Having played The Sims since inception I don't think I've ever played a single save longer than second gen. Of course back in Sims 1 there wasn't really generations as we know now. Through all the iterations of Sims I've been more of a world builder and less of a character player. In Sims 3 I really got into game play and began to want generational play but would get bored with the second gen. or an overly convoluted family tree and start over. Having babies in vacation worlds always seemed to break the game for me. With Sims 4 I've certainly played more with actual sims but still want to build the world around the sims first. I'll take weeks building the world and be so "over" with that save by the time I'm done that I have no desire to actually play with the sims. Now I try to build the world as I go. The 'Scenarios' have really helped in that regard. It keeps things from getting too boring while I build the world and actually play with the sims. Now I'm concerned that the save will corrupt on me as I don't want to lose any of my unique characters and, of course, my builds.