NFSU & 2 weren't bad comparing them against Midnight Club 2 which was boring IMO. NFSU and U2 were made by Black Box IIRC, Canadian branch of EA. Cali-based EA can go to hell, even if it IS HQ for the publisher, swallowing up great studios such as Westwood and the shutting down of Looking Glass.
When the Sims 2 came out, for some reason, the kids at the LAN center I frequented were playing that more than they were playing CS or BFV. I'd hear them say this more often than not: "Make them do it! Make them do whoppee" or whatever it was called. Wow.. A game that gave players the choice to engage in sexual activity, in or out of wedlock, for the sake of pure pleasure or procreation, and how much flak has Maxis/EA recieved over it? Compared to Rockstar's GTA:SA and it's "hidden" fully clothed and extremly stupid "sex" scenes? At least in GTA:SA, you could skip that whole side-story if you wanted to as it's not required in order to finish the story, but in Sims 2, your characters Want and NEED it, so it's sorta required to complete the game. Sure, it's a "life simulator" but when your character's wants and needs are "to make whoopee in public, and to make whoopee in the hot tub, and another one related to whoopee, all on the same page, what game is more suggestive? One where it's part of your goal to keep your Sim happy, or the other where you have the choice to take part in the side story or not?
Hmm..