So is this officially the worst year for sims 4 ?

It's half and half. The packs haven't been great, but the free updates have been some of the best they've ever done. We got firefighters and repomen in a free update, we got ladders in a free update, we got a complete overhaul of bills and the off-the-grid system in a free update, we got free placement of doors and windows which is pretty game changing for builders and wasn't in past games and we got the ability to layer doors and windows on the same tile. Plus, hot tubs were added to the base game which was controversial but a lot of people are happy about it.

The amount of free content we've gotten this year has been really good. I don't think we've ever had so many good features added to the game in free patches before.

Even with the packs, Tiny Living was a good pack. I like everything about that pack and the murphy bed was a welcome addition. And although it wasn't the best pack, Eco Lifestyle also brought a lot of nice things with it like the CAS and build buy which are really nice. Knitting brought stuff for elders to do which is a welcome addition and a lot of players are enjoying the Star Wars pack.