How Many Plan on Buying Paralives vs TS5?

"adamzaid;c-17832793" wrote:
too early to tell we dont even know anything about the sims 5 other than its in development. i dont mean to sound like a downer but i dont rlly like the way paralives looks. i think its sill going to be a intresting game, but its most likely its still at least a year or 2 away from release, i just think its too early to tell yk.

This is a look at Maggie's loft (if you haven't seen it). The game is looking pretty good if you get past the art style.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIqTswEEcL0

ETA: I have been begging Maxis for those windows for years. :/
So as not to spam my own thread, Snowy Escape finally (after twenty years) has the feature/animation to remove shoes indoors. I have been begging Maxis for twenty years to add Sims removing their shoes and their own coats themselves when going indoors etc. The shoe removal is already in Paralives (confirmed) even before Snowy Escape release. I mean I have to weigh the apples against the oranges and see what things this little team is doing compared to what I have begged Maxis to do for year and years.

For those who love open world and story progression that is all confirmed. But not to the point you can't play on rotation. So, I don't know, it seems they took some of the best ideas to try and put in a core of the game. I wonder what best ideas Maxis will put in a TS5, if any.

"SPARKY1922;c-17832806" wrote:
@Cinebar

Now that really would be a feat to pull off a sims style complete base game without adding extra packs/features in the future :o however if they could and the game was interesting enough already then who knows might be fine..

Hey, they have more or less confirmed they don't plan on paid DLC but free updates. Who knows, they may make so much money they could afford to add EPs etc. but it's not in their plans at this time as far as their last discussions with their fans.

I think there will be a lot more people saying yes, once they release any details about the trait system which seems to be on the track to be more nuanced and detailed than even those in TS3 or TS4. And the actual gameplay/interactions etc. I think we will see something soon about all that.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17832815" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17832796" wrote:


So as not to spam my own thread, Snowy Escape finally (after twenty years) has the feature/animation to remove shoes indoors. I have been begging Maxis for twenty years to add Sims removing their shoes and their own coats themselves when going indoors etc. The shoe removal is already in Paralives (confirmed) even before Snowy Escape release. I mean I have to weigh the apples against the oranges and see what things this little team is doing compared to what I have begged Maxis to do for year and years.

The shoe removal features in TS4's Snowy Escape EP is just the shoes magically disappearing in sparkles from the sims' feet. But in Paralives, there's actual animation for the removal of shoes! So lazy and cheap of EA/Maxis that they didn't even bother to create and include the animation for this!

That's what I mean. TS4 borrows so many non animated (all FX) mechanics from mobile games (to save time and less expensive) rather than animate stuff all over TS4. I know it doesn't bother anyone some, but it bothered me about TS4. I know today's players don't care the Sims don't open drawers to change clothes etc. but what is the point of a life simulator if you are leaving out the actual simulation. You know what that is so par for the course for TS4..it is so disappointing in so many ways to keep doing that sort of thing. Things I have begged for is just a FX sparkle :s

ETA: And I know we still hear the argument well, TS4 is a different game, no sorry, originally they sold the line it was the fourth in the series and a life simulator then as soon as released start that stuff about how it was 'different' and a soap opera or sitcom. But originally they said TS4 was a life simulator, it doesn't simulate some of the most basic things. Like a social worker.

I'm interested in Paralives but won't buy it. I also won't be going on to Sims 5. I'm too old to do another 5 or 6 years on another game. I enjoy playing with Sims 4 still.

I'll just stick to the Sims games that I have already, all of them, and hoping for an emulator for The Sims so that I could try playing that again on Windows 10.

I'm supporting them on patreon, and everything they're working on is VERY interesting. Plus they are very vigilant on taking feedback and suggestions. I wouldn't be surprised if Paralives surpasses every sims game ever made. But we'll see - at least it will be a nice simulation game with a lot of the features that I personally enjoy.

"Aine;c-17832830" wrote:
I'm supporting them on patreon, and everything they're working on is VERY interesting. Plus they are very vigilant on taking feedback and suggestions. I wouldn't be surprised if Paralives surpasses every sims game ever made. But we'll see - at least it will be a nice simulation game with a lot of the features that I personally enjoy.

I'm glad to meet someone here who is supporting them. I have seriously considered it, and wondered how risky that would be financially. I've never done that before.

ETA: So excited to see the ability to stretch cabinets etc. and to draw our own sizes of lots and those windows! lol So excited a color wheel in game at base. So many little features already!

It is extremely unlikely that I will buy Sims 5, because I very much dislike the direction they are taking the series. However, I do like this type of game a lot, and I have no problem spending money on a good game, so it will likely be Paralives for me as long as Paralives does the Sims better than the Sims. :) If Paralives ends up disappointing at launch, I will skip that too.

When I look at how little time I spend playing Sims 4, versus the time I spend in playing Sims 3 and other games, I simply cannot justify how much money I have invested in Sims 4. I have zero desire to start this all over again with Sims 5. Of course, they could surprise me and release a proper Sims sequel, but currently I feel the odds of that happening are not looking so good. Especially with the talk of an online component, which is an auto fail in my opinion.

Additionally, I need a game that gives equal love to all ages & genders, as opposed to the majority of the CAS focusing on female adult sims, while a tiny amount gets split between other genders and ages. I wonder if anyone has ever done the math for this, it would be interesting to know how much each gender/age group gets as opposed to the overwhelming number of female sim items.

I think I'm going to stick with The Sims series. I don't really like the way Paralives looks, and The Sims 5 sounds like an interesting concept to me. I just don't think I could ever abandon The Sims, to be honest. I love all of them that I've played so far!

"APotts;c-17832855" wrote:
It is extremely unlikely that I will buy Sims 5, because I very much dislike the direction they are taking the series. However, I do like this type of game a lot, and I have no problem spending money on a good game, so it will likely be Paralives for me as long as Paralives does the Sims better than the Sims. :) If Paralives ends up disappointing at launch, I will skip that too.

When I look at how little time I spend playing Sims 4, versus the time I spend in playing Sims 3 and other games, I simply cannot justify how much money I have invested in Sims 4. I have zero desire to start this all over again with Sims 5. Of course, they could surprise me and release a proper Sims sequel, but currently I feel the odds of that happening are not looking so good. Especially with the talk of an online component, which is an auto fail in my opinion.

Additionally, I need a game that gives equal love to all ages & genders, as opposed to the majority of the CAS focusing on female adult sims, while a tiny amount gets split between other genders and ages. I wonder if anyone has ever done the math for this, it would be interesting to know how much each gender/age group gets as opposed to the overwhelming number of female sim items.

They have been very interested in hearing ideas about elderly Parafolk ideas. One of their devs was very interested in what type of gameplay could be extended to the elderly. Hopefully they won't be the forgotten population this time. One interesting thing was about gradual aging that you don't actually have to be older (mentally? and physically?) to start looking older...or getting taller etc. So many little things I have thought about that some of their developers are thinking about, too.

"Cinebar;c-17832840" wrote:

"Aine;c-17832830" wrote:
I'm supporting them on patreon, and everything they're working on is VERY interesting. Plus they are very vigilant on taking feedback and suggestions. I wouldn't be surprised if Paralives surpasses every sims game ever made. But we'll see - at least it will be a nice simulation game with a lot of the features that I personally enjoy.

I'm glad to meet someone here who is supporting them. I have seriously considered it, and wondered how risky that would be financially. I've never done that before.

Thank you! yeah, I have a budget for supporting creators on patreon, and I see it as an investment into something that I enjoy, and they have several tiers so you don't have to go broke supporting them. Considering how much money I've spent on Sims games and DLC, to me this is nothing tbh. :D
I would never try to 'recruit' people though, because I think it's so different what you want to spend money on, and I can understand why people might want to see more where they're going with it.
I love the aspect of being in on the ground floor from the beginning and being able to make suggestions and vote on things is worth every penny spent IMO. Having a direct line to the developers of the game is worth it to me - I've been thinking and dreaming of the perfect simulation game since Sims 1 came out, and this feels like a chance for wish fulfillment. Obviously they won't be able to make the perfect game for me, since I'm not the only one playing, but which developer can say that anyway.
I really like the stuff they've shown so far and the improvements are definitely coming along nicely.