Never played the Sims 2, but I did play Bustin' Out, so I'll speak to that instead.
Sims Bustin' Out: Mom. The robe. The face mask. The rollers. Iconic.
Sims 3: Agnes Crumplebottom. I find her to be the most complex townie, and I always try to befriend her in my games.
Sims 4: Bella Goth. I'm always having her get into scrapes. Sometimes she's fighting with Nancy Landgraab. Other times she's fighting with Vlad. She's always getting into trouble.
@readerbug2 Sims 4: Bella Goth. I'm always having her get into scrapes. Sometimes she's fighting with Nancy Landgraab. Other times she's fighting with Vlad. She's always getting into trouble.
Indeed, Nancy is always meddling with sims in my game as well.
Sims 1: Only ever played the Newbies, so probably Bob.
Sims 2: Trent Traveller
I find his combination of "Used to work in law enforcement" + "Wants to become Criminal Mastermind" + "Suddenly felt the urge to travel with lots of money in reserve" hilarious. I mean, the story is right there if you read between the lines.
Sims 3: I'm not really attached to any townie/premade.
Sims 4: The whole Villareal/Renegades/Knights of the Hedge bunch are always part of my game, but I cannot decice on just one favorite.
I guess I have a thing for crime dynasties?
Sims 1: No expansions, so no townies. Premades, the Goths.
Sims Bustin' Out: No townies. Premades, Mimi Landgrabb.
The Urz: No townies. Premade, Will.I.Am.
Castaway: I don't remember.
Sims 2 Console: No townies. Premades, oddly enough Goopy Gilscarbo.
Sims 2 PC: Fricorith Tricou or one of the downtownies related to him and Brandi Broke.
Sims 3: I never grew attached to anyone, though I was happy to see Olive Specter and Agnes Crumplebottom again.
Sims 4: No townies. Premades, Vlad, although I gave him a makeover.
I've never thought too much about townies or premades in the first 3 Sims games. Never played Sims 1, and Sims 2 and 3 started with me using either a blank map (2) or demolishing every lot except for the venues/rabbit holes and building entirely from scratch (3.) Townies were, at best, sweet, delicious DNA to harvest for my genetic experiments (mmmm, mad science-y!)
In Sims Medieval, Servant Dimples always charmed me...or, more accurately, she tended to charm the village blacksmith in most of my kingdoms. Likewise, the bard always seemed to end up with the songstress introduced into his life in the Gilded Guilds quest.
Sims 4, either Alex Moyer—she's immortal and tends to have good-looking kids, what's not to love?—or Johnny Zest.
(he/him)
And remember this above all. Our Roman gods are watching. Make sure they are not ashamed!
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TS1: Goths I suppose. Mostly played own sims - which is true for all versions
TS2: Cassandra Goth, Allyn Thomason
TS3: This one has townies?
TS4:Summer Holiday, Liberty Lee with some tinkering, Ina Cents if in a vampire mood
Bustin' Out - Mimi Landgraab, she's nasty lol. I like her taste in furniture and its never boring hanging out with her.
Urbz Handheld - Roxanna Moxie, she's quirky
Urbz PS2 - hard to decide... Sara Tonin or Scary Mary... Diva Roma is quite cool too.. oh and Ridiculous D.O.G !. Urbz had such cool characters.. I need the whole urbz universe in my game. handheld and ps2!
Sims 2 'Rose Miller' - a Downtownie that gets a random generated name at the start of the game(Nightlife). Rose Miller is the name of her file. She dresses in a pink vintage dress, she's tan and has blonde hair. For some reason I always imagined her to be the picture-perfect girlfriend despite her romance aspiration. Meadow Thayer is my favorite too and she's faithful. The color of her stockings are lit
Sims 3 - Blair Wainwright or Darlene Bunch.. I like dreamy sims. They always stand out in my gameplay.
Yuki Behr in Sims 4, because of her haircolor and she seems kindhearted and different in comparison to your average girl next door.
I'm going to say my favourite townies as Sims who aren't playable from the start since thats how I know the word Townie. And then list the playable houses seperately.
Townies:
TS1: There was this randomly generated Townie before called Thog Strange, despite his Commander and Conquer head being equally as odd, I'll credit his name as why I love Thog so much already. Maybe its just since all I can think when I see his name is "Thog don't caare"
TS2: I'm pretty sure it's the Downtownie Christy Raha as my favourite here, even though she has a different name every neighbourhood. I mostly know her as Dawn Carter though from my first BDC, she usually ended up dating one of the Grand Vampires my main household always had move in, so she usually ends up befriending a lot of my favourites.
TS3: Hard choice here, I know most townies from Bridgeport and Isla Paradiso but between Arial Welsh and Mia Azul I think Mia is my favourite. I have a softspot for mermaids (even though Arial always ends up a Mermaid if I have her move in), and especially Sims with flaws like hotheaded. They both have cool outfits too.
So as for actual playable households.
TS1: I'm going to list the players mother from the Sims 1 Console ports, she might be hotheaded and yells at you to wakeup in two different games, yells and pleads for you to get a job, but she's amusing, plus she still looks out for you. Hey, she even chases off Malcom Landgraab from YOUR new mansion, whats not to love? "Are you running a science project in our house toilet!?" - Mom 2003
TS2: No contest its Tara DeBateau, she is creeeepy sometimes when she stares at the camera, which feels like she does it more than any other Sim I play, but its also how I've portrayed her in game which makes her my favourite, she's got a cute adoptive father, and may have drowned Jason Cleveland and trapped his son in a box. Her male counterpart in the genderswapped Uberhood is also the same old DeBateau mix of scary, dangerous and smug. But yet she still keeps her friends close.
*Tank Grunt is owed a 2nd place though solely for the DS and GBA spinoffs, Tank was right about his hate of ladybugs seeing how a shrunken down him was attacked by at least 10-20 Ladybugs, plus he ended up in a hut with the Yeti, so he's pretty lucky
TS3: I have a love for vampires, and Bridgeport is a hard place to not love. Elvira Slayer is forever my favourite from that neighbourhood, one of the oldest, most dangerous vampires is exactly how I see her. Less Twilighty, and probably closer to a more Victorian portrayl of vampire which is always nice. And a lot of my favouritism is probably how she ended up interwined in my households story there by sheer luck.
*Special shoutout to Morrigan Hemlock there, I can't get over Morrigans insanity, theres something about looking over to see her strangling herself or making inane babblering.
The Sims: Cassandra Goth (Reason I became obsessed with The Sims) The Sims 2: Haven't played it yet The Sims 3: Bebe Hart or Holly Alto The Sims 4: Cassandra Goth; though Luna Villareal intrigues me (Don't have Get Together)
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I have to say my own Sims I create are my favorites but premade households would have to be the following:
Betty Newbie in The Sims, she was friendly and easy to befriend and have a very lasting relationship with that Sim, unlike the Goths who cursed you out if you called them.
Then there were the Lums..in Makin' Magic. Old man Lum was a favorite. I loved their house. I think I might have loved houses more than Sims back then.
The Berbs, I loved the lady of the house and her blond hair do and her suit. I liked their house, too.
The Charming girl (forgot her name) and her little dog in Pets Unleashed...loved her house, too.
Not in a household but townie in NL in TS2 was Mr. Big (many different names generated in everyone's games). He was a mix of all the personalities and aspirations so he was a lot of fun. He was a fortune Sim but had many, many attributes of all the Sims mixed into one. It was amazing how they gave him all those different personalities rolled into one and the hidden aspiration of Power.
I didn't have any favorites of premades in TS3 at all. But loved some of the homes out in the swampy areas of one of the EPs.
No favorites in TS4, either. But Vlad was probably the most interesting Sim I had seen in TS4 that had some personality.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
Comments
Sims 2: Nina Caliente
She looks cool, I like her outfit. Infinitely better than the Sims 3 and 4 version imo.
Sims 3: Florita Hernandez I love her style and her look, she's one of the few interesting looking Sims 3 townies for me
Sims 4: Nalani Mahi'ai
Easily one of the prettiest sims they've ever made I love her look
Sims Bustin' Out: Mom. The robe. The face mask. The rollers. Iconic.
Sims 3: Agnes Crumplebottom. I find her to be the most complex townie, and I always try to befriend her in my games.
Sims 4: Bella Goth. I'm always having her get into scrapes. Sometimes she's fighting with Nancy Landgraab. Other times she's fighting with Vlad. She's always getting into trouble.
She and my sim are best friends.
The Sims 2: Brandi Broke
The Sims 3: Daniel Pleasant I guess lol - I had him cheat on Mary Sue with one of my sims in Sunlit Tides. They had a quirky red-headed son.
The Sims 4: Alice Martin
Alex Moyer in Sims 4. I like her because she doesn’t stalk my sim when going to different lots unlike Judith Ward and Mila Munch.
Sims 2 I Mortimer Goth. It was interesting to see Mortimer as an elder, since in TS1 he was forever stuck the same age for eternity
Sims 3 None since I've never played it.
Sims 4 Hands down Bella Goth, It's the first time I've had the chance to play her since TS1 (without cheats). It's nice to see her in the game again.
Indeed, Nancy is always meddling with sims in my game as well.
Sims 2: Trent Traveller
I find his combination of "Used to work in law enforcement" + "Wants to become Criminal Mastermind" + "Suddenly felt the urge to travel with lots of money in reserve" hilarious. I mean, the story is right there if you read between the lines.
Sims 3: I'm not really attached to any townie/premade.
Sims 4: The whole Villareal/Renegades/Knights of the Hedge bunch are always part of my game, but I cannot decice on just one favorite.
I guess I have a thing for crime dynasties?
Sims 4: Bella Bachelor Goth
Sims Bustin' Out: No townies. Premades, Mimi Landgrabb.
The Urz: No townies. Premade, Will.I.Am.
Castaway: I don't remember.
Sims 2 Console: No townies. Premades, oddly enough Goopy Gilscarbo.
Sims 2 PC: Fricorith Tricou or one of the downtownies related to him and Brandi Broke.
Sims 3: I never grew attached to anyone, though I was happy to see Olive Specter and Agnes Crumplebottom again.
Sims 4: No townies. Premades, Vlad, although I gave him a makeover.
In Sims Medieval, Servant Dimples always charmed me...or, more accurately, she tended to charm the village blacksmith in most of my kingdoms. Likewise, the bard always seemed to end up with the songstress introduced into his life in the Gilded Guilds quest.
Sims 4, either Alex Moyer—she's immortal and tends to have good-looking kids, what's not to love?—or Johnny Zest.
And remember this above all. Our Roman gods are watching. Make sure they are not ashamed!
My NBA site, Pace and Space
TS2: Cassandra Goth, Allyn Thomason
TS3: This one has townies?
TS4:Summer Holiday, Liberty Lee with some tinkering, Ina Cents if in a vampire mood
Urbz Handheld - Roxanna Moxie, she's quirky
Urbz PS2 - hard to decide... Sara Tonin or Scary Mary... Diva Roma is quite cool too.. oh and Ridiculous D.O.G !. Urbz had such cool characters.. I need the whole urbz universe in my game. handheld and ps2!
Sims 2 'Rose Miller' - a Downtownie that gets a random generated name at the start of the game(Nightlife). Rose Miller is the name of her file. She dresses in a pink vintage dress, she's tan and has blonde hair. For some reason I always imagined her to be the picture-perfect girlfriend despite her romance aspiration. Meadow Thayer is my favorite too and she's faithful. The color of her stockings are lit
Sims 3 - Blair Wainwright or Darlene Bunch.. I like dreamy sims. They always stand out in my gameplay.
Yuki Behr in Sims 4, because of her haircolor and she seems kindhearted and different in comparison to your average girl next door.
Townies:
TS1: There was this randomly generated Townie before called Thog Strange, despite his Commander and Conquer head being equally as odd, I'll credit his name as why I love Thog so much already. Maybe its just since all I can think when I see his name is "Thog don't caare"
TS2: I'm pretty sure it's the Downtownie Christy Raha as my favourite here, even though she has a different name every neighbourhood. I mostly know her as Dawn Carter though from my first BDC, she usually ended up dating one of the Grand Vampires my main household always had move in, so she usually ends up befriending a lot of my favourites.
TS3: Hard choice here, I know most townies from Bridgeport and Isla Paradiso but between Arial Welsh and Mia Azul I think Mia is my favourite. I have a softspot for mermaids (even though Arial always ends up a Mermaid if I have her move in), and especially Sims with flaws like hotheaded. They both have cool outfits too.
So as for actual playable households.
TS1: I'm going to list the players mother from the Sims 1 Console ports, she might be hotheaded and yells at you to wakeup in two different games, yells and pleads for you to get a job, but she's amusing, plus she still looks out for you. Hey, she even chases off Malcom Landgraab from YOUR new mansion, whats not to love? "Are you running a science project in our house toilet!?" - Mom 2003
TS2: No contest its Tara DeBateau, she is creeeepy sometimes when she stares at the camera, which feels like she does it more than any other Sim I play, but its also how I've portrayed her in game which makes her my favourite, she's got a cute adoptive father, and may have drowned Jason Cleveland and trapped his son in a box. Her male counterpart in the genderswapped Uberhood is also the same old DeBateau mix of scary, dangerous and smug. But yet she still keeps her friends close.
*Tank Grunt is owed a 2nd place though solely for the DS and GBA spinoffs, Tank was right about his hate of ladybugs seeing how a shrunken down him was attacked by at least 10-20 Ladybugs, plus he ended up in a hut with the Yeti, so he's pretty lucky
TS3: I have a love for vampires, and Bridgeport is a hard place to not love. Elvira Slayer is forever my favourite from that neighbourhood, one of the oldest, most dangerous vampires is exactly how I see her. Less Twilighty, and probably closer to a more Victorian portrayl of vampire which is always nice. And a lot of my favouritism is probably how she ended up interwined in my households story there by sheer luck.
*Special shoutout to Morrigan Hemlock there, I can't get over Morrigans insanity, theres something about looking over to see her strangling herself or making inane babblering.
The Sims 2: Haven't played it yet
The Sims 3: Bebe Hart or Holly Alto
The Sims 4: Cassandra Goth; though Luna Villareal intrigues me (Don't have Get Together)
Betty Newbie in The Sims, she was friendly and easy to befriend and have a very lasting relationship with that Sim, unlike the Goths who cursed you out if you called them.
Then there were the Lums..in Makin' Magic. Old man Lum was a favorite. I loved their house. I think I might have loved houses more than Sims back then.
The Berbs, I loved the lady of the house and her blond hair do and her suit. I liked their house, too.
The Charming girl (forgot her name) and her little dog in Pets Unleashed...loved her house, too.
Not in a household but townie in NL in TS2 was Mr. Big (many different names generated in everyone's games). He was a mix of all the personalities and aspirations so he was a lot of fun. He was a fortune Sim but had many, many attributes of all the Sims mixed into one. It was amazing how they gave him all those different personalities rolled into one and the hidden aspiration of Power.
I didn't have any favorites of premades in TS3 at all. But loved some of the homes out in the swampy areas of one of the EPs.
No favorites in TS4, either. But Vlad was probably the most interesting Sim I had seen in TS4 that had some personality.
Sims 4: The Goths, but mostly Bella. I only have the base game.