This is the first game from this franchise that I've played, and its pretty fun. You can customize your world basically. You can change all the people in your world, create more people to inhabit it, create funky buildings(lots of examples on youtube). The gameplay kinda lacks especially if your not interested in most of the careers. Im glad they have gotten more interactive careers though some come from buying some expansion packs. If your missing anything or want to add more like mermaids and fairies check out Mod the Sims or The Sims Resource they got different clothes, and gameplay mods that you can download for free and they help make the game more interesting. I guess it all depends on what kind of gameplay you like.