The lingering question- small or large families?

I prefer playing larger households since it's what I'm used to. I like having lots of different sims in the house so I don't get bored of playing the same sims all the time and have different experiences happening with each one. (I hope my explanation made sense)

I prefer small only because I just cant manage large households- I find them far too stressful! Autonomy off feels stressful because there are too manage sims to micro manage all the time, and autonomy on just means my sims are all doing weird and unhelpful things that I have to keep cancelling (eg I'm close to actually starving to death and there's a freshly prepared meal in the kitchen, but yes, let's forget about impending death and go and play on the pc... :s ) Any more than 4 sims and my brain starts to fry! I always used to play big households in previous sims games and really enjoyed it though.

I prefer large families, even though it can be stressful. I have a large family in real life (and that can be stressful too :D ).

No more than two sims per gaming household is my preference. More than that and the game becomes more like one of those ethological overcrowding utopian rat colony experiments from the 1960s... I start getting behavioral sink, losing empathy toward them, and I start figuring out unusual ways to kill off my sims.

I don't know which one to answer, because I rotate a lot the way I play. Usually when I'm trying something new in the game, like a different career or something like that, I play with small families, usually just one sim lol, but I also like to play with large families because it feels more challenging and it's fun to do parties and stuff with them.

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floridameerkat
6 years ago
I prefer smaller households, so that I can actually focus on the lives of each sim. I find that if I have too many, I don't have time to have them do anything.
vrouwe_jess
New Spectator
6 years ago
Definitely large families. One can never have enough family members!
Lonewolf1044
Seasoned Spectator
6 years ago
I perfer small families as it is easier for me to handle and keep track of thier needs.
Purrloin9
6 years ago
Large. A family of 2 parents and 3+ kids is the usual for me.
enjoyfulsimmer0
6 years ago
Small. Feels more intimate.My sims usually have just ONE child. Maybe 2 at most! And just like in real life, the individual kids can get more of their parents attention, without a whole busload of children to tend to. :smiley:
Lustianicia
6 years ago
I usually play families of 4-5 Sims. Once I start playing more than five, the gameplay becomes too difficult to maintain everyone's needs and skills... and I often end up rushing things just to get stuff out of the way (which makes me feel terrible later on, which results in me wanting to just redo everything).

The only time my household goes over the maximum of 5 is if I have a pet... or one of my Sims' children get married (I usually have their boyfriend/girlfriend move into the house, get them engaged, have a wedding, and sometimes have at least one child before they move out on their own).
luxsylvan
6 years ago
Haha I evened the vote to 50/50 ? I like having a lot of Sims and storylines to handle, so larger households are more for fun for me. It can also be fun to focus in-depth on one or two Sims, though.
wildirishbanshee
Rising Novice
6 years ago
Large all the way for me - but I'm also a multi-generational player, often in the same house due to legacy/genetacy style play. Really wish I could break the 8 sim limit without CAS deleting my sims, or playing games with MCCC to avoid that - though my limit through MCCC is 25! I rarely go above 8 in this game though, due to the above issue. S2 I can have as many as 50 sims in a house with no issues - though I've never hit that many lol.
zazubean
6 years ago
I'm kind of in the middle, but in terms of enjoyment, I prefer small. I get stressed trying to handle big families. But, the thing is, that a lot of the times my families end up with four kids either to my boredom or a case of twins or triplets, and I have to figure out how to deal with it or abandon that family. I really want to start having no more than two kids. I just love pregnancy in this game though!
Busufu
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
never more than 3 or 4 Sims in one household.