The Sims Online reborn as EA-Land

como jogo?

sims online was the first "mmo" i played (not really an mmo, but was sub based). great social game.

i think the name sounds like a internet baced game :(

the name change seemed to turned off a lot of gamers, and the dies because of it, it's nice that it was made free, but the name killed the game

EA Land dies in August 2008

I'm playing it. It's not actually that bad really.

It's actually a fun game. :] Try it.

EA-Land...? Exscuse me if i have trouble containing my laughter. I wonder if they just like hearing "EA". Always a voiceover saying it in their logos..

Er, this isn't April fools... What the...? EA-Land? Are you kidding me?

EA, the worst thing for video games since ET for Atari

OMG can EA get any worst!?

Something like "Sims World" would have made much more sense as a re-launch title.

EA Land. LOL. Worst game title evar? Why would anyone want to go to EA Land? We are all trying to keep our independence from EA Land as much as possible. We will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

I'd rather have playstation home

So I'm guessing the next GTA game will be called GTA: EA City?

Why EA? I thought this was about the SIMS. My Gosh EA is arrogant!

EA-Land? I wouldn't buy it for the title... not to mention the outdated graphics and boring game play. Seriously EA-Land? Who are they kidding?

What a terrible idea for a name, take one of the most despised company names in gaming today and add the word land to it; sounds like a recipe for disaster.

nice game

LOL ... "EA-Land" But sounds... sort of amusing I guess? Are graphics same as the old one? But wouldn't that basically just be an updated re-launch... Hnn...

Oh I'm well aware Sims came first. I remember talking to one of the Maxis developers in 2000 about the Sims Online, well before Second Life became reality. Making the gameplay free, charging for possessing items, and otherwise reinstating the game's presence online, however, seems to me to be a result of someone at Maxis looking over at Linden Labs and saying "well they're making it work, why can't we". There is a small rise in "social sim" online games like Second Life, Red Light, and even chat-based mini online game worlds like IMVU and Zwinky. This would give cause for Maxis to reinstate their dinosaur. It's a good idea on paper but, while it doesn't take much to offer a chat and social connections experience, Sims doesn't offer much else in terms of graphics, funcionality, or social interaction options that the other games do.

They're not really trying to "capitalize" off of Second Lilfe. The Sims Online actually launched before Second Life. The Sims Online has a long history with EA and Maxis, and they're trying to revitalize the game.

EA Land? Sounds a bit too much the the Enron-brand Rollercoster to me. On the plus side, sell stuff for real money!!!!!!!! World of warcraft, eat your heart out.

They would be better off re-releasing Earth & Beyond... Someone save me from WoW!

hilarious EA-Land. Silly EA, IDK what you're thinking.

6 years later with the same graphics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this virtual worlds have nothing of real (i think thats why the named is virtual ;) . EA have to build this game on top of crytec 2 !!!!

is it like, a computer game, or what?

Agreed with Lord_Tigger. Seems like they're trying to re-create the success of Second Life.

It sounds to me like they're trying to get a piece of Second Life's pie, but with 2D graphics and an inability to make and code objects right there in the game world, I think they're just going to make another MMORPG where you log on and exist without purpose. Most people complain Second Life doesn't offer much because they don't have the understanding or desire to make the parts of the game that they want to play. Of the people that do understand this, however, everything from dance clubs with streaming music to entire 3D theme parks with rollercoasters are built. Sims doesn't offer this kind of variation in gameplay. It may have worked in 2002 but six years later, it's not going to cut it. Of course I could be wrong; I am a lot.

This looks like it will be great, it`s free to play, I don`t care what name is. Plus I always did want to check out the sims online, so go EA for actually making a free product(with the exception of buying furniture)

Pffft.... why bother to start playing this one? So they can just let this one die out with no support too? If it doesn't sell like they hope, you know they will.....

Sins, btw Brilliantly deserves the 9.0 score and editors choice award gamespot gave it. Im a big fan of the CnC series, but this game blows it out of the water, ive never seen such a brilliantly ballanced RTS out of the box

Another thing people need to realize Why? 1)Its aimed at the casual market, not the hardcore market. Casual gamers don't care at all/much about visuals in a game, they only care about gameplay. 2)The low tech graphics leads to another plus for casual gamers: You dont need a Maibatsu Monstrosity like computer(lol reference) that gobbles 1200 watts of electricity (yeah im not kidding) and costs as much as a certified pre-owned car to run the game. Lets face it, asside from the really hardcore crowd, there rarely is anyone who has a Personal Super Computer with all the latest hardware and software installed. Infact, Most casual gamers still have a computer that was bundled up at the local Electronics superstore for a discount price back in 2002. Basically, lower graphics means larger crowd, larger crowd = more potential players and micro transactions. Lets take Sins of a Solar Empire for example.(i know not a casual game but ull see where im going) The game Has nice visuals but comes nowhere near next gen games like COD4(PC version for my example) and crysis, which have been high profile and EXTREMELY highly advertised games. The advantage of that though, is that my crappy laptop which has an onboard 128 MB super low end videocard that robs its memory from my ram, can run it lag free on big games without turning everything off. And my 4 year old PC, which's only hot mod are a 2 and a half year old ATI x800xl puny 256 mb videocard and my Soundblaster X-FI(everything else is stock and 4 years old) , can run the game with nearly everything maxed out without a single hickup on massive games and it looks beautiful. If i tried running COD4 however, my computer would commit suicide, I cant even run battlefield 2142 without nasty framerate issues. So you know what? Although sins has done ZERO advertisement, the game is still beating EVERYTHING(including the hallowed COD4) on the PC sales charts. (Verified). You know why? Because pretty much anyone can run it, while barely 5% of the PC gaming community have the power to run COD4 maxed out and at most 20% can run it with a usable framerate. Thus, Sins has a much larger market because it is more accessible. So although COD4 was a lot more expensive to make the sins, it will still turn in a much smaller profit (for the pc version) then sins.

EA-Land? That name is just horrible. I'd rather play The Sims Online then EA-Land.

Hopefully it's not as ugly as the old one, or boring. Maybe if they made it like Sims 2, but with a sort of social component.

Interesting, i never even knew it died off.

@Montrealien (aka fellow quebecer hehe) You have a pretty strong point there. I remember exactly what you mean about the wii name. People complained but after a while grew accustomed and the console still sells like hotcakes. Worse yet, the ammount of people who claim that EA are a bunch of tyrants and so on but still buy their games/refuse to aknowledge that EA still sells tremendously well no matter what anyone thinks.

zee made no sense at all

"Montrealien I'll always remember when the name Wii was announced and the comments where the same as what I am reading. You guys will never learn...lol" Uhm big difference between an innovative name and shameless self promotion.

The dumbest rebranding ever. And they're using the same engine, with the same graphics from 2002? What genius decided to resurrect this?

EA-Land? Kind of Ironic since that's quickly becoming the unofficial title of the entire gaming industry . . .

I'll always remember when the name Wii was announced and the comments where the same as what I am reading. You guys will never learn...lol

Who wants to bet Penny Arcade does a comic about how they came up with this name? It's certainly deserving of one

EA Land.. you have got to be f%&king Kidding Me..... it's not april fools yet ..lol..

Interesting i idea .... the name blows though and should be rethought out. The whole premise seems a bit too much SecondLife ish to me and we all know what happened to that glistening idea of a game (too much content and not enough people).

EA Land? What a stupid name. Stupid. Does the online version still look like the older Sims 1? Stupid. I would rather play Sims 2 offline, and do whatever I want, FOR FREE! Then I dont need to see people say "afk" or "lol" over and over again. Stupid. Oh, and if you run Sims 2 with Xfire, you can chat with your Xfire friends while playing the game, so its basically the same exact thing as The Sucks Online. EA is getting to be a little queer

EA LAnd? That is horrible. The Sims is great, but this will stop me from playing this. EA's too full of themselves now.

they would need to reowrk the name tho. ea_land doesnt sounding appealing lmao

Yea the whole simoleans to real cash raises a red flag. Be on the look out for some sort of illegal programs or bots for harvesting simoleans soon.

EA-Land = Second Life is way more successful than we thought it would be, time to cash in! Too little, too late.