After per week of teasing, EA has lastly re-released The Sims and The Sims 2, with nearly all earlier DLC included.
The Sims: Legacy Assortment and The Sims 2: Legacy Assortment are rolling out immediately on PC by way of the EA App, Epic Recreation Retailer and Steam.
The Sims prices $19.99 and The Sims 2 prices $29.99, however gamers can purchase a twenty fifth Birthday Bundle containing each for $39.99, saving $10.
Every sport additionally contains nearly all DLC beforehand launched, with the one exception being the IKEA House Stuff DLC launched for The Sims 2 (presumably because of licensing causes).
Each video games have been up to date to run on Home windows 10 and 11, and have an up to date rendering engine.
The unique Sims will run at its authentic decision, however gamers will have the ability to press Alt + Enter to cycle by way of varied pixel scaling choices to make sure the sport appears finest on their monitor.
Gamers will have the ability to copy over their outdated save information to the brand new variations, and EA says each video games help authentic mods, however they haven’t all been examined and “it’ll be as much as particular person mod creators to make sure mods work with the brand new model” of every sport.
The complete listing of DLC included in every sport is as follows:
The Sims: Legacy Assortment
- Livin’ Massive
- Home Social gathering
- Scorching Date
- Trip
- Unleashed
- Famous person
- Makin’ Magic
- Throwback Match Package (for The Sims 4)
The Sims 2: Legacy Assortment
- College
- Nightlife
- Open for Enterprise
- Pets
- Seasons
- Bon Voyage
- FreeTime
- House Life
- Vacation Social gathering Pack
- Household Enjoyable Stuff
- Glamour Life Stuff
- Celebration Stuff
- Glad Vacation Stuff
- H&M Style Stuff
- Teen Type Stuff
- Kitchen & Bathtub Inside Design Stuff
- Mansion & Backyard Stuff
- Grunge Revival Package (for The Sims 4)
Earlier this month, the official X account for The Sims posted a brief video displaying a roadmap of occasions designed to have fun The Sims’ twenty fifth anniversary.
Listed on the roadmap was an merchandise known as “Nostalgia Now”, alongside the dates January 27-31. For the previous week it’s been teasing a re-release, with a retro-style web site and different nostalgic messages.
The unique model of The Sims has proved significantly tough to play within the trendy period as a result of it was by no means launched digitally, that means gamers must discover the unique sport disc from 2000, discover a disc drive for his or her PC and seek for user-created patches designed to get it operating on immediately’s {hardware}.
Right now’s announcement, then, marks the primary ever digital launch of The Sims.
