I certainly would NOT recommend this expansion pack to anyone.
However, in the fall of 2010, this will change with the release of an expansion pack for The Sims 3, which will allow you to play The Sims online with other players.
An expansion pack called United Offensive and a Mac OS X and N-Gage version is available.
If the download isn't an archive file, but instead comes over as a "Sims Pack", all you have to do is run the regular Sims 2 Installer that came on your game CD, and it'll recognize the new expansion pack.
An expansion pack was released later that year and a sequel is currently in the works.
