What’s your favourite Sims game and what is your playstyle?

For me the game dictates my play style. When I discovered The Sims 2 I wanted to play one family for generations but I hated the frozen world so I settled for rotational play. With time I started to love it too. Then The Sims 3 came out and I was overjoyed with an ability to properly play one family through time. When it comes to The Sims 1 I just constantly play one at most two characters.
I don't think I have a favourite. Everything depends on the plot that I envision. If it is something global I go for The Sims 3 because I want to see the world outside my sims evolve on its own. If it is something local then The Sims 2 allows me to micromanage it better. Love both.

The Sims 2. I have been a rotational player since TS1. I can't play a legacy nor a challenge or scripted play. I play my entire neighborhoods. I micromanage everything. It's been rare I play any premades since the early days of TS2 just to see their story line (backstory). I have never stuck with any backstory Maxis created. I have always 'challenged everything'. I have played all four iterations and TS2 remains at the top of my list.

Sims 3
My playstyle: Total Insanity
Why the heck do you think I do THIS to my sims?
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That's why Sims 4 doesn't do anything for me. It doesn't cater to my playstyle at all. I want to tell my own stories instead of being in a "happy happy joy joy..." "fight my sims for every bloody serious looking expression that I can get out of them" situation and have to stop them from implementing their stupid "Monty Python did it much better" Ministry of Silly Walks.

1. Timeline Eras: Prehistoric, Renaissance, 20th Century & Futuristic

2. Themes: Doctor Who, X-Men Storm, Star Trek, Batman & Batgirl, Good/Bad Angels, Dracula, Original Charmed Sisters, Once Upon A Time, Stargate, 1977s Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, Quantum Leap, Pocahontas, Aladdin/Jasmine, Snow White, Cinderella, Pride & Prejudice, Northminaster Abby, Pixie Seasonal Fairies, Apocalypse Warrior Woman &
Star Wars households based on the Movies.

3. Builds: Starship House, Sky Houses, Treehouse, Cave Home, Outdoor Home, Bat House, Lighthouse, Castles, Palaces, Manors, Cottages, Towers, Teepees, Huts, Cabins,
Underground Homes, Pyramid House, Roman/Greek House, Dark Gothic Homes, Light Heavenly Homes, Underground Water Home, Beach House, Sailing Ship Home, Summer Shack, & a variety of Landscapes.

4. Sims 4 Crazy/Funny Stories:
Black Widow,
Male Sim giving birth to Alien Babies,. Sim woohoo in different areas.
Sim Serial Marrying.
Sim woohoo with Grim Reaper & a Ghost.

5. Hybrids: Alien/Vampire, Spellcaster/Mermaid, Vampire/Spellcaster/Alien/Mermaid.

I play families but also individual sims in a rotation with aging on, so i also have a generational kind of play :)

i think the sims 3 still is the best sims game made to this day imo, dont get me wrong the sims 4 is great and i like it alot for what it is but thesims 3 just feels way more open ended i have way more fun playing it instead of 4, i could go on for hours comparing both these games pros and cons but u guys most likely know them if u played both games of the franchise but i personally prefer sims 3 cuz im a very family oriented player and i feel like the sims 3 has way more complex family play than what the sims 4 offers in terms of family play IMO and the sims 2 is a great game i got addicted to from time to time but i never rlly got too deep into it cuz the game is so laggy on my laptop for some reason.

I build houses and lots for Sims (So far I have built three Community lots; two in Sunset Valley and one in Riverview. Two of the three are Community Gardens while one of the lots is a Golf Course; the Sunset Valley Community Garden and the Golf Course is still unfinished, however, the Riverview Community Garden is finished). I create Sims (whether that would be Sims based on fictional characters or Sims based on my own OC's. Some examples of the former include Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta from The Hunger Games Trilogy and Emmy Altava from Professor Layton, while the majority of remaining Sims are based on my own OC's. Several Sims I created for a particular fandom have been given revamps: Florence Mather and Keanu Thompson are based on two of my old Fandom characters I created many years back; when I decided to create Sim versions of the two, I decided to make Florence a Fairy and Keanu a Witch, but decided to abandon the Witch idea, so instead of being a Witch as he originally was, Keanu was instead made human; I also gave him the "Friendly" Trait); I play mostly stories but doa Legacy from time to time, so my playstyle is varied.

Oh, I missed that option, More Than One.

I am Rotational and Family Player. ?‍?‍??‍?‍?‍??‍?‍??‍?‍? I like playing with multiple families, who are varied and usually have Sims children of various ages.

My favorite Sims game would have to be Sims 2. It has the most charm and details for me and I can do home businesses and not worry about story progression as much, etc.

(Sims 3 would be a favorite if it had details and charm from Sims 2, the toddlers from Sims 2 and Sims 4, more populated lots and fixed worlds, and more functioning home businesses and restaurants like Sims 2 business pack. I loved the supernaturals/occults from Sims 3 and love its very ambitious design and its lovely worlds and detailed packs.)

Sims 4 is a favorite of mine as well, but the AI and details are still lacking compared to past games. I love it though, and have been playing it the most.

Sims 3 remains my favorite. I'm still finding aspirations, jobs, collections and things I never fully explored.

I'm a family player at heart. I play one family per save. When the children start to grow up and to move out, I play their households as well. I don't play by a schedule. The household that I play is determined by what's currently going on with the family as a whole. Different Sims come to the forefront at different times.

In the end, TS3 is still the game that most suits my playstyle the most and it remains my favorite game in the franchise. Each of my Sims feels distinct and has a whole host of aspirations, activities, and careers to choose from that suits their personalities. I love that whenever I get the entire family together, the interplay of their varied personalities is always evident.