User blog comment:LostInRiverview/Ranking Expansion Packs/@comment-1997588-20120831090446

I used to have my own list in my page, but I guess I prefer to mention it again. I don't have The Sims, and I only played it like once or twice in my childhood. The good perk of playing TS1 or console version is that the features are so limited, that once you switch playing TS2, you'll feel like you can do anything!

For TS2, here's my EPs, sorted from best to worst
 * 1) Apartment Life. I must say, it brought a lot of features, minor and major. I love apartments which restricts us to a limited space for building. Also the reputation and the distinct social class. I love it so much!
 * 2) Seasons. The fact that its features affect Sims' lives everyday is undeniable. Yeah, the season aspect is excellent, as well as the weather and precipitation! I also love the gardening and fishing.
 * 3) Open for Business. Running a business is an ultimate challenge in TS2 (especially if it's between running a home business, tending the needs, fulfilling wants, and managing time). Now you know what to spend your abundant money.
 * 4) FreeTime. Sims need hobbies, oh yeah! There are 2 things that disappoint me though. The hobby clubs only contain base-game & FT objects. I want the exercise machine in Platinum Gym! And most of its features are actually carried forward to AL, making this EP a bit worthless if you have AL already. :/
 * 5) University. Sims definitely need to pursue their knowledge for better future, although I'm pretty sure some of its aspects could've been revamped, like, you know, it's the first EP! College life is basically an extended age of unemployed Sims. I wish they made uneducated Sims unable to reach higher than level 6 careers until they grow near end of the adulthood, while uni-graduates aren't restricted to this. Anyone can fulfill their LTWs!
 * 6) Nightlife. Only 3 good things: New Aspirations, Dating & Outing, and dining. Other than than, it only features a subhood full of community lots. Who needs to visit Downtown when your hood is already full of comm lots, like Belladonna Cove? Pleasantview does, though.
 * 7) Pets. This used to be at the bottom of the list, but pets aren't as annoying as TS3 Pets, though. I mean, they really can take care of themselves compared to pudding-faced TS3 Pets. The pets look even more realistic! But compared to other TS2 EPs, Pets is really disappointing. No new town, new hairstyles, new clothes. Even the new NPC wears the same clothes as Florence's! :v TBH, Pet Stories sound like having more sophisticated pet-features than this EP itself. O.o
 * 8) Bon Voyage. Worst. EP. Ever. I mean, all vacation-themed objects are buyable at home. Wut? Did they intend us to collect all mementos at home? Can't they at least make them as community-only objects? Also, like Nightlife, they provide 3 vacation destinations. Which you will be completely bored for visiting the same destination the second time. The vacation memento also makes vacation to have sort of "things to do," making vacation not a real "vacation," but an expensive "to-do list."