[Eddie.]

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I only included the four main games in the franchise and not other spin-off versions. (Free play, Medevial, Mobile, Urbz In The City) to name a few.

TS2>TS3>TS1>TS4

2 is the superior out of the four. It was the most realistic, and all the expansion packs and stuff packs were well thought out and had a lot of effort put into them.

3 is next because of Create-A-Style and the Open World concept mainly. The graphics were the best out of the four and looked very real-looking, though they were very glitchy at times.
Plus most of the stuff packs (Sweet Treats especially) and some of the expansion packs had no impact on the game, and were very half-assed. Supernatural and Into The Future were examples of TS3 not being realistic...

1 is third as I liked the simplicity of it. This was the only Sims game I didn’t buy directly upon release and only got to play it for the first time two years ago, so I found the lack of variety in camera mode especially irritating. Though I loved the packs that came with it.

4 is last, the only good things about it was it’s animation and how easy Create-A-Sim was to navigate. The rest were crap and the original product was like half complete. The prices of the additional content were pathetic and most of TS4 felt like a scam tbh...it was the first that I legimatley gave up on and it has been taking up my computer space I played for a few months now. Also it’s build mode was good.