“Shame and disgrace”: the reprints of The Sims and The Sims 2 disappointed fans, and Electronic Arts has already reacted to problems

Last Friday, January 31, Electronic Arts nevertheless re-released to the PC the first two parts of the series of Life simulators The Sims. However, for many fans, the dream was broken in a collision with severe reality.

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Three days after the release of the collections “The Sims: Heritage” and “The Sims 2: Heritage”, “mixed” reviews are observed in Steam. The rating of the first part is 59 %, and the second is even less – 51 %.

Users complain about the absence of basic improvements, support for MacOS, cloud storage of STEAM, scaling the interface for permits from 1080P, curtains and bugs (including old ones), as well as an inflated price.

Steam players call a reprint “significant downgraid compared to the original” and urge those interested to postpone the purchase until EA corrects the situation. “Shame and disgrace,” Anonymous summed up.

Contrary to initial information, authorization in EA App for Steam games is not needed, and projects are not equipped with Denuvo protection

Electronic Arts, judging by the recent publication at their official forum, already aware of the technical problems that the users of “The Sims: Heritage” and “The Sims 2: Heritage” faced.

«We understand that some fans have problems with The Sims: Legacy Collection and The Sims 2: Legacy Collection. We deal with these problems and hope to give information about corrections soon, ”the company assured.

«The Sims: Heritage ”and“ The Sims 2: Heritage ”reached Steam, EGS and EA App, where $ 20 and $ 30 are worth. Reprints include almost all additions (except IKEA Home Stuff for The Sims 2) and support for Windows 10/11.