The Sims 2 And All 18 of Its Expansions Are Free on Origin
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Lightknight said:
Honestly dude cheer up.
In other news Cool I can't get my disks to run on windows 8 so this will really help.
*downloads it*
I loved (and still love) The Sims 2. 3 was kind of disappointing for me, and 4 is sounding like it will be the same. And while I don't love Origin, this will give me an easier way to install the whole thing in the future than having to pop in each disc for each expansion one at a time. Plus, there are lots of people who never played TS2 or never got all the expansions, who can now get it all at no cost.
EA really didn't need to do this really cool thing, but they're doing it anyway. I didn't expect I'd be saying this, but good on you, EA.
EA really didn't need to do this really cool thing, but they're doing it anyway. I didn't expect I'd be saying this, but good on you, EA.
Even for free i cant bring my self to play that bore fest that is Sims 2. But im thinking my sister will, she was addicted to that game when it was first released.
I enjoyed 2, but refused to buy the expansions... base game was fun enough yet I wasnt about to join the expansion train.
3 was even better if you compared just the base games BUT its unplayable for me now as they moved the store from a link in the loading screen dialogue box to actually nagging the fuck out of you in game (unless there was a option to hide these items you bought with real cash from the game, I didnt stick around long enough to find out).
... 4 sounds like it will be even worse with the store, I wouldnt be all to surprised to see it 'evolve' into a free 2 play model but just changing the free 2 play part of the model.
If this game isnt going to be clawing at your wallets a month after release, I'll be really shocked.
Re-deemed that code though, free is free even if I dont bother with it ever... doesnt hurt to have it unlocked in case I get really nostalgic
3 was even better if you compared just the base games BUT its unplayable for me now as they moved the store from a link in the loading screen dialogue box to actually nagging the fuck out of you in game (unless there was a option to hide these items you bought with real cash from the game, I didnt stick around long enough to find out).
... 4 sounds like it will be even worse with the store, I wouldnt be all to surprised to see it 'evolve' into a free 2 play model but just changing the free 2 play part of the model.
If this game isnt going to be clawing at your wallets a month after release, I'll be really shocked.
Re-deemed that code though, free is free even if I dont bother with it ever... doesnt hurt to have it unlocked in case I get really nostalgic
The fact that you're comparing a digital distributor that essentially is the more pricey equivalent of Steam to disease leads me to believe you're not the most reasonable to deal with. Maybe that's hyperbole, but given some of your previous posts I'm worried you might be serious. Either way, you can sit in your folding chair of cynicism and (supposed) sense of superiority while I'll be having fun slowly destroying the confidence and happiness of each and every one of my Sim's acquaintances.MinionJoe said:
Well this obviously a marketing move much like the humble origin bundle was. but I see no reason not to take advantage of this like did with the humble origin bundle.
The only games in my origin library so far is the ones from the humble bundle and now the sims 2. The only money that was spent in all of this was giving money to charity thus Has I have not give ea a penny in origin.
The only games in my origin library so far is the ones from the humble bundle and now the sims 2. The only money that was spent in all of this was giving money to charity thus Has I have not give ea a penny in origin.
MinionJoe said:
Mate Cheer the hell up it's a free game not a disease that renders you infertile.
Im not stupid I know it's them trying to get me to use Origin but I don't care, free game!!
Nothing is ever truly free.
For EA, not only is this good publicity for the Sims 4, but having people install Origin is profitable, as that exposes more users to their online store, and gives them more of a market share.
Which, incidentally, it's why Steam keeps making all those sales.
I'm tempted to bite and get the Sims 2, but the thing keeping me back is the suspicion that the game will require launch of Origin whenever I want to play it, or some convoluted offline mode like Steam has.
Again, their objective is to make me used to using their frontend, so I don't have much hope I can set it up so I can play offline without Origin popping up (That's also my main gripe with all Steam games).
For EA, not only is this good publicity for the Sims 4, but having people install Origin is profitable, as that exposes more users to their online store, and gives them more of a market share.
Which, incidentally, it's why Steam keeps making all those sales.
I'm tempted to bite and get the Sims 2, but the thing keeping me back is the suspicion that the game will require launch of Origin whenever I want to play it, or some convoluted offline mode like Steam has.
Again, their objective is to make me used to using their frontend, so I don't have much hope I can set it up so I can play offline without Origin popping up (That's also my main gripe with all Steam games).
Origin isn't launching for me when I load it up. Played a few hours already with many restarts to add mods. Works just fine, no origin popups.Oskuro said:
No you don't have to install Origin to do so.Baron von Blitztank said:
If you already have xbox live or psn account you already have origin account.
Just go to origin.com
log in
go to 'my account', 'order history' near the top of the page
In that page you should see 'redeem code'
EDIT: But yeah, you'll need to install origin to play it.
It's not as bad as when it started. They drop most of the problems(always on-line,resource hog)Baron von Blitztank said:
Funny enough they have a better refund/return policy then steam, (as in they have one)
All this ORIGIN and EA hate aside...has anyone actually been able to PLAY the game?
Supposedly, The Sims 2 doesn't seem to work at all with any windows after XP (Vista, 7 and 8). Every time I try to play the game, it crashes after the EA logo and apparently i'm not the only one. Seems like everyone is having some kind of problem with this free game download, whether it be a Key issue or a Crashing issue.
Doesn't matter what price the game is at for whatever amount of time...if the game doesn't even work then what is the point?
I can only hope this issue will be fixed soon or else the hate is only going to grow and grow...
Supposedly, The Sims 2 doesn't seem to work at all with any windows after XP (Vista, 7 and 8). Every time I try to play the game, it crashes after the EA logo and apparently i'm not the only one. Seems like everyone is having some kind of problem with this free game download, whether it be a Key issue or a Crashing issue.
Doesn't matter what price the game is at for whatever amount of time...if the game doesn't even work then what is the point?
I can only hope this issue will be fixed soon or else the hate is only going to grow and grow...
This nicely parallels what EA did with first three C&C games. They released Tiberian Dawn as freeware on the franchise's 15th birthday, Red Alert in the runup to the release of Red Alert 3, and did similar with Tiberian Sun+Firestorm in the leadup to C&C4. Even if it's limited-time only, still pretty cool of them to do this.
I guess we know what happened to Aaron "Apoc" Kaufmann.
I guess we know what happened to Aaron "Apoc" Kaufmann.
Well, I gave in and got it. Funny thing, I already had an EA account (possibly from a previous game I registered) that needed upgrading to Origin.
I've had no trouble downloading or running the game, and no issues with the addons. It does take its sweet time to load (Win 7 x64).
And, to my surprise, the game seems to launch from the executable, without requiring launching the Origin client (my guess is that being a pre-origin game, adding that functionality was too much of a hassle).
Truth be told, if Origin did that, make games independent of their client until online features are needed, they'd win some massive points over steam.
We'll see when my only reason in the foreseeable future to get an Origin game (Mirror's Edge 2) hits.
I've had no trouble downloading or running the game, and no issues with the addons. It does take its sweet time to load (Win 7 x64).
And, to my surprise, the game seems to launch from the executable, without requiring launching the Origin client (my guess is that being a pre-origin game, adding that functionality was too much of a hassle).
Truth be told, if Origin did that, make games independent of their client until online features are needed, they'd win some massive points over steam.
We'll see when my only reason in the foreseeable future to get an Origin game (Mirror's Edge 2) hits.