The Partners

 PC
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. PC Gameworld
    80
    Seemingly a clone of The Sims at first glance, The Partners does a good number of things well to distinguish itself.
  2. Four Fat Chicks
    75
    Behaving very much like an R-rated “Sims” expansion pack but independent of that series, The Partners is a silly and entertaining piece of gameplay fluff.
  3. GameZone
    70
    This game is entertaining but really doesn’t have the depth of play that The Sims sports.
  5. PC Gamer
    63
    The goings-on will keep you interested. Just don't expect anything too deep or innovative. [Nov 2002, p.129]
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  6. IGN
    60
    Partners isn't terribly, irreproachably broken (opening cinematic not withstanding), it's just clumsy and awkward. The game lacks enough in every single department to be unworthy of a serious player's attention (the gamers who play for the game).
  7. Gamer's Pulse
    60
    The game was fun and if you enjoy "Ally McBeal" and "The Sims" then this game will be right up your alley.
  8. GameSpot
    59
    It's a sure bet that there will be countless "Sims" clones in the next few years. The Partners is one of the first, and it could turn out to be one of the most blatant.
  9. Computer Games Magazine
    40
    Curiously absent from your dollhouse accoutrements are law books. [Jan 2003, p.85]
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  10. Computer Gaming World
    20
    The only good thing about The Partners was that myriad technical flaws prevented me from having to suffer through completing the game...I have never been so happy for programming incompetence in my life. [Sept 2002, p.93]
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