On release the game was lacking a lot of content. Things which were included in previous games weren't added until later on, but considering I'd never played The Sims 3 this didn't bother me hugely, I found the game to still be enjoyable with what it had. The character creation and building tools are easy to use and pretty indepth if you add extra content through DLC or modding. I can't really rate this game higher than 3 stars though due to the extortionate amount of DLC provided by EA. The DLCs in this game are priced the same as a full game, and add nowhere near the amount of content to be worth it. It would cost over £900 to buy everything this game offers, as of 2023. It's a very good game if you have all that for free, but is ruined by the insane cash-grab tactics.