On April Fools' day, the Gamers Temple posted a fake preview of The Sims 2 (read this). Now, they've posted a real preview. They checked out the game at the E3, and now we can read what they have to say about it. There's some nice new info in it. The first new bit is the (bad) news Sims and homes from The Sims 1.0 can't be imported to The Sims 2. They also say a lot about the DNA. Apparantly Maxis showed making a lot of children from 2 Sims at the E3. All these children were unique and grew up to become unique adults, but they were obviously the offspring of their parents. Another little bit of news is that "you'll now be able to capture AVI files of your sims for inclusion in your album". So no longer you'll be limited to stills, but you can record a whole day of your family... or even several days. A bit like the creature in Black & White (for those who are familiar with that game), a Sims' looks can change. If your Sim works out a lot, you'll see they get broad shoulders and a trim waist line. This paragraph is also interesting:

"While The Sims 2 will bring many changes, more than likely one of them won't be the ability to follow your sims to work. Maxis toyed with the idea, but could not come up with a way to make all of the career tracks as interesting to play. As for community areas like Downtown, the jury is still out. Community areas will be a part of The Sims 2 at some point, but the question is whether they will be included in the game or as part of an expansion (yes, they're already thinking about expansions)."

That's about all the interesting things that we didn't know yet. To read everything, click here.