When I was a kid and a teenager I had The Sims fever. I loved the franchise and was addicted to the game-play. That kinda made me buy the fourth one (it wasn't cheap by the way and I got a bundle with The City Living and Cats and Dogs).

I was addicted in the first days but then my interest moved to other things... The characters look very cartoony, which is something I don't like and it's not as fun as TS2, for example. I think EA got lazy...