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Agree with this ranking. I feel the same. It's tough to really rank them since I enjoy each iteration even with the frustrations - TS2 tho will always reign gloriously for me.
The Sims 3
The Sims 2
The Sims 4
I love all the sim games
Basegame wise: Sims 3. Came prepackaged with open world, create a style, story progression, cars, and a lot more customisable options in create a sim, edit town, and build mode. I also like the traits system better than the old personality point system, as well as the lifetime wishes system over the aspiration system.
Overall: Sims 3. All those things listed above, CAW, more to do & more places to go, playable careers, boating, highly customisable plumbots, better magic gameplay, most lifestates (vampire, mermaid, ghost, etc and so on), celebrity system, the adventure gameplay, horses, and of course the custom content. There's a lot more to Sims 3 than that but that's what I could list from the top of my head....
I liked Sims 2 in its time, and I feel like the only thing Sims 2 did better than Sims 3 at was the business pack. Everything else Sims 3 has but better. Sims 1 was revolutionary in its time but its very dated. Then again, that was the point to Sims, with each installment they would add more ways to play and more customisable options; I say "was" because with Sims 4 they totally backpedaled and its seems like EA treats Sims with an attitude of "How little can we sell them at full price?" In other words, maximum profit. Ripoff. Haven't bought Sims 4, and with only like a year left in its development cycle I don't see it magically getting better from here. I played The Urbz one, many years ago. I think it was around the time I had Sims 2 with only 2 expansion packs and even then I felt like Sims 2 was superior.
Sims 3
Sims 2
The Sims
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The Urbz
Sims 4
Also, any Sims game on console is a joke. Js
Sims 2 because: KIDS AGED YES THANK YA MAXIS, university was best thing ever to me, and the premade bios & neighborhood stories were much better written, were more interesting, and had more adult themes. I mean... Nervous Subject (I believe that was his name) was literally tortured by his parents (Loki/Circe, I remember myth names best lol) for science, and the dad in the Pleasant family was cheating on his wife with the maid (a classic American trope, and I LOVED it). I hated how 3 and 4 bios were dumbed down to seem more "kid friendly," it took away a lot of the family realism for me.
Sims 3 because: OPEN WORLD IS BEST THING (even though it murders even the best beastly PCs today), Witches could burn other Sims alive with Fire Blast (this is totally important), university was still best thing ever to me, and finally... *Takes a deep breath*
IT HAD COLOR WHEELS!!!!!
2.the sims 3
3.the sims 4
4.the sims 1
the sims 4 at times feels a mere shadow of its former self!
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Then I think I'd put Sims 4 next on the list. I know it gets a lot of stick, but I really enjoy it. I get a lot of fun out of building, creating Sims and playing.
Then maybe Sims 2 and 3... I don't think I spent as much time with them as I have the other 2. I definitely didn't have as many of the EPs, which does limit what you can do.
They're all amazing games, to be honest! I have my gripes with all of them, but I've enjoyed playing them all :)
2. Sims 4
3. Sims 2
4. Sims 1
Sims 2
Sims 1
Sims 3
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I'm surrounded by Idio.ts! (German)
The Sims 3 has so many stuff like Open World, Cars, Create a Style, Better Packs, Store Content and LOTS! There were so many things in the game, this is why I love The Sims 3 but also.. I love The Sims 2 too, I would have to say that The Sims 3 is my top favorite then it's The Sims 2, Sims 2 had amazing animations, cut scenes and so many stuff to offer like The Sims 3 had and it didn't have a open world but I didn't get bored of it like The Sims 4, which it's strange to me.
So It would be like this for me: The Sims 3 > The Sims 2 > The Sims 1 > The Sims 4.
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The Sims 4
The Sims 2
The Sims
Honestly, The Sims 3 is all around the best, open world introduction, Create a Style, good customization etc.
The Sims 4's art style/direction is imo the best of all four, mixture between realistic and cartoony, which IMO sums up TS series. Content-wise it's pretty solid, nice little details and touches.
The Sims 2 is the first 3D game instead of stereoscopic view, has a bunch of content and has a nice art style.
The Sims 1, while good, has lost it's magic touch in terms of being new, but it'll always have a good place in my heart, since it was the first Sims game I've ever played.
but have you guys ever played sims 2 castaway?? it's really odd but i also really frickin love this one, i think i remember it was very challenging for me
there are more things to do in the sims 3 packs, Its not easy for me to get bored playing then, unlike the sims 4.
you feel like there something missing in the sims 4, because there always is and always will.
seasons for the sims 4 as some great features from both past games. and its one of my favorite packs so far for four, but lacks features like the rest of the sims 4 packs. no swimming, so that will end up in its own pack.
if we are lucky we get half the features in the sims 4 expansion packs than what we get in the sims 2 or the sims 3, to then in some cases some to be added to game packs, stuff packs.
I look at game packs and stuff pack as nothing more than to make extra money by using less features in expansion packs to add to the other packs.
you would have to be blind not to see that with some of the game packs and stuff packs. not all mind, some!
Sims 1 and 2 I worked so to be fair - I only had week ends to play those.
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Sims 1 comes next just because it was the first in the series.
Next is 3 (which I need to re-purchase all the packs for).
Sims 4 is my least favorite right now which is why the Oct 2 announcement can't come fast enough for me. I need something to draw me back into the game but I have since returned to Sims 2.
The sims 4
The sims 3 (when I can play without it crushing every 10 minutes)
The sims 2
The sims 1
I don't really care about open world or color wheel.
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