EA has teased a re-release of the primary two video games in The Sims sequence as a part of its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations, and a brand new report from Kotaku says each video games can be launched by the tip of the month. The Sims, initially launched in 2000, has by no means been obtainable digitally on PC, whereas The Sims 2 (2004) hasn’t been obtainable since 2014.
Each video games will apparently arrive with all of their authentic growth packs, which within the case of The Sims 2 will imply a mind-boggling quantity of content material (although do not be stunned if sure licensed DLCs do not make the reduce). That is the sort of re-release that catches you abruptly and feels overdue: The Sims is such an influential and distinctive a part of gaming historical past but the one strategy to play it on PC now’s to trace down an previous disc.
EA’s teasers come as a part of the twenty fifth anniversary roadmap, which is revealing varied updates to The Sims 4 together with unspecified surprises. It lists considered one of these as “Nostalgia Now” and follows up with the textual content “so begin speculating—hmm…what might Nostalgia Now imply?” The Sims social media accounts have additionally posted a brief clip of the diamond cursor and immediate wheel from The Sims 2, choosing the choice “Time journey”—And if all that wasn’t sufficient there’s official Sims 2 merch showing within the wild.
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Each video games are classics and maybe the crowning achievement in Will Wright’s storied profession. The drawn-out growth of the unique sport is a complete different article, however Wright had the concept on the back-burner for years and needed to push it by way of unimpressed focus teams and apathetic administration earlier than others got here spherical to the brilliance of the “dol’s home” idea, and the concept of simulating human interactions and day by day routines.
The sport was an instantaneous success and, for my cash, The Sims 2 is a type of excellent sequels that simply did all of it once more however doubled-down on the most effective points. The complexity of the Sims themselves hit an actual candy spot the place their behaviour was genuinely shocking at instances, and it is a type of video games you’ll be able to arrange after which sit in entrance of for hours simply watching and tinkering.
The Sims 4 is the present iteration of the sport, now 11 years previous however nonetheless supported by Maxis. The following entry within the sequence goes by the codename Undertaking Rene and, although EA has been tight-lipped about it, there is a shocking quantity we already know and even some early footage.
