Different people place different value in different aspects of the games. I've been simming since the original game came out, what...21 years ago now? And I prefer TS4 to all of it's predecessors. That's not to say I think it's perfect, and there are plenty of things which I think both 2 and 3 did better. But for my own personal preferences of what I want out of the games, 4 is my favorite.
I still do play TS2 and TS3 as well, though, because like I said, there are plenty of things that both of them do better.
It's extremely narrow-minded to take the view that your opinion is "a fact" when ... well, it's not.
