SIMS 2 STILL LEGACY WON'T OPEN SINCE PATCH (ITS BEEN 4 MONTHS)

I'm reposting this because this is ridiculous 

Every time I try to open the game in the EA APP nothing happens. I press play, the EA APP closes (as usual), but then the game doesn't load and then I'm brought back into the EA APP. I don't get a pop-up or error message or anything. This also happens with the Sims 1 legacy but not the Sims 4. I tried repairing the game and even just reinstalling it nothing changed. I also don't have mods. This all started happening after the March 14 Patch 

UPDATE: I haven't been able to launch the game since March 14 and I'm not sure what to do there aren't any solutions online. I know other people have this issue too but there seems to be no fix. I even waited for more updates, still no fix.