EA has created 4 different Sims base games and each one of them is unique in their own way, lets compare them.
Original Sims
The original Sims has seven expansion packs, and no stuff packs. Stuff packs is content you can buy that gives your sims clothing, furnitcher, business etc. The base game comes with 3 neghborshoods which are all the same. The sims go through three life stages, baby, child and adult. Babies are considered obejcts, meaning you have very little contact and action with them. There is six skills and only one secret skill. There is no aspirations, no wants or fears. Sims recieve no days off from work or school. Does not allow access to to have memories. Bills are delivered once every three days to the sims mailbox. The plumbob (dimond floating above sims) has twp colors green and red, colors to refelct their mood. Sims female do not get pregant. instead, a screen pops up asking if you would like a baby. In building mode, users are limited to two floors and a basement, there is no roof selection. Children with failing grades are banished and forced into millitary school and the user will never see them again. Sims only recive prnak phone calls and the sims is late from work. Sims can only talk to other "Townies", not people like maids or drivers. All children attend the same school.
With creating a sim on the original sims all sims must have the same name. When the user picks a head style it also determines hair color, facial hair, eyes etc. There is only three skin colors, light, medium and dark. The body type depends on the the kind of cloths the user picks. Outfits like sleepwear, swimwear, formalwear are chosen automatically. Jewlery, accessories, etc are not customizable. There is no option for a family tree. The orignal sims gives you 25 perosnality points for 5 categories, but you are not required to use all the points
Sims 2
The Sims 2 has eight expansion packs, and nine stuff packs. Lot more stuff to get and buy in the Sims 2 then in the original Sims. The base game comes with three pre-desighned neighborshoods, the town can be edited to the users wants, the user can even build their own neighborhood from scratch. Expansion packs come with new neighborhoods and vacations spots. There is six life stages that include baby, toddler, child, teen, adult, and elder. All the sims age and die but only in the active household (the family you are playing). You are allowed seven skills and three toddlor skills there is even seven secret skills the sims can have. Teend and older can gain skills, they can have 1 of 5 aspirations. The aspirations also effect the sims wants and fears. All children and toddlors have the same aspirations. All the sims except for babeis have four wants and three fears. There is a seven day week with days off from work and the children get weekends off from school. Sims automatically collect visible memories for actvities such as gossiping. Intead, bills are delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Plumbob is the same as the original sims. There is three days of pregnancy and the babies get traits passed down from their parnets. Buildings are only limiterd to five floors but with a cheat the maxiimum is 15 floors. If a child is failing school and Social Worker can take away your child. Sims call their friends, there is no more prank phone calls. All but a few NPS are interactive like drivers.
Finally the sims can have different last names. It makes it alot more interesting for the game play. Head style only determines the head shape and not the eye color or hair style. The user can now customize the hair, eyebrows, eyes, etc. But, there is only four shaded colors for both hair and skin color. Body types range from thin, fit, and fat for the users sim. Sleepwere, swimwere, etc can be chosen by the user. But, shoes come with the pants and or outsfits. Aspirations are the same as the Original Sims. and there is not a family tree and you can edit relationships like make two people married and two children siblings.
Stay tuned for the comparison on Sims 3 and Sims 4. Keep Calm and Sim On
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