this is my most played game of all time but I have a long complicated history with it.. I grew up on this game because I was just a bit too late for the sims 3, and this game on launch was... a disappointment to me over the years it's gotten WAY better but I still have my issues with it, for example, the DLC is even more of a plague in comparison to the sims 3 which is a bit better because it's now free to play I guess but I still don't think that most of the DLC is worth it, splitting up the usual dlcs that you'd expect in the sims into many more DLCs makes it feel so greedy. most of the DLC isn't even worth it imo I mostly felt like I wasted my money outside of get together, city living and seasons.. I mainly have 1500+ hours in this game because of the insane amount of mod support this game has. the mods carry this game so much it's insane! there are so many amazing mods that it dwarfs the mods in the prior sims games imo.

TLDR: I'm divided on this game if you wanna play it sure but maybe get mods instead of the DLC if you want more out of it.