Ofcourse the game ist for free now, but it wasn't for about 12 Years. When the game came out, it costed 60€ which is quite expensive for so little content. So yeah it would be a lot more fun if they included more in the base game. And there are still shops who sell the game for money.
Are you using "I have the option to intentionally pay money for a free game" to justify judging the game based on the hypothetical price you might pay if you were to somehow forget you owned it, not know it was free, and then overpay for it at a store?
Really?
The game is free. We cannot judge the value of the not-even-existent-anymore 11 year old base game based on a price that isn't charged for it anymore or a hypothetical price some hypothetical store might hypothetically trick you into paying for it despite already having it...
