I miss the storylines / back stories...

Yes! I am also a family player and storyteller and I would love to see more depth added to premade sims, relationships, and personalities. I enjoy creating my own sims and stories, but it would be great if the world around them felt more alive. I like premades to be flexible and open to interpretation, but they could benefit from more development to make them more interesting to play and interact with. At the very least it would be nice if their household descriptions matched their relationships. I also loved the premade stories from previous games, which offered great inspiration for players to continue on from and make their own, and also made premade sims more memorable. I am not against story progression either, but only if it is optional and well developed. It would be nice if premade families were able to continue on without player input.

I agree that we need more relationship options in CAS and more family relationships recognised in the game. I would also love to see memories return, along with more development and activities for all age groups in a Generations pack from babies to elders. I am hoping for a Romance GP soon to improve the romance system (e.g. chemistry, turn ons/offs, improved weddings etc.) and interactions. I want soulmates to act like soulmates and to remain loyal. I want more family/friend/group interactions and more romantic interactions (and I just really miss my sim couples slow dancing and cuddling in bed). I also want improved traits that have more impact on behaviour and emotions and other features such as likes/dislikes, favourites, character bios etc. to help sims feel and act more distinct from each other. This too would perhaps help premade sims to have more personality and stand out to players.