The Sims 2 keeps crashing

I've only just bought the The Sims 2 + The Sims 2 packs and have tried to play it for an hour. The first time I tried to play the game it let me create a family and then it crashed. I restarted it again and managed to create a smaller family and played with it for 15 minutes until it crashed again. I'm so sick and tired of EA releasing things that doesn't work and I don't understand why I keep falling for the same trick over and over again. I was so excited to play the game which I loved to play during my childhood, but yet again, in the well known and expected fashion of modern day EA, the game doesn't work. STOP releasing games that doesn't work please. 

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing that I am? Please, tell me.