Pros: Extremely Addictive Gameplay Cons: Pay To Play, Gets Old Fast
It was about 2 years ago that The Sims was released on PC and took the world by storm; there was just something about creating and maintaining your own family that drove people nuts. Personally I wasn't too excited about this game, but for some odd...
EA/Maxis came out with T
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Sims a few years ago, and I was immediately hooked. You could create a character and walk them through their daily lives... or let them go and see what trouble they got into on their own. You ...
Pros: Easy, Fun With Friends, Good Way To Meet People Cons: Addicting, Slow, Buggy, Strange Rules
Having played The Sims for awhile with all the expansion packs, I was looking forward to this game and was wondering how it would be. After a few days of playing, I enjoy it, but don't thinks it's as good as I thought it would be, though is appears to...
Pros: Addictive, completely open-ended, tries to foster creativity and imagination Cons: Focuses too heavily on money, gets reptitive, gameplay tends to drag
It's no secret that The Sims is one of the most popular games of all time, and in fact the best selling video game ever. The idea of creating and living a 'virtual life' inside your computer is not only univerally appealing, but was inevitable. The ...
Pros: Virtual Life in every detail, some humor Cons: Too money-oriented, immature player base, obnoxious Sim reactions, tedious gameplay
The Sims Online is a veritable exercise in boredom lovingly and carefully wrapped in funs clothing by Maxis and EA, two companies that have struggled to make this a great online experience but have, for the most part, failed at creating the kind of...
Pros: Relationships, Addictive, Open-ended Play Cons: Addictive
The Sims Online The Sims Online (TSO) the most amusing and addictive entertainment product I have ever come in contact with in my life. I have been playing the game since October, 2002 and Im still addicted. It is a life inside your ...
Pros: Being Someone Else: A Great Idea, Anonymous Socializing, Graphics & Sound Top Notch. Cons: Economy System Self-Defeating, Dubbed "Glorified Chat Room" by many. No game speed options equals boredom.
The Sims and all of it's expansion packs has become an icon, a level to which many programmers have yet to aspire, a true giant in the pc game industry. The demand has become so great as to inspire release on the Xbox and Playstation 2 systems as well....
Pros: Role playing, interactive, building virtual homes Cons: Expensive investment for a product that has Major bugs that continue to exist and increase
As a test player for SIMS Online for over a month from pre-launch till being a paid player (today - post-launch), I am sorry to inform you that the game is far from bug-free and that you should hold off from buying the game for at least another few...
Pros: Provides a whole new look on the concept of "chatting." Cons: It will be buggy at first, as most games are.
First, the facts: The Sims is the single greatest selling game in the history of the PC. Electronic Arts, who bought Maxis, the company behind the SimCity franchise and The Sims, put forth $25 million according to Gamespot.com to make this game. And...
Pros: The play time lasts forever. Allows creativity. Promotes friendships. Cons: Encourages behavior that may not be acceptable in real life.
I absolutely love this game. I bought The Sims Online because I enjoyed the other Sims games so much. I am not an outgoing type of person, so this game was a little intimidating for me at first. But not to fear, I was able to build my own house on my...
Pros: Unique play style and constantly changing game environment. Cons: Monthly subscription required, can be slow on certain coputers.
If you are familiar with the Sims and the onslaught of expansions that have been released over the past years, then you definitely will know what the Sims Online is all about. Based off the same game style that was so popular with the single player...
Pros: Create your own games, give out money for jobs people create ANYTHING! Cons: Takes some time, if you have free time, I suggest it.
Another word: Christmas. Yes, I got this on Christmas morning, I asked for it from my parents. I pop in the game in the drive, it makes me register. 10 dollars a month. Oh no, 10 dollars a month for this?!?!?!? NO WAY!!! But guess what? First month...
Pros: Addicting, Fun, Feature Packed, Easy To learn. Cons: Familiar Sim Game Issues, Still in testing faze.
Yes, another success for Maxis! The Sims Online is not necessarily what I thought it would be, but all in all it is a welcome addition to both the Sim game family and the Online game family. Be prepared though, even if it is based on The Sims, they are...
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