I have a fondness for IL. I know some people find it boring, but the tribal elements, island, off the grid and fishing upgrades it gave us, gave me one my most fun saves where I play a large tribal family completely off the grid. It's honestly one my favorite saves and I should actually play it again because the beetle farming stuff from EL means they can now have the occasional self-produced electricity.
Even without that, my sims live there often. I love the world, I love the mermaids and I really always sort of liked the pack. In summer, I'd send other sims there for day trips, can't wait to now send them there for week-long summer trips. IL just gives me lots of storytelling ideas, always has.
And the fact that the entire sim world doesn't spawn there is something it does a lot better than SE.
