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I'm getting one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 23
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is actually a game card for 3 months(90 days) and I think it's a great idea for people who don't have credit cards and can just get this as a gift. The Sims Online is going to be on of the most addictive games of all time. To the person below me, please know what you're talking about before posting a misleading review of it.

Save your money. TSO is a chatroom masquerading as a game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 27
Date: November 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As someone who has playtested this, I can safely say that
this game in the state that its currently in, will not be complete for potential players to invest in this by its rlease date. It can barely handle 16 players at any particular site.
The game content is boring and and the objectives pretty shallow.
Why invest in a timecard for a game that is really a big chatroom when there are online places to chat for free?

A 3 month time card for a game thats a chat room

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 19
Date: November 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Please hold off on purchasing this.

The games release is not far off and having play tested it, I can guarantee, it will still be quite buggy and in need of many many patches after it goes live. You certainly shouldn't invest in 3 months of playtime until you know the game will be stable enough for you to get through.

See it for yourself

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: November 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You really have to see this game for yourself. Actually, there are quite a lot of people who find this game addictive, and I'm one of them! yeah, it's a chatroom, but there's more to it than just that. There are some things that will not be completed by the release date, but a lot of bugs are being worked out on a daily basis, and as of today, I have not experienced anything so bad that it would keep me from enjoying the game. So yeah, I would buy it.

I take it you Flamers are kids or @n@l renetive adults

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 29
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Aperntly you 2 flamers Never heard of vzones or newherzons or Dreamscape or second kingdom or seducity all these i have mentioned where programs that added a simple game to a chat room where you had a 2d person and you costomize them get an apartment (turf) for them there was comunitys in there where everyone knew each other took chat rooms to a WHOLE new lvl and people would pay up to 30 bucks a month not tomention paying extra for acceries items head for their avies it was and still is VERY addictive now sims online is just takeing this idea to whole new lvl with WAYYYYYY better grafix larger fan base better items and things to play with better costomizable liveing quaters (what would you take a 4 room 2 dimenionaly turf or a ful 3d home with back yard and everyting) sims online has been the most antisipated online community release for the past year .... so dont go flameing something when you dont even know what its all about.

yes it's addicting but...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 72 / 93
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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.

SOL LOVE\HATE Realtionship

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 21
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is actually very addiciting. The graphics are great, the options that you can do with each sim is really cool, and the things u can do in the game is awesome. I'm playing the beta version, and with any beta there are fixes that are needed, eg. Like being stuck in a lot and killing your sim of its needs (Needs are food, hygiene, energy...etc.) and some other glitches.

The Sims Online is fun when u meet other people and go to other lots (areas in the game) exploring the neighborhood around you. With any game there are moments it gets boreing but there are days you're laughing hysterically because of the "sims" aka people you meet.

The sims online lets ones imagination soar. If you have one. If not welll....I guess it would be boreing. Like any online games you have people who are ill mannered, but the sims online offers many options to ignore those people...or interactions like Pile drive to make those "sims" understand u are not going to take their immaturity. The game offers a lot starting with building your alter ego (sim), to exploring your environment. Creating a home if you wish and haveing room mates if you wish to. Furnishing your home and choosing the type of home or establishment you would like to have. You make a Skills shop, clothing, club, restaurant....endless possiblities.

The game I feel is not for 14,15 year olds. It has a lot of Mature Adult content happening. Considerly a lot of the players are older people. The playing age on the game ranges from 14 and up. But I feel should be for 17+. As for buying it...I'm still not sure about it...the price for me is a lot...but who knows what might be under the christmas tree. :)

DON'T buy this game if you have a REAL LIFE!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: December 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely addicting. I've been playing the Play Test for about a month and I HAVE to come home and play for at least two hours a night, MANY more hours on the weekends! It takes The Sims to a whole new level and is MUCH more entertaining. As another reviewer said, The Sims is full of computer controlled NPC's while TSO is ALL live people from around the world...well, there are hot dog and ice cream vendors who are still NPC's, but you get the idea. Sure, you can compare it to a chat room, and it may appear to be just a fancy version of one. However, the game portion of TSO makes it much more. It is The Sims on steroids! You build your establishment, be it a home, a store or whatever, and you try to convince others to room with you. The more roomies you have, the bigger your establishment can be and the more stuff you can add to it! You don't send your Sim to work as you did in The Sims,choosing a job to which your Sim disappears for 8 hours a day, but instead make simoleons by performing certain skill based tasks or by participating in skill based group activities. The more people there are performing an individual task and the higher your personal skill, the more money you make. My only complaints are the length of time it takes to increase your skill and the fact that you can only have a total of 10 skill points across the board. Once you get more, decay takes over. You lose points until you are back down to 10 total.

If you loved The Sims, you'll die for TSO. And if you have a REAL LIFE, you'll destroy it if you buy this game. I'm well on my way to it.

This game emphasizes being popular and being in business

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 24 / 30
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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 :-(

If you like The Sims Community, you should like TSO.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 24
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, this is a chat room game. If you enjoy going to the Sims Community forums, and making friends online, you should enjoy this game. For the reviews that state this is a popularity contest, you have visited the wrong houses. I suggest you visit the more entertaining houses. Popularity is something that is in life though & sometimes you just have to get used to it. :) TSO is very fun but you've got to find the right players.

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