So unlike Sims 2 (where I played pretty much all the premades), I find myself playing mostly families I make in Sims 3 but I thought it might be fun to poke around in the pre-made and lore-related families in Sims 3. Is there any families you recommend that are fun/interesting to play and in what world?

One of the premade families that I had a surprising amount of fun with was the Hart family in Sunset Valley. They were actually a really functional family- though like all early EA families they really needed to work on their skills (Bebe is really close to aging up so I had to break out the tablet so she could listen to podcasts in school). With the parents sharing two traits they got along really well. I did have to make sure Dorie didn't end up forgetting what she was doing, especially when they had a baby, but I took her out of her part-time job and had her write kids books instead.

I did play the Goth family in Sunset Valley but honestly they were so wealthy that the only real challenge was building their skills.

I played the Joy family in Riverview to the 10th generation. This is what happened.

https://modthesims.info/showthread....789#post5869789