Which Sims game is the best?
Myself and a few other friends are arguing about which Sims game is the best. We want to settle this argument. Whichever game has the most 'votes' is the game we decide is best. Tell us your favorite ...
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Each one is good or best in its own way, plummit.
The Sims 1 is dated and simple today but it's a very good game. It's uncomplicated and simple, yet deep and very long-lasting. It's dated mood makes for top-notch nostalgia and the wacky, curious humor is arguably the best in the series.
The Sims 2 is probably the best at doing what it's supposed to. TS2 is very anti-nonsense and it's the most coherent, well-designed installment in the series. It's just right in a lot of ways, and it's the best-looking for it's day by far.
The Sims 3 is about more, more, MORE. More homes, more worlds, more colors, more patterns, more stuff, more friends more Sims, more profits for EA's treasure chest, more FREEDOM. It tries to hold itself together but ultimately descends into an unfortunate yet beautiful chaos. If Sims games were decades, TS3 would be the 80s and there'd be cocaine all over it. But besides that, it's also the best life simulator in the series. It's the realest, openest, life-iest Sims game and the consequences of that are yours to deal with.
The Sims 4 goes back to The Sims 1 in a lot of ways, it tries to be simple and fun and accessible, but with a very modern twist. In some ways it succeeds, in others it fails. It also goes back to The Sims 1 in a lot of ways it shouldn't have, but if you don't take The Sims as seriously as some others do, you'll probably like it.
So I can confidently say that 3 is my favourite, but I wouldn't know which one'd come after that.
All I know is that 4 is at the bottom of my list, even though I've tried very very hard to like it for a long time. I'm not sure if I hate it or not. I have a very weird relation with TS2 because I loathed it for a long time after TS3 came out, even though I kinda hated TS3 when I first saw it. TS2 is probably the one I've played least, but I know that it's the best in a lot of ways and I can't wrap my head around why I haven't been able to get into it in recent years.
TS1 is, well, it's TS1. Nostalgia is a force to be reckoned with. It's good because it used to be, and it's fun to go back to sometimes. If you never experienced it the way I did, I feel bad for you.
The Sims 1 is dated and simple today but it's a very good game. It's uncomplicated and simple, yet deep and very long-lasting. It's dated mood makes for top-notch nostalgia and the wacky, curious humor is arguably the best in the series.
The Sims 2 is probably the best at doing what it's supposed to. TS2 is very anti-nonsense and it's the most coherent, well-designed installment in the series. It's just right in a lot of ways, and it's the best-looking for it's day by far.
The Sims 3 is about more, more, MORE. More homes, more worlds, more colors, more patterns, more stuff, more friends more Sims, more profits for EA's treasure chest, more FREEDOM. It tries to hold itself together but ultimately descends into an unfortunate yet beautiful chaos. If Sims games were decades, TS3 would be the 80s and there'd be cocaine all over it. But besides that, it's also the best life simulator in the series. It's the realest, openest, life-iest Sims game and the consequences of that are yours to deal with.
The Sims 4 goes back to The Sims 1 in a lot of ways, it tries to be simple and fun and accessible, but with a very modern twist. In some ways it succeeds, in others it fails. It also goes back to The Sims 1 in a lot of ways it shouldn't have, but if you don't take The Sims as seriously as some others do, you'll probably like it.
So I can confidently say that 3 is my favourite, but I wouldn't know which one'd come after that.
All I know is that 4 is at the bottom of my list, even though I've tried very very hard to like it for a long time. I'm not sure if I hate it or not. I have a very weird relation with TS2 because I loathed it for a long time after TS3 came out, even though I kinda hated TS3 when I first saw it. TS2 is probably the one I've played least, but I know that it's the best in a lot of ways and I can't wrap my head around why I haven't been able to get into it in recent years.
TS1 is, well, it's TS1. Nostalgia is a force to be reckoned with. It's good because it used to be, and it's fun to go back to sometimes. If you never experienced it the way I did, I feel bad for you.
