Do you find the Sims 4 challenging?

Not really. I can get so stressed out while playing Sims 2 or Sims 3. And I like that. lol Call me crazy. But that level of challenge just isn't there for me with Sims 4.

Perhaps the easiest in the series.

It’s the easiest game in the series by far.

There are certain things that take time, which is what makes it sometimes challenging. There are times I'm tempted to cheat, but I try as much as possible to stick with it and do it the hard way. I got stuck on the doctor career. If I recall, it took about four or five weeks (real time) for my sim to finally get a patient who had to deliver. She needed this in order to get promoted to the next level. Completing collections or maxing a skill can also take a lot of time and patience. I remember one of my sims struggled to catch the red tailed shark to complete his fish collection, and that took a looong time. My archeologist still hasn't found or assembled all the relics yet.

Rarely. The only thing that's challenging is trying to secure 20 votes for my politician sim. It's been stuck there for months but also cuz I don't play the game that often. XD

Mostly the challenge for me is related to my computer being slow and the game lagging, lol!
Career/aspiration-wise I find all the outdoor and collector ones challenging, because it's hard to find all plants/fish etc.

Only when I'm playing a 8 sim family which happens every few generations.

It’s always challenging when first starting a brand new sim with no skills and no aspiration rewards, for the first bit.

BUT, besides that it depends on life span and household size. If those people saying it has no challenge played on short lifespan with a full family I’m sure they would change their opinions.

However, personally, I play with aging off. Because for me I want it to be super casual. If I want a high apm and frantic challenge I’d play Starcraft or overwatch.

But then again they could mean something different, they could mean the game has absolutely no system for failure or rejection. Like there is zero chance at failing at love or a career. As it is, you don’t get promoted at work you just get it the next day (or the day after). You could have a clumsy sim be the top athlete. There is zero chance at failing at love. Sure a few advances might get rejected, but just keep flirting and eventually you can make any sim fall for you.

If that’s what they mean then I 100% agree with them.

Having said that, sims 4 has plenty of challenge if you're not cheating imo. My sim has bought a vet clinic with the simoleons she earned from her Tomb adventure. And its taking some effort to become profitable. At this moment, Im not sure owning a vet clinic is a great money making venture.

There is definitely some challenge to things. Even exploring the tombs has challenges

With the advent of GF, it can be very challenging. Especially if you leave toddlers behind to follow the active star to work. Even leaving another adult with those tots doesn't keep them in the green, if you will. I use mods and it just occurred to me one of the things I could do to avoid the toddlers massive needs drain, is to cheat them all up, and then select disable needs decay, for the time the active Sim is away from the home lot and then to enable needs decay once the active Sim is home again. Hate to do it that way, as I try never to use that cheat on the toddlers, but what can you do when most of their needs are yellow and/or red when your active Sim returns? I do wish the devs could add an option to the adult left behind to 'care for toddlers' needs'. Even when they come back from Daycare, I've found them in distress.