Do CAS stories seem useless?

Well one of the things it apparently adds is starting conditions: a job perhaps, higher starting funds and some skills already. Not everyone wants to use cheats. I think some may use it it for inspiration for a character or story?
I agree it’s not going to change a sims personality.

It may not be for you, but it may be something appealing to other folks. Im not sure how I feel about it since I haven't seen much of the video announcement and am only fairly aware of the details. But I'm open to the idea of a new CAS experience, at least.

Wish we could get little bio entries to manually write in stuff for our sim, though. Or maybe a trait slot extension.

I see your point but I dont think it's useless per se. I think it could be a useful tool for when you dont have a clear picture of who a new sim may be, or if you like to play by random rolls of the dice. That said I dont think it should be advertised as somthing that really adds anything to the sims themselves.

"Melmack;c-17158160" wrote:
I dont think it should be advertised as somthing that really adds anything to the sims themselves.

I think this was where it shut down for me. When they said it would help give our Sims some personality and it very clearly has no direct impact on the way our Sims act. The only way to show a Sims personality in Sims 4 in my opinion is through their clothes. Other than that, they all act the exact same.

Can't speak for everyone, but this seems like a tool many of us have been asking for for a while in terms of world building. Some players like to create their own townies, and then set them free for their played sims to interact with. As it is, that's been REALLY difficult, cause you have to go in and play each sim to "set them up" as it were. And since you can't even get most NPC jobs in played households, it's virtually impossible--ie: only possible with cheats, and really freakin' convoluted ones at that--to, say, create your own librarians and such. I don't know if NPC jobs will be included as a possibility for jobs you can assign in CAS, but if it is, that feature alone would make things way easier for those of us who don't just pick one household and play it through, but like to create the whole world our sim exists in.

"BlueR0se;c-17158159" wrote:
I Wish we could get little bio entries to manually write in stuff for our sim, though. Or maybe a trait slot extension.

I think individual bios would be a great addition as well as more trait slots. But again, the traits don't really change the way Sims act to begin with so I'm not sure adding another trait slot would help much.

It's great for gameplay where you don't want to start from scratch, or if you aren't sure who you want to create.

"MidnightAura;c-17158158" wrote:
Not everyone wants to use cheats. I think some may use it it for inspiration for a character or story?
I agree it’s not going to change a sims personality.

I guess it makes sense for character/story inspiration but the concept of being given specific traits and a possible career seems so out of character for The Sims franchise. The whole concept for me at least is to create a Sim from scratch and create their story as you play. I guess some players would be interested in starting an established Sim but that just isn't for me.

I'm sure some people will enjoy it. I don't really enjoy making sims. I find it difficult selecting traits and aspirations as I'm to indecisive so it could be helpful in that sense.

I like having almost all the houses in my game inhabited, and I've always found it frustrating to have to do a lot of cheating so they aren't all sprung-from-the-womb-as-adults but seem to have had lives. (Gallery Sims also rarely have any skills etc.) I'm looking forward to having an alternative way to make those Sim households.