strategy

[It has been said] that this is a chat room fronting as a game. ... I'm in my late 40s and I play games like a teenager. There isn't a game out that I haven't mastered and beatened. And I have a life. ...I'm not into chat rooms, I'm into people. I love this game! There are some issues and bugs that Maxis is working out and I actually don't like the category system at all. However, I don't agree that its not fun. I can't stand chat rooms and I don't spend a whole lot of time "chatting" with other Sims. I make money. I'm one of the owners of one of the top 10 houses on East Jerome. I've built my character up from day one and have a thriving business. It was really great to build my house and add roommates one at a day and focus on a goal and meet it. We said we were going to be in the top 10 and within 2 weeks we were. If you want to chat you've come to the wrong place. Most people are too busy building skills and making money. Its true, I do meet new and interesting people and have a wild time visiting other houses and interacting with other players. Not really chatting though, but actually playing games together, making money together ... I even have a Sim husband! I admit, its no Ultima Online. But it is the Sims. Saying its not like the original Sims is like going to see a movie and saying you dont like it because its not like the book. Yeah, duh!!! Its a MOVIE!!! It will not be like the book ... Thumbs up on The Sims Online!

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.

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