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

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[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Money. They released it again because it will give them more money.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Has anyone here tried these?

https://github.com/voicemxil/TS-Starter-Pack

https://github.com/voicemxil/TS2-Starter-Pack

[–] DuckWrangler9000@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I've used both on Windows 11. Unfortunately, does nothing for the User Interface size. But that's exactly what I had to do to get the original games to run before this shameless flip.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 16 hours ago

I wonder if the Clean UI mod would help with your issue. Have you tried just adjusting your resolution though? I've heard 720p is the optimal resolution to avoid various bugs

[+] SolidShake@lemmy.world -23 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

As a (almost) lifelong TS2 fan, even I would be hard pressed to pay what they're charging.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 33 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world -4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The product does work. Wdym? Lots of people got it and are playing it.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The release is broken. There are several complaints that folks aren’t even able to get the game to launch. Considering that it isn’t a remaster or remake, just the same game with a copyright update, that’s ridiculous.

The Sims 2 + all expansions was available for free on Origin for years until it was removed. Most fans already have that version, and most modding guides are going to assume that version. One wonders if the community launcher will even work with the new releases - or mod compatibility. The Sims 1 has been considered abandonware for a while and I imagine most who want to play it already acquired a copy online.

[+] SolidShake@lemmy.world -13 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

The issue is probably denuvo related. Or people can't get it to run because they pirated it not know it has denuvo and are trying to playing off as a bad launch lmao.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, the Sims 2 shipped with SecureROM which really pissed the community off then. A literal root kit which could interfere with legitimate software. I get a desire for anti piracy measures - but the game was offered for free officially for like 5+ years.

I distantly remember a guy who was dying of cancer, but kept up an absolute tirade against EA. There was so much ill will then, it would be funny if they made the same mistake.

The Sims series is itself a story of how fucking shit EA is. Killing Maxis, driving off the original creators… even in Sims 2 days you had the IKEA and H&M expansion packs - ads that you paid for (even if tbh the furniture and clothes are good). Sims 3 had features stripped and added back in expansion packs. Getting all of the expansions is ridiculously expensive and running all of them at the same time will wreck your game. Sims 3 also started putting micro transaction ads into your fucking build/buy mode.

Sims 4 shipped without toddlers and every expansion pack seems to have made the game actively worse. The base game is so bare that it isn’t worth playing, but the expansions and stuff are often released entirely broken, and then never fixed. “Wedding Stories” was so disastrous even the Pollyanna YouTubers were pissed.

And now - folks realizing that there is nothing to be had in the new garbage game, that the Sims 5/Project Renee is never going to come out (or be some kind of mobile shit) - they try an easy cash grab of rereleasing two games with zero improvements and even more broken. When the Sims 2 had been legally available for free for the better part of a decade and you could download and install a Sims 1 iso in less time than I’ve spent writing this comment.

[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

I distantly remember a guy who was dying of cancer, but kept up an absolute tirade against EA. There was so much ill will then, it would be funny if they made the same mistake.

I don't know if you are talking about Total Biscuit, but you've reminded me of Total Biscuit.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The denuvo note on steam was a mistake, it doesn't have it and the note was removed

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Thanks for informing me. I heard that through other people on reddit and here as well.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why would they even add Denuvo to a 30 year old game anyway...

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 hours ago

They didn't, the listing was wrong and has been updated