I just got back into the sims 2, honestly in a weird way I feel like sims in the sims 2 have a lot more personality. I mean, yeah we dont have traits to choose from but every sim has their own interest and if you direct the to do something they dont want to do theyll throw a tantrum. Overall the sims feel a lot more alive.
Also, idk if you play with premades but I really like the scripted events and back story for the sim 2 sims. I like having that little push. Plus there was so much effort by maxis to really flesh all the sims out. In the sim 4 you dont really get that. Yeah you get a general backstory but a lot of the time the relationships don't even match if that makes sense.
Theres a ton more of amazing details the sims 2 have that the sims 4 doesnt. The sims 4 got things like CAS and Building right but imo thats all that they got right. Sims 3 will always be my number 1 but sims 2 is a close second.
