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I personally like Sims 2 better. All of your questions about glitches are answered and it's more reliable I think. There is also more stuff because it's been out longer, and all of the expansion packs have been released. You can get way more custom content due to it being out longer, and there is a larger tech support just in case.

Another plus side is that the games are way cheaper now than when they are released, (like 19 bucks or less) and you don't have to wait for the next one to come out. If you have an older computer that can't really run Sims 3, then of course Sims 2 is the next best thing.

Although Sims 3 does have better graphics, and the animation is more smooth. I found less glitches with the game play and it does have more things (such as pets and jobs). There are also missions and plenty of other new things that Sims 2 probably won't ever have.

The expansion packs really expand more on the in game experience. It has a lot more thing to use to create your family and house and your character.

On a personal stand point, I had to also make this choice myself. My computer could just barely run Sims 3, and I knew that it would be sluggish on it if I did end up getting it. However, Sims 2 will never expand. There are no more planned expansion packs, its basically done.

I did like the Sims 2 better, for the money wise and for it works a lot better on my computer. Also, I don't care much for making the sims, or the "smoothness" of the animation. I just want to mess with a family that isn't mine. And glitches are so funny when they happens! And all the cheat codes have been found for the Sims 2.

Hope this helps!

Sims 2 is better because it has way better expansion packs. The only thing different about the sims 3 are the graphics and the fact that you don't have a loading screen for everything. The sims 3 has rabbit holes, the sims 2 did too, but you could actually go into community lots. All of the sims 3 expansion packs are rip offs of the Sims 2 expansion packs. Sims 3 World Adventures is basically the same as Sims 2 Bon Voyage. Sims 3 Late Night is the same thing as Sims 2 Night Life. Sims 3 Generations is the same as Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff. I mean, only a few things are new. The Sims 2 is way better.

I like sims 3 a whole lot better. I like it because I can move furniture slantedly, I can edit and change patterns and on all furniture and clothing, there are more ways to interact with sims, the expansion packs are much, much better (In one you can travel to Egypt, China, and France). The gameplay is just alot more enjoyable for me than it ever was in Sims 2.

sims 2 was better.

sims 3 was only better on pc :D