At a time when more casual and wholesome games are thriving, The Sims should revive its short-lived Sims Stories series to offer a streamlined experience to the franchise through more traditional story-telling gameplay that many have grown accustomed to. Between the extra content available for The Sims 4 ranging from aliens to vampires and "Project Rene" in development as the anticipated The Sims 5 presumably, it can seem difficult for the average gamer to find a foothold in the ever-expanding series. Combined with the system requirements needed to run such a game, newer and casual players might struggle to get their bearings.