Final Verdict

The Sims Online isn't there yet. Assuming it's a work in progress, like any other massively multiplayer online game, this one needs a lot more work from its developers before it's going to appeal to the kind of people reading this site (i.e. gamers). If you're expecting to replace or complement an EverQuest habit, this isn't the place to do it. The Sims Online isn't much of a game, at least not in the traditional sense of the word.


But if you're the kind of person who's still fascinated by the fact that people can chat online, in real time, if you're looking for something more casual and less structured, something with an emphasis on interaction over gameplay, something with vague milestones instead of any real goals, something you can use to create relationships with people you don't know and with whom you might have nothing in common save a fascination with this cloyingly pointless exercise, then The Sims Online is for you.