I was very disappointed in TS4 for a long time. It launched without toddlers and it just seemed very lacking. That got it off to a very bad start for me and I didn't touch it again for years after it released. I came back to it when seasons released because weather was always one of my favourite things to be added in previous iterations of the Sims games and I was not disappointed. The game feels completely different from when it launched and I'm enjoying it a lot now. It has many faults. That I won't deny. I have an ever growing mod folder that exists just to flesh out all of the bad design choices and bugs that never seem to get fixed but other than I find it enjoyable and I play for a few hours each day.