Do CAS stories seem useless?

I'm not a fan of it. The early skills are ok but the quizzes.. Nope... They'll have the option of shutting it off and that's what I'm going to be doing.

"alexspoom13;c-17159524" wrote:
I'd rather we were free to choose the skills, funds and characteristics ourselves. So much for 'you rule'.

I think that's where I also find it as a useless tool. Why not just give players the option to create the Sims' backstory instead of having them answer questions to pre-generate a story for them. It just seems to go against what the Sims was created for.

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17160379" wrote:

"luthienrising;c-17158182" wrote:
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.

Agreed. Not sure how this could ever be considered useless since it will be used a lot in lots of players games.

I guess "useless" wasn't the right word but I was trying to point out that no matter what outcome you get with the traits, skills, funds, career, etc. your Sims will still have the same flat personalities they have now. Simmers point out that they might get Sims with traits they never usually select but in the end, I have yet to see traits affect my Sims' behaviors ever since playing Sims 4.

But I do understand why people are excited for this feature but I still don't get the purpose of the quiz. They should have just added options in CAS to allow the players to select skills, careers and starting funds on their own if that's what players wanted.

"sims_3_4_player;c-17160911" wrote:
Dude every one has different opinions. for me the are not totally bad nor good. so people might assist it or not. they might say they are good they might not, every one and his opinion.

I created this post for everyone to share their opinions to get a feel for what others think. Not bashing anyone's thoughts just wanted to open up the discussion! :)

"BMSO;c-17161150" wrote:
I'm not a fan of it. The early skills are ok but the quizzes.. Nope... They'll have the option of shutting it off and that's what I'm going to be doing.

I just feel the quiz doesn't make any sense. The questions are too direct to make it seem like a fun random experience. It's like if you were doing a buzzfeed quiz that asks "Are you and indoor person or and outdoor person?" and the first question is "On the weekend would you: A) Go outside to the beach or B) Stay inside and play video games". What's the point of the quiz if you can manipulate it to give you the answers you're hoping for?

I think for those who want to use it (like me) it's going to be great. Otherwise they have left you the option of not doing it and going about the route we do now.

Nope! I will definitely be using this feature every time I go into CAS. I am so uninspired when creating Sims and I always use the same storyline of a single woman, starts of her career, meets a man, has a family, I definitely needed some inspiration and something to change it up a bit!

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17158191" wrote:
Useless? In general, no. I mean, to me personally, the randomise button is already useless, and this is just a more creative, albeit more restricting version of that, but people who don't like or care to assign traits and aspirations themselves might find it great.

So far they haven't said if you can also assign starting skills and a job to sims that were created the old-fashioned way, because that would be somewhat useful for me... Not much, because getting a job and getting a skill to level 3 is a matter of minutes, but at least it would add some more customisation to CAS. I'll just wait and see before I judge.

Yeah, I don’t know the extent to how this will work, but it’s be cool if you could choose the job level at which your sims start off at in CAS. I enjoy starting telling so I feel this is a good way to start off each one!

I'll certainly use the option for Sims, though not all the time.

For everyone saying "well, just use cheats": not everyone knows how to or wants to. There are players out there (and not just a handful) who are casual one or who play without cheats, some don't even know that cheats are an option, unless they maybe accidentally activated the cheat window. It's a nice little addition to CAS and while it might be useless to some, it's going to be useful to others.

"darrenfroggy;c-17161593" wrote:
There are players out there (and not just a handful) who are casual one or who play without cheats

One of these players is definitely me. I don’t like playing with cheats but I’m hoping Realm of Magic will have spells/charms for improving needs, relationships, skills, career etc so I can advance in my game without feeling like I’m cheating.