This game isn't as complete without mods, which definetely takes away from it since the vanilla experience is definetely lacking cough thanks chucklefish. However, the community is still very active and playing it with mods is super fun, I genuinely got obsessed with it for a while and it was all I would play in my free time, it's a very fun sandbox and resource gathering game. I've recommended it (though to play multiplayer you either need a server or for both people to have the same mods....so It's good to have a workshop collection on steam with the mods you use)

Literally the best game in the sims franchise, this game was my childhood and its what got me into the sims in the first place.... literally the blueprint for everything, I loved everything about it even though playing it on a modern pc is really hard! I had to do a lot of tricks to get it working, but theres an active community that still plays it- even though the game comes corrupted from the time you install it. Theres many mods that can help you make the game less glitchy and more enjoyable and also improve the graphics a considerable amount. I definetely recommend this game if you've played sims 4 and enjoyed it, even if you don't have nostalgia for this game.

i hate this game ive done everything there is to do i play legacy saves i am trying to make my own save file. i play with 7000+ mods and cc. u do Not need ea to make this game fun for You because its so moldable that you can just take it into your own hands since the best part is how easy it is to mod. the most fun part abt this game id say is the building and creating characters, though gameplay can be fun through challenges. i play with mods to spice up the gameplay but you don't need them - ive been playing sims since sims 2 so i kind of get bored of regular gameplay but for a first time player i think this game is a good start into the franchise since the sims 2 is super hard to download and get working on a modern PC and the sims 3 is super taxing on your pc, though they both do a lot of things considerably better than the sims 4.