👏 PUT 👏 THE 👏 SIMS 👏 2 👏 ULTIMATE 👏 COLLECTION 👏 ON 👏 ORIGIN

Lucky me. I have TS2, disk version, complete and running just fine on an ancient PC. I got UC for my Win 10 PC however many years ago after explaining to the rep that all my attempts to install my disk version were unsuccessful. He gave me UC as he could verify my disk ownership. Said something about there is enough difference in the installation code between disks and UC so that the former won't install properly on Win 10. Had the same issues with Vista and WIn 7-8. Can't guarantee they will still be nice if you own disks, but might be worth a try.

Add me to the list. The game is too good with too much potential to be ignored.

"SimSpock;c-17876497" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876391" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876238" wrote:

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
YES PLEASE!!

....And the Sims 1. They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

They'd make a lot of money from them, because a lot of people played them when they were younger, and would pay to play them again.

It doesn't really make sense why they're not available to buy...is EA afraid of the competition? :D

Honestly, yes I do think that. I think that EA doesn't want any of its current game user base to be able to play TS2, unless they already have an old CD-based copy and can get it working. Too many people would complain that TS4 is just a graphically upgraded and otherwise strictly inferior product to TS2. I don't think they mind the TS3 / TS4 comparison, because the open world of TS3 makes direct comparisons difficult. That wouldn't be the case with TS2.

That's not me hating on TS4 -- I have it and like it. It's just me being honest about assessing the quality of the closed world TS2 game against the quality of its decade later closed world TS4 cousin.

If that was true The Sims 3 would've been taken off Origin too. It doesn't hold water.

You didn't read my comment very carefully. I stated that I don't think that they mind the TS3 comparison, because it's open world. My conclusion may be wrong, but the logic itself isn't.

You people put too much stock in open world.
If open world was this amazing feature that made TS3 a totally different game to TS4, then surely that would be the kind of competition EA would want to avoid.

The fact of the matter is they don't have TS2 on Origin because it's old. That's it. That's the only reason. It's nearly 20 years old.
They'll stop selling Sims 3 in ten years, too.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17876838" wrote:



Yeah, when sims in TS2 "make out" on a couch, it's really quite graphic! ?

That and couple other things what would never ever appear in game at these days.. different times then and now, sadly.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17876834" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876816" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876497" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876391" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876238" wrote:

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
YES PLEASE!!

....And the Sims 1. They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

They'd make a lot of money from them, because a lot of people played them when they were younger, and would pay to play them again.

It doesn't really make sense why they're not available to buy...is EA afraid of the competition? :D

Honestly, yes I do think that. I think that EA doesn't want any of its current game user base to be able to play TS2, unless they already have an old CD-based copy and can get it working. Too many people would complain that TS4 is just a graphically upgraded and otherwise strictly inferior product to TS2. I don't think they mind the TS3 / TS4 comparison, because the open world of TS3 makes direct comparisons difficult. That wouldn't be the case with TS2.

That's not me hating on TS4 -- I have it and like it. It's just me being honest about assessing the quality of the closed world TS2 game against the quality of its decade later closed world TS4 cousin.

If that was true The Sims 3 would've been taken off Origin too. It doesn't hold water.

You didn't read my comment very carefully. I stated that I don't think that they mind the TS3 comparison, because it's open world. My conclusion may be wrong, but the logic itself isn't.

You people put too much stock in open world.
If open world was this amazing feature that made TS3 a totally different game to TS4, then surely that would be the kind of competition EA would want to avoid.

The fact of the matter is they don't have TS2 on Origin because it's old. That's it. That's the only reason. It's nearly 20 years old.
They'll stop selling Sims 3 in ten years, too.

When TS4 ends, they might re-release TS2, when it's no longer a threat to TS4, if it makes you feel any better. They might also release a TS3 Ultimate Collection then as well.

It's not a threat to TS4!
If TS2 is a threat, then so is TS3.

Sims 2 is awesome, i want to play it again too :)

@ClarionOfJoy The ability to move towns was only added when IP was released. Previously you could only visit vacation worlds and temporarily stay in the Uni world, unless you had NRAAS Traveller. Mind you the travel system is so insanely buggy its madness not to use NRAAS Traveller.

Also, faster computers don't automatically make Sims 3 behave better, it can actually perform worse. What has pushed the recent uptick popularity of Sims 3 is there are now a lot of easily understandable guides on optimising, debugifying and generally taming Sims 3, with several popular Youtubers doing their own guides. And just as many on making it look good. 6 years ago, a lot of people were unaware of Ellacharmed's Routing Fixed Worlds or were afraid to use mods, now pretty much anyone who still plays Sims 3 uses her worlds and the various NRAAS mods and probably other bug fix mods.

Its not my experience, many have experienced worse gameplay on more modern machines on an unoptimized copy. The causes of Sims 3's issues are many and complicated and not all respond well to brute force. But I agree that SSD's definitely are a gift from heaven to Sims 3 players.

All the EA worlds have issues, you just have to read the description of what she fixed and all are helped by using Ellacharmed's fixes, or fixing them yourself, like you did

Also, _nowhere_ did I say Sims 4 is a better game than Sims 3 or that Sims 3 was unplayable. Although it does do vampires and toddlers better (apart from the lack of strollers and the high chair issue).

EDIT: clarified

EDIT2 Also, we are getting off track. One thing we can agree on is that the Sims 2 UC should be on Origin, or on GoG if they are unwilling to support it. They have plenty of other classics on GoG which are no longer supported, like SimsCity 2k, 3k and 4

It's true that better specs are important. In my case they're the variable that changed it all...

I have followed the steam performance guide for sims 3 a couple of years ago in my old laptop and the game lagged anyway.
Now with a gaming laptop and the exact same fixes my game loads in 5 seconds and never lags.

The game is much more alive than 4 with all townies living their lives meaningfully, sims acting according to their traits and no broken order queues (i can prepare extensive order queues for all sims in the household and they will do it all).
Take it from someone that also likes to play 4. In no way i'm trying to put it down. It is just what it is...

A faster machine is brute force

"kwanzaabot;d-989501" wrote:
We will pay you money!

Look at all this money we have, EA!

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU OUR MONEY
WHY DON'T YOU WANT MONEY

I would love for the newer players to be able to try Sims 2. Hopefully they'll get the chance.