I don’t understand why people would ever wanna push back on this, we need more life sim games! EA is infamous for being a bad gaming company, their goal will forever be how they make the most money. And for the record Paralives has said they are inspired by the sims (not only the sims) and want everyone to be respectful towards other games. They don’t wanna replace the sims but they do wanna make their own game.
Exactly. Even if you don’t download paralives, competition is always beneficial for the players because it ensures that the developers actually put in work to produce quality content. Not like how sims 4 came out when they were monopolizing the whole genre. Even if you don’t play paralives it benefits you because the sims 5 will put in the effort to make sure their game has more features or can atleast provide what the competition is providing
Sadly small indie gaming company is nicer and being more transparent than the billion dollars industry. I hope despite being the money hungry EA is respectful but who am I kidding.
They know they are done all they care about is is money and not the consumer and now we see it they put out bad games just to sell you a pack that hardly works
i agree. there is room for more games that are sim style and it blows my mind that it's taken this long!! sims 1 was popular 20 yrs ago. it took 20 yrs for someone else to create a sim style game that wasn't made by EA/MAXIS
Well Disney made me realize that. As a consumer all I care is that a product improves though I appreciate paralives is really honest with us because it is something I rarely see. Not just something I seen with EA
Well I don't think Paralives Is copying the sims I think the Sims is copying Paralives. I mean Project Rene is probably copying Paralives or Taking Inspiration From Paralives.
I don't think EA has any grounds to sue Paralives. Paralives will be it's own thing, taking inspiration from the Sims, City Skylines, Planet Coaster/Zoo, and others. 1) Paralives will not be a mobile game like project Rene. They team has confirmed it will only be on PC then eventually ported to console. Project R will be cross platform from launch (if EA keeps their word). 2) From what I can see, Paralives is single player based, while Project R will be multi-player. Again, if EA keeps their word, they have been trying to make a multi-player Sims game for years but had to flip the Sims 4 to single player after the failure of Simcity 2013. 3) Paralives knows what they can and can't have in their game. They had to change the Paramaker for this exact reason. EA has patents, but concepts and ideas cannot be copyrighted. A color wheel is a concept, moving objects in a 3d space is a concept, life it's self is a concept. If EA tried to sue Paralives, they would have to prove that they own the concept/idea of life simulation. Which, again, they can't as other games have done the same thing (Singles, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and others) while making it their own. 4) Paralives has set their goals in road maps years before Project Rene was conceptualized. Yes, it takes years to make a game. But remember, the Sims 4 is 8 years old, Paralives didn't start development until 2015/2016. I'm pretty sure Alex and the team consulted an attorney prior to development really kicked off. And while EA is a huge company with money, Paralives has a good reputation within the community and people will show out to help in a "David and Goliath" case. 5) EA has a reputation of killing franchises, but that opens the door for indie developers to take the concept and run with it. There is a reason why EA hasn't sued the makers of City Skylines, or why Nintendo hasn't sued EA for MySims. A concept of a game is free for anyone.
There is definitely a difference between taking inspiration and simply copying it. However both games are life simulations, so creating a character and building a house are the base of the game no? If we look at what the developing team at Paralives has announced, we can easily see what makes the game unique ( the build mode is way more complicated and detailed and so is the character making). That is what really pisses me off, the way EA copied a unique feature from another game.
Yeah, finally someone says it! Sims and Paralives are in the same niche, of course they will have similar features. But the ability to rotate/extrude objects that was shown in Project Rene just rubbed me the wrong way. It's a very specific feature that was shown early on in Paralives' development. It's very sad that EA seems to head for the copycat direction instead of coming up with their own unique ideas. Simmers told them for years what they would love to have in future games, they'd have a pool of ideas that they could realize and make their players happy with. One could play Paralives and the next SIms game and equally love them for their special features. But I guess that's just a dream world I wanna live in.
With the announcement of Project Rene, I have a feeling Paralives will never see the light of day. Regardless if they're noting what Paralives is doing and just taking inspiration from it or directly copying it, in the end, EA is a giant corporation and Paralives is an Indy team and they will either get absorbed or downright crushed. Still, they have my respect for taking on a Titan. In the end, if they make the Sims better or they manage to take down EA and release a simulation game that rivals or is better than the Sims, it may work out in the benefit for the player either way. I would love to see a rival game, though.
Another game being made has nothing to due on whether Paralives will see the light of day. Stardew Valley wasn't reliant on Farmville to be successful or launch.
If Paralives faces any problems it wouldn’t be because of project Rene. It would be because the majority of paralives fan base are either sims fans or people unsatisfied with the sims. I remember someone else even pointed this out but, I myself haven’t seen other people or platforms outside of sims players taking about it. People should also stop pitting paralives and sims against each other and focus on how great paralives is. I know that people who are unsatisfied with the sims will stick with paralives. But these same people will push others away
I think it’s ridiculous to say that you can’t criticize sims 5 because paralives took “inspiration” from the sims. The problem with the way they introduced project René is that the art style shows almost no difference with the paralives one. It’s ridiculous
I say you can’t criticize sims 5 because it is still in its early stages. It is going to change when it finally comes out. I watched the clip many times and it actually reminds me of a decorticating app game.
I think two things can be true at once, yes The Sims franchise has inspired Paralives but Paralives has also inspired The Sims Team. An example of this are those glitchy ass curved walls they rushed out just to say they did it before Paralives and get the community excited over. That was HEAVILY inspired by Paralives and if people want to be blinded by loyalty to a company that just want their money and nothing else and ignore this then idk what to tell them.
@@ki4815 don’t get me wrong EA is a terrible company and I’m all for people pointing out the sims 4 flaws. That being said I also like thinking logically. The sims 4 base game is broken and all the packs that they add to it won’t help. The sims team was probably working on the curved walls before the Paralives developers announced it. Yet the broken sims 4 base game was their downfall. Some people have mentioned that EA/sims team should stop making packs for awhile and focus on fixing their game. Seeing as EA is a company that won’t stop looking for a way to make money I highly doubt that would ever happen
@@moondivine2288 logically we don't know who was working on curved walls first, but Paralives showed curved walls years before EA did introduce it into the game!
@@12wer3wer9 that’s because the paralives team is more open with us and the sims team doesn’t announce anything until they release it. Sims 5 being an exception. Instead of focusing who came up with it first Paralives wins because they’re going to implement it better. The sims 4 base game is so broken that them putting curved walls into the game failed
Ugh, it's absolutely disgusting to be honest. I didn't even realize the *UI* was nearly identical to Paralives! At the very least, I'm glad EA is getting a run for its money (for once) and is being forced to do better. Speaking to the continued sales, that's a very interesting topic. I believe they will continue, but at a slower pace. If they see sales for the EPS/Stuff Packs, etc. are low even after the free base game release, then it's highly likely we will see sales from time to time like we have been for these past years. It all depends on the new wave of players that may or may not have interest in The Sims 4, especially considering the game is *8* years old now. Hm...
@@unpopularopinion5449 Yes, I agree. But on a marketing standpoint, it may be too late given that a lot of the momentum behind the game was centered around its release year and the few years following with the inclusion of the new expansions and game packs. No one can really know for certain if EA will get the turnout they desire with introducing this fan base this far past its original release date.
After playing the sims for 12 years, I am not buying the sims 5 after this. No way. I’ve been following the paralives journey pretty much since the beginning and it’s obvious that they care a lot about their game and their fan base (the majority of it they know being simmers). They’re open and honest with us about why they can/can’t do certain things, but with EA, everything is just a big secret that they keep dangling in front of us like we’re a bunch of content-hungry monkeys, when we just want a goddamn functioning game. And now this is just so shady, how am I as a loyal customer supposed to trust EA after all of this?!
I won't say I won't but sims 5 cause it really does look interesting and who knows what the final product will look like or be, but I do think the sims is being slightly shady lol
Maxis has been the only one in the Simulation Genre for 22 years. I think Paralives and Project Rene should exist side-by-side. However, I think with Paralives put a fire underneath the Maxis/Sims Studio to make improved games from the start. Do I think Maxis will sue Paralives? It’s hard to say. If they do, then it will make many people angry. I say let the two games co-exist and be the end of it. But we'll see.
I feel like if paralives didn’t release a sneak peak of their build/buy, project rene would not look like that at all. I jus really hope they do not bite off each other with these games. I want to be able to switch between the games and not feel like it’s the same. I don’t wanna feel like i’m playing two versions of one game 😭
Even if Paralives never sees the light of day it would've been worth it to put the fear of god/Sim City into EA, and hopefully get a decent launch this time. We already got a color wheel out of it, so even if it's an elaborate scam, keep doing you Paralives ❤ And I still genuinely think it has an opportunity to Cities: Skylines the entire franchise, and clearly someone at EA agrees.
I’m so glad you made this video. The second I saw the sims 5, I immediately thought of Paralives. I don’t agree with that 2020 comment saying “paralives is being pushed around” and all that nonsense. If EA was truly confident with their product then they shouldn’t even be concerned. But they’re getting their feathers ruffled by a little competitor because they know they ran their own game into the ground. It’s a shell of what it used to be. And maybe paralives did contact sims RUclipsrs for promotion. It wouldn’t make sense to hit up a GTA5 RUclipsr to promote their game, or Minecraft RUclipsrs, or COD RUclipsrs. Sims players like simulation games and that’s what Paralives is. It’ll be interesting to see what happens for sure.
Ea made a patent to stop other games from using the push and pull mechanic.(even though many games already have this mechanic, and it’s not like the sims completely innovated it.) but they still went the extra mile to patent it and make sure no other life sim copies them so that’s why paralives reverted to the push and pull system that’s on the 2D image next to them instead of directly sculpting on the model like they used to. So with that all said, they might do the exact same thing for this build mechanic. And force paralives to change their idea. It’s so dumb that they abuse law to stop others from doing the same. I mean it’s a marketing tactic and the cas was a huge selling point for the sim 4. Buts it’s still a mechanic and many games use the same universal mechanics, and the push and pull kind of became the industry standard for the sims so why can’t it be used in other life sims? It’s like overwatch or tf2 trying to stop apex legends from having an ult mechanic in their game. It’s so selfish and would ruin their image but again it’s EA we’re talking about. I don’t think they care.
@@unpopularopinion5449 They (paralives) haven't trademarked it, so this isn't comparable at all. Also, one thing is having similar mechanics in games, another thing is blatantly copying the expression or artstyle of it. Project Rene, as of right now, does not look like a sims game. It doesn't have the same visual profile. It's closer to Paralives or even virtual store showrooms where you can view products and place them as you want. That's not to say they're not allowed to do this, because they absolutely are, but they shouldn't be allowed to gatekeep others from it - especially not when UI and controls like these have been used countless times before EA did it. It's not their invention, and just because they have money doesn't mean they should be allowed to buy the rights to treat it as such. EA is actively hurting the gaming industry with their capitalist powermoves. By snuffing out competition they're establishing monopoly and allowing for themselves to lower the standards as much as possible because there are no other options available anyway. There's a reason it's known as the company where game studios go to die.
@@Daneypastry You blowing all this hot air about Sims4 copying Paralives. You need to go back a couple years. Look how Paralives once looked. Go look at the earlier demos... Look straight UP like Sims4. Dude knew it too. But why did he suddenly change that art style?? Hmmm... Then there was another one, and now this watered down, sketch-looking version of them. He was copying from them as well. Lets not act like this man is a god and has not taking anything from Sims4. Just because he's an indie company means shit. That does not make him honest. This is is a business. A business he now wants to be a part of. And with that brings competition...on both sides.
Of course Paralives is inspired by the Sims, but inspiration =/= copyright violation. EA does not own the genre, that’s not how anything works. EA saw how Cities: Skylines trounced Sim City so badly the latter franchise was done and dusted. They don’t want Paralives or any other up and coming life simulator to end The Sims, especially given the mixed feelings players have about TS4. That is why they previewed Project Rene. Follow the money, folks.
They can still survive. Their issue is when Cities: Skylines came out they did like they were doing before, not updating it and improving it. That is the ultimate reason Cities: Skylines drowned them out.
@@unpopularopinion5449 You don't trust the games and businesses you invest in? Wow thats totally smart, not like that'll lead someone to getting ripped off. Would you continue buying from amazon despite not trusting it? Your logic here is completely thrown out the window with one simple arguement. You would not buy from a company you didn't trust to do their jobs. Thats just basic common sense. I wouldn't trust nor purchase A computer from some sketchy shop that has had a million bad reviews, why would I trust a game company known to have bug ridden games that don't work exactly?
@@unpopularopinion5449 Also yes we are all in a relationship with EA it's a 'business-consumer' relationship. You're either a troll are a child if you don't know that.
@@vampybyte7812 I am not in a relationship with this company. I play their game, they make money, period. So, am I in a relationship with my local library? Gas Station? Grocery store??? Lol I guess I'm a hoe then. Got relationships all over the place...lmbo
Trademark them for what exactly? Some of those paralives features I have seen in sims 3 or Disney dream light valley. And I don’t want them to turn the tables and trademark stuff even more.
@@moondivine2288 You said some. There are some features that none of the others use. That should be trademarked. And just because a game comes out before another doesn't mean they were first with some features. Anything that came out before Paralives was introduced, sure, but anything could've happened between their display of their game and now.
@@Lonelyeco and the rest was either in house decorating games, house flippers or the zoo game, I don’t know the name of it. Paralives is a unique game where the developers ask us people about our ideas. Most of them get inspired by other games. As far as I’m aware of Paralives only came up with one feature and that was a result of EA putting a patent on the push and pull. I don’t think they’ll be stealing that. I’m aware that anything can happen between the display of the game and now. But that same statement can apply to sims 5. The difference between EA and Paralives is the creators of Paralives are more open with us. People have suspected EA was working on the sims 5 based on job listings for awhile now. But nothing has been confirmed until recently
I was thinking the sims was looking just like paralives and I’m not for it. I want the sims to look like sims and paralives like paralives… I mean come in EA, give us simmers what we want.
I said this immediately after the announcement of project Rene but someone was like they are using similar If not the same engine. That doesn't matter. They are about to use those corporate billions to try and smash this little team. I think EA is on some BS and are afraid to have any competition. The reason why the sims 4 is such a hot mess is because no other life sim is was doing what they are doing. They could release garbage and people will pay for it. Now here comes Paralives and they feel like they have to give early viewings of what they are working on (like Paralives) just for it to look like Paralives.
It's very obvious EA is copying paralives they basically admitted it during the Sims Summit when they made it very clear that project Renee was a very "early" stage while Paralives has been in the making for years now. Just look at the side by side the art styles almost the same as well as the actual editing modes are the same too who could blame EA because clearly they're terrible at making life simulation games so they have no choice but to take a s*** ton of notes from a company that does care about the game and its players
But what qualifies as early stage? People who have paid attention and make speculation videos have noticed EA hiring people for an unnamed project for awhile. They could have been working on project Rene for a year or two but, we don’t know the exact date. The difference between paralives and EA is paralives is more open. EA never confirmed they were working on project Rene until recently and they had something to show us. To me there is a difference between project Rene and paralives. And I’m practical enough to know project Rene could change its art style down the line
Paralives was clearly a mini Sims in its early inception, the game’s devs was mimicking the design and the gameplay of the sims then building on it to make it their own. A lot of games do this, whether people want to call it ripping off or being heavily inspired by another game. For ex. The whole souls-like games. But I haven’t seen any devs or companies behind the ‘inspired’ game get in trouble for that so I doubt Paralives will face any legal consequences.
I think that EA is scared that there could happen the same as with SimCity and Cities Skylines. They realize that the build mode from paralives is better than in Sims, so they just copy it. But if Sims 5 would get the same as paralives I would rather buy paralives than sims , bcos the Paralives team care about the game and the players . EA is just after money and don´t care about what the players want. In my opinion Sims 5 should be like in the Fan made trailers from 2 or 3 years ago , more realistic graphics and no comic like graphic. Also they should use the Unreal 5 engine and Metahuman creator.
I just want the receipts. If Paralives and EA/Maxis show docs to prove IP, then the argument is over. As for the cost of the packs, personally, if it comes to micro transactions…I’m out. Sims done. I will play with what I have and mod it but that is it.
I'm just thinking I'll get two Sims games coming, Parasims will be amazing. I do feel the only thing project Rene has that I haven't seen in other games is that streaming to phone gimmic. Except it sounds a bit like the marketing for Wii U. And I don't care about it, I just want a computer game. I want it to be optimized for to run on PC. Because that's what I have. It's not a diss to all players on other platforms, it's just what I want to buy. Competition is only going to get more fierce too.
Personally, and I hate to say this: but I think EA will end up buying Paralives. They absolutely devour new companies. And, yes - that sucks! But they will hand that team a HUGE check and it will be curtains. Calling it now. I hate that EA owns two of my favorite gaming developers: Maxis and BioWare. The fact that Bethesda was scooped up by Microsoft had me sighing in relief! They didn't need that trifecta lol That demo of 'Project Rene' looked waaay too much like Paralives. They have been watching them big time! It was surreal to see, but they got plans! They are going to try to sue, bury or acquire that IP. Not a doubt in my mind.
Ppl constantly pointing out how paralives took inspiration from the sims are doing it in bad faith bc they only make that a point of contention to undermine paralives so they can keep the sims on a pedestal, no sh!t they took inspiration from the sims there’s no other simulation game like the sims on the market, obviously they’re going to use the framework of the sims to build off, but that doesn’t suddenly invalidate the hard they put in to make their own unique game for EA to copy it bc theyve given up their own franchise
Would you ever do a video on how thanks to the EA App Sims 3 expansions and other expansions of old games on Origin won't work? I and many others are experiencing this and are frustrated, liv support was no help except telling us to be patient for a fix
I’m going to keep it a stack, I’m not buying Project Rene or Sims 5 or whatever it’s called when it drops. The teaser was definitely shade, but I’m not buying it for an entirely different reason. But it is funny to see people throw the capes out for EA 😂 “long live EA” face asses. 😂😂😂
And yes this comment is shade too, before someone tries to be a smart ass, no I will not stop complaining and no I will not stop playing 💅🏾☺️ my money my choice!!!
I wish ea would let paralives have its 1st release without trying to scare them with copyright stuff or stealing ideas or their vibe... just so scummy.... unless they are scared cuz city skylines demolished sim city lolol. And EA can't risk losing its biggest money maker.
I've read that some of the "unique" aspects of Paralives isn't from Paralives but from Unreal Engine and that those concepts are in other games too, such as enlarging items and grouping them to move.
I don’t think EA could or would do anything legal against paralives since many games take inspiration from previous games to improve on. but also the sneak peak of sims 5 looks like its inspired directly by the style of paralives (like with build mode etc) which is a little disappointing. personally i’m playing paralives when its available and not any future sims games. i dont believe they’re capable of producing non-buggy (or less buggy) games and they definitely focus too much on cash grabbing dlcs.
I'm sorry but the Sims 4 franchise is FUCKED at this point. Paralives will be far superior to anything EA puts out. By the time Sims 5 is out and Paralives comes out, I'd bet EA will try to sue Paralives for just being a life simulation game. What's fucked up is that EA blatantly ripped off the mechanics from Paralives. Doing this won't fix their game. They'd still have to put in effort to fix bugs and they won't. EA is too slimy. It's already fucked up enough that in order to add things that we actually want in the game, a competitor has to come out and do it first in order for EA to consider it "profitable". They don't listen to players. They only "listen" to players when it's convenient enough for them.
When it comes down to it, I agree with ppl saying it's competition. In my opinion though if EA creates a remastered or better game than The sims 2 then they would probably murder paralives. I say that bc TS2 brought life to simulation. The vibe I'm getting from paralives thus far is leaning towards what sims players have been begging for since 2014. So, we'll see... Anyway... #teampara lol
I'm sure they are looking at features of other games especially Paralives because it's getting a lot of hype from the sims community. Look at the crap they threw out with curved walls after Paralives.
Sadly business is inevitable and paralives might get taken up by a company but I really hope they stick to what they’re doing and don’t get bought out Canceled or even sued I genuinely want to see the project finished I don’t understand why two life simulators can’t just coexist I don’t like that there’s only one life simulator out there for me to play I’m bored of it now at this point I want something new
I think you are reaching. I started playing TS4 right after Christmas 2018 when I got the game for $5. And they have continued to release packs at full price with occasional sales in the last 4 years. So, making it free shouldn't make a dent.
Actually the thing is nowadays is like we say in portuguese countrys... nada se cria tudo se copia (Nothing is created, everything is copied), so if they sue each other let me present you guys with the father and mother of the simulator Flash! When had the games in the msn too some was the same concept, manage, create and succeed. Those old games in case of the sites that had available was like a story mod with limitations at that year. IKEA and other companies uses softwares that is create and test the furnitures, space and more. So... yeah, and just because sells as a game, that won't make it be a software. This have the same smell of the case of Netscape and Internet Explorer.
The base game has often been on sales at like 4€ so I don't think it being free now will mean no more sales, maybe less but my real problem is that except some sales The Sims 3 + DLCs are still sold at full price when the game i more than 10 years old...
I think it's insane that anyone would think EA owns the idea of a life simulation game, especially when they really don't care about making the game good and they only care about money. The Sims 4 base game is UNPLAYABLE in my opinion so them making it free doesn't really matter. The cost of all the packs alone, even on sale, is RIDICULOUS. If there was any other game that was similar available then I wouldn't even play it. I just get so frustrated because they get away with so much because they have no competition so players don't really have any other options and are almost forced in a way to put up with their bs.
I thought the same about it looking like paralives until someone reminded me that they're both in pre-development and both use Unity, so they're gonna look similar. It's obvious they're watching paralives so I'm curious to see how many similarities there as they move forward.
Zynga (zing-ah) used to copy everybody back in the day, so it's not surprising they got sued. They made Farmville though so then everybody started copying off of them. Paralives seems different. Ea really just needs to try to buy them out and get their help to make the Sims better.
This has nothing to do with this video, but do you think you could do a video on how you record your game? All of the videos I see on RUclips for this are outdated.
If they take paralives to court paralives should win they posted their preview of the game first unless ea pays people off. Paralives didn't copy the sims they created a life simulation game and ea doesn't own that genre of games
Sims pack sales won't slow down they're still gonna be on sale pretty regularly because let's face it. EA is greedy, not stupid if they stop doing sales people are gonna stop buying the packs and stop playing sims. they might keep churning out packs forever though
I really hope that Paralives keep being an indie game and honestly it could be absorbed by another company but please be smart not ea lol. As for the sims 5 looking like paralives im sure that the devloppers must feel a type of way because that is low. It doesnt matter if paralives took inspiration from the sims 4 what that communicate to me is the people working on the sims 5 are going for the lazy easy way to solve the problem they faced ui stlye blabla .(of cours all this is allegedly but i give off that feel lol). Im planning to play both paralive and the sims 5 and i don't want sims 5 to copy paralives look and feel i want them to be two seeperate entiities. But that kinda lowkey a way for sims5 to erase paralives because a the end player will not be able to make the difference between the two(allegedly), i dunno that is sus anyway
Whoever says Paralives is a Sims knock off…You’re ridiculous. It’s like you’re saying “there’s only room for 1 simulation game”. I don’t like the word “copying” cause there’s no Parthenogenesis but the fact that they rushed to show sneak peek of project René…Ha ha. Good one Lindsay. You came out of the rabbit hole for a reason every bright person can tell. EA never cared about TS4 and its players so it’s not like you wanted them to be a part of if it or see what you’re doing. It was a distraction. Did you fix the game? Is it playable without glitches? Did players get refund? Did you apologize for releasing broken games? No? I ain’t buying TS5 no matter how awesome it might look.
EA is definitely copying Paralives thats a bad idea. A lot of people don't like how Paralives looks but are just tired of EA. I think they will keep putting the packs on sale but with less of a discount.
Personally l am so disgusted at the fact that sims 5 looks so much like paralives . Honestly l will be getting paralives than sims 5 cause honestly EA has given us trashy games . And paralives has so much potential . Like Boone expected sims 5 to be confirmed and sims 4 been free is that part of their plan for people to buy sims 5? Definitely
first thing i noticed is that the sims 5 looks identical to paralives, they released a shit ass game like the sims 4 and did not care for years but now they are pushing all of this because they are obviously scared of losing money, if paralives comes i will definitely buy it and play it if the game is good, they should not be taken back by ea, because paralives actually cares about its people
Wayment lol so y'all been comparing Paralives to The Sims all this time but now y'all saying it's totally unique and The Sims is copying them. I'm so confused😂 Paralives is CLEARLY a copy of The Sims. They took what worked and improved on it. That's exactly what the next generation of The Sims should do as well. Did y'all think they wouldn't improve anything? The Sims 4 was supposed to stay the same as The Sims 5? That doesn't even make sense. EA absolutely should be improving and adding features that we want.
If Paralives developers were smart enough to copyright their work? No. IF Paralives developers copyrighted their work/ideas/plans/ concepts for their game....then the opposite may be true & they can sue EA for stealing /copying their work. EA doesn't own the life simulator concept & other games being similar isn't copyright infringement necessarily. They have to point out enough that is identical to prove it was stolen. Which is why you see so many similar games in each game type on the market. I'd think if EA were going to pursue a lawsuit, they'd have already done it since Paralives is generating money, even if it's for development. Not to mention since Paralives poses a threat were they ever to make it to launch.
Life us a journey us all imma say.its funny how we are all one and we don't even know it.i watched this movie last night and I could think of is sims and bo u made a video about it wowow on the same day
@@unpopularopinion5449 Neither game can make a copyright claim against each other. The only way someone can make a claim like that, is if their assets are used.
@@karinasnooodles_ everyone wanting to sue now. Where was all this pinned up energy when yall was saying EA needed competition? Saying this 'game' will 'light a fire under EA'. Well, it did, and here we are. This is what competition looks like. You can't expect EA to sit and allow this 'small indie team off 10' to come and I overtake the franchise. Seriously? Lol Let the games begin. No pun intended.
I know EA is a huge company and they care about making money. But I feel like our community is always ready to be mad at them. They just gave us some things we have been asking for. A baby update, more content was announced. Monthly sims express deliveries and now the announcement of the sims 5/project rene. Like, will this community ever be happy?
#EA needs to stop because they are acting like big government. #paralives scared the hell out of them 🤣🤣 we know who copied who. We have been hearing about #paralives game, sounds like EA know their game won't be able to compete.
Honestly I feel like the Sims isn’t copying Paralives. The Sims has been around for years so technically they did it first. Also the small Gameplay clip from the Sims 5 is just beta, so it doesn’t mean that the finished art style will look like that.
Yall wanted competition, so here you go. Did you all actually believe EA would just sit back and watch a 'small indie team of 10' come and overtake their franchise?? Lmbo ok This is not copying...THIS is competition. What yall asked for.. dude better bring it..if it ever releases.. Sims will crush this dude. While yall be running through gardens smelling flowers, I'll be playing Sims 5, online.
Paralives are pushing the boundaries when it comes to copying the Sims, I know that EA contacted paralives and told them that they can't use the push and pull feature when creating parafolk so they had to change it to sliders. I have a feeling that they will be sued. Paralives aren't doing the best job at making their product their own, it's too much like the Sims and as we have seen EA doesn't like it when that happens.
Paralives is really just another life simulation game. The same things happens in those games. It isn't that the are creating a new genre. Sims need some competition.
EA can't legally stop Paralives just because it's similar to The Sims. If Paralives was using EA's assets, they could. But nothing in Paralives is owned by EA, it's all originally designed and created. Since they changed the push/pull feature, EA has no claim to anything. Paralives is it's own game, multiple games can exist in a genre. EA is subject to US laws regarding monopolies.
@@kikiblue7169 it us not different at all. Paralives stole the dam game of Sims. And yall just turning a blind eye to it because you hate EA so much. Who created CAS? Who created build mode? Who created worlds, lots? It dam sure wasn't Paralives.
you're the only one that's being too much. jumping to be EA's savior in every comment here, and for what? you want a multibillion dollar company to trample a small business, just bc they're in the same playing field? should there be no other sodas in the world since coke exists? should there be no other sportswear since nike exists? there's something called a free market and it's economically healthy for there to be multiple companies selling a similar product, so there is a controlled price and quality established. EA banks an enormous amount of money on the sims franchise (often offering a subpar product) bc they control the market, and they absolutely need competition, so people can have the freedom of choice. as long as there is no copyright infringement, coming up with a product within the same market (or in this case - genre) is definitely fair game. you sound like a child with your comments.
Lmao! Grow up, you triggered kid. Did your parents raise you well? I think not lol sims 4 fanboys like you are scared and afraid that Paralives will replace your ea trash game called Shit in my shoe. Hahaha!!! That's what "SIMS" stands for. Its shit! Just like you. S-hit i-n M-y S-hoe #unpopularToxicTrollNerd #unpopularGetsTriggered #unpopularScaredOfParalives #sims4SUCKS #ParalivesRules Fight me, b*tch.
@@YourUncleRandy7777 first off, fuck you! Don't ever bring my beloved parents into ANY of these conversations! Because those are fighting words! RESPECT my parents!!! I talk shit about videos on YT. Not about people's personal lives. Second, I'm a grown ass woman fool. Not a child. A grown ass woman who, enjoys playing Sims in their spare time, and talking shit on YT about videos. I am not a 'fanboy'...I am a Sims fan. Now take this ridiculous energy to all of the so called haters of Sims, but yet they are the FilRST ones to continue to buy their packs and play it.....
@@YourUncleRandy7777 I'm not afraid shit fool. I want to see this concept replace a 20 year franchise...one that is still going strong. Mainly by those of you (again) who talk shit about the game on a daily, but are first in line to buy a pack...AND to get a free kit. I knw yall did. Hopefully I'm still around to see this concept 'try' to make it 20 years in the game...if it lasts 5...
Can’t paralives and sims coexist? Yeesh it sure would be nice seeing people appreciate Alex and the team without comparing paralives with the sims every 5 minutes.
I don’t understand why people would ever wanna push back on this, we need more life sim games! EA is infamous for being a bad gaming company, their goal will forever be how they make the most money. And for the record Paralives has said they are inspired by the sims (not only the sims) and want everyone to be respectful towards other games. They don’t wanna replace the sims but they do wanna make their own game.
I agree.
Exactly. Even if you don’t download paralives, competition is always beneficial for the players because it ensures that the developers actually put in work to produce quality content. Not like how sims 4 came out when they were monopolizing the whole genre. Even if you don’t play paralives it benefits you because the sims 5 will put in the effort to make sure their game has more features or can atleast provide what the competition is providing
Sadly small indie gaming company is nicer and being more transparent than the billion dollars industry. I hope despite being the money hungry EA is respectful but who am I kidding.
They know they are done all they care about is is money and not the consumer and now we see it they put out bad games just to sell you a pack that hardly works
i agree. there is room for more games that are sim style and it blows my mind that it's taken this long!! sims 1 was popular 20 yrs ago. it took 20 yrs for someone else to create a sim style game that wasn't made by EA/MAXIS
Remember that EA is nobody’s friend. Not yours, not Simmer’s, and definitely not other gaming company’s.
Well Disney made me realize that. As a consumer all I care is that a product improves though I appreciate paralives is really honest with us because it is something I rarely see. Not just something I seen with EA
Well I don't think Paralives Is copying the sims I think the Sims is copying Paralives. I mean Project Rene is probably copying Paralives or Taking Inspiration From Paralives.
I completely agree
You’re dumb sims didn’t copy paralives
@@EllieValentineWong I'm just speaking my thoughts on it I didn't even mean to upset you I'm sorry if I did.
I so agree with you. I'm just concerned that the Paralives team will be copyright striked by EA if the Sims 5 gets released first.
@@darthmalice7464 I hope EA Doesn't sue Paralives 🙏
I don't think EA has any grounds to sue Paralives. Paralives will be it's own thing, taking inspiration from the Sims, City Skylines, Planet Coaster/Zoo, and others.
1) Paralives will not be a mobile game like project Rene. They team has confirmed it will only be on PC then eventually ported to console. Project R will be cross platform from launch (if EA keeps their word).
2) From what I can see, Paralives is single player based, while Project R will be multi-player. Again, if EA keeps their word, they have been trying to make a multi-player Sims game for years but had to flip the Sims 4 to single player after the failure of Simcity 2013.
3) Paralives knows what they can and can't have in their game. They had to change the Paramaker for this exact reason. EA has patents, but concepts and ideas cannot be copyrighted. A color wheel is a concept, moving objects in a 3d space is a concept, life it's self is a concept. If EA tried to sue Paralives, they would have to prove that they own the concept/idea of life simulation. Which, again, they can't as other games have done the same thing (Singles, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and others) while making it their own.
4) Paralives has set their goals in road maps years before Project Rene was conceptualized. Yes, it takes years to make a game. But remember, the Sims 4 is 8 years old, Paralives didn't start development until 2015/2016. I'm pretty sure Alex and the team consulted an attorney prior to development really kicked off. And while EA is a huge company with money, Paralives has a good reputation within the community and people will show out to help in a "David and Goliath" case.
5) EA has a reputation of killing franchises, but that opens the door for indie developers to take the concept and run with it. There is a reason why EA hasn't sued the makers of City Skylines, or why Nintendo hasn't sued EA for MySims. A concept of a game is free for anyone.
Don’t forget about second life
@@3bowwow22 Thank you!!! I was thinking for the longest it name! Or IMVU
There is definitely a difference between taking inspiration and simply copying it. However both games are life simulations, so creating a character and building a house are the base of the game no? If we look at what the developing team at Paralives has announced, we can easily see what makes the game unique ( the build mode is way more complicated and detailed and so is the character making). That is what really pisses me off, the way EA copied a unique feature from another game.
Yeah, finally someone says it! Sims and Paralives are in the same niche, of course they will have similar features. But the ability to rotate/extrude objects that was shown in Project Rene just rubbed me the wrong way. It's a very specific feature that was shown early on in Paralives' development.
It's very sad that EA seems to head for the copycat direction instead of coming up with their own unique ideas. Simmers told them for years what they would love to have in future games, they'd have a pool of ideas that they could realize and make their players happy with. One could play Paralives and the next SIms game and equally love them for their special features. But I guess that's just a dream world I wanna live in.
With the announcement of Project Rene, I have a feeling Paralives will never see the light of day. Regardless if they're noting what Paralives is doing and just taking inspiration from it or directly copying it, in the end, EA is a giant corporation and Paralives is an Indy team and they will either get absorbed or downright crushed. Still, they have my respect for taking on a Titan. In the end, if they make the Sims better or they manage to take down EA and release a simulation game that rivals or is better than the Sims, it may work out in the benefit for the player either way. I would love to see a rival game, though.
Another game being made has nothing to due on whether Paralives will see the light of day. Stardew Valley wasn't reliant on Farmville to be successful or launch.
But they are not rivals. Paralives is small group of people comparing to the billion dollars industry, that's a difference.
If Paralives faces any problems it wouldn’t be because of project Rene. It would be because the majority of paralives fan base are either sims fans or people unsatisfied with the sims. I remember someone else even pointed this out but, I myself haven’t seen other people or platforms outside of sims players taking about it. People should also stop pitting paralives and sims against each other and focus on how great paralives is. I know that people who are unsatisfied with the sims will stick with paralives. But these same people will push others away
@@moondivine2288 That's because the most likely people to play Paralives are people interested in The Sims series.
just from the preview of the Sims 5, I feel like paralives still looks better
I think it’s ridiculous to say that you can’t criticize sims 5 because paralives took “inspiration” from the sims. The problem with the way they introduced project René is that the art style shows almost no difference with the paralives one. It’s ridiculous
I say you can’t criticize sims 5 because it is still in its early stages. It is going to change when it finally comes out. I watched the clip many times and it actually reminds me of a decorticating app game.
I think two things can be true at once, yes The Sims franchise has inspired Paralives but Paralives has also inspired The Sims Team. An example of this are those glitchy ass curved walls they rushed out just to say they did it before Paralives and get the community excited over. That was HEAVILY inspired by Paralives and if people want to be blinded by loyalty to a company that just want their money and nothing else and ignore this then idk what to tell them.
@@ki4815 don’t get me wrong EA is a terrible company and I’m all for people pointing out the sims 4 flaws. That being said I also like thinking logically. The sims 4 base game is broken and all the packs that they add to it won’t help. The sims team was probably working on the curved walls before the Paralives developers announced it. Yet the broken sims 4 base game was their downfall.
Some people have mentioned that EA/sims team should stop making packs for awhile and focus on fixing their game. Seeing as EA is a company that won’t stop looking for a way to make money I highly doubt that would ever happen
@@moondivine2288 logically we don't know who was working on curved walls first, but Paralives showed curved walls years before EA did introduce it into the game!
@@12wer3wer9 that’s because the paralives team is more open with us and the sims team doesn’t announce anything until they release it. Sims 5 being an exception. Instead of focusing who came up with it first Paralives wins because they’re going to implement it better. The sims 4 base game is so broken that them putting curved walls into the game failed
Ugh, it's absolutely disgusting to be honest. I didn't even realize the *UI* was nearly identical to Paralives! At the very least, I'm glad EA is getting a run for its money (for once) and is being forced to do better. Speaking to the continued sales, that's a very interesting topic. I believe they will continue, but at a slower pace. If they see sales for the EPS/Stuff Packs, etc. are low even after the free base game release, then it's highly likely we will see sales from time to time like we have been for these past years. It all depends on the new wave of players that may or may not have interest in The Sims 4, especially considering the game is *8* years old now. Hm...
No.matter how old a game is...if it's good, it's good. I still play PacMan.
@@unpopularopinion5449 Yes, I agree. But on a marketing standpoint, it may be too late given that a lot of the momentum behind the game was centered around its release year and the few years following with the inclusion of the new expansions and game packs. No one can really know for certain if EA will get the turnout they desire with introducing this fan base this far past its original release date.
@@TownieSimBuilds same can be said for this concept Paralives.
@@unpopularopinion5449 Paralives is in development. Just because you hate on it for no reason, has no bearing on what it can be.
After playing the sims for 12 years, I am not buying the sims 5 after this. No way. I’ve been following the paralives journey pretty much since the beginning and it’s obvious that they care a lot about their game and their fan base (the majority of it they know being simmers). They’re open and honest with us about why they can/can’t do certain things, but with EA, everything is just a big secret that they keep dangling in front of us like we’re a bunch of content-hungry monkeys, when we just want a goddamn functioning game. And now this is just so shady, how am I as a loyal customer supposed to trust EA after all of this?!
I won't say I won't but sims 5 cause it really does look interesting and who knows what the final product will look like or be, but I do think the sims is being slightly shady lol
I may play it... 🏴☠🏴☠🏴☠
@@NIN0ID lmao right they’re at least not getting any of my money
Maxis has been the only one in the Simulation Genre for 22 years. I think Paralives and Project Rene should exist side-by-side. However, I think with Paralives put a fire underneath the Maxis/Sims Studio to make improved games from the start. Do I think Maxis will sue Paralives? It’s hard to say. If they do, then it will make many people angry. I say let the two games co-exist and be the end of it. But we'll see.
I really did not think That Company could piss me off more, and yet here we are
lol
I feel like if paralives didn’t release a sneak peak of their build/buy, project rene would not look like that at all. I jus really hope they do not bite off each other with these games. I want to be able to switch between the games and not feel like it’s the same. I don’t wanna feel like i’m playing two versions of one game 😭
Even if Paralives never sees the light of day it would've been worth it to put the fear of god/Sim City into EA, and hopefully get a decent launch this time. We already got a color wheel out of it, so even if it's an elaborate scam, keep doing you Paralives ❤ And I still genuinely think it has an opportunity to Cities: Skylines the entire franchise, and clearly someone at EA agrees.
I’m so glad you made this video. The second I saw the sims 5, I immediately thought of Paralives. I don’t agree with that 2020 comment saying “paralives is being pushed around” and all that nonsense. If EA was truly confident with their product then they shouldn’t even be concerned. But they’re getting their feathers ruffled by a little competitor because they know they ran their own game into the ground. It’s a shell of what it used to be. And maybe paralives did contact sims RUclipsrs for promotion. It wouldn’t make sense to hit up a GTA5 RUclipsr to promote their game, or Minecraft RUclipsrs, or COD RUclipsrs. Sims players like simulation games and that’s what Paralives is. It’ll be interesting to see what happens for sure.
Ea made a patent to stop other games from using the push and pull mechanic.(even though many games already have this mechanic, and it’s not like the sims completely innovated it.) but they still went the extra mile to patent it and make sure no other life sim copies them so that’s why paralives reverted to the push and pull system that’s on the 2D image next to them instead of directly sculpting on the model like they used to. So with that all said, they might do the exact same thing for this build mechanic. And force paralives to change their idea. It’s so dumb that they abuse law to stop others from doing the same. I mean it’s a marketing tactic and the cas was a huge selling point for the sim 4. Buts it’s still a mechanic and many games use the same universal mechanics, and the push and pull kind of became the industry standard for the sims so why can’t it be used in other life sims? It’s like overwatch or tf2 trying to stop apex legends from having an ult mechanic in their game. It’s so selfish and would ruin their image but again it’s EA we’re talking about. I don’t think they care.
So, EA can't protect their game, but this small indie team of 10 can? Mind you, he protects it behind a paywall..
@@unpopularopinion5449 EA has their game behind a far more expensive paywall. So what's your point?
someone else mention that in the comments ! I had no idea about that
@@unpopularopinion5449 They (paralives) haven't trademarked it, so this isn't comparable at all. Also, one thing is having similar mechanics in games, another thing is blatantly copying the expression or artstyle of it. Project Rene, as of right now, does not look like a sims game. It doesn't have the same visual profile. It's closer to Paralives or even virtual store showrooms where you can view products and place them as you want. That's not to say they're not allowed to do this, because they absolutely are, but they shouldn't be allowed to gatekeep others from it - especially not when UI and controls like these have been used countless times before EA did it. It's not their invention, and just because they have money doesn't mean they should be allowed to buy the rights to treat it as such.
EA is actively hurting the gaming industry with their capitalist powermoves. By snuffing out competition they're establishing monopoly and allowing for themselves to lower the standards as much as possible because there are no other options available anyway. There's a reason it's known as the company where game studios go to die.
@@Daneypastry You blowing all this hot air about Sims4 copying Paralives. You need to go back a couple years. Look how Paralives once looked. Go look at the earlier demos...
Look straight UP like Sims4. Dude knew it too. But why did he suddenly change that art style?? Hmmm...
Then there was another one, and now this watered down, sketch-looking version of them. He was copying from them as well. Lets not act like this man is a god and has not taking anything from Sims4.
Just because he's an indie company means shit. That does not make him honest.
This is is a business. A business he now wants to be a part of. And with that brings competition...on both sides.
Of course Paralives is inspired by the Sims, but inspiration =/= copyright violation. EA does not own the genre, that’s not how anything works.
EA saw how Cities: Skylines trounced Sim City so badly the latter franchise was done and dusted. They don’t want Paralives or any other up and coming life simulator to end The Sims, especially given the mixed feelings players have about TS4. That is why they previewed Project Rene. Follow the money, folks.
They can still survive. Their issue is when Cities: Skylines came out they did like they were doing before, not updating it and improving it. That is the ultimate reason Cities: Skylines drowned them out.
If paralives is copying the sims, keep that same energy for the hundreds of RPGs, shooters ect.
Real😭😭
I don't trust EA. I don't trust the sims team. I will never trust them, they don't deserve trust.
Are you in a relationship with EA??? Trust? Lol this is a business...and this is a game.
@@unpopularopinion5449 You don't normally trust the companies you do business with? Nice.
@@unpopularopinion5449 You don't trust the games and businesses you invest in? Wow thats totally smart, not like that'll lead someone to getting ripped off. Would you continue buying from amazon despite not trusting it? Your logic here is completely thrown out the window with one simple arguement.
You would not buy from a company you didn't trust to do their jobs. Thats just basic common sense. I wouldn't trust nor purchase A computer from some sketchy shop that has had a million bad reviews, why would I trust a game company known to have bug ridden games that don't work exactly?
@@unpopularopinion5449 Also yes we are all in a relationship with EA it's a 'business-consumer' relationship. You're either a troll are a child if you don't know that.
@@vampybyte7812 I am not in a relationship with this company. I play their game, they make money, period.
So, am I in a relationship with my local library? Gas Station? Grocery store??? Lol I guess I'm a hoe then. Got relationships all over the place...lmbo
Paralives better get trademarked, lawyers, and a solid terms and conditions. To protect them if EA tries to steal from them.
Trademark them for what exactly? Some of those paralives features I have seen in sims 3 or Disney dream light valley. And I don’t want them to turn the tables and trademark stuff even more.
@@moondivine2288 You said some. There are some features that none of the others use. That should be trademarked. And just because a game comes out before another doesn't mean they were first with some features. Anything that came out before Paralives was introduced, sure, but anything could've happened between their display of their game and now.
@@Lonelyeco and the rest was either in house decorating games, house flippers or the zoo game, I don’t know the name of it. Paralives is a unique game where the developers ask us people about our ideas. Most of them get inspired by other games. As far as I’m aware of Paralives only came up with one feature and that was a result of EA putting a patent on the push and pull. I don’t think they’ll be stealing that.
I’m aware that anything can happen between the display of the game and now. But that same statement can apply to sims 5. The difference between EA and Paralives is the creators of Paralives are more open with us. People have suspected EA was working on the sims 5 based on job listings for awhile now. But nothing has been confirmed until recently
I was thinking the sims was looking just like paralives and I’m not for it. I want the sims to look like sims and paralives like paralives… I mean come in EA, give us simmers what we want.
I said this immediately after the announcement of project Rene but someone was like they are using similar If not the same engine. That doesn't matter. They are about to use those corporate billions to try and smash this little team. I think EA is on some BS and are afraid to have any competition. The reason why the sims 4 is such a hot mess is because no other life sim is was doing what they are doing. They could release garbage and people will pay for it. Now here comes Paralives and they feel like they have to give early viewings of what they are working on (like Paralives) just for it to look like Paralives.
I agree a bit. I do think EA is a big cooperation and they know that. They trying to shut it down before it even gets released.
It's very obvious EA is copying paralives they basically admitted it during the Sims Summit when they made it very clear that project Renee was a very "early" stage while Paralives has been in the making for years now. Just look at the side by side the art styles almost the same as well as the actual editing modes are the same too who could blame EA because clearly they're terrible at making life simulation games so they have no choice but to take a s*** ton of notes from a company that does care about the game and its players
But what qualifies as early stage? People who have paid attention and make speculation videos have noticed EA hiring people for an unnamed project for awhile. They could have been working on project Rene for a year or two but, we don’t know the exact date. The difference between paralives and EA is paralives is more open. EA never confirmed they were working on project Rene until recently and they had something to show us. To me there is a difference between project Rene and paralives. And I’m practical enough to know project Rene could change its art style down the line
Paralives was clearly a mini Sims in its early inception, the game’s devs was mimicking the design and the gameplay of the sims then building on it to make it their own. A lot of games do this, whether people want to call it ripping off or being heavily inspired by another game. For ex. The whole souls-like games. But I haven’t seen any devs or companies behind the ‘inspired’ game get in trouble for that so I doubt Paralives will face any legal consequences.
I think that EA is scared that there could happen the same as with SimCity and Cities Skylines. They realize that the build mode from paralives is better than in Sims, so they just copy it. But if Sims 5 would get the same as paralives I would rather buy paralives than sims , bcos the Paralives team care about the game and the players . EA is just after money and don´t care about what the players want. In my opinion Sims 5 should be like in the Fan made trailers from 2 or 3 years ago , more realistic graphics and no comic like graphic. Also they should use the Unreal 5 engine and Metahuman creator.
My question is are there employees of either games that now work on the other game?
I just want the receipts. If Paralives and EA/Maxis show docs to prove IP, then the argument is over.
As for the cost of the packs, personally, if it comes to micro transactions…I’m out. Sims done. I will play with what I have and mod it but that is it.
YESSS ! We need receipts !
I'm just thinking I'll get two Sims games coming, Parasims will be amazing.
I do feel the only thing project Rene has that I haven't seen in other games is that streaming to phone gimmic. Except it sounds a bit like the marketing for Wii U. And I don't care about it, I just want a computer game. I want it to be optimized for to run on PC. Because that's what I have.
It's not a diss to all players on other platforms, it's just what I want to buy. Competition is only going to get more fierce too.
Personally, and I hate to say this: but I think EA will end up buying Paralives. They absolutely devour new companies. And, yes - that sucks! But they will hand that team a HUGE check and it will be curtains. Calling it now.
I hate that EA owns two of my favorite gaming developers: Maxis and BioWare. The fact that Bethesda was scooped up by Microsoft had me sighing in relief! They didn't need that trifecta lol
That demo of 'Project Rene' looked waaay too much like Paralives. They have been watching them big time! It was surreal to see, but they got plans! They are going to try to sue, bury or acquire that IP. Not a doubt in my mind.
Ppl constantly pointing out how paralives took inspiration from the sims are doing it in bad faith bc they only make that a point of contention to undermine paralives so they can keep the sims on a pedestal, no sh!t they took inspiration from the sims there’s no other simulation game like the sims on the market, obviously they’re going to use the framework of the sims to build off, but that doesn’t suddenly invalidate the hard they put in to make their own unique game for EA to copy it bc theyve given up their own franchise
Agreed !
Would you ever do a video on how thanks to the EA App Sims 3 expansions and other expansions of old games on Origin won't work? I and many others are experiencing this and are frustrated, liv support was no help except telling us to be patient for a fix
hmmm Ill look into that ! Thanks for brining that to my attention !
I’m going to keep it a stack, I’m not buying Project Rene or Sims 5 or whatever it’s called when it drops. The teaser was definitely shade, but I’m not buying it for an entirely different reason. But it is funny to see people throw the capes out for EA 😂 “long live EA” face asses. 😂😂😂
And yes this comment is shade too, before someone tries to be a smart ass, no I will not stop complaining and no I will not stop playing 💅🏾☺️ my money my choice!!!
Being honest, I'm going to buy Paralives no matter what EA do
Same
I wish ea would let paralives have its 1st release without trying to scare them with copyright stuff or stealing ideas or their vibe... just so scummy.... unless they are scared cuz city skylines demolished sim city lolol. And EA can't risk losing its biggest money maker.
yes I LOVE city skylines ! Thats my second go to when im not playing sims lol
@@thesimyin Definitely need to check this out!
I've read that some of the "unique" aspects of Paralives isn't from Paralives but from Unreal Engine and that those concepts are in other games too, such as enlarging items and grouping them to move.
I deadass thought you were showing me paralives until you said sims 5 😮
I don’t think EA could or would do anything legal against paralives since many games take inspiration from previous games to improve on. but also the sneak peak of sims 5 looks like its inspired directly by the style of paralives (like with build mode etc) which is a little disappointing. personally i’m playing paralives when its available and not any future sims games. i dont believe they’re capable of producing non-buggy (or less buggy) games and they definitely focus too much on cash grabbing dlcs.
I'm sorry but the Sims 4 franchise is FUCKED at this point. Paralives will be far superior to anything EA puts out. By the time Sims 5 is out and Paralives comes out, I'd bet EA will try to sue Paralives for just being a life simulation game. What's fucked up is that EA blatantly ripped off the mechanics from Paralives. Doing this won't fix their game. They'd still have to put in effort to fix bugs and they won't. EA is too slimy. It's already fucked up enough that in order to add things that we actually want in the game, a competitor has to come out and do it first in order for EA to consider it "profitable". They don't listen to players. They only "listen" to players when it's convenient enough for them.
EA only does what the players want when it's the last resort. Money ALWAYS comes first to them.
@@thesimyin 100% agree
When it comes down to it, I agree with ppl saying it's competition. In my opinion though if EA creates a remastered or better game than The sims 2 then they would probably murder paralives. I say that bc TS2 brought life to simulation. The vibe I'm getting from paralives thus far is leaning towards what sims players have been begging for since 2014. So, we'll see... Anyway... #teampara lol
I'm sure they are looking at features of other games especially Paralives because it's getting a lot of hype from the sims community. Look at the crap they threw out with curved walls after Paralives.
i dont think they look similar but alot of the features are similar i personally much rather paralives look
Sadly business is inevitable and paralives might get taken up by a company but I really hope they stick to what they’re doing and don’t get bought out
Canceled or even sued
I genuinely want to see the project finished I don’t understand why two life simulators can’t just coexist I don’t like that there’s only one life simulator out there for me to play I’m bored of it now at this point I want something new
I agree ! They both should be it’s own thing but EA like to be the only one
I think you are reaching. I started playing TS4 right after Christmas 2018 when I got the game for $5. And they have continued to release packs at full price with occasional sales in the last 4 years. So, making it free shouldn't make a dent.
Actually the thing is nowadays is like we say in portuguese countrys... nada se cria tudo se copia (Nothing is created, everything is copied), so if they sue each other let me present you guys with the father and mother of the simulator Flash! When had the games in the msn too some was the same concept, manage, create and succeed. Those old games in case of the sites that had available was like a story mod with limitations at that year. IKEA and other companies uses softwares that is create and test the furnitures, space and more. So... yeah, and just because sells as a game, that won't make it be a software. This have the same smell of the case of Netscape and Internet Explorer.
The base game has often been on sales at like 4€ so I don't think it being free now will mean no more sales, maybe less but my real problem is that except some sales The Sims 3 + DLCs are still sold at full price when the game i more than 10 years old...
I think it's insane that anyone would think EA owns the idea of a life simulation game, especially when they really don't care about making the game good and they only care about money. The Sims 4 base game is UNPLAYABLE in my opinion so them making it free doesn't really matter. The cost of all the packs alone, even on sale, is RIDICULOUS. If there was any other game that was similar available then I wouldn't even play it.
I just get so frustrated because they get away with so much because they have no competition so players don't really have any other options and are almost forced in a way to put up with their bs.
How do you feel about the New Infant Update they are doing for the Sims 4.
i will do a video on it but i can understand why they are making it separate life stages
I’ll play both!!!! Idk why it’s a competition
I thought the same about it looking like paralives until someone reminded me that they're both in pre-development and both use Unity, so they're gonna look similar. It's obvious they're watching paralives so I'm curious to see how many similarities there as they move forward.
Zynga (zing-ah) used to copy everybody back in the day, so it's not surprising they got sued. They made Farmville though so then everybody started copying off of them.
Paralives seems different. Ea really just needs to try to buy them out and get their help to make the Sims better.
This has nothing to do with this video, but do you think you could do a video on how you record your game? All of the videos I see on RUclips for this are outdated.
If they take paralives to court paralives should win they posted their preview of the game first unless ea pays people off. Paralives didn't copy the sims they created a life simulation game and ea doesn't own that genre of games
Sims pack sales won't slow down they're still gonna be on sale pretty regularly because let's face it. EA is greedy, not stupid if they stop doing sales people are gonna stop buying the packs and stop playing sims. they might keep churning out packs forever though
I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about this but now that the sims 4 is free do you think pack prices will go up?
I don't think it will go up but I do think it will be more micro-transactions next year !
I really hope that Paralives keep being an indie game and honestly it could be absorbed by another company but please be smart not ea lol. As for the sims 5 looking like paralives im sure that the devloppers must feel a type of way because that is low. It doesnt matter if paralives took inspiration from the sims 4 what that communicate to me is the people working on the sims 5 are going for the lazy easy way to solve the problem they faced ui stlye blabla .(of cours all this is allegedly but i give off that feel lol). Im planning to play both paralive and the sims 5 and i don't want sims 5 to copy paralives look and feel i want them to be two seeperate entiities. But that kinda lowkey a way for sims5 to erase paralives because a the end player will not be able to make the difference between the two(allegedly), i dunno that is sus anyway
I'm scared to see what the sims will look like in Sims5 if hyper-realism is what they're going for😱
But totally looks like Paralives.
Whoever says Paralives is a Sims knock off…You’re ridiculous. It’s like you’re saying “there’s only room for 1 simulation game”. I don’t like the word “copying” cause there’s no Parthenogenesis but the fact that they rushed to show sneak peek of project René…Ha ha. Good one Lindsay. You came out of the rabbit hole for a reason every bright person can tell. EA never cared about TS4 and its players so it’s not like you wanted them to be a part of if it or see what you’re doing. It was a distraction. Did you fix the game? Is it playable without glitches? Did players get refund? Did you apologize for releasing broken games? No? I ain’t buying TS5 no matter how awesome it might look.
Honey, there's a 'g' in Zynga 😀 ...
but EA suing people isn't new. They're a big company.
EA is definitely copying Paralives thats a bad idea. A lot of people don't like how Paralives looks but are just tired of EA. I think they will keep putting the packs on sale but with less of a discount.
Personally l am so disgusted at the fact that sims 5 looks so much like paralives . Honestly l will be getting paralives than sims 5 cause honestly EA has given us trashy games . And paralives has so much potential . Like Boone expected sims 5 to be confirmed and sims 4 been free is that part of their plan for people to buy sims 5? Definitely
first thing i noticed is that the sims 5 looks identical to paralives, they released a shit ass game like the sims 4 and did not care for years but now they are pushing all of this because they are obviously scared of losing money, if paralives comes i will definitely buy it and play it if the game is good, they should not be taken back by ea, because paralives actually cares about its people
Wayment lol so y'all been comparing Paralives to The Sims all this time but now y'all saying it's totally unique and The Sims is copying them. I'm so confused😂 Paralives is CLEARLY a copy of The Sims. They took what worked and improved on it. That's exactly what the next generation of The Sims should do as well. Did y'all think they wouldn't improve anything? The Sims 4 was supposed to stay the same as The Sims 5? That doesn't even make sense. EA absolutely should be improving and adding features that we want.
It’s not like it was like paralives it was paralives they have taken their game and made it look better 😐
If Paralives developers were smart enough to copyright their work? No. IF Paralives developers copyrighted their work/ideas/plans/ concepts for their game....then the opposite may be true & they can sue EA for stealing /copying their work.
EA doesn't own the life simulator concept & other games being similar isn't copyright infringement necessarily. They have to point out enough that is identical to prove it was stolen. Which is why you see so many similar games in each game type on the market.
I'd think if EA were going to pursue a lawsuit, they'd have already done it since Paralives is generating money, even if it's for development. Not to mention since Paralives poses a threat were they ever to make it to launch.
Or they are waiting for the right time, or if not at all. This is speculation ! So it really could go ether way.
Life us a journey us all imma say.its funny how we are all one and we don't even know it.i watched this movie last night and I could think of is sims and bo u made a video about it wowow on the same day
Plot twist paralives is the Sims 5. 😂
Could you imagine 😭😂
Paralives should make a copyright claim against EA.
And EA should do the same.
Thats competition. :)
@@unpopularopinion5449 Neither game can make a copyright claim against each other. The only way someone can make a claim like that, is if their assets are used.
Then Planet zoo should sue both😂😂
@@karinasnooodles_ everyone wanting to sue now.
Where was all this pinned up energy when yall was saying EA needed competition?
Saying this 'game' will 'light a fire under EA'. Well, it did, and here we are.
This is what competition looks like. You can't expect EA to sit and allow this 'small indie team off 10' to come and I overtake the franchise. Seriously? Lol
Let the games begin. No pun intended.
I want Paralives because the Sims team is tragic ya'all
they just a lil shady lol
I know EA is a huge company and they care about making money. But I feel like our community is always ready to be mad at them. They just gave us some things we have been asking for. A baby update, more content was announced. Monthly sims express deliveries and now the announcement of the sims 5/project rene. Like, will this community ever be happy?
Yes it did sims 3 had all that hahahaha u should contine your let's play on sims 3.u skipping it means u don't know much lol
Paralives is basically the sims 5
#EA needs to stop because they are acting like big government.
#paralives scared the hell out of them 🤣🤣 we know who copied who. We have been hearing about #paralives game, sounds like EA know their game won't be able to compete.
Honestly I feel like the Sims isn’t copying Paralives. The Sims has been around for years so technically they did it first. Also the small Gameplay clip from the Sims 5 is just beta, so it doesn’t mean that the finished art style will look like that.
Yall wanted competition, so here you go. Did you all actually believe EA would just sit back and watch a 'small indie team of 10' come and overtake their franchise?? Lmbo ok
This is not copying...THIS is competition. What yall asked for.. dude better bring it..if it ever releases..
Sims will crush this dude.
While yall be running through gardens smelling flowers, I'll be playing Sims 5, online.
Oh but The Sims isn't a game, remember. Considering it's in development, it's not a "game".
@@thesimslover82884 How is Sims NOT a game? I'm playing Sims4 right now.....
Sims1 is a game
Sims2 is a game
Sims3 is a game
What is Paralives??
@@unpopularopinion5449 I actually meant The Sims 5, because according to you a game in development isn't a game.
@@unpopularopinion5449 I'm sort of aware the past Sims games are games, considering I've played the entire series.
paralives is still in early stages of development so theres a lot that can happen from now till release !
Paralives are pushing the boundaries when it comes to copying the Sims, I know that EA contacted paralives and told them that they can't use the push and pull feature when creating parafolk so they had to change it to sliders. I have a feeling that they will be sued. Paralives aren't doing the best job at making their product their own, it's too much like the Sims and as we have seen EA doesn't like it when that happens.
It actually is pretty different however OF COURSE life sims will be similar. THEY ARE LIFE SIMS. EA does not own the concept.
Paralives is really just another life simulation game. The same things happens in those games. It isn't that the are creating a new genre. Sims need some competition.
EA can't legally stop Paralives just because it's similar to The Sims. If Paralives was using EA's assets, they could. But nothing in Paralives is owned by EA, it's all originally designed and created. Since they changed the push/pull feature, EA has no claim to anything. Paralives is it's own game, multiple games can exist in a genre. EA is subject to US laws regarding monopolies.
EXACTLY 💯 💯 💯 💯
They wanted competition...here you go!
@@kikiblue7169 it us not different at all. Paralives stole the dam game of Sims. And yall just turning a blind eye to it because you hate EA so much.
Who created CAS?
Who created build mode?
Who created worlds, lots?
It dam sure wasn't Paralives.
Girl, I'm leaving your channel for today. Your others followers here are too much....lmbo
Good day.
you're the only one that's being too much. jumping to be EA's savior in every comment here, and for what? you want a multibillion dollar company to trample a small business, just bc they're in the same playing field? should there be no other sodas in the world since coke exists? should there be no other sportswear since nike exists? there's something called a free market and it's economically healthy for there to be multiple companies selling a similar product, so there is a controlled price and quality established. EA banks an enormous amount of money on the sims franchise (often offering a subpar product) bc they control the market, and they absolutely need competition, so people can have the freedom of choice. as long as there is no copyright infringement, coming up with a product within the same market (or in this case - genre) is definitely fair game. you sound like a child with your comments.
Paralives fans are scared...lmbo
And yet, here you are bashing Paralives just because it exists.
Lmao! Grow up, you triggered kid. Did your parents raise you well? I think not lol
sims 4 fanboys like you are scared and afraid that Paralives will replace your ea trash game called Shit in my shoe. Hahaha!!! That's what "SIMS" stands for. Its shit! Just like you.
S-hit
i-n
M-y
S-hoe
#unpopularToxicTrollNerd #unpopularGetsTriggered #unpopularScaredOfParalives
#sims4SUCKS #ParalivesRules Fight me, b*tch.
@@YourUncleRandy7777 first off, fuck you! Don't ever bring my beloved parents into ANY of these conversations! Because those are fighting words!
RESPECT my parents!!!
I talk shit about videos on YT. Not about people's personal lives.
Second, I'm a grown ass woman fool. Not a child. A grown ass woman who, enjoys playing Sims in their spare time, and talking shit on YT about videos. I am not a 'fanboy'...I am a Sims fan.
Now take this ridiculous energy to all of the so called haters of Sims, but yet they are the FilRST ones to continue to buy their packs and play it.....
@@YourUncleRandy7777 I'm not afraid shit fool. I want to see this concept replace a 20 year franchise...one that is still going strong. Mainly by those of you (again) who talk shit about the game on a daily, but are first in line to buy a pack...AND to get a free kit. I knw yall did.
Hopefully I'm still around to see this concept 'try' to make it 20 years in the game...if it lasts 5...
Can’t paralives and sims coexist? Yeesh it sure would be nice seeing people appreciate Alex and the team without comparing paralives with the sims every 5 minutes.
Kid paralives graphic sucks and looks horrible and they copy so I hope ea takes them
Down .
EA doesn't own the life simulation genre. Sorry about that.
@@thesimslover82884 ?? , I still refuse to support paralives.
its sill in early stages so I do think the look of he parafolks can always change !
@@pocahontasseguinart7099 Are you unpopular opinion's alt account?
@@thesimslover82884 😆 got to be