EA giving The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection for FREE on Origin

[Deleted member 194275]

so origin isn't the devil anymore or what?

It never was, It just do business on Wall Street fashion but some gamers, like me, do not accepted it, so it is turning back... just like Microsoft (DRM-Free Xbox One) and Sony (PS Vita and PS4 with physical game bay) did in the past...


Edit: Peggle is also free

 

[CompassNorth]

so origin isn't the devil anymore or what?

Origin has always been good when I used it.
Better than Steam in some minor ways.

 

[Sakitoshi]

so origin isn't the devil anymore or what?

at least the program itself works well, unlike Steam that always has some hiccups.

 

[DaggerV]

I would have been excited for Sims 3 but I love slaying fools on Sims 2.

 

[Hells Malice]

so origin isn't the devil anymore or what?

Its never been the devil, just utterly pointless useless crap most people don't take the time or effort to run.
It's like Steams rather dim little brother.

The freebies are incentives to use the service more because pretty much no one likes it or does use it. They throw out a free game here and there as a "Hey guise we're relevant...rite?"
It's not but we take the free games anyway.

 

[VartioArtel]

Swore that Origin was effectively a mass of spyware according to reports that reports on almost everything in your computer to EA?

 

[Clydefrosch]

yeah, thats what i remember about origin too.
not that i use it. or steam for that matter, not much into pc gaming

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Swore that Origin was effectively a mass of spyware according to reports that reports on almost everything in your computer to EA?

No, that was what some news site said that blew it waaaay out of proportion from what it actually does, and then everyone just followed suit because "lol ea worse than hitler ".

All Origin does is scan your PC for EA-related software, y'know, the stuff Origin is for, and that was about it. Steam does the same exact thing, and so does Uplay. Other than that, no other info is touched.

 

[CompassNorth]

Swore that Origin was effectively a mass of spyware according to reports that reports on almost everything in your computer to EA?

That's only if you give consent to give Origin to scan your system.

That image was made by an anti-EA circlejerker, and the image that gets posted is pretty old as well
These are my results, it then started to detect games I've installed, it was strictly Origin

Here's the lengthier result (mediafire)

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Swore that Origin was effectively a mass of spyware according to reports that reports on almost everything in your computer to EA?

Well it used to do some stuff that people really didn't like... Like grabbing your email address and sending you email even if you never provided that exact email address. Things of that nature, kind of creep people out.

A friend of mine only provided one of his alternate email addresses and used that to sign up. Then he started getting his origin mail at his main account, then he asked them to stop sending him mail to the account several times. Not sure if they ever resolved that issue.

Edit: I think it's completely better now though, and I believe it's on par with Steam in many ways. I use them both these days and I have no complaints about either one so far.

Edit 2: By complaints I mean personally I have never had anything bad happen to me, second hand complaints from when it first started out? I don't really consider those complaints, more of an explanation of why some people dislike it to this day.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Hyping up for the Sims 4 release I see, sweet freebie.

you mean the sims 3.5 ?

 

[VartioArtel]

No, that was what some news site said that blew it waaaay out of proportion from what it actually does, and then everyone just followed suit because "lol ea worse than hitler ".

Wait. It's not? Cause I know for certain the Wii-U Statement retraction happened. And the lies about the Sim City 4(?) Offline mode. And DRM hijynx...

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Has anyone here problems with the High Quality Shadows?
On new Nvidia drivers it looks like this and the issue is on new AMD drivers too.

 

[Bladexdsl]

they look normal to me. that's what their supposed to look like

 

[GamerzHell9137]

they look normal to me. that's what their supposed to look like

The rectangle under the cat and the sim.

 

[Bladexdsl]

never even noticed that. so that's why their giving it away for free

 

[Minox]

Steam does the same exact thing, and so does Uplay.

Steam does something similar yes, but it also asks you for permission first.

 

[jonthedit]

Has anyone here problems with the High Quality Shadows?
On new Nvidia drivers it looks like this and the issue is on new AMD drivers too.

Set shadows to Medium. It is a known issue with the new drivers on both sides.
They don't support the old Shader.... sadly
NVIDIA nor AMD will fix it.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I just tried to load up The Sims 2 I got from Origin (was going to fix the lighting thing while I was reading about, or else I would never remember to come back here for the fix and instead would spend 15 minutes reading random web pages on google...)

Crashes at some splash screen talking about Sims pets or some shiz.

Ahh well I guess I can probably fix it... probably some .ini file configured like crap.

Edit: Not sure what the problem is... Anyone know how to get Origin to do a check or redownload it?

Edit 2: OK if you open Origin, go to my games, right click the game you can click "Check for updates" at that point it will do some sort of check on your game. Maybe will work now it says it updated something or other.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

I just tried to load up The Sims 2 I got from Origin (was going to fix the lighting thing while I was reading about, or else I would never remember to come back here for the fix and instead would spend 15 minutes reading random web pages on google...)

Crashes at some splash screen talking about Sims pets or some shiz.

Ahh well I guess I can probably fix it... probably some .ini file configured like crap.

Edit: Not sure what the problem is... Anyone know how to get Origin to do a check or redownload it?

Edit 2: OK if you open Origin, go to my games, right click the game you can click "Check for updates" at that point it will do some sort of check on your game. Maybe will work now it says it updated something or other.

The game works fine for me, try repairing your game.
I'm on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.