None of your choices fit for me. You have almost all negative options and one overwhelmingly positive. There's more middle ground than that I think.
While I don't disagree with a lot of what you said, I still do find the game enjoyable. It does need packs (IMO) though and the base game really just isn't good enough. The packs don't fix what is lacking, but they do help some and give your sims something a little more to do than watch them watch TV.
Would I pay full price and recommend someone pay full price? No. Would I recommend the game at a discount? Yes. How I would recommend the packs can't fall all into one either. Some are vastly better (or worse) than others. It's not the best game in the series, but it's not all terrible either and I don't use mods or CC and enjoy it just fine.
