EA has shadow-dropped re-releases for The Sims 1 and 2 as a part of the franchise’s twenty fifth anniversary, and you’ll decide each of them up proper now on PC.
Ranging from at the moment, The Sims Legacy Assortment and The Sims 2 Legacy Assortment are each accessible on PC through Steam, Epic, and the EA app, though you have to to put in and use EA’s proprietary software program on Steam and Epic to play them.
Each packs bundle in the bottom video games and all the expansions launched for each of them all through their lifetimes, in addition to Sims 4-themed bonus content material to sweeten the deal. It is a deal which may want fairly a little bit of sweetening, too, provided that the primary Sims will set you again $20 and the second will price $30 (though there’s additionally a $40 bundle).
Now you can say “sul sul” to the primary two Sims video games on PC.Other than the included bonus content material, it looks like these aren’t remasters of The Sims and The Sims 2, however re-releases, which suggests you should not count on an excessive amount of in the best way of revamped visuals and gameplay.
Nonetheless, when you’re in search of some nostalgic retro thrills and also you’re craving for a return to the times when not every little thing in The Sims was bought through DLC or microtransaction, then you definately’ll positively wish to decide these re-releases up.
You may take a look at the (reasonably disturbing) launch trailer for The Sims and The Sims 2 proper right here. Remember that it comprises no less than one clown.
These re-releases harken again to a less complicated time, when the path EA was taking with The Sims was maybe a bit easier and extra typical.
Again in September, the studio revealed that it has no plans to create The Sims 5 anytime quickly, and that the main focus is as a substitute on creating extra content material for The Sims 4, in addition to updating the sport to make sure it retains up with trendy requirements.
If you want the collection would return to conventional flagship video games reasonably than this reside service-adjacent mannequin, then it appears like The Sims 1 and 2’s re-releases could also be the place you get your cash’s price. They’re each accessible now on Steam, Epic, and the EA app.
