I got sims 2 first day it came out, its sweet, with the 3d graphics and new interactions, but you miss out on some stuff if you had the sims 1, like a whole lot of objects. All I can say is that after awhile the game can get boring, you do get more money to buy new items and you get to age, but time to time the game can just get plain boring. This game needs some new objects added to it in an upcoming expansion, if they release one, and allow the sims to go to other peoples houses or go to the job, that way you have more to do.

You can always trade it in for a new game this days can you?

Once you open a game you can trade it in for the same game becuase it may of gotten damaged but you cant trade it in for a new one.