Honestly I'm a little confused about what this forum is asking for but I do have some things I'd like to add.
Family gameplay and all around togetherness is really lacking. There is not enough closeness. The interactions between a husband and wife as far as romance, affection, and being a loving couple is not too much different from them interacting with anyone else other than a few interactions. The same with siblings, bestfriends, extended family members, and non-married couples. All the sims are just static and the same. A family outing is always more imaginative vs being an actual part of the game. I'd like to see more ways implemented that allow sims to play out the closeness. A family picnic, holding toddlers hands, couples holding hands, kids playing tag, parents teaching their children things (like flying a kite, riding a bike, how to swim, how to cook, etc.), meaningful interactions with people that the sims are close with. I don't really know how to explain it. I'd just love to see sims naturally gravitating, interacting, and reacting to people that mean something to them instead of them reacting to their close loved ones the same way as they do to a random townie walking by.
The babies....I've seen it posted many times about better babies and I'll only add that it's a missed opportunity and needs to be updated. Aside from the poor neglected little babies, all the life stages need improvements. Toddlers should be able to interact with more objects and sims in more meaningful ways. Children, the poor things, they are so isolated and forgotten. There's so much that children should be able to do with other children aside from video games and doll houses. Right now they are pretty boring and anyone who has children knows they are very imaginative social creatures. Teens-Elders, the fact that there is barely a difference between 4 very different life stages is problematic We need some distinction and improvements for all of them.
Then there's the other various issues or rather my own personal dislikes. I think it's pretty obvious that I am a family player and eating together or lack there of is really annoying. It has definitely gotten better but such a simple thing that actually allows the "togetherness" that I yearn for is still a problem. The bugs in general are pretty terrible but I do know that they are issues that the team continuously works on. I hope that lag and the weird choice to lower the game resolution despite your own personal settings based on your computer is taken just as seriously. One thing (lol one) that is not an issue but is just more of an annoyance is the lack of new dance moves. A lot of my sims frequently go to clubs, parties, bars, etc. and omg those SAME dance moves my oh my!! It would be great if we could get some more dance moves including people ACTUALLY dancing together (oh how I miss the ability to slow dance). Also as mentioned several times by my fellow simmers, we need cross pack compatibility. Let's be honest, the packs individually are just not strong enough to hold their own. Simply integrating it all could help so much. Then there's my wish list, cars (TS2 style is perfectly fine), bands, places to go together (carnival, real vacations, movies, even more rabbit holes if that's what it takes), wants/fears, memories, zodiac signs, more traits.....I'll stop there.
I have been playing The Sims series for 20 years at this point and would love to see my favorite game regain its former glory. I know everything I've posted is not going to be implemented but I can't help but hope! Thank you Sims Team for giving us the opportunity to communicate in this way.
EA Staff (Retired)