EA has done it again. They just released Sims 1 and 2 Legacy Collection on Steam, and it’s nothing but a Shameless IP flip. Many players who are really passionate about old games have played Sims 1 and 2 and even Sims 3 on PC on Windows 11, even up to this day. It’s a little bit more challenging because they are all on discs and you have to install them and use compatibility settings and all that stuff. But at least they run. The Legacy Collection that they released on Steam Just a Week Ago, it doesn’t work. It doesn’t launch, crashes constantly, there is no user interface scaling so on Modern computers, nothing gets any larger. I have an ultrawide 34401440 monitor and it is absolutely microscopic…
So you have to ask yourself, why would they release this game again, if they didn’t do anything to it? They literally didn’t develop anything. They didn’t make it work on Windows 11, they didn’t up the interface, they didn’t provide new graphics. So what is it? It’s a Shameless asset flip. EA flexing their intellectual property in hopes that passionate fans will bite and purchase a game that doesn’t work
Sad these scams are legal
How is it a scam? It’s $30 for the game and all DLCs of $40 for both games and all DLCs. No one said it was remaster or a remake. No one said it would have extra content. It’s a 25th anniversary sale. That’s all. Everyone knew that ahead of time. If you own the games no one is like “oh well you have to buy this version actually, your old game won’t work”
And sims 2 is still a better deal than sims 4, even being free.
I think you’re just mad at EA just to be mad at EA. Like on of those forced Ubisoft haters. Doing it for clout.
Not sure if you are aware, but selling a product that literally doesn’t work is illegal in numerous countries. That’s fraud.
Also charging this much for a nearly 30 year old game without doing a damn thing to make it even slightly functional on modern systems is bullshit.
The product does work. Wdym? Lots of people got it and are playing it.
There are a lot of bugs that crash the game. It’s barely functional for most. Just look at the Steam reviews.
These games were free before, and with a community patch were still playable. This rerelease somehow got a worse patch than the community patch and costs 40 bucks.
I filter my reviews for over 10 hours on steam
You lose out on the reviews of people who tap out after a couple hours of constant crashing and bugs.