I feel that if a gameplay feature is not tied to a specific object or a specific lot challenge (which are all optional), it needs to have an on/off toggle in the settings menu. And the toggle needs to be on a per save basis. Even features I want to use in one save, I don't necessarily want to use in all my saves.
I want to be able to choose which systems I use or don't use in each of my saves depending on what kind of story I want to be playing.
Some of the features I really want on/off toggles for:
-Neighborhood stories
-Sentiments
-Reputation
-Sims outside of the active household acquiring likes and dislikes on their own
-Random events like alien abductions and vampire attacks
-The Strangerville mystery
They gave us good on/off options for fame, weather and lifestyles. Why didn't they give us those same on/off options for the other systems?