Sims 2 Legacy Collection - "The application has crashed."

After reading some other posts with a similar issue, I attempted to verify the install files via right clicking the game in my Steam library > clicking Properties > Installed Files > Verify.

After the process was complete, I received the message "5 files failed to validate and will be reacquired." (See screenshot.) This mirrors the experience others had when they followed these same steps, down to exactly 5 files that failed to validate. Just wanted to mention this in case this gives any clues into the root issue(s).