The Sims re-release shows what’s wrong with big publishers and single-player games
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Summary
In the first week of June, EA re-released two of its most popular The Sims games; The Sims and The Sims 2, as part of The Legacy Collection on Steam.
The releases have drawn criticism for lacking basic features of modern releases such as achievements or Steam Cloud support.
Players have also complained that the games are not compatible with modern machines without patches, and that the patches themselves have not been sufficient to solve all the issues.
The failings of the re-release contrast with the success of the game itself, which is considered a “unique experience” with a “lofty legacy”, calling into question the effort EA put into the re-release.