I followed the directions exactly and spent hours trying to download the one from another site that is always recommended, only to find out even running it in compatibility mode like I do with my working discs, did not work.
I just wanted to warn others that sometimes the cracked versions just do not work.
EA obviously does not want people to have it through them since they stopped giving Ultimate Collection away in October of this year, and they obviously do not want our money since they will not offer it up for sale on Origin. However, this is still a really fun time and well worth taking a look at. Yes, the newer games in the series have greatly expanded upon what is on offer here. No judgement though if someone downloads it cracked. The Sims 2 is a game that has a lot of nostalgia for me, I fired the game up recently to see if it held up and I had a lot of fun. It did not work from a site, I think it was called Games For the World, even on compatibility mode.
While waiting for my used games to ship, I tried a cracked version just to see if it would work on my laptop, since I have heard it will not run on certain versions of Windows after I bought them. Ah well at least I have almost all of the expansions and stuff packs on disc now. I just bought almost all of it for $45 from Ebay lol. The game became available for free download from Origin exclusively following an announcement by EA that they would no longer be supporting the Game.
