Arsehole's pick for best text based online game is Idle Pimps.  http://www.idlepimps.com  Look me up my pimp name is Arsehole.Idlepimps is a multi-player (BBS Style) text based  game, you are a pimp, your job is to get the most hoes, and thugs. Talk smack, do drive-bys, and generally beat up other players and steal all their hos by sending crack to other players hos..  There is also a really good forum for all you forum whores.  Here is the crack-u-lator for the game that I use to steal hos from other pimps.

CLICK HERE FOR (FREE ROUND) CRACK-U-LATOR

This game is highly time consuming and addictive.  You can buy more turns to give yourself an advantage over other player who can't afford to buy turns.  You can play for free and never have to spend a dime to play unless you want too.  Try it trust me.  Very fun!!

Our pick for best multiplayer online game with graphics is Battlefield 2 by EA Games.Battlefield 2 (BF2) is a computer game where players fight in a modern day battlefield using state of the art firearms and vehicles. BF2 represents a first-person shooter with some strategy and RPG (Role-Playing-Game) elements. You are able to walk swim drive fly etc in any vehicle you run into. This rocks. BF2 includes a single-player mode with three difficulty levels and a multi-player mode via the Internet or a LAN. Both player modes use the same maps and use Battlefield's conquest game mode. Single-player mode allows 15 computer controlled players, while Internet mode allows up to 64 players.