Never played .
Sims 2 (haven't played a lot)
Pros: personality, hobbies, mrs crumplebottom, animations/expressions, challenge, better bb swatches than sims 4
Cons: closed world feels claustrophobic (better than ts4 though), keeping a job, the ever-changing wants/fears (I'd like it to be set for at least a day), the look
Sims 3
Pros: Open world, sims with personalities - traits & aspirations, supernaturals + mermaids, better relationships, world adventures, diving, into-the-future, genetics colour wheel, into-the-future, the ui categories, make a world (fussen world <3 ), bonehilda, better babies, ladders/curved stairs, newspapers
Cons: Unstable, unable to save in bb, bb, too many patterns, the look, the ui look, open world over open neighborhood, no proper mrs crumplebottom, separated cas categories, no clothes for kids, toddlers etc, the store
Sims 4
Pros: Look and ui style, vampires, stability, the talking toilet, woodworking bench, bb, cas, same cas for teens/adults/elders & female + male, the gallery
Cons: Ui categories, supernaturals apart from vampires, seasons lacking, personality, traits, aspirations, hobbies, closed world, no genetics colour wheel, non-matching swatches, no mrs crumplebottom, no bonehilda, lack of challenge, family gameplay, relationships, badly textured clothing/out-of-date stylings, lack of heels, no world adventures/into the future, strangerville, mfp, no diving in IL, IL, hot tubs, no space-saving objects, townie fashion, buggy festivals, phone always on, autonomy, bars/parties