Do sims 2 fans prefer sims 3 or sims 4?

Let me start by saying that TS2 is hands down my favourite Sims iteration. I can't see that changing anytime soon. Admittedly, I have a huge amount of nostalgia with it but TS2 is still the Sims game that I have clocked the most amount of time into and that keeps me coming back for more.

It took me a few years to consider trying out 4, I pretty much detested 3 and it left a sour taste in my mouth. I hadn't heard too many great things about 4 and I saw no real incentive to try it when I figured that 2 was giving me everything I crave in my gameplay anyway. Recently, I played the trial of 4 and to my surprise, I liked it far more than I imagined I would. I bought it with Cats and Dogs and then Vampires and City Living as they were on sale and I got City Living for free with a gift card. I'm happy that it's back to a closed world gameplay. Open world is something I never wanted in my Sims and I wouldn't want to see it again. Or at least, certainly not 3's version where a good chunk of the world was a rabbit hole anyway! I love 4's version of vampires and I'm thoroughly enjoying apartment living and the little festivals. I'm a big fan of the CAS too, though it did take me a while to get used to pinching and pulling my sims around.

But despite my praise for 4, it still leaves me feeling hollow compared to the depth that I felt I got from 1 and 2. Maybe it's because I'm older now and I'm not as charmed, I don't know. Its 'worlds' shouldn't be considered such, they're tiny and sad. So while I may enjoy most of the elements of its actual gameplay, I still find that the game is quite superficial and is lacking what I think makes The Sims The Sims; nigh unlimited customisation. 2's ability to change neighbourhoods and subhoods is second to none and no other customisation feature has come close to touching it as far as I'm concerned. I couldn't care less about 3's clunky create-a-style but 4 still could have easily implemented a colour wheel into CAS. I'm not impressed with sims vanishing into thin air when they leave for work either. And as an old school player, let me tell you that I was shocked when I couldn't find a landline phone and when the paper delivery person never came!

So in short, I prefer 4 over 3 (which wasn't difficult in my eyes, for me, it couldn't have got any worse than 3) but I'd still take 2 and 1 above 4. The only reason I'm not still playing 1 is because I'm too inept to get it to work.

For PC my order goes 2, 4. I just wish they would have put more features in four from the second game. I have never understood why everyone goes crazy over the open world feature of 3. It was way to much of a lag fest even for my gaming computer. It would have been awesome if they put open world on console with all the EP and SP. Then it might have run like a dream.

I prefer Sims 2 over 3 and 4. I can start a game with a Young Adult and send them to college to earn more skills and friends which will promote them to higher career levels. I can also find a future spouse for my Sims there and start a family sooner after college.

Sims 2 will always be my favorite edition of The Sims. The cutscenes, non-rabbit hole community lots, home businesses and silly deaths, as well as the option to go to private school, were some of the things that kept me coming back. TS2 had a story-building aspect to it that its successors just don't have. The plumbob used to actually be apart of the Simverse and had purposes - it wasn't just a sim marker like it is now.

In terms of graphics, TS3 was the least attractive to me. Sims looked metallic and stiff, the world was littered with rabbit holes and inaccessible terrain, and the UI was uncomfortably shiny. I haven't experienced any of the lags or glitches I keep hearing about, though that doesn't deduct the fact that it's still a major problem in TS3. Sims 4 thankfully retracted from that style, but everything looks like it came straight out of a Facebook game.

I feel 2 is better in a lot of its games.
Three as better worlds.
Story progression
Create a sim
Create a pattern
And great new features.
Lots of content.

But interactions, sims and animations and a lot of content is better in two.

Two was great with sims, three was great with worlds content and tools.

> @Winthorpe said:
> I bought Sims 4 because my (Windows) computer died and I have only Mac at that time, now I have another Windows then it's time for fun again!

Sorry, I was referring to my Sims 2 UC on Windows.

I'd say my favorites in order are ts2, ts1/ts3 are tied, ts2 Castaway, my sims, then maybe the sims 4 makes the bottom of the list. The sims 1 and 2 are so full of nostalgia, and always ran the best for me. Ts3 had beautiful graphics, I loved the open world, and the amount of content that came with the packs. My sims was a cute game to play on the wii, I'm still playing ts2 castaway on mac and wii and I love it on the mac so far, and don't get me started on the list of reasons why I hate ts4.

"flowerkitten67;c-16297870" wrote:

"WarGreymon77;c-16093996" wrote:
I hated 3. Never played 4.

So I have been playing sims since sims 1. And I was not even 12 years old yet lol. And I think sims 2 and Sims 4 are the best. I did not connect at all with Sims 3. I noticed that people who adore sims 3, hate sims 4. Which is fine. I just don't relate to all of the fan-fare over TS3, its probably a great game, I just feel Sims 4 has more lifelike sims and more soul. Sims 2 has an endearing quality to it as well. I am pretty much tied with liking Sims 2 slightly more than Sims 4.

And I agree, I pretty much hated sims 3 @WarGreymon77

I agree the sims are betterbetter looking in 4. More life like sims and soul tho. :#

agree 2 is better. Addictive game.time fly's and before I know it been playing 8 hours.
Better sims and packs.

4 has better looking sims. But a lot of the packs are underwhelming.
Not addictive. I get bored quickly.
And of course life stages are poor in 4.

As a longtime Simmer, I still play TS2 and 3. I can play either one for hours, and I don't notice time passing. I'll say something like "I'll save once x happens", and suddenly it's 4 in the morning. :lol:

I like different things about both, but TS2 feels more "alive" (like, when I go to venues, there are actually people there and not just empty lots). Dating, socializing, and the Nightlife EP in general, kept things dynamic and exciting.

That said, I hate loading screens... and I loved TS3's open world, advanced customization options, etc. The game was ahead of its time, and I'm convinced that it would have been even better if it had been developed by a company who cared about it (and us players) enough to fix the game-breaking bugs before moving onto the next cash cow.

I was excited for TS4 until the reviews started coming in... and nearly all of them were negative. I gave it a chance, but I usually lose interest a few minutes in. Compared to previous iterations, it feels dull, childish, and lifeless; fine for a mobile game, not cool for a full PC release.

The "emotions" (the feature I was most excited for) were a complete trainwreck: awesome in theory, a mess in practice. They seem to be utilitarian, in that they don't enhance gameplay or serve any real purpose beyond doing the same activity in a "different" mood.

I still wish Medieval had gotten the full Sims treatment though. That would have been awesome. And yes, TS4 has toddlers now, but this still makes me laugh-cry everytime.

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Sims 2 is my all time favorite in the series and probably always will be, it felt special and still does and the sims were the most clever and in depth/quirky. Had way better npc's too like Mrs crumple bottom, social bunny etc. More so then the sims 4 or at least it feels that way. The game was perfect and had so many little details and quirky things which we have yet to see in another game since. I mean no disrespect to the gurus but there isn't anywhere near as much detail put into the newer games then there was in the sims 2. I would be happy if the sims 5 was just a remake of the sims 2! Same game better graphic or an overhaul/remaster. Out of the sims 3 and 4 I would say I prefer 4. Its more simular to 2. I liked 3 but it didn't play well on my pc and even now it still plays badly.