Electronic Arts released patches for problematic remasters of The Sims 1 & 2, which were massively criticised by players

EA and Maxis have announced the release of a patch for the Legacy versions of The Sims 1 and The Sims 2, which were released on 31 January 2025. After the launch, players encountered numerous issues, including crashes and glitches, which led to negative reviews on Steam.

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The development team acknowledged the problems and promised to fix them quickly. As promised, a detailed list of fixes for both games was published yesterday.

Players who want to enjoy the classic life simulations again can now expect fewer crashes.

Major fixes for The Sims 1:

• Fixed issues with Alt+Tab and Alt+Enter that could cause crashes.
• The game should now crash less often.
• Fixed issues with the display of parts of the neighbourhood map.

Major fixes for The Sims 2:

• Fixed errors occurring when creating a family.
• Reduced the number of cases when Sims disappeared after moving between locations.
• Fixed issues with infinite downloads.

However, there are still plenty of problems in the games, so you should expect the next patches in the future.

Source: Electronic Arts