User blog comment:Nikel23/A bunch of new harvestables!/@comment-5699203-20140311023527/@comment-5385060-20140317192658

In TS2, I never played pre-made households either. Mostly my own sims. I do have two saves in TS3, that are my own sims, but I couldn't get on with it, because it is so hard starting out, with such a small starting amount. The only reason I'm playing a premade family (Goths, Bachelors and Crumplebottom households merged), is because they will probably die and change without my control anyway, might as well have fun playing as them.

Also, it is hard with story progression, because I can't choose the right sim outside of the household, because even if I want them to marry into a certain family, the member could have moved out or married someone else. I'll probably have to make CAS sims, and move them into the house, when I reach Cassandra and Alexander in my timeline.

At least if they keep it, I hope they give the option to tell the player if some sims are going to be dating/getting married/divourced/move out/etc, so they can step and stop it if it doesn't fit into how they want their neighbourhood to be.