Rank the aspirations!

I make Fortune sims the most, because rags to riches is my main style of play. Knowledge sims come second. I tend to not get around to playing the others much; I keep going back to the ones I like most.

1. Knowledge: Chose this as my favorite mainly because Sims sometimes get wants to become supernatural beings. Learning about everything and being super smart is also pretty cool.

2. Family: A close second. Seeing what genetics and personalities young Sims end up with is interesting. The genetics system in TS2 is really unique in that it takes in account which hair and eye colors are dominant and recessive from the parents and sometimes grandparents.

3. Fortune: Working hard and achieving your career goals are both quite enjoyable in the game. They appropriately designed this aspiration around making money. Having your Sims go from being poor to rich makes for good storytelling.

4. Popularity: Making friends, throwing parties, and being popular is fun at first, but managing all of the relationships gets difficult after a while. Achieving a lifetime want to get 20 best friends isn't exactly easy either.

5. Pleasure: This aspiration is okay and is somewhat enjoyable at times, but it seems like my Sims get a lot of wants to go downtown and go on dates. Maybe that's the way some people in real life would define pleasure, but I wish they would have made it center a bit more around hobbies and entertainment.

6. Romance: My biggest complaint is that Sims will basically always fear commitment. The hopeless romantic type of Sims were ignored here and you're basically forced to play the woohoo obsessed type instead. Additionally, trying to achieve some of the lifetime wants related to woohooing or making out with 20 Sims is very difficult; it makes the 20 best friend lifetime want seem like a piece of cake.

7. Grilled Cheese: This is my least favorite aspiration. It was funny at first, but the humor wore off rather quickly for me. Guess the developers figured they'd punish us for using the ReNuYuSenso Orb too many times. It takes a Sim with an interesting story like Natasha Una for me to be able to stand playing with the aspiration for very long.

Oh this seems fun!

Family is probably be my favorite. I love playing a household where it's just this wholesome couple raising their kids (and getting the want to have another baby days after giving birth LOL).

Knowledge is my second favorite. Having career-oriented sims that want to work on their skills are always fun! They get cool wants that tend to spice up the gameplay.

Fortune: I prefer Knowledge sims but Fortune isn't too far behind for similar reasons. These sims are career-oriented and usually want to better themselves and their house.

Popularity & Pleasure: I'm putting these two together because I don't prefer one over the other. It's nice sometimes to have a sim that constantly wants to make friends and go places. It spices up the gameplay and usually leads to drama.

Romance: I feel bad putting this one at next to last because I do enjoy my romance sims quite a bit! I just prefer family gameplay and sims that actually have wants other than woohooing around with everyone.

Grilled Cheese: I've never actually played with this one.

My favorite aspiration would be popularity. I feel this aspiration gives the sim more out of their life they are popular and most sims want to hang out with them. You have a wide variety of things you want to do.