The Sims 2 Playstyle vs. The Sims 3 Playstyle

Sims 3 is great for single household and legacy gameplay. Sims 2 is great if you want to balance multiple households. Obviously, a few important things can still happen to Sims in 2 even if you aren't playing them, but you never feel like you're missing out and the memories system has you covered anyway. Sims 3 I switch to a different household for 3 in-game days, go back to my main household and I have no clue what I missed. Leave for a week and they're divorced firefighters passed out in central park.

I personally like the wants/fears and aspiration meter system, since they make my sims feel like little pets as opposed to dolls... which is creepy in retrospect but I have the most fun with it lmao