am i the only that thinks the sims 4 looks empty?

There is not necessarily something wrong with a game just because its layout doesn't appeal to everyone's tastes. When that happens, you go and play something else - like a previous iteration or a Grand Theft Auto game, or whatever.

Whatever this alleged emptiness covers, the very basic design of the game world won't likely get revamped. And then just to have the complainers complain again about something new a couple of weeks later? That is sadly often the nature of these things ;)

Perhaps The Sims 5 will be an open world. I would accept The Sims 4 for what it is and move on.