You'll also need to Patch the game or you will not be able to install expansion packs and stuff packs. The game will ask you to insert the original CD. Step 3, After the Basegame has been installed do NOT boot up de game yet or it will not work. Step 2, When the game asks about the CD serial fill in the code inside the CD Keycode folder. Step 1, Run the 'AutoRun' to start the installation proces (inside the Gamedata folder). Please note the Sims 2 is an older game so it might not work on computer but you can always try. In fact, they should do the exact same thing for The Sims 1 and its expansion packs.It is important to PAY ATTENTION to the following steps OR the sims 2 might not work. Instead, I wouldn’t have objected to them making the collection available for purchase through Origin for a reasonable price given they have dropped all support for the game. In all honesty, they didn’t have to do this in my opinion. To do so, you will need to download the Origin client if you haven’t already and redeem the code I-LOVE-THE-SIMS. To rectify this issue, Electronic Arts are offering any Origin user the ability to download the collection for one week exclusively through Origin.

To reward fans for purchasing at least one game in ‘The Sims 2’ set of games, they offered anyone who had registered the game via Origin a complementary copy of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection which contained the core game and every expansion/stuff package.īut those who like myself who had physically purchased but not registered through origin the core game and all expansion packs were left out.

Almost six years since they last released the last expansion pack for The Sims 2 ( The Sims 2: Apartment Life – 27th August 2008), Electronic Arts have decided to end support for the series as they move into the fourth generation of the series.

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