I began with Sims2. For the longest time it held my heart. I have come to love Sims4, however. I do play with a few mods. (Never even touched Boolprop, had me scared to death). Took me ages to work up the courage just to build my own neighborhood, but once I did that I never played the others. I also had fun creating Starfleet Academy. And I now use cheats, where I never used to. I find it very difficult in Sims 4 to keep up the full households' needs, I'm sorry to say. Playing Sims3 all the way to the end, softened me too much. I'm all out-of-gaming-shape. LOL I've changed my focus to create obstacles for myself to overcome, which gives the game more of a challenge to me. I can't go backward. The problem with Sims2 is you have two game lengths to play. Normal or aging off. That is strictly unacceptable to me. What can one accomplish in that short of a time? One can barely get to know their Sims. Plus, having to turn on and off the aging, (so that Sims can get to the next age level) is bothersome. The Toddlers in Sims4 are far superior in any iteration of this game. I miss the Sims2 babies, however. Instead, they stuck us with less than the burrito baby of Sims3, in a nod to The Sims. Face/palm.
Think of Sims2 in terms of Time Management.
