Are you having fun playing Sims 4 without mods?

My favorite thing about Sims 3 was the story progression. It didn't always work, but it made sure that the families I didn't play as continued to grow on. So while my family continued for generations I'd see the families branch out. So then Sims 4 came along and just kind of....Yeah, just watching all the families die off and be replaced by random generated Sims completely kills the game for me. When update day comes around I stay off The Sims 4 until they update MCCC.