Pure torture. The worst game I have ever played. An absolutely miserable experience.
User Rating: 1.5 | The Sims Online PC
Save your money! The only thing this game is good for is a frisbee for your dog. This is THE worst game I have ever played. I have been a fan of the offline sims game and expansion packs but the online version is a disaster. It's a glorified chat room where hardly anyone talks, and when they do you might find 10 minutes of interesting conversation for every 10 hours of play. Meanwhile you stare at the screen while your sims do all those boring things you can speed up on the offline version you can't speed up here, like reading. The only way this game would be fun is having enough money to build your own decent business, but it would takes months of boredom, tedium, and stress to reach that point. First you spend 8 hours real time watching your sim study (no wonder hardly anyone chats, they turn away from the computer and watch t.v.! Who can stand to watch someone read for 8 hours?!) Then to make money you repeat the same tedious tasks over and over. You can make money faster by being a roommate in a busy house, but then you're a slave to the game, because you're obligated to the house owner to play all the time to help clean, keep the place open, etc. No thanks, I already have a job and I don't need another boss... Don't expect this to be a simulation either. There's nothing "realistic simulation" about a huge room full of wide open toilets. Also, immature brats instant message you and harrass you for no reason, and you can't report it. Not my idea of fun. If you're a gluton for punishment and enjoy torturing yourself buy this game. Otherwise RUN AWAY from it! By the way, it's impossible to trade this game in anywhere after you've played it and found out it sucks, no one will take it. I threw mine in the trash, where it belongs.
