The Sims 1 and 2 patch fixes numerous issues, following “farcical” re-release – Eurogamer

Egosystem.EA and Maxis have issued a patch for the recently released Legacy editions of The Sims 1 and The Sims 2.These games launched on Friday, after earlier rumours suggested the classic life-sim series was making a trip back to its roots. However, when they launched, many players were met with a number of rather glitchy issues and game crashes. Reviews on Steam called the debut “farcical”, “broken” and even a “waste of money”, which has to sting. The games currently sit with a Mixed review average.The team acknowledged the games had issues at the time, stating it would hop to it and sort out some fixes. And, true to its word, it has, sharing a generous set of patch notes for both The Sims 1 and 2 last night.Those who are enjoying the classic Sims game again (or, perhaps even for the first time, she writes suddenly realising there are people out there quite a bit younger than her who may not have been around when these games first came out) should now notice less crashes.Additionally, players should now be able to click on parts of the neighbourhood they were initially not able to, despite it clearly intended to be doable. The travel screen should also not be quite to “garbled or glitched” now.You can check out the full patch notes for The Sims Legacy and The Sims 2 Legacy below:The Sims Fixed Issues: The Sims General Notes: The Sims 2 Fixed Issues:The Sims 2 General Notes: The Sims team is still working on some remaining issues. “Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch,” it wrote in a post regarding the latest patch.”Thank you for playing these games that are such a storied part of our history – starting 25 years ago!”Please excuse me while I go and put in my dentures.
The Sims

Nintendo GameCube,
PS2,
Xbox,
PC

The Sims 2

Nintendo GBA,
Nintendo GameCube,
PS2,
Xbox,
PSP,
PC,
Nintendo DS

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