I’ve tried Legacy style play, where I set out with no cheats and the aim of playing through generations many, many times.
I have always got to generation three maximum.
I’ve had a tonne of fun trying all sorts of Sims. They’ve lived in apartments, they’ve lived in Willow Creek and Oasis Springs; once one Sim literally began with NO home.
They’ve had all sorts of jobs/careers and different personalities and styles.
I think some of the problems are
- I get distracted with new ideas
- I get distracted with real life and give up the game, sometimes for months and then I end up starting over when I return
- For a long time I didn’t want to let my precious Simmies die
- Stories and story blogs are actually hard to maintain
- All my Sims to date have ended up being ‘perfect’ parents who raise gorgeous little munchkins and they all want for nothing. Something about that has been too much the same from game to game to make it super appealing to continue with the kiddos (weird, I know)
