Sims 2/3/4 players!

Shredded, if you're running Windows 10 and that's why you can't play it any more, all you need to do is send an email or open a live chat with EA on their website. The CDs don't work with Windows 10 but if you explain this to them, they will ask you to prove you own the CDs by sending a photo with a number they give you written on it and then they'll send you a download link for Sims 2 with all expansion packs for free in a digital version which works with Windows 10. They did this as they don't support the earlier versions any more. It's what I've done and I'm a bit sad that I can't pick and choose expansions any more, but it is nice to have everything so in many ways this set up is also better.

You can sort out the graphics issues easily as well, because it's true newer cards just aren't recognised by the game so it defaults to the lowest graphics - see here:

www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

I absolutely LOVE Sims!
My dad bought me the original when it first came out and each weekend that I stayed at his house he'd just sit me in the corner of his workshop and let me play 8 hours of Sims while he worked...
When my sister told me she was getting married last year, she asked if I could do her a Sims wedding, I build it, she plays it. Just like we did when we were younger! I'd spend ages building an amazing house and family, then she'd take over.
Haven't played for a while but I always want to play again. Haven't tried Sims4 yet.

@ShreddedFeet I play the sims 2 on my windows 8.1 laptop. You can still play the games its just that the graphics wont be as good as its not programed for the graphics cards used today. But apart from that it will still run just fine.

Hope this helps?

My Sims 3 on origin suddenly says I own less of the packs. I own them all... Anybody know why?

Love this thread! I typically play sims 3 but since DS arrived I am playing real life instead haha.
Haven't ever used mods before. The asylum one sounds really interesting. What else is there?

I've played since the beginning as well. I'm very invested into sims4 these days. I just won seasons in a competition on twitter so I'm currently building an ice rink.

Asylum is slightly less random but you can use traits and clubs to mix it up a bit.

I build a lot and play challenges. I'm loving jungle adventure still. All the exploring is awesome. I only got it in the sale a couple of weeks back so I'm swamped with new content atm.

Used to be a sims player but hated Sims 4. Tend to head back to sims 3 the odd time but not as engaged by it as I used to.

Sims 2 is my absolute favourite. I have loads of the expansion packs.
Sadly I don't own a computer that they are compatable with anymore
All my Sims 2 games are in a cupboard collecting dust.
Have a few Sims games on PlayStation but it's just not the same.
I miss Sims so much.
I wish a was more techy so I knew what PC I need to play them on.

You're right it's been about 20 years - that's crazy.

Me! Though my graphics card melted so I can't play at the moment :(

I absolutly adore the sims 2 and 3. Although I did try and download the sims 4 it didnt work on my laptop so sadly cant play the sims 4. From what Ive herd about the sims 4 though im not missing out on much.

With the sims 2 i only use it to build houses and create towns. With the sims 3 though i just create a family and use pre-built houses as I cant seem to build as well as with the sims 2.

I'm a Sims addict too! I've been playing Sim 2 since it came out, still my favourite and the later games seem to give me migraines for some reason? I do a lot of legacy challenges, and have neighbourhoods set in different time periods. I have about 4GB of downloads, so my game takes about an hour to load up. Worth it though!

Great, thanks CollyWombles!

Can I ask, for those of you who play on laptop, what laptop do you use? I'm going to have to get a new one and I'm not sure how powerful it should be to run the game decently.

Yeah it's my laptop that's broken, don't know why I said PC . It was in two weeks ago because it just suddenly turned off and wouldn't turn on again, apparently needed a new motherboard. Got it replaced, brought it home, seemed fine and the next day the same thing happened again! Waiting to hear from them about what's actually wrong this time! Total pain.

Me, me! I used to be obsessed with the Sims and Sims 2 when I was younger. I then went many years without playing until I downloaded the Sims 4 about a year ago. Totally skipped 3 so I feel like I'm missing out. Currently can't play anything as my PC is away being repaired for the last 3 weeks fgs. I mostly just build and decorate too but I love the extra dimensions that Pets and Parenthood bring to the gameplay. I really want to play now!

I'm very disappointed by the way, that murdering your sims seems much harder on 4. I built a dungeon and everything to starve an arsehole boyfriend. He never died!

I always play it for a while, get totally bored, leave it, and come back later and start from scratch. Often I just build. Right now I've had a rare long period of not getting bored, and I'm on my seventh generation. They've had five kids, though, and it seems like a bit of a micro-managing nightmare.

My Sims 4 has sadly turned suddenly buggy over the past few days. I see there's an update downloading today, but the downloading itself seems oddly buggy. Now it's claiming I don't actually have Sims 4 installed at all... I just want to get back to potty training Jupiter! (Perk of Sims - you can name your kids whatever you want, without any social consequences...)

I play the sims mobile (not FreePlay, the online one).

I once made a sim version of dp, it looked just like him