Paralives got some really exciting new updates! (everything we know)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Paralives gameplay information, news and updates! Discussing the latest news about the upcoming life simulation game Paralives.
Paralives is a new life sim game currently in development. I talked about the gameplay of Paralives and recent gameplay updates.
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Personally I like the outline and art style. That being said, I still think the line work for features such as shoulder blades, collar bones, shoulder definition, and knee caps could be softened or the color adjusted to tone down those features. They look a bit harsh in my opinion. I think the "Kids" Shown might be some sort of preteen based on Eli's character model but they do need their features adjusted to look more youthful still. My favorite part was actually the expressions on Maggie and Sebastian. I think they nailed those expressions!
I am definitely modding the skin patterns to better suit my taste. If I recall correctly, the devs are giving us in-game options to change the three colour layers of the base skin, but I haven't seen anything about the outlines. Luckily, the game will be mod-friendly.
I think because they are cartoons we expect them have cartoony proportions, I mean bigger head, big eyes, narrow shoulder. They were shaped closer to irl kids proportion. But considering its a game I think slightly cartoony proportions can make they look cute.
Yeah I also think some of the lines could be smoother especially on the skin and I’d like less lines on the clothes they make them look wrinkly. I mean that’s ok if it’s supposed to be a wrinkly shirt but if it’s like a dress shirt it wouldn’t really suit to make it so wrinkly
Też tak uważam-wygląd postaci powinien być poprawiony,zbyt mocna kreska,zbyt komiksowo.Nie pasuje to do całości i za bardzo odcina się od tła.Większa płynność musi być,żeby to wyglądało dobrze.
Thank you for the Paralives info! Your hat is very cute. You can get some short bobby pins and use them to attach your hat to your hair to keep it in place
I can’t wait for this game to be out!!
Can't wait to stick it to EA and play something worth my time that doesn't insult my intelligence as a consumer!
I'm beginning to think it's a scam. No gameplay after all these years hmm...and they're clearly playing around with all the Patreon money they're getting. I dunno, once I start seeing some gameplay videos then maybe I'll believe it's a real game coming out.
It could be, but it also could be real. Sims 4 took 4 years to develop and according to Google (Wikipedia article on game development to be exact) "Most modern PC or console games take from three to five years to complete. , where as a mobile game can be developed in a few months. The length of development is influenced by a number of factors, such as genre, scale, development platform and number of assets." The record for the longest video game development time stands at 14 years and 43 days so it's not like Paralives is taking an unreasonable amount of time to develop with their small team. Indie games take longer to make than games made by big companies.
Sims 4 had an already established company with lots of money, a bunch of resources (good computers, assets they could use, the software they could use to make the game, etc.), people to work on the game and market it (while paying salaries for each of them). They also had other games and shareholders bringing in lots of money. Paralives on the other hand currently has 10 people working on the game now (based on the picture shown on the video, it could be eleven since someone may be taking the picture) and began with 1 person (not a company) thus having way less money and resources (since I doubt that 1 person was a millionaire that had a ready-made game engine or had experience building one, a bunch of licenses to different programs they need, etc.). The Paralives team also only gets money via Patreon, with no other games or shareholders to make them more money. Not sure how much money they get definitely more than they did in the beginning. Before they got enough money to pay people salaries they could live on, the team probably had to work day jobs while developing the game making the development slower than Sims 4.
It's also not unusual for gameplay to take a long time to develop since they have to make a bunch of things for the game first (character models, things for them to interact with, some graphics, code to make the paras actually do something). A lot depends on if they are building their own or using an already existing one like the unreal engine. It also depends on when they hired the person/people working on the actual gameplay and on how skilled the whole team is/ how much previous experience they have working on life simulation games.
Out of curiosity what makes you think they are playing around with the Patreon money they are getting? Have there been mentions of them wasting money on things not related to the game? If you are talking about the picture in the video, there is no mention (or at least I didn't notice any) of them having used Patreon money to go on the outing. It could be one of those team-building outings workplaces sometimes host that you have to pay for yourself to partake in (or like field trips at school you're parents had to pay for). The point is each person probably used their own money to be there.
Sorry for the wall of text. You can probably tell I'm a little hyper from a lack of sleep and a bit bored.
To be fair no one would put so much effort into a scam.
@siara0703 I'm not. I became a patron, everything is too legit. If you don't believe it then fine but I stand my ground.
This game will never be released. They’re working on all these features and gameplay ideas but can’t get the basic foundation of the game developed. Horse before the cart. Yet another reason this game is taking eons to develop. The disjointed art styles are only adding to the extremely slow development timeline. This game is never going anywhere at this rate. And I suspect none of the “gameplay” show is real. You’re looking at animations, which is the equivalent of looking at a Figma design instead of a real, functional website. They’re showing you nothing.
I don’t believe this game is even going to come out at all 🙄🙄
I do like the cartoony style for this game.
Edit: I understand that the graphics need some work on them but it's still a beautiful & unique style. I can't wait to see it all finished.
I love it, I prefer this art much more than Life by you's artstyle.
I know everyone hates the Sims 4, but I 100% prefer Sims 4 character design and art style over the previous games.
Think this is just my aesthetic.
It's a very beautiful game ❤
Yea this art style would age better than the realistic style LBY is going for
@@valmiro4164 that's a matter of taste. LBY isn't going for realism, like The Quarry, DBH or the like. It's still stylized
It’s so nice and different from super realistic to sims 4 being well the sims looking the same. The outlines is so aesthetic to me and I like the gentle cartoony appearance. If people want realism they can just play life by you with how the characters look in that game
I really encourage people to help on Patreon if they're able. There's so much in the updates they share that are super exciting!
Same! They’re the first Patreon I’ve ever supported and it’s so cool seeing all the updates. Lots of hype
I'll believe it when it's available to play, not donating any money to a potential scam.
@@RedRoseSeptember22I agreed. If they're offer us to register or join the membership without need to pay, they could update us their progression. It would be more genuine. Still, some like to pay Patreon to support the game is risky especially we don't know how long will it be finished.
It sounds like I’m being a jerk or maybe sounds untrue but I was so stoked for this game, still am to a degree but when I was a patreon member I had a legit concern with something in their discord and Alex replied to me so rudely. Soo I oc immediately ended my support. Was very disappointing. And I don’t know why I feel like I’m the only one that has experienced this with them. I do have the messages on my patreon acc still. But this is actually the 1st time I’ve said anything. It’s been bugging me for a long time
@@lawrencekling8598 They are not a big company if it was free for everyone to instantly see updates how would the 9 or so employees be paid?
I’m sooooo excited for Paralives! It’s just so adorable and such a breath of fresh air! It gets better with a life sim games and I felt so hopeless with the Sims future, but to have new games like this makes me so excited for the future! ❤
I'm very very excited for Paralives sm, that it's getting better than before, and I like the graphics of this game more than LBY. As for gameplay, I love how they show us windmills and solar panels, photo mode, radiators etc. The hope the Paralives team will keep up their good work coz this is a masterpiece.
Yeah, Life By You gameplay that I've seen looks neat but the graphics just make me think of GTA on the PS2/3 and everything looks so dark, like even the interior lighting is very harsh & dark. But it's still in development so we'll see if it changes at all, and even if the graphics aren't my favorite, if it has good gameplay I'll still give it a shot. I love the graphics of Paralives, and what I've seen of build mode, so I'm very excited for updates.
@@BlueRoseFaery yeah same, i feel like Life By You's graphics are still in development but i agree it has cool gameplay features, and about Paralives, i agree with you that the updates are so exciting, hope both developers are doing a great job.
Agreed 💯 but we haven't seen the gameplay yet, hopefully soon.
Im the opposite and more excited for LBY, but it’s honestly so exciting to have options when it comes to the life sim category :). Like, I’m glad ppl that like more Paralives gameplay/graphics can get that and vice versa !!
i know a lot of people are more excited for paralives. and i am too, but im just excited that the life simulation genre is getting more competition than just having the Sims franchise. i cant wait to play both life by you and paralives
Yes competition would be healthy
i kind of get a feeling this game will never actually come to fruition
I adore the art style in Paralives! That’s why I’m looking forward to this more than Life By You. I really don’t like the art of the weird shoulders though…. What’s up with the shoulders/upper arms lol
I honestly love the outline look on the characters, I just think their features should be a little more subdued. Like unless your para is specifically meant to have a boney structure or something, I think stuff like shoulder blades shouldn’t be quite so jarringly visible. As everybody’s already said, kids’ features could stand to be a bit softer and more youthful in their look, but generally, they look pretty nice. I can’t wait for this game! It doesn’t feel soulless or like it’s begging for cash from its consumers, and that’s a vibe we’ve been missing for FAR too long. I’m genuinely really excited for not only this game, but the effects it could have on other future or upcoming life sims!
The problem for me with the characters cartoon style is that nothing else in the game have that style, so they look weird against the backgrounds.
Agree!
I agree with you.
i think thats intentional bc it makes the charcters stand out or smth but idk
thats intentional, so i suppose it is a you problem but maybe you can look past it eventually
@@nicosfangs Someone can express a polite opinion about something without it being a "you" problem. I suppose you will have a problem with me saying that though lol
I can see all updates as soon as they're on their patreon, but I still love to see other creators react to them
I'm absolutely loving the art style of this game. Not too realistic (creepy) and not too cartoony (childish). They've found a good recipe between the two. Each new update brings us closer to that happy release day! 😃
Honestly I really like the look of paralives. But as someone who has worked with coding it worries me how they're going about it. You should always start by making it work _before_ making it pretty, because doing the opposite is usually a perfect recipe for making spaghetti code.
That’s why they’ll never finish this game.
I feel like the photo mode is something that should come when the game is basically finished. Like sure, it's a nice feature and it's probably super easy to make, but people are waiting to see the gameplay. Photo mode is kinda like cherry on top, yk?
I think that it's needed for making post and advertising the game. If you are a big company maybe you don't feel the need to have a photo mode, but if you are small, and you have to advertise on social media, I suppose you should have a better pic to show. That's only my idea, tough.
The game is a scam, it will never come out, 34k is too much money for them to lose monthly
Gives me wolf among us vibes, and I love it!
yessss
The extreme collarbones thing looks like normal old lady neck, imo.
Yeah
Lots of people look like that tbh. I don't see any problem with it.
I very much diskike the art style. But I also hated the Sims 3 look but the gameplay was great, so it didn’t bother me while playing. You will get used to the most looks but bad gameplay cannot be overlooked. So I will be happy with whatever look they go for as long as it will be fun to play.
I can understand about radiators, I was like oohhhh when I saw the Vampires pack one, in Sims. I like doing somewhat realistic builds, like I get sad when I can't make community buildings wheelchair friendly and stuff.
Adding in wheelchair game play would be worse than adding a new life stage they would have to animate every object every interaction decide what can be done or can't it's just such a massive feature that not really in high demand. Though I guess a "stairs" type ramp is possible but they would be setting themselves up adding that in without actual handicap Sims.
@@lance9249 It something I hope they'll think about adding in Sims 5 onward. Even just ramps would be cool. Even if it's tough, it's worth attempting, in some form.
I don't mind the cartoony style of the game,but I'm not liking the way the avatars are drawn. The lines are very harsh,the knees and collar bones look painful and I don't understand the line on the arm? it looks like a shoulder that fell down and is just sagging on the arm lol and I do agree the children look like scaled down adults,I didn't even know I was looking at a child until you mentioned something lol. The creation of all the objects is amazing,but the avatars themself need a ton of work
I love the look of Paralives and cannot wait to try it; Sims4 IS my intro to sim games…and in that franchise I do prefer the look of 4…but players need OTHER GAME OPTIONS and EA needs competition so they stop fleecing their players for mediocre and LACKING content!
my issue from the start has been the mashup of 2d and 3d art styles. the parafolks look like stylized comic book characters and then you place them next to items that look clearly 3d when they themselves look 2d and it break all immersions. People can say what they want about a perceived lack of style for Life By You, but at least that game has an across the board feel to it.
You lost me at the last part, but I agree with everything else. The figures for para lives look more like those characters from The Walking Dead games from telltale. I really like the art style for everything else, but they need to work on the actual people a little bit more.
There are literally so many people that mod the Sims with reshaders etc to make their Sims have that outline so I'm surprised to hear people complain about it with paras?
The cartoon style is giving a little Miles Morales spider verse / Need For Speed Unbound and I LOVE IT 🤩
This is such a cool looking game. I hope that it works well!
Looking forward to playing this new life simulation game. 🎉
I've been a Simmer since the 1st "The Sims" and the many many changes ups and downs 🥺😳🥺for all of these years to this Sims 4 🤔 that EA just can't seem to get right, won't' 💸💸💸can't seem to get a team dedicated to knowing the Sims😢 yet they're dedicated to putting out things that never work properly, aren't complete and want big money sad hey, Sim Players need a union. 👍🏽👍🏽. Hugs 🌞
I may be one of the few who still can't find their way around the art style 😅 I don't find it ugly or anything (Walking Dead looks good for example) but some of the additional lines on the characters and clothes look a bit harsh and unnecessary (8:18, 9:34)
The thing that worries me with this game is they seem to be focusing on the sort of things that I would have imagined (although tbf i don't know much about game development) would come later in development? Like polishing the graphics and character creation. Adding loads of build mode objects and small qol features like the photo mode? But we're seen very little of the actual game play? Like the paras personalities, memories, emotions. What's the storytelling in this game like? Idk these feel like the big things in whether the game is fun. Everything else is just set dressing.
Economy in the Sms 4 really is broken. Imagine my sims were working as a sales person and a lawyer and they both quit, only to make way more money selling art...
Being an artist or gardener are like the best paid jobs
@@grice478 haha...the wife is a artist, hubby is a writer and they both garden...in five sim days the saved up 40,000 simoleons
The problem with getting investors is, they could potentially lose creative freedom over the game. So, instead of creating a game informed by the players, it will be informed by the investors' need to recuperate their money. Unless they are able to get a publisher like LBY's (Paradox Interactive ) .
Love radiators too! My main interest is good gameplay. Thunderstorms shutting off electricity is a great feature and little things like that are what will make this game special.
It's not about the style, I love the style. Its The detail work. The lines on the body dont make sense or are way too defined
I think the Paras look gorgeous. I am super excited for this game.
My criticism about the art style is the 2D characters and the 3D world really don’t match or compliment each other. Also, the sketchiness of the art style is kind of a strange direction to choose. It’s quite polarising. I think they could have gone for a softer, more realistic style that was along the same lines but toned down so it’s not so extreme and jarring
I would love little town festivals in paralives, that sounds really fun and wholesome. Also, I really like the art style but I agree some of the lines are a bit harsh at the moment.
Thanks for your great video, I'm glad to hear more info on Paralives. I agreed there is great improvement in the game, yet when will we see the gameplay? While there is few things like you've mentioned, need to work on it. Game should be ready in a year or two not 10 years, lol.
They’ve been in development, what, 5 years? And folks are excited about it. Lol, why? It’s not real.
I like to try new things so outlines don't bother me - as a matter of fact, the art style is for me the main selling point of the game ATM. But of course the game will stand or fall on interactions/gameplay, and I agree the developers should show as much of it as possible as soon as possible; so far, I don't even know how how "Sims" will speak. Or, for thar matter, what they will be called.
Their channel and socials do mention their language and it’s name, and I believe the characters are called parafolk.
I’m interested in life stages,pregnancy,higher education and how many characters allowed in a family home.I also want to be able to open and close windows,curtains and blinds
Sims 2 was supposed to have a power outage challenge, similar to the headmaster challenge. I want to experience it so bad 😭
It still feels a bit “off” for me… I’m probably biased because I do prefer a realistic character than a cartoon like appearance. But I think it bugs me most in this case because it’s not consistent. The houses, furniture, etc. are realistic, but the characters are not. I think the mismatch of that is going to be the hardest for me to get used to, but I’m still looking forward to playing it!
When artists draw or paint something, they will intentionally make certain areas of a painting more textured/vivid in colour/harsher to make it more noticeable and draw the eye to that particular detail. I think it works perfectly in this game and if you made the characters the same design as the background they would look washed out like the sims 4.
@@cattiemaxie7160 I’m not an artist, so I don’t speak that language - but as someone who is capable of viewing art, the way it is now reminds me more of a painting that is half Picasso, and half Rembrandt. I prefer 100% Rembrandt, and if the sims are ‘washed out’, then I prefer that too. That’s just my opinion, and I’m entitled to it. Have a great evening.
@@cattiemaxie7160what? No. The art styles are disjointed, which is one of a million reasons this game is still years from release. Y’all will make every excuse in the world for these developers who will likely never get this game fully to market.
@@JKyallit's Not excuses though? There was a patreon post where they explained it. It has been Public for a while. Basically the Style is inspired by anime in the Sense that the Backgrounds in anime tend to have little to no lines to make the stylized characters stand out. It's Just an artistic choice really. Also Just because a game is far from Release doesn't mean it will never come out
Power outages were meant to be a scenario in Sims 2 as well!
If only they never made Sims 3 and kept Sims 2 going it truly was the perfect game.
I imagine how in Paralives players will lock hundreds of children in basement for money 💀
stuff like social benefits, alimony/child support, paying a percentage of bills based on your build are all thing that exist in the sims through mcc command center. so it's not something the sims team would have much difficulty implementing because there's already a mod that does it
Except the sims team keeps proving they have zero interest in giving the players what they want! Could you imagine Disability benefits? Wheelchairs, etc?? I wish!❤
I’m surprised you’ve never thought of power outages in the sims before.! The Sims 2 was originally supposed to come with the rain in the bass game and power outages where you would have to perform certain Macs to get the power to turn back on. They scrapped it because it kept raining inside of the houses and I’m sad they never brought back the power outage scenario.
I don't think people were complaining really about the artstyle as a whole, but more about how some of the outlines look weird on the paras. Like the bride's shoulders, they look like lose skin instead of muscle.
Yeah how the paras look compared to their environment or the art style of the items around them is very different, and a little jarring. It doesn’t quite fit, so I hope they’re still working on how the actual Paras or people look. The art style of the items (like the plant life, decor, and interior home goods) looks amazing.
I personally dig the outlines ❤ seriously needed something different to look at.
Been watching your videos for past few days and they are the only thing that make me laugh atm. Thank you for your humour and videos ❤ + extremely excited for Paralives!
Finally, I can learn taxes, if not from school, then from the game 🎉
I wish I could combine the features of life by you with the aestethics of paralives
I have no problem with characters having cartoony, outlined style that sticks out. I just felt the style is a bit too harsh; just look at shoulder joints & neck.
Like, the environment are in soft & friendly 3D style then we have Paras who look like they're out of anatomy textbook or Marvel/DC/Shounen gritty comics.
In drawing and painting, you don't draw the entire drawing with the same level of shading texture and vividness in colours but you will intentionally stress the parts that you want the viewer's eye to wander to. I think this works perfect for Paralives honestly because we want the characters to stand out from the background just a tiny bit.
I really love the art style so much, it's really illustrative and looks so expressive. I kind of agree with the children looking sized down but that can be fixed over time. Very excited to see these paras in motion!
Nothing will convince me that this game will ever leave early access.
💯 and I hate to say it. I get games take a while to develop and come out....but
The pain points that people keep mentioning are the same ones mentioned at the end of this video albeit with a little cheekiness.
More than aesthetic tweaks need to be shown. At this rate it's going on 4 years...
While I still hold out glimmers of hope, it's a game I've chosen to put at the back of mind until I hear something different than what I've been hearing year after year.
Honestly this is a good example of why back in the day they didn't share anything until a game was practically about to be released!
As far as the artwork of the avatars with the lines around them. I am sure that was intentional because it i how comics are drawn and I feel the creator wants that looks..... Not everything has to be life-like and realism focused =) I agree with you Satch
Edited: Your hat is gorgeous!!! Pride day wear for sure!!!!
As excited as I am about Life By You, I think Paralives ranks higher on the game I'm looking forward to most! The aesthetic is so beautiful!!
I know nothing about game development but clearly just under 30k sounds a lot for per month but taking into account salaries for all those people and making the game sounds like not enough $$ to me
i’m so excited to see what this game turns out to be!
also i’m wondering how much it’s going to cost ( i mean, it looks like there’s gonna be so much in it)
it said that game is going to be free, «base game» going to be free for sure, i guess all the things we have now are base game features
@@2643-r7q We haven't announced the price yet! This won't be a free-to-play game but we want to keep the price within the usual range of other life-simulation games. Paralives will have free content updates during the Early Access period after the full release!
@@Paralives Ohh wow thank you for the answer! you’re awesome!💜
@@Paralives Any idea on a rough date where we might be getting early access? How close would you guys say the game is to being ready for Early Access??
I love Paralives` art direction and style. It`s,in my opinion way better than Life by You in that regard as of NOW. The characters` models remind me of Tell Tale games(like Wolf Among Us) and the harsh lines,for me,just add to that experience. I love the 3D modelling of the furniture(such as the sofas and curtains) and every lot they`ve shown us in those terms looks amazing. The art direction is this game`s STRONGEST point right now. I do hope we get more worlds(a metropolitan area,a Japan inspired(maybe DLC?) world etc).
I hope Life By You reigns it in in regards as to HOW MUCH they`re trying to implement and first focus on the basics. Right now I`m most excited for Paralives because of how much creative identity it has right now.
I wonder does this mean that if you click on a para and see how much money they have not how much money the WHOLE household has like you have your own bank account and when you click on them you see how much money they have idk that’s something I would love
Okay, was going to say a few things that would likely have put in the "unfavorable" category, but please do consider a few things.
-- I am 43, and having been playing video games since the very early 80's. I think I started playing maybe a year after learned to use the toilet on my own
-- Having worked in the Computer Engineering Industry since my teens, in the 90's, I have extensive experience, since my father is a software engineer, and made me learn as much as I could.
So, on to my review of the game, base on the plethora of videos that they have, and others peoples
-- Game play does look good, in the sense of the realism, like taxes, likely the jobs system will hopefully be fleshed out as well. Including things like Energy Production is also nice.
-- At this time, I feel that the characters look a bit bland. I hope in time, they clean up the characters looks, because right now they look like a cheap manga drawing.
-- While I respect that they are doing a lot with a small budget, that is also their choice to do it that way.
-- On a positive note, the game looks a lot better than Life by You or anything Maxis-EA related. To be blunt, I am tired of Maxis-EA because of their absurd marketing strategy of charging over 1,000$ for all the content on a game, that unless this year, you had to pay for. I bought it when it was 29.99$ (it was on sale from 39.99$ at the time) So now finding that the game is free, but the content prices have been locked to what they are (40$ per Expansion, 20$ per Game Pack, 10$ per Stuff Pack and then 5$ per Kit) Gonna give a breakdown:
**using US currency, cause of where I am at**
14 Expansion Packs x 40$ = 560$
12 Game Packs x 20$ = 240$
18 Stuff Packs x 10$ = 180$
23 Kits x 5$ = 115$
Adds up pretty fast. I have one Expansion, one game pack and stuff pack, because they had one sale, many years ago with a very affordable price tag for a bundle. Since then, they have never had it again.
I am also not saying Maxis-EA does not have a right to make money, but both them and Paradox (creators of Life by You) have a terrible behavior pattern of stripping out key functions from their games, and then slapping a DLC tag to it, to make more money. If anything, I hope that Paralives creators see's that the same way many people do, as distasteful when considering their game. The last thing we need is a skeleton game, where you have to spend 250$ or more on DLC and other content just to play a game. I also want to STRONGLY recommend, in case they see this long diatribe of mine, make it OFFLINE CAPABLE. NO LAUNCHER, NO INTERNET REQUIREMENT.
To me, requiring a launcher and/or reliable internet connection is bullshit. Its just petty bullshit from companies that want to micro manage what players do.
As a side comment, now that RUclips filled out the right hand suggested video panel, @SatchonSims, Almost anyone can see how EA killed the Sims Franchise. After Sims 3, the stupid amount of DLC and Content spewing, with equally damaging prices, and in some cases, some content wont work unless you buy a specific DLC Expansion as well. They killed their games primarily by not listening to their community as whole, instead only picking and choosing small clips of comments to shape the narrative in their favor
In the US we do get government benefits (based on income and household composition). Welfare has a negative connotation. We don’t get any benefits for children specifically but child allowance is what kids get from parents for spending money. If that’s what they meant, it sounds like different household members can keep their finances separate, which is very interesting! Or our child sims can have a piggy bank in their inventory or something.
Paralives looks like a very pretty game. I agree with you that they may want to release something to compete with Paradox's upcoming Life by You.
personally, i would wait YEARS for this game if that meant that it would come fully fleshed out. i would hate for them to feel pressured and rush the game
Paralives is an incredible product for an indie game. Lots of indie games get over looked and I’m glad this one is getting the attention it deserves
People complaining about not having gameplay yet get on my nerves a bit. Can't have gameplay if assets, animations, UI, AI, other vital systems, etc. aren't made yet. People should learn some basics of game dev before they complain.
Both Paralives and Life By You have my interest. Sims 5 does not.
i honestly hope they double down on the art style, the sims graphics just dont have any personality at this point
I dont like the art style for the Paras but I guess I can deal lol 😂
The coulourbone and shoulder contour/lines should be toned down…they are a bit extreme
i still remember when paralives was first announced years ago and people thought it was a scam
I wonder if SNB mod people worked with them. It seems exactly like their bill system mod. They also have a welfare system, child support, bank accounts that you can put what you want each sim to put into their bank account and what goes into the household. Works great if you have more than one sim living in the household that are not related, works great for teens with jobs so they can save money. It goes with them when they move out. There is an allowance mod. I believe littlemsam took it over after Scarlet retired from modding. Paralives, I just don't like the flatness of the characters compare to the objects and surrounding of the game. It just bugs the hell of me.
I really do hope this game dose release on consoles too... 🥺
I loooove the art style, reminds me of a studio ghibli movie 😍 very painterly backgrounds and outline characters in front
I would love for the sims to bring in something like weekly grocery shopping where you have to buy diapers, school supplies, and any food you might want for the week, and if you forgot you would maybe have to pay more or go without. It would make gardening way more worthwhile if it actually supplemented something.
I ❤ where this game is going! Also, I hope Paralives has additional funding outside of Patreon because $35K is barely enough to pay a staff of 10 properly, never mind overhead, power bills, equipment, property lease for their business location, etc.
Out of the 3 anticipated life sim games, I’m most hopeful for Paralives. People are complaining about Patreon funding the game but personally I think that’s the best route to go. It’s a game developed by gamers for gamers. Also someone who does payroll and bookkeeping for a small company, I can tell that what they are taking in monthly from Patreon is probably barely covering there overhead and payroll.
A lot of things in this game looks great, but I have always been an alpha player, so the art style of the parafolk is a big turn-off for me. Maybe modders could help with that. If not, this will have to be a pass for me. I do hope this pushes EA to do better, though. They need serious competition!
I personally feel like the art style is not cartoonish at all. If it was cartoonish like the sims 4, you wouldn't be able to imagine the people's faces in real life. Here, I can very easily picture the parafolk as real people, just with a more muted colour palette. On top of that, I think the vivid colours make each character have a memorable design, which reminds me of how distinct each sim looked like in the sims 2.
I do hope someone makes a mod for those who want the game to be less saturated in colour. But for the game base, I think they struck a perfect chord between realism and simplicity that makes the characters seem full of expression and alive, without veering into wacky sims 4 theory.
The perfect fusion of alpha cc and maxis match imo
I hope this game does good, and gives the sims a run for all of their money they suck out of us.
Would be cool to see Holidays in the game.
I would like to try this game out but not getting my hopes up until I actually do.
I've been excitedly following both Paralives and Life By You and I personally also love the style of the Parafolk. I know it needs work, but I generally even prefer it to Sims 😅
Since I've went back to the Sims 3, I just can't do the cartoony, drawn on artstyle anymore.
Yes, agreed, I want a "Life" simulator.
Im really trying to get excited for Paralives, but the art style just doesn't work for me. It's too cutesy and childish. I would love a hyper realistic life sim. Maybe someday 🤷♀️
Do like the hat. I had a pink and green one as a souvenir when I was about 7, it's now a staple dressing up item for my nieces and nephews - they love it. Love the aesthetics of paralives, always excited for the updates
I want this game so bad
I’m genuinely so excited for this game, I love the art style and how it looks kinda drawn, and there hasn’t been an update that has disappointed me yet!
Paralives looks so nice i love the style of it compared to lby which looks too realistic for my liking. I like the sims for its cartoonish style but making sims in the base game is so hard without cc especially men.
so they are getting say 30,000 a month and there are 10 members now if each of them is getting paid 25,000-30,000 a year, because a team that size isn't working for free then they aren't making that much money tbf.
I'm just waiting for my fianceé to finish his university and have a full job so I can have more money for myself and join their patron. I've been DREAMING of seeing my paralive randomly appear in the game. I can't wait to be able to have that happening and have exclusive updates from the developers.
i keep on getting more excited every sneakpeek we get!
Actually, i LOVE the shoulders or collarbones or whatever, it’s giving that little ✨spice✨ out the really soft art style. I love the colors and everything 🥲 even as a sims lover, this game is more pleasing visually (in my opinion)
Honestly I love their artstyle - i hope they keep it :3
I preferred the original style that Paralives had in the beginning in comparison to what it is now…
I have never understood why these "life simulation" games make you pay property tax every week. If they are a "life simulation" then you only pay property tax once a year....not every week or month.