Sims 2 all expansions no stuff-packs 10gb custom content maybe half of it "genetics" and bodyshop (clothing, hair, replacement eyes/body meshes, etc).
Sims 1 all expansions no custom content.
Sims 3 none yet no pre-orders either; I'm holding back until they get some expansions on it, because Sims 2 was like starting at Sims 1 no-expansions - no downtown, no vacation, no pets, no extras.
Sims 2 now is like magic, apartments, player-ran stores, vacations, SNOW/RAIN/HAIL, awesome custom content that's more than just recolors, hobbies, DIY robots...
Sims 3 is likely gunna be no pets again. It's the pets that irritates me. I mean seriously, I know the cats and dogs are annoying cause they chew up the furnature.
But they're just...Well frankly they feel like they should be there to start with, not some afterthought or expansion worth $40 brand new. It's a sim with no player control and more finicky motives.
I won't say extra pet objects at all because the ones in sims 2 just need a food bowl and litterbox; they sleep on the furny anyways unless you wake them up and scold them for it.
But don't get me wrong. I'm gunna melt like butter when sims 3 is out and I'll probably break down and buy it anyways. And its expansions. And another harddrive just for the custom content. And I think I need to lie down, my wallet can't take this much thought about impulse buying
Oh, and xfire says I've done 36 hours in Apartment Life. That's fine, did 50 in DOW
ark Crusade but I don't think I've had AL nearly as long...Seems xfire might be showing off my addiction soon.
It's down to Apartment Life and Spore. And Apartment Life's the one that's installed