I wonder if the Sims 4 shaped up to be good.
I used to be a really avid Sims player, from the very first vanilla game, but after my gaming laptop died last spring, I haven't touched the series in well over a year and missed out on 4 entirely. I played briefly once on my brother's computer, and it felt like a hollow version of 3, without the rest of the neighborhood growing old with you (which, imo, was the best part of 3). I've heard 4 was met with a lot of criticism by the fanbase and that EA was working on changes, but... not sure what they entailed of or if they made much of a difference.
Honestly, though, 4 or otherwise, I think the series lost a lot of its zany charm after Will Wright left. '90s Maxis games were uniquely weird. in a fantastic way. but weird.