I would agree in Sims having preferences, however I would rather be in control of those preferences. I hate it when the game works against me. Plus sims don't have, Their own personality to insert I have to program it.
What might be better, is having my sim choose between his Romance and his Bromance at a certain moment would be interesting.
Like in CAS, I would choose Favorites for my sims
Hobbies, Food, Drink, Color, Music, Season/Weather, Animal etc.
and those choices I made for that specific sim would influence their behavior in game play
When Mason is Bored/Sad/Tense He would autominously go "Sketch, Play Soccer, Explore the neighborhood/City, Hang out with "Best Friends," play video games, to fulfill the Fun gauge, or seek Happiness. If they do something that's not a Favorite they might look at it as a chore, or something.
Even the little things like when it comes to his favorite Food/Drink, if it's made poorly, he would get Sad/Angry.
That's how I would hope they would go about it.
