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 choose each of them up proper now on PC.
Ranging from right now, The Sims Legacy Assortment and The Sims 2 Legacy Assortment are each accessible on PC through Steam, Epic, and the EA app, though you will have 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 value $30 (though there’s additionally a $40 bundle).
Other than the included bonus content material, it looks as if these aren’t remasters of The Sims and The Sims 2, however re-releases, which implies you should not count on an excessive amount of in the best way of revamped visuals and gameplay.
Nonetheless, in the event you’re in search of some nostalgic retro thrills and also you’re craving for a return to the times when not every thing in The Sims was offered through DLC or microtransaction, then you definately’ll positively need to choose these re-releases up.
You possibly can try the (relatively disturbing) launch trailer for The Sims and The Sims 2 proper right here. Bear in mind that it accommodates a minimum of 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 less complicated 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 fashionable requirements.
If you want the collection would return to conventional flagship video games relatively than this dwell service-adjacent mannequin, then it seems like The Sims 1 and 2‘s re-releases could also be the place you get your cash’s value. They’re each accessible now on Steam, Epic, and the EA app.