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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neylajc
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
My current family has 5 members which I feel is pretty small, average. I never go above 4 kids in a Sim family because I can't handle that yet haha
Feisbukaite
New Spectator
6 years ago
All of my rotation households end up full sooner than later all the time ??‍♀️
DocTxt
6 years ago
It depends, but I really like playing large households.
BabyCake04
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
I like to start out small and make them bigger over time, it's a fun challenge to me.
SheriSim
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
I have all size families, but admit I play the larger ones most. Some are 3 generations, some are brothers and sisters, others are just a large 2 parent family. I also enjoy my smaller families, but the larger ones over all are more fun to play most of the time. I love the variety of different sized families.....
kadiiee
6 years ago
I love having large families but it’s tough to play is everyone most the time.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Apparently, I'm not happy unless I'm juggling things. LOL I do use the MCCC mod and it helps a great deal. I also have full autonomy on, as well. The thing that bothers me is if I follow one Sim to work, the toddlers end up in the red. Some of them so bad that I've had to break my own 'rules' of never using the Make Happy cheat on them. Even if they're sent to DayCare, which should be unnecessary, because a parent is left with them. I've had tots return from DayCare in pretty bad shape, needs-wise.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Scout
6 years ago
Usually start off with a small family but there's times where family will get big rather unplanned. Usually one sim who eventually gets married have a kid and sometimes one animal or two. Things get pretty busy when you have more than a few Sims to keep up with. Though with bigger families I like inviting in-laws and other family over for family dinners and a movie night.
simscadet
New Spectator
6 years ago
I prefer large households. I used to have my sims have 6-10 kids but now, it's reduced to 3-6. I just love looking at the genetic system in the game
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
6 years ago
Large households and unlike the commentors so far I find managing large households with free will on HARDER than with it off. When I play with free will (for challenges), I'm constantly canceling actions, watching my sims like a hawk, planning the house around free will damage control and they will still find ways to slip in some nonsense. I hardly get to play the actual game that way.