Customer Reviews

The Sims Online Game Time Card

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I buy games not only escapism but for the challenge.

This shouldn't even be marketed as a game, if they have no
intentions of completing it. This is nothing but a chatroom with some inside gameplay thrown in so that it can be called a game.

This game is boring, what little gameplay it has is shallow
and the majority of players are rude and obnoxious.
I thought when people get older they grow beyond having cliquish-highschoolish behavior and engaging in bathroom humor. Apparently I was wrong because there are a great deal of adults apparently living the life they never had in highschool, online.

This game lacks everything that made The Sims fun and needless to say I truly regret not listening to those who warned me not to buy it.

ill give it two stars just because the game is okay. why put it online? all you basically get to do is talk to other people in a chatroom while playing. sure there's other perks, but The Sims is so extremely diverse now with 5 expansion packs, you dont really need to play it online. Much worse, have to pay ... to play it for 3 months. wouldnt you think that charging ... for a game would entitle you to playing it online for free? im just thankful that other online games havent done this yet. (knock on wood) You can waste a good 7 hours playing the sims and not even notice it. Now Maxis is trying to capitalize on this and take advantage of all of us. It's a great game mind you. But i dont want to be charged to play it after i already bought the game. I hardly think that paying all that extra money is worth the few perks the online edition gives.
but hey, that's just me.

The person who said that this is a chat room masquerading as a game is right on. The emphasis is on popularity -- there are lists of 100 most popular sites, etc. Many of the features of TheSims are not there. Goal seems to be to set up your own business. Those who like chat rooms will perhaps like it. Those who like a family/relationships game may not. The user interface is also not very good. And, frankly, I think the graphics are POOR. I played it from a 2400 mhz machine and it was so slow to construct anything it was frustrating. Everything is on their servers, which also is irritating. One can't work on anything in the game offline. Online the action goes on; there is no way to pause to just go to the bathroom, or find and read instructions. It appears defaults are set so that there is no privacy -- people automatically enter your home as though it were a business unless you specifically set up things otherwise. Perhaps some will like defaults being different from TheSims, but I found that everywhere there were differences, I preferred TheSims. It was almost as though whoever designed this game didn't like TheSims. If that was Will Wright, we are lost :-(

This is a game for people who don't like gaming.

Anybody who thinks this is an actual online extension of the original Sims will end up disappointed.

There is no real Sims World, no dowtown areas to walk around in.
You can't even walk in the neighborhood your house is located at.

This is nothing but a boring, tasteless chatroom thats extremely shallow and uncreative. I'd rather donate the monthly fee to charity because there are plenty of places to chat for free.

I was hoping for an actual game with challenges that balanced with the social aspect.

This is nothing but a pointless giant chatroom where roleplay consists of people making fools of themselves.

Yep, thats right...The Sims online is not free to play online. Thank goodness i hadn't purchased it yet because the idea sounded awesome and i love online games. but not when i have to pay to play online. Hopefully the other companies won't try and capatilize on this idea because that will ruin any fun we have left playing games.

Everything said about this game is true...it's a giant chatroom, an addictive game, and a total ripoff, but I've met some really cool people by playing this game, which makes it worthwhile. Whenever they're online, we have a lot of fun playing...most of the time we're laughing our heads off at people who take this game so seriously and can't distinguish game-life from real-life (it's just a GAME people!).

But seriously, one of my friends can't get out much to socialize with other people in real-life because she's recovering from chemo, so she plays the game to have a bit of fun and meet other people online to do everyday things that she normally can't do regularly, so it's cool in that respect. However, I'm giving it 3 stars because unless your friends are online at the same time you are, it's one heckuva boring game and it's fee is pricey, but hey, the fun I have on here is worth the 33 cents/day. :p

If you're a chat addict and wish to experience chat in an animated way, then this game is for you. If you're expecting a game as fun and as creative and as exciting as the offline version, then The Sims Online is not for you.

This is basically an incomplete game wrapped around a pretty chat interface. They released it far too early and have only begun to really start adding game content the last month and a half.
The strict limits and rules discourage any sort of creativity.

Its definitely not worth it. The game will not only bore you ..., it will stress you out. ...

I loveee the sim online. Some of the reviews are a bunch of crap. There's not as many "Bad" players as they made it out to be, yes there are a few, but there's always a chat filter, where you can block out ANY word you want, AND there's ignore buttons along with ban buttons, which keep these people from entering your lot. There's "mafias" not gangs. 99% of the mafias are a bunch aof players who form a family type thing. The god father is the ruler and he "adops" his kids and the kids "adopt" kids ect. and they have a family who watch out for eachother and help on lots. I know because I have been in one in 3 different cities. I admit, the game is addicting as anything but it's fun. Just have self control :)

I just unsubscribed from this monstrosity of a game so I can honestly say that in its current unfinished state, it is not worth the monthly fee. The game play is extremely boring to the point where you either fall asleep in your chair or leave to complete other tasks while your Sim works on a skill.
The object of the game is to strive to get on the Top lists and become either the most popular or wealthiest.
The strict limits and lack of game content doesn't make those objectives easy to accomplish and diminishes what little fun the game has. All I did when I played was try to build my sims skills up, chat, and watch some players engage in extremely weird and often crude behavior toward other players.
Everything that made the original Sims fun and exciting is non existent here. Perhaps if this game had not been rushed, it would have been more fun to play and there would be more to do than just skilling centers, dance clubs, etc because currently you're better off with the offline version as there is more to do and especially since they're taking way too long adding new content in this game.

The game itself is a remarkable accomplishment in itself. However, there are a few things you should know before investing your time and efforts.

Parents should be aware that there is alot of gang symbolism involved in the communites these days. Part of building up your character includes obtaining special actions when you choose to make a new friend. If someone decides to make you an enemy, you lose these special actions and friendship links. The bad players that join these gangs do so for the sole purpose of making enemies to rob people of their special actions. Maxis and EA has lost all control of this and people are leaving the game rapidly. If you unknowingly move into a neighborhood these people don't like, you can be hit to the point of losing all of your friendships.

The other drawback is that in order to be a popular property you have to keep visitors coming in and staying. If you work hard enough you can be a top property. However, several of the players (mostly the online gangs) buy several accounts and keep non-roommate characters at their properties constantly. If you want to pay for four or five accounts and do this, you have a chance of achieving this game goal. Unfortunately, an honest player will never have a chance to make most of the game goals.

Aside from this, the actual technology behind the game is short of amazing. There are some graphic and system glitches, but nothing major.