I enjoyed this game a lot as a kid, such that I even got 100% on all Interests in my town. I really enjoyed designing different houses and furniture, and catering them to each of my townspeople's individual personalities and interests. The biggest problems for me were the loading times and that some Essences were very tedious to collect.

Overall though, I enjoyed this game and would love for EA to revisit the franchise in the future. I could see it experiencing a renaissance of sorts given how popular "cozy" games are now.