I like the pack just fine, but I can see where you're coming from. It's also a matter of personal preference in my case, because I'm one of the people who didn't feel that GF was worth the full $40
I think it all comes down to how much you like the base game to begin with. I notice that for each pack released, it's often the same people who rave and complain about it. If you perceive the foundation to be fundamentally flawed, very little additional content will change your mind
It might be because TS4 had a very weak start. It's gotten better over the years (for the most part I'm okay with it now), but even today the development of the game suffers for it. We only got terraforming back last November, which had always been a day 1 feature. Resources that would've otherwise been spent elsewhere were poured into it. It's good that we got it back, but it's something that should've been there from the start. Same for toddlers. And all the work they scrapped on the online version translates to several hours' worth of labor wasted. There isn't much anyone can do about the past in any case
I also like to think that management still isn't giving the devs the resources they need, but that's because I'm just wary of EA :p
