So sick and tired of fighting with this game

Sims3 was the same. But it wasn't nearly as shallow as Sims4 so modding Sims3 made it worth the effort because it had tons of gameplay. But I was one happy camper when it ended and I was free to play a complete game with all the mods I needed and wanted. The same goes for Sims4 when it finally runs out of steam. Once all the upating/patching is over with, I will have a complete game I can tweak and mod to the max without any interference from EA. Using mods is a hassle, I can agree with that. And most Simmers don't want to deal with it. But in order to save my sanity, I saw no other way to play the game because it is so broken. Mods didn't really become important until Seasons was released. At least for me, adding mods became a necessity rather than a luxury once those rotting leaf piles began to make the worlds look like garbage dumps. But knowing there is a large community of modders able and willing to fix the game allows the testers to overlook many of the problems they find while testing new packs, updates/patches, and new features, because if they took the time to fix what is broken, they'd need to exceed the budget or delay the release of dlc. I came to that realization very early in Sims4. EA/Maxis clearly saw there were issues with the game engine while Sims4 was being developed, and have taken this iteration in so many different directions, it's impossible to tell what it was supposed to look like versus what we have five years later. Porting Sims4 across different platforms was definitely a higher priority than creating a stable, bug-free game. And EA has done a lot of creative marketing in order to make this possible because of how much money the corporation needed to make it all happen. Now Origin/EA has a 20th Anniversary sale going on. As if this is some kind of gift to the players. No doubt it will generate some new revenue seeing as the base game is almost free, and new fans will grab packs in bundle deals, or at a reduced price. Even more creative marketing at work that will probably be successful, and the shareholders can look forward to larger dividends on their investments.