy, August 2021

[@malloryknox6802]

I got called out 😳

[@NeoDarkling]

Truly iconic. I think we all need t-shirts 👕 with this blazoned across the front! 😂👍🏾

[@MylingCyrus]

Pleaseeeee Cindy make that into merch and it's in my cart 😭😭😭

[@Miss_Mewiththat]

I got both

[@poweredbytofu713]

It’s pretty sad that 21 years into the franchise and 7 years into Sims 4 EA is asking what we mean by in depth gameplay 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@iluvcamaros1912]

I hope someone told them "go play Sims 2."

[@deedeelong9043]

Finally someone else who says live mode the way I do! I thought I was going insane when I heard other people saying it. I always thought of it as "going live" - like live TV.

[@SuchALush]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌yes🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@allywatkatisirish]

SAME

[@ItsIdaho]

That's how I have been saying it since ever.

[@benitahiestermann1186]

I also say "live mode" (the way Cindy/Pleasant Sims says it) idk the way some Sim players say it sounds odd to me

[@obtuse186]

I can see an argument for both but it's definitely live as in 'living' to me, because you are 'living' the sims lives. I mean they both mean the same, we say 'going live' because metaphorically the thing that has gone live is 'living' now. That's also the pronunciation we use for the root word of them both 'alive'

[@pinkcatacombs]

Another depth thing I love is that when you throw a bday party for a sim’s kid, family sims will usually roll a want to have another baby. It’s almost like they are waiting for their first kid to age up, or like empty nest type of feeling seeing their kid grow up makes them want to have more kids. It’s just so cute and makes both the family sim and their kids and just the family aspect feel so real and like the bonds rlly matter in the game.

[@kaylinjones-patrick1549]

I remember forcing romance sims to settle down & automatically seeing their wants go towards things like divorce, death of certain sims, etc & loved the realism.

[@haiw72j]

also if your family sim is really broke they can have both a want and a fear to have a baby. It happened to my Brandi Broke

[@user-ft3pj1nr6c]

@@haiw72jthat’s way too real

[@jessy7550]

Betty’s illegitimate son Joe? I love some lore. Even the tutorial has a story to tell!

[@kotrena]

The lighting in TS2 is sooooo good, i remember putting like ten windows on a single wall in TS3, and the room still felt too dark

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa8849]

Omg I remember playing the first tutorial of the game (where Joe is alone) multiple times as a kid and I loved pushing the limits. I never finished the tutorials last step and I just went ahead and made him hire and marry a maid, just cause I could 😂

[@LadyYuipha]

i remember doing that as well. i liked joe more than any of the other pre mades lmao

[@seatheparade]

I think I made him woohoo the gardener back in the day 😂

[@dannyboy8816]

I wanted to add more Pleasantview Sims, so I ended up making the Tutorial family as Joey Simms and Jane Jones. They recently went on a trip to Twikki Island and Jane had the worst time: she got sunburnt, struck by lightning, and peed herself. On the last day, Joey proposed on the beach to a very sunburnt Jane. I think she was just happy the trip was over.

[@nottoday3561]

I literally have the salsa songs stuck in my head 24/7 after listening to it for years. I had these tunes engraved in my mind before I knew what salsa was. I forgot I could change the station so to me all sims just enjoy salsa music.

[@elviradistress]

this is so real

[@Li_Tobler]

LMFAO now that you mention it, I realize that it's THE same for me😂😂💀💀💀

[@serenitymoon825]

every college dorm my sims have ever lived in has played nothing but that salsa music. Every time i hear salsa IRL, I have flashbacks

[@complainer406]

I always said it as "liv" mode. Since "build" and "buy" are both verbs I always just assumed "live" was a verb too

[@jboj8430]

Yeah that makes sense!

[@Nienke131]

That makes more sense to me as well.

[@danielaroa7932]

"Let's have him skip. Skip! OMG He skipped!!" I actually spit laughed into my phone

[@PDD555]

Yesss! I was waiting for new videos because yours brighten up my day so much!

[@simbellaz]

Missed You Cindy!!!♥ So happy you're back!👏🤗🤗

[@PleasantSims]

😊 thank you

[@ntrg3248]

I found most of the building tricks like ctrl-click by accident when playing, fun fact: you can ctrl+shift+click to delete a whole room of floor tiles and wallpaper too.

[@marcosmencaramartin4061]

ngl i really miss your videos but let me tell you something. i know what you went through and i know that you’re not quite gotten over it yet. your health (and most importantly your mental health) is really important so you must take good care of yourself even if it means doing one vídeo a year. we want de best for you. (btw sorry if i made mistakes but english is not my first lenguage)

[@cantproducemyownnick]

Fun fact. In The Sims 3, click Settings/Lessons, but don't choose any particular lesson. You'll see a Sim in an orange sweater that should be familiar to you by now. Another fun fact. Russian version of TS2, known for some quite ridiculous names, calls Tutorial Joe Sim "Vladimir Obuchalko", which is basically "Vlad McTutorialFace".

[@ImmortalEagle42]

So happy you're back!!! Do not feel obligated to post certain things or a specific amount! We will support you no matter what! Seeing any notification from you makes so many of us happy!

[@jenplaysgames]

New Zealand is back in lockdown and Cindy has returned when I have needed her most. Missed you so much Cindy! Hope you are happy and well 💗💗

[@babyboomertwerkteam5662]

My state (Victoria, Australia) just had our lockdown extended not long ago! Hope you're doing OK :)

[@moonlupin509]

I can't wait for Christmas when my mother might got me this

[@danielacalderon4453]

Cindy i'm SO happy that you uploaded, life is harsh these days and you are sunlight

[@jojov7696]

I also say LIVE like you say it, I don’t like when they say it the other way 😂

[@jojov7696]

Yeaaah Cindy is back! 😍 I hope you’re doing good 😊

[@PleasantSims]

I am doing better! Thank you!

[@jojov7696]

@@PleasantSims can’t wait to see you on stream, I liked the last one you did 🙂

[@glanni]

I think you're right, it's LIIIIIVE mode! I grew up playing the German version, and even there it's always "Live Modus". Notably, whenever the word "live" is used in German it's always the non-translated term for when something is being broadcasted in real time. If it was supposed to mean "to live" the button name would be translated as "Leben-Modus".

[@PizzaFreaak]

Orrr it can be poor translation or translation without looking at the context of the creators... Either way liiiiive mode makes more sense xD

[@TitanKaempfer]

@@PizzaFreaak As a German player I can say it was however always "Live Modus" since the first game up til the most recent one. I can also confirm that the Sims games actually have a pretty good translation (expect for maybe having them change basically every Sims 1 Sim's name for literally no reason. Why changing names like Bella Goth into Julia von Spinnweb?! Bella wouldn't even be a super outlandish name over here :'D). So yeah, I somehow can't really see them doing a good job on basically everything and than making a mistake with just that one. Especially over several games.

[@lautarocony]

The queen is back!!

[@heidisvenson2034]

When you pause something, then hit play, you go LIIIIIVE! Also, I'm glad to see you back!

[@plastichouseplant]

It made my day to see you upload a video! Wow, I never even noticed there was a tutorial. Also I say "live mode" the same way, as in "this is happening live".

[@thatsmecolleen]

It’s so good to hear your voice again, Cindy! ❤️

[@apparentlyawesome1]

I say live mode too and I always will. 😌 Pressing play to me means the game is going live. I'm almost certain this is the same tutorial, if not very similar, to the one I did a few months back in Sims Pet Stories, but after I re-learned all the controls I stopped paying full attention to the rest of it lol.

[@joandsarah77]

Cindy, so good to see you back. I did watch the replay on Twitch. As for Live mode of course its live mode! None of this 'liv mode' 😂 I do use the space bar to cycle between sims. The basic home shows REAL potential 🤣 I guess for someone at Maxis it does. Shift click on a fence! Um no, I did not know that. 😮 I found out something neat a few days ago. If you have stuff that you want to place in inventory, grab it and click the i key.

[@cookie8989]

I think Joe got potty trained as an adult 😂

[@payton_in_action3988]

i’m so happy your back! i’ve been checking your page everyday! 🎊🎊🎊

[@Jay-mx6sd]

yes you're back! I recently started watching your Sims 2 let's plays and I love them so much, it's the most entertainment from a Sims Let's Play that I've seen it makes me want to start playing it

[@wisuan]

Yep!! I say “lie-ve” mode too!! It makes sense to me because unpausing the game is like.. going live

[@brinleybrunner5831]

You can shift click walls too. And control click to delete like with the floors ♥️♥️

[@asmayayo]

It’s 2 am where I live, but I don’t care ! I’m gonna watch Cindy’s video anyway because I miss her videos so much 😭😭 Welcome back Cindy ❤️

[@mdolbey93]

I love the idea of someone making their sims skip everywhere all the time 🤣

[@Cychlo]

i almost always have my sims skip because half of them can't run, and skipping is slower than running but faster than walking, idk why some sims can't run, is it related to personality or body skill? sometimes it's really funny seeing non-child sims skip, like, imagine Mortimer walking like that lmao

[@pinkcatacombs]

I’m pretty sure it’s related to lazy vs active!

[@augustinesim1672]

What you said is true...they did put more thought in sims 2 tutorial mode than sims 4 lore and gameplay overall combined ...it is sad Sims 4 does have intuitive and solid buy/build modes(still waiting for auto-roof ) but the rest just falls....completely flat. On another note, almost all shortcuts on sims 2 are on sims 3 and sims 4, ctrl + right-click to delete , shift + click "," and "." to move the camera around etc it's actually amazing they kept throughout the games.

[@skylarmae02]

Cindy!!!!! my life has truly felt empty without you 😌🧡🧡

[@grasieleandrade2558]

I'm so happy to watch a new video here! It's always so fun to watch you playing and talking about the sims

[@ABMS721]

Notification made my day🥺

[@uwu-bk5fn]

ah i'm so glad you're back!! i was worried when i noticed you'd deleted everything on life plus cindy, and i missed your stream the other day but i'm glad you're doing okay!! btw i call it live mode as in 'alive' because i've always seen it as 3 verbs like in the first sims trailers; to live, to build, to buy :')

[@leahdavis9434]

But doesn't that support that it's meant to be "live mode" like "we live here"?

[@noiz1762]

@@leahdavis9434 that's what op said

[@leahdavis9434]

@@noiz1762 they actually contradicted themselves because alive is pronounced differently from "to live"

[@barcalkitty]

@@leahdavis9434 i think they were differentiating between live "alive" or "living" and live as in to broadcast live

[@uwu-bk5fn]

@@leahdavis9434 i mean alive as in 'to live' as opposed to live music lol i realise i probably didn't make much sense looking back at the original comment

[@ElfEnchantress]

This is activating a memory of being 9 and playing the Sims 2 for the first time, being kind of confused because it was so much more complex than the Sims 1, and being SO excited about the potential of this new game.

[@jessica_sims2452]

I love watching you play sims 2. I've been watching your pleasant view series and stranger town streams.

[@relash1345]

This tutorial is so fun! Glad to see you back on KZbin and hope you doing great! I really like Joe and Jane, might add them to my rotation. They deserve more memorys beside getting alive bc of a kiss :D

[@fernandaa7334]

Hello, you're looking great, I hope you're good! I use the "skip here" all the time in uni because some sims can't run and they move slower than the mummy in sims 3.

[@catchyalata777]

Welcome back, Cindy!

[@delimelone]

I missed your videos so much, glad you are back! I just love to listen to your voice in the background and after finishing this video I really want to play Sims 2 again haha

[@bubblegumartz8833]

Normally I must sleep but everytime you make new videos I'm hyped and wake up 😌

[@polinaosipova1843]

will definitely watch this later, but for now just wanted to say i missed you so much! so exited!!!

[@rickwilson4077]

Awww! Seeing this pop back up makes me so happy. I know you’re still taking a hiatus, but this was great to see. 🥰

[@dayscott8854]

I really love your content! You inspired me to play the Sims 2 and establish new gameplay rules in the Sims 3 and 4. I hope you’re doing better!

[@SianaRepmad]

Home girl is getting SNATCHED! 🤎🤎🤎🤎

[@iamwarlock1292]

Yes, live mode means you are going live as in "alive" I agree. Now I want to go play my Tutorial Joe 😄

[@maryrae186]

You're back!! You look so great! I hope your path continues on a happy one, and remember to take time for yourself if you're not 100% ready, we will always wait

[@frostybaby13]

Yay!!! Happy to see you back out and about, Cindy! I had some bad news that is giving me mega-anxiety, but seeing your video is taking my mind off things so thank you, ma'am!

[@vorpalwolfie]

We all missed you so much! So glad you're back, your videos brighten my day! 💕

[@sarahsampson175]

I’ve been in quarantine all week and rewatching a lot of your livestreams, I was so happy to see you uploaded!!!!! 🥰🥰

[@Lilyblub]

So happy to see you back Cindy 💙💙💙😊

[@WaterFlamingo]

I’m glad you’re back! I love your videos!

[@Human-hs8sp]

I had never played the tutorial for about a decade. I like the style of the house.

[@DoveCalderwood]

So glad to see you posting videos again! I've missed them! ❤

[@itsmike64]

What a pleasant surprise! It's great to see you back, I was able to make it to the last stream last week but had to lurk - Just want to say I'm still here and supporting you/your channel! Looking forward to hopefully seeing more of you, but only if you put yourself and your health first :)

[@sketchur]

I say "LIVE" mode like you say it, too! As in, "Saturday Night LIVE!" etc.

[@kinookinoo2751]

I am so happy to see you back!! Love to see the new video and your smiling face!! ❤️

[@spiderqueen5074]

yayyyyy your back!!! watching your videos always brightens up my day.

[@danielrafael5683]

Im soooo happy to see you happy, talking about the sims 2, glad to have you3 back giiirrrl

[@jenns-journey]

I always say "live" mode(as in going live) too Cindy!!! And I had no idea you could use the space bar to toggle between sims! So cool! And so happy to see you❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@LuciaGonzalez-cn1pk]

Yay!!!! I was just struggling with some anxiety and honestly your upload cheered me up a lot! I'm having lunch watching your vid! Thanks queen!

[@summerthomas1381]

Yay!! You're back, I haven't even watched this but already liking it. 😏😏 I would love to see some more of your recommendation for Sims 3!

[@nobbysaurus6084]

Glad to see you back again Cindy. You look well. Brilliant video. Gave me a chuckle.

[@honeybunchesb23]

Love you Cindy. I caught your stream. Let me just say your happiness and mental health are always most important. Im glad you put yourself first. We will always be here to watch and support you! ❤️

[@redheadforever17]

I also say live mode!! The first time I heard liv mode it totally threw me off. So happy to know someone else who says it like me😆 also I’m so happy you’re back! I hope you’re doing well💕

[@iluvmusicals21]

You're looking great Cindy!

[@gavitar7113]

YAY I AM SO EXCITED YOU ARE BACK I MISSED YOU SOO MUCH

[@Rlphwggm]

Your Sims 2 videos are such a joy to watch! Thank you for bringing back memories!

[@espinelafa2479]

Glad you're back Cindy! This video for some reason now I want to play sims 2.

[@magsmythslegends2945]

So glad you're back. I have no words apart from run from the hair doctor.... I have missed your brilliant down to earth video's. I'm sorry Andrew's and your's channel didn't take off, my partner (who doesn't do sims at all) loved watching them with me....Stay strong hun and just do you as people love what you do.....xxx

[@kobosta]

Glad to see you're back, you look refreshed!

[@0822catmama]

So happy to see your videos on me feed again, Cindy ❤️

[@BrianaIturrino]

So happy to see you back, doll! And what an excellent come-back video, nice and light (and with Sims SKIPPING!!!)

[@maryissad]

i loooove your energy in this video it's really put me in a good mood!

[@mathserastan]

Yaaaaaaaaay!! I'm so happy you are back! and this was an amazing video!! 😁😁

[@death_cab]

i pressed the notification SO FAST. welcome back Cindy!!!

[@jasminebee2060]

Super glad you're posting again! 🥰

[@carinag3]

I started playing Sims 2 in 2006/2007 and I was taught by one of my mom's work colleagues. Then my parents got me my own game (I still remember it was Sims Deluxe, Pets and Free Time, because I still have them ahah) and that's when I figured out there was a tutorial. I had so much fun learning more things I wasn't taught by the woman! I remember it so well. I miss those times playing Sims 2 after school.

[@hioute]

liked the video immediately after you said for your opinion on "live mode". you're 10000% right and i'll die on that hill with you!!!

[@mariedover4136]

OMG! I feel the exact same way about the "live mode" subject. I agree that the way the gurus say is so weird!

[@annabulakh4543]

You make me so happy! I like watching your videos while I am doing something ☺️

[@ShibzLM]

Cindy I'm so glad you are back!! I've missed you queen! 💜

[@Ruth_Moore]

I'm so happy you're back! Hope you're doing well, missed you Cindy :)

[@cynsue1618]

Love it!! It’s so great to see you back!!

[@bethjono]

You absolutely say live mode correctly!!!!! Also, it is great to see you again Cindy!

[@LyndaGiddens]

So happy you're back for this video, Cindy!

[@kotrena]

I have been playing TS2 most of my life, and never used the tutorial. It says a lot how good the gameplay is. Everything is so intuitive

[@roses7400]

Amazing to see you uploading again! ❤️

[@nathanwinters2400]

I've always called it Live mode because, well... you're "going Live" to play with the stuff you've placed or queued up xD

[@hollyzandstra4413]

Im so glad you felt okay coming back! So happy to sit down and watch this video!