GAMING

Step aside, real life; The Sims is calling! Since bursting onto the scene in 2000, this iconic simulation game has been turning players into virtual puppet masters, letting us control every awkward date, kitchen fire, and llama encounter with just a few clicks. Whether you’re a seasoned Simmer or just discovering the joys of “WooHoo”, prepare yourself for a captivating journey through the wacky, wonderful world of The Sims.

If you hear the sound of a window smashing or a low, guttural moan in a dark hallway, you don’t run; you check your inventory. That is the “Resident Evil effect”. Since 1996, Capcom has been teaching us that green herbs cure all wounds and that oversized keys are the only way to get through a mansion.

Survival games are a popular genre in the gaming community, and PlayStation has no shortage of excellent titles in this category. These games place players in hostile environments, forcing them to use their wits and resources to stay alive.

You might be wondering, When does Sons of the Forest come out? So, even though Endnight Games announced The Forest 2, a horror survival game, a few years ago, the company has been as quiet as a forest at night and hasn’t said much about the project.

In the 2000s, gaming experienced one of its most prosperous periods of growth. The “Bit Wars” between Sega and Nintendo, which ruled the ’90s, were over. In their place came the three-way battle between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, which is still going on today. As for games, we had everything from story-driven epics to sports simulations to sandboxes with an open world. Here are some of the games we think were the best of the 2000s.

Resident Evil 2 excels at remaking a dated but beloved game from the 1990s into a cutting-edge horror masterpiece, and it’s a brilliant example of how to make a video game remake.