Realistic or Cartoony?

At the age I am, cartoony isn't exactly my cuppa tea . As so many have said, too realistic and it gets too uncomfortable...just seems like we could hit a happy medium. I agree, the basis for Sims 2 was fantastic, they actually PLAYED chess, which blew me away, that and the clocks were always showing the right time in the game. But, I absolutely hated the way the sims looked, mine had sharp edges with no delineated fingers or toes so when the Sims 3 came along with their nice smooth faces. I dropped the Sims 2 like a hot potato.

I love the look in the Sims Medieval, now to me, that's the type of realism I could use!