The Sims Online
The Sims Online at a Glance
- In short: People live virtual lives in a 3D world, socializing, developing skills, taking on jobs, earning wealth, and decorating homes.
- URL: http://www.thesimsonline.com
- Maintained by: Electronic Arts since December 2002
- Price: Free 14 day trial, then $9.95 a month
- The Sims Online system requirements
- Platforms supported: PC
The Sims Online Overview
The Sims Online, created by Will Wright of SimCity fame, is an online massively multiplayer virtual world where the Sims (avatars) are controlled by real people. One can play anyone he or she chooses, and each person gets virtual land. With this virtual land, one can build a house, coffee bar, museum, dance club, or anything else imaginable. Sims can do many things; they can go exploring the vast user-created world consisting of about thirteen cities, socialize, meet new friends, and develop power, wealth, reputation and social standing. They also have very human qualities, such as the need to sleep, eat, and hang out with people.
Although there are no ultimate objectives, direct guidelines, or quest-like tasks that must be done, Sims tend to develop skills (mechanical, charisma, cooking, body, creativity, and logic), work as an employee, and earn “simoleans”, the in-world currency. By earning enough simoleans, one can purchase all sorts of household items. The Sims Online has lots of visually appealing locations and items to marvel, and people tend to be creative with the way they decorate their virtual homes.
The game incorporates text chat, instant messaging and a wide variety of gestures for communication.
Most of the residents of this virtual environment seem to be in their teens and twenties. The Sims Online has a free limited trial, and then it costs $9.95 per month.
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