I can't wait- I downloaded your undeveloped hood, attempted to build it up then realised that, oh yeah, my building skills fail.  The only thing I really got done was council scheme- the close together lots made that work really well.  I see that you said you did one too.

Your world is the only one I can realistically use because large worlds makes my brain explode from the lag. There were some other fantastic worlds made, like Nimuoa Simoa, but they were too big for my computer. Your world also creates some of the community feeling that Apartment life gave the Sims 2. I love that the houses are small and packed together.

I've just been playing the game for a few hours. So here are my thoughts:

The Good

Personally I don't think the clothes are that fugly for Eaxis.  WIth the Sims2 base game the jeans were all awkward and all the tops seemed to show belly or fitted awkwardly.  Overall I loved CAS. Although I do prefer cartoony sims, my skin for the sims 2 is the maxis match one from gos, the whole thing was far superior to the Sims 2 CAS.  The create a style is brilliant. My sim was geared up in leopard print clothes throughout, and her formal wear was a bondagey leather thing.  What's not to love?

The game is addictive.  I meant to go out for a run tonight, then i saw it was dark, well dark. As in half ten at night dark. I started playing the game at 3. So despite what I complain about (a lot) you don't get bored.

There are a few wee things that made me happy:

If you're shagging the boss you can get a promotion.  I had my woman, Joanne Boyle, at the same level as the Wollfe guy (she ruined his marriage). Then when  I went to play him it turned out she had been promoted (despite just having a baby).  Then the Wollfe guy was able to ask for a promotion from Joanne.

Careers are hard.  I guess that's a good thing, more realistic.  

there is the relationship 'ex husband' and 'ex wife'.  

The Bad

I like to play on a rota. I play 8 days one family, and 8 days another.  Like was said at the begining of this thread- that doesn't look possible here.  

Babies keep on popping up the houses of single guys.  The amount of time I was playing meant for them to be toddlers then someone would have to have given birth in the time i'd played the game... but the guys were on their own.  

romantic relationships build slowly.  Fair enough they want to be realistic. But what about the realistic side that you get drunk and sleep with a stranger? Well actually, they sort of have that to.  Before you can kiss, before you can even massage people, you are able to woohoo and make babies.  You can kiss on the bed though. Bug perhaps?

Worst part of this was I was having my guy pure woo this woman, then I turn round and she's become an elder. Before he even got to shag her.  I was llike :/

I have problems with my speed. Not the sims 2 storage kind where everything seems to lag.  This is just not a very fast speed. I'm wondering if it's my computer (or the lack of space on my computer) or the game wants us to watch our sims sleep.  

Also, complete bullshit about needs being easy now.  my sims are constantly tired. Moodlets are useful- but without them getting your sims to work is a nightmare.  

I just think if they'd  tacked the open ended neighborhood onto the sims 2 that this would be an amazing game.

I really don't get why I truly dislike the game, but managed to play for about 7 hours straight.