@filipomel what a good post!
I guess I must make use of a lot of those 'difficulty settings' you mention, as my sims never have it easy. I have only ever had one rich sim in all these years, and that was because they won the lottery lol.
I guess how a person sees this game depends a lot on how they play it and what they want from it. I like to take things slow, I never cheat or use what I call 'freebies' (like money trees). I don't try and race up the careers or get to the top of skills. I get a lot of pleasure doing a long rotation and intertwining relationships around all the worlds, whilst experiencing lots of aspects from all the different packs.
The game is very well suited to how I play.
Of course, there are bugs and things that need better tuning, but no game is perfect.
