User blog comment:Woganhemlock/Monthly Question - April 2015/@comment-25557592-20150403043815

I'll always prefer The Sims 2.
 * 1) The interests+personality+the aspirations+the turn ons/ofs all made it more fun to play that you can make the everything of your Sims, while in The Sims 3 it's only favorites, traits and a lifetime wish.
 * 2) The characters like Mrs.Crumplebottom and other "unique" NPCs like the therapist and social bunnies made the gameplay more fun then the way it was in The Sims 3, in The Sims 3 there's no such "unique" NPCs.
 * 3) I always LOVED creating my own neighborhoods in The Sims 2, in The Sims 3 it's not as simple.
 * 4) The Sims 2 doesn't run slowly and glitchy the way my Sims 3 does.

There's also MUCH more but these 4 are enough for now.