Sims 2 vs Sims 3 vs Sims 4 - Family Gameplay 

0:06 Sims 2 8:58 Sims 3 17:04 Sims 4 • Who's better? Like & Subscribe! 🙏🔥

TS2-TS3 sims are little characters that differ from each other, their traits matter. TS4 sims are just pretty dolls don't give a shit about anything, and bad decor makes them more upset than a loved one's death. 😩

Fun fact: sims 2 households also wave to each other when leaving for work or school

2:01 I liked how the child wiped away his mom's kiss.

I love TS3 but there’s something about 2’s family dynamics that I really respect! I love how children cry when people in the household are fighting, and I love how they hug their parents when they come back from work! I still think 3 is fantastic when it comes to family gameplay (especially with Generations) but there’s something about 2 that I love!

Also in sims 2 when a child is crying an adult with a close relationship with him will try to console him automatically

Sims 2 definitely won this one with the memories, wants and fears, and autonomous interactions. However Sims 3 did have generations (best ep in the franchise imo) which really added so much stuff to the family gameplay in general that makes it good in its own ways, plus there's the extra family relationships. Plus in both of these games, every sim can have a unique personality unlike Sims 4 so the family gameplay is a lot more interesting in those games.

Also another thing for sims 3, toddlers refuse being taught stuff if they're still not over their parents' divorce

80% of the family gameplay in ts4 is from different packs lol

Hi putting mmy two cents in i prefer the Sims 3. And adults or teens can read skill books to the children as a bedtime story, they actually learn said skill for when they age up, like cooking, logic etc.

I would live for a the sims 2 remaster

being scared of a monster under the bed happens in 3 for sure, and I think it might happen in 2 as well. Sims 3 also goes to great-great grandparents/grandchildren and I think possibly 3 greats but I havent done that in a while.

I loveee TS2's memory system so much, when one of sim give someone a bad memory, it changed the expression when walking thru them

I had a Sim named Sebastian who cheated on his wife. When his wife died, her mother would go after him any chance she got and beat him up. It was hysterical.

Sims 2 will always be everything to me, I have played 3 and 4 and while I would say 3 is better than 4, 2 just has charm that brings me back

In The Sims 2 you could feel your sims were alive and the had personality even though we didn´t have the (annoying) moodlets

Imagine my grandma reads me a cookbook to bed, I'd be so happy

When I watched the finale I thought the comparisons were over and that I would miss them. I just realized it was just the finale for the physics comparison, ha! I'm so glad these series continue. TS2 feels like a life simulator while the other 2 feel like games. TS4 loses because you have to imagine things are happening, and they provide text to help you imagine, but they don't show it.

A couple notes: Reading skill books to kids in 3 actually teaches them the skills from the book. I end up using them the most for that reason. Its not just nurturing sims who can ground kids. Its all sims. Its actually a bit excessive from my experience. In The Sims 2, children can be encouraged by to pursue certain activities related to a parents personality points. For instance, sims who are neat can encourage neatness in the child and they will do a neat activity right after.

My heart goes to Sims 3 but Sims 2 is very close behind. I miss my sims 3 teens autonomously doing bad things like egging the neighbors' houses and being brought back by the cops and being autonomously grounded by a parent for it. Also miss how the sims were affected by relatives death in 3. Sims 3 forever ♥️

Your attention to detail is spot on! I didn’t even know what about the families for sims 2 or 3 so thx

I have not moved on to TS3 yet in the video, because I have to point out that in TS2, other factors have varying results in family dynamics and there are quite a few: Personalities, Aspirations (Primary and Secondary); Interests; Wants/Fears, Turn ons/offs (T+); Hobbies, Skills; Life Skills; Careers and Business Levels; Relationship Scores (remember, they can also be one-sided); Needs/Motives (this includes Environment bar: which does carry a heavy weight for overall mood and aspiration bars, as well as Social, if too low can bring forth the Social Bunny); Aspiration bar (if low can bring forth the therapist, or cause a T+ sim to go into Aspiration failure, or a Todd/CH sim to have a tantrum or taken away by Social Worker); Fury (TS2:NL); Sibling Rivalry; Gossip; Pet Ownership (along with all their personalities and behaviors); Occult and Hybrids; Vacation Perks; Business Perks; Aspiration Perks (TS2:FT) and Rewards; Career Rewards; Outing/Dating Scores (TS2:NL); Season (TS2:S): Winter: Family Relationships increase faster, "Encourage" interation has more success, Spring: Romantic interactions succeed more, and Romantic Relationships increase faster, Summer: Friend Relationships increase faster, Autumn/Fall: Skilling, Career Advancing (including leveling up businesses [TS2:OFB]), School Studies (including Uni [TS2:U]), are all accellerated (including the gains from the "Encourage" interaction, Homework Help, Tutoring, etc.), Badge earning is also increased, etc.; Reputation (TS2:AP); Magic (TS2:AL) and the beast that captures it all (although only the most momentous might be recorded here, every detail is in sims memories, as can be seen in SimPE). I likely did forget a few, but TS2's Personality System is the most in-depth System out of all the mainline games. Although in TS1, sims can evolve multi-directionally, TS2 not only enhanced upon it, they added so much more depth, that every single sim is completely unique from one another. I also have to point out a few aspects that you missed: 1) Toddlers (depending upon personalities), can ask for attention from family, household members, even strangers. Toddlers can dance to the stereo or musical instruments playing, watch TV with those watching (or even watch video gameplay by others). You might find them to be clingy to a parent, but trust me, if use the "ask for attention from" interaction enough, Toddlers will autonomously do so on their own (again, it is dependent on personality). If you have toddlers around other toddlers, they can fight over bottles, and can play with toys with other Todd+ (this works at a faster pace if Todd has learned to talk). In my opinion, TS2 Todd are even better than TS3/4's Todd. As for Children, there are added features that add to every family dynamic, playing tag with family, along with many Child only games, plus tossing footballs, baseballs, playing redhands, etc. with any CH+ family, friends and strangers. They can perform headstands, cartwheels and somersaults autonomously or player directed, if successful onlookers will cheer, if unsuccessful, they might boo (depending on personalities, aspirations, interests and relationship levels. Teens can give siblings (and other teens) noogies. You did mention the "ask permission to go out," but I wanted to add, that teens can ask this of any A+ living in the home, so if the T's relationship with Granny is higher, they can just ask her. They also can "sneak out," by using the phone, or accept if a friend or love interest calls them by phone. If caught before leaving house, they will be autonomously lectured by the A+ who catches them, and if not the parent, may be lectured again by them. It is similar if they are caught afterward, and returned by the police, which if there is an A+ Sim awake, they will likely be lectured, by them, but in this case, at least one parent will always awake, and hence could inevitably be another duo-lecture. Also, you did mention running away, but there are a few ways that could play out. If you call the police (the sooner the better), they will attempt to return the missing T, if you wait too long, or fail to call the police, the missing T will likely return on their B-day (this will most often result in their autonomous age up, without being able to send them to college). Like its successors, T can get part-time jobs to help the family out, but if their grades slip too far, they will be fired from their jobs. Also, the only way to get to the YA stage is to send T off to uni (TS2:U). Which has an amazing cutscene when you place them, and the parent/guardian with the highest relarionship score will be the one to drop said T off at college, and get to see them age up. The family can call the YA to visit, and vise-versa. This is where I want to point out Family Outings and Vacations. With the exception of B/Todd, you can actual have Family Outings (scored or just for fun) and Vacations (up to 8 Sims), even if the family resides outside the home (i.e. Uni, another lot). These are great ways to build up the family dynamics (again, depending on personalties, aspirarions, interests, etc.). Lastly, you know how you pointed to the Grandmom running out of the room when the fight occured? Well, Grandmom is likely a Family Sim or is shy, or both. This will be different with G'moms with different personalities. Pretty cool, eh? Overall, there is so much more that I did not cover, but after finishing up the video, I do not think TS3, nor TS4 will sway me, TS1 family dynamics is second to none❣👏

Sims 2 wins by far and without a doubt

Generations really was a one of a kind expansion

in sims 4 my child gets upset when parents divorce

I miss the sims 3

This is out of topic, but important. I LOVE how sims 2/sims 3 when told to do something, does it right THEN AND THERE, instead of walking a mile to sit somewhere first next to a stranger AND/OR react to stupid shit in the environment.

I don’t even consider Sims 4 part of the franchise, it’s a sad excuse of a sims game. Sims 1-3 were really good and they each had their own little neat things to offer so you could enjoy it all. (My opinion ofc❤)

Good work! Keep up!

Thank you so much for this original idea and amazing video 💞💞

That was interesting, thank you!

You know, sims in Sims Freeplay don't have any traits or personality whatsoever.. they're just like robots fulfilling every command and tasks

That’s weird in my Sims 4 game it will recognize if they are step/half siblings 🤔

In the sims 3 I had my sim flirting with a married sim in the park, and then his two toddler children came crawling across the entire lot to express the negative relationship and the betrayed icon (the broken knife), it was very funny to me

Everything makes so much sense when you discover that TS4 were supposed to be an online multiplayer game! I mean, why putting so much detail in an online multiplayer RPG, the characters development wouldnt be relevant. And that explain a lot of downgrades appart from characters behaviours. TS4 is 10yo now, it really is a shame that EA stayed on the plain smooth characters made for multiplayer game, they could have added so luch things with the multitude of packs, or even in basegame with all the updates they make. Maybe they had put all the bet on the personality traits to not concentrate on the details of the game, but that's too bad. I really hope TS5 will bring back all the small details that gave life to Sims and their world!

I actually enjoy Sims 4 and there are things I can appreciate that were attrmpted. Example, made a family where the young adult was actually the oldest sibling taking guardianship of the younger ones right off the bat. No need to make the parents. It was fun for headcanon reasons. But it fell back into what I didn't like about Sims 2 in terms of travelling to different places (Sims 4 at least gave you tbe option of what your sim could do in another location). With that being said, will always says Sims 3 is the best. If for anything, the introduction of Story Progrssion. Yes, it has its bugs, but it was cool to actually have Sims in the world grow old, have families, get engaged, etc.

i love these videos, but im pretty sure monsters under the bed in sims 4 are in the base game, right?

I don't have the kids room sp, but they still get monsters that need to be sprayed.

The Sims 2 wins hands down! The reactions, interactions, the whole memory system as well as wants and fears work together to make the game fun. Plus it is all in base game. Sims 3 has a little more detail in mixed family trees (they also recognize half siblings and step siblings) but I think Generations improved the family dynamics a lot from the base game. Some interesting things yes, but a lot of Sims 2 autonomous interactions make family gameplay seem organic than Sims 3.

I feel like jumping on the bed/couch is such a simple mechanic they could’ve added to Ts3😂😂

É essas interações do The sims 2 que me fazem sentir tanta saudade😢.

The Sims 2 & 3 are developer's games because you can see the love they put into them no matter how small and insignificant. Sims 4 is a player's game, if you love it then you will make sure it's something you love, even if you to put them into the game yourself, it's all make-believe.

I love that TS2 children truly get upset when their parents fight or cheat. I also like that an adult sim can go and console them afterwards. And that they have feelings towards their siblings. I've had siblings be real close while others were distant without me trying to manipulate the their relationships. Once a new baby had been born into a family that already had two children in it. The baby wasn't even 24 hours old and I noticed the girl gossiping to her brother about the new baby. I took a look at her relationships panel and saw she had a -6 relationship with her baby brother! At the time he had been crying because he needed a diaper change but she really wasn't feeling the new baby in the house! One other thing I've noticed is that if a child sees something negative happen to a parent (such as the parent getting electrocuted while trying to fix something) they get upset by that. One child once rolled a fear of his father dying after he got zapped trying to fixed the toaster oven. TS4 could never. I do like some of the TS3 interrelationships and things they can do but TS2 will always be my game.

love the vids

The monster under the bed feature is a sims 4 base game gameplay, isn't attached to the kids room sp

Perfecto ❤

The sims 2 IS very strong 💪 sincèrement

Nice

Sims autonomously cheating is one of the things I love about the sims 3- it creates such a vibrant world and keeps you on your toes

2 will always be the best one IMO.. I miss it..😢

Automatic family betrayal in my game of The Sims 4 has already happened, because the wife of the son of a sim I had had the characteristic of being a serial romantic, so she cheated on her husband with her brother-in-law who was married to her husband's sister.

Sims 3 fa me. I love the family gameplay.

14:47 your sim freeze while running too?😮

Played all the sims. I do love having the grandparents call on their own to stay over. I love that the parents can discipline in different styles and different types of relationships which can make them unique. I also love the little details like toddlers finding out what food they like. The kids coming to wake up parents in the middle of the night feels so more real than the other packs. My sims could sleep through ever life stage if the kid was in another room

My sims 4 NEVER had closeness options… maybe it was older?

How did get the sims 2?

Sims 2 was the best of all... it really was. Gosh i loved it so much. I play a lot Sims 4 and i like it (never liked Sims 3 that much because of all the bugs and the "piggy faces") but it's not nearly as good as Sims 2 was...

Wow

the voice acting in the sims 4 is so bad; there's no context behind it at all. child sim asks parent to spray the monster under the bed in the most casual way possible, all the while being scared to go back to sleep. i stopped playing the sims 4 six months ago after sinking 4500 hours into it, and i don't miss it at all.

16:40 where can I find the camera shown here? I have generations

Fun fact: Sims who are in a midlife crisis can go to therapy at the hospital, after that they will be over it

In TS4, you need to buy a pack for your sim reconize parents 🤣

In my game little Alexander Goth ran in to show off his grades when Don (married to his sister) was in bed with Dina (married to his father) lmao

Happy 15th anniversary to the Sims 3 on this day, June 2nd 2009

I do wish there was a voiceover so I didn’t have to stare at the screen the whole time 😭

Les sims 2, meilleur opus de toute la série! ❤

I remembered something... In Sims 4 family members can also help with diorama projects (which I like for a some reason 😄). And I sometimes get messages with options, how teenager should act in different situations - the choice affect their behaviour. There is also some interesting pack (which I don't have), where family members can cook meals together.

Sims 2 sims honestly looks adorable now that they look outdated

Can you do a giveaway of the sims ii

What’s up with the Targaryen looking family tree in sims 2?

Sims 2 was the moment

Wow sims 2 household feels more alive than sims 3 since they all trapped inside one lot😂

in TS4 be aunt or uncle don't exist and is rare

Por favor legende em português (Brasil) 😢🙏🏾

the sims 2

I hate how step parents aren’t recognised in the Sims 4, at least families made through CAS. The fact the adult stepsim has the option to flirt with the young adults of the house makes me feel sick🤢

MAIS !! IL OU ELLE EST FR !!!!

Sims 4 ruined child rearing for me. I went back to Sims 3.

Sims 2 always >>>>❤️❤️

Sims 3 for the Win

This is the one EA has been fearing 💀

Lucas looks like lord farquaad

Ts4 family gameplay... none

Sometimes I just think you are so unfair about Sims 4. It must not be the best game ever, but it is really far for being so lame as you seem to be.

I prefer the sims 3

interesting enough in ts2 children also react negativity to their parents kissing ! they act all grossed out and then get furious. also, a extremely neat sim will become furious with their toddler if they go mess around in the toilet. there's some stuff u missed but obviously with TS2 its hard to encapsulate it all in one video!

Idk why they removed the in-law relations in the fourth game... I mean, it was an improvement they should add even more family relations than the previous games, not remove it and go back to ts2 🫠 is really that hard to add relations between sims? I mean, is not like the gameplay is that big yk