But beware, the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection has Securom in it…įrom personal experience, the four CD set from 2004 couldn’t install properly on Windows 8.1. If you have redeemed your Origin game code for the free “Sims 2 Ultimate Collection”, you shouldn’t have many significant problems running Sims 2 via Origin - assuming your graphics card and other hardware are compatible. How to get Sims 2 to work on Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10