The Sims 2 University!?

Question

When I try and install this game it says " This product requires an installed copy of The Sims 2. Please install the Sims 2 before installing this product." So WHAT??? I need to buy another game for this one to work?

Answer 1

Yes, the Sims 2 University is a expansion pack of the original Sims 2 game, so you need that first in order to play it.

Answer 2

The reason you need to buy the base game is that it has the 'engine' that the rest of the game runs on. The new expansion packs just add parts and more animations.

For example, hunger, pregnancy, woohoo and actions like that, all the sims TV programs, the sims music and base areas of the game like the behavior of stoves, sofas and fridges... all that info is on the base game.

So it's not 'dumb'. It just that if they put all that stuff with every expansion, you'd have to pay a lot more for each game update because it would need to have all that stuff put into the game again. *grin* This way it's cheaper. You can just buy the parts you want AFTER you have already installed the base game.

BTW, the game information for expansion packs does say that "The Sims 2" is required. (It didn't mention anything about reading ability tho. heehee)

When I first got the Sims (sims 1), I didn't know what an expansion pack was either so the side panel didn't make much sense to me either!

Answer 3

yeah if u just have Sims 2 university and not The Sims 2. then u gotta get The Sims 2 to play the Sims 2 university. The Sims 2 university is the Expansion pack.

Answer 4

Man, all these sims 2 people want is money...anyways sorry but you have to buy just the plain sims 2 for any of the expansion packs to work...I know its dumb...but what can you do?

Answer 5

Lol! I just got the Sims 2 (regular one) and I can't find the code on the box! And yeah, you have to buy the Sims 2 which is fourty bux.