@Nikkei_Simmer - To be honest, I never play with any of the packs in the 'suggested' way. With that being said, I like Showtime because it introduces another level of 'acceptable sim entertainment' tools I can use without having to add an additional mod. And it offers non-rabbit hole careers I can build and use in any way I choose.
I find Into the Future to be a treasure trove of objects; interaction and Sims I can use to expand my gameplay especially in Lunar Lakes. Plus, at times I am 'Sim-lazy'. I like the genetically manipulated auto-descendants which are created from my Sim. This has been useful at times when I want to expand or deepen the history of my singular CAS created sim's life. A quick pop into the future, a quick save to the library of the auto-descendants, closing the game without saving and adding the new future family sims into the current day timeline (creating the family tree with NRaas, of course) and voila a fleshed-out family tree made from actual related Sims (although in a new family role).
