What’s your opinion on lore/ backstories in The Sims?

While it’s never been a necessity to me, it’s always been something I enjoyed in my worlds and my towns. Backstories and biographies to the Sims around my household made the town feel much more alive, and made many (like Thorton Wolff from the Sims 3 being one of my favourites) have a permanent place in my heart. Even if I don’t play with premades often, worlds feel much more lively and real when they’re fleshed out, and it’s a feature I miss deeply in The Sims 4.