as a(n obsessive) sims fan, most of the big differences wouldn’t make much sense to someone who isn’t a sims fan. like, in the 2nd sims, you have to wait like forever for loadings screens and whatnot if your sims want to go to a restaurant or something, but in sims 3, the neighborhood is just like completely open, and you can go and visit your sims’ friends’ houses, parks, colleges, etc. they say the sims themselves are more realistic, but i think they just look creepy so far in most of the screen shots. also you can change their body types and whatnot instead of just having thin and overweight, and there’s more options with furniture and stuff. i don’t know dude, i don’t expect most people to really get why sims fans are so excited about it, i think you have to be wrapped up in the nerdy little sim world to get excited about it haha [=