I'm gonna throw this out there- as an update, I actually bought Sims 4 today because I still really wanted to play it, and it was 75% off (Thanks to Black Friday sales, yeah!).
And surprisingly, it's pretty damn good. I haven't played it long, so I'm not gonna make too many assumptions, but apparently they patched the hell out of it, and now there's children, pools, lots of customization options, and a lot more.
It's pretty good. Anybody else play it recently?