I love the idea of it, but the fact that we're still stuck with the stupid phone ruins it for me. Give us an option to NOT have a phone, and I'd be ecstatic. Even better, give us the option to BUY the phone in a store - they could do it like Sims 2 did where you bought it from a vending machine. Even moar better, give us actual stores with cashing machines and actual cashiers - and I've LOVE it if we could get the ability to buy groceries like Sims 2. Anyway, I digress.