My memories of TS1 are ancient & experience with TS3 is minimal, so prefer to not bring in versions I know little about. TS2 does need to be seen in context. For its time it was as revolutionary as TS1 was in its time, and a big advancement. The luster dims as technology advances and new games take advantage of the advance, but it's still, for me, a great game. Depending on land contours, walk out basements are possible in TS2. Takes some fiddling, but doable and expands the options. My play style is at home with TS2, so it's my favorite of the series, TS3 being second. An ideal game would be to take the best parts of all of them, combine in an integrated manner, and keep it off line.
