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By A.Muller - ExtraTime.Media
The Sims 2: How to fix the flickering screen on Windows 10 The Sims 2 seems unlikely to return to Origin, but but if you have a copy installed and you are dealing with the dreaded screen flicker, there is a way to play in peace.
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To this very day, The Sims 2 straddles a weird space that both transcends its era and makes it a frustrating game because of some limitations. First released in 2004, the second edition of the popular Sims franchise, The Sims 2 gave players four years of content as the franchise came into its own.
The reason for this is that it’s a very old game and wasn’t designed to be run on the most recent versions of Windows. There is also no support or development team for the game so we wouldn’t be able to help players if things started to go wrong. For those reasons, it wouldn’t be fair to sell the game today. I’m sorry for the bad news.”
In 2021, The Sims 2 remains one of the fan-favourites and in 2014, the release of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection on Origin brought some nostalgia to players who previously owned the game. But the cult classic was removed from Origin in 2018 and Sims players have been holding out hope for its return. Recently, those dreams were dashed – or at least dealt a blow – after a response from EAHelp to a Simmer’s query about whether the game would ever return to Origin.
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“Unfortunately I don’t really have any good news for you. The Sims 2 game is no longer available on Origin and we don’t have any game codes to share.
While that is indeed bad news for players who do not own a copy of The Sims 2, the game is from a time where most games were installed from a Compact Disc (CD) and anyone with a hard copy should still be able to play. The Sims 2 and the dreaded flicker on Windows 10 While it is correct that this “very old game” comes with some technical challenges to be made compatible with newer operating systems like Windows 10, as pointed out by the original poster
