How Many Plan on Buying Paralives vs TS5?

I will possibly try Paralives. I've followed it a bit. It has some interesting aspects. But, honestly, I'm not thrilled with the look of the parafolk. I'm hoping it's just the prototype, but if this is the end result, no.

I'm anxiously awaiting the next life simulator game. I'm not crazy about online game play, or subscription games. I enjoy sitting back and building in a one player game. If Sims goes subscription or online and no decent alternative comes along, I'm more likely to spend my time learning game development. It may take the rest of my life to make the game in my head but at least I'll be completely creating a world.

I need lots more information on both before making that decision. I'm hoping Paralives will upgrade the appearance of its characters. Sims 5 we know absolutely nothing about so can't even begin to decide on that one.

What I have my hopes on has not been mentioned. Paradox is making a simulation game and the lead developer (Rod Humble) did Sims 2 and 3. That is what I am most excited about.

Never heard of it.

"Calico45;c-17831886" wrote:
I wouldn't really call it "jumping ship," but I like the look of Paralives right now. If I still do at launch, I will pick it up. On the other hand, if the Sims 5 is the Sims 5 subscription or the Sims 5 MMO or the Sims 5 slot machine, then I will not pick it up. Certainly no good faith preordering after 4's launch.

If it is appealing, I will grab it. If it is not, I will ignore it.

Basically you wont pick it up if Sims 5 isn't a Sims game.

"ZeeGee;c-17845352" wrote:

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What I have my hopes on has not been mentioned. Paradox is making a simulation game and the lead developer (Rod Humble) did Sims 2 and 3. That is what I am most excited about.

Same here. I'm hoping we'll start hearing more about it soon.

There's not enough information about either for me to make that decision. The Sims series is on an obvious decline in quality and if the pattern keeps up, TS5 is fated to be even worse than this iteration, especially with its rumors of multiplayer. It's worrisome to want to buy a game from a company that does not care about the game itself. (E... and... ugh, there was one more letter...)

I like that Paralives seems to be developed by a group that does have a passion for life simulators, but there's a long way they have to go in order to compete with The Sims, especially considering they're a much smaller team. Examples being that while the graphics and build mode look promising, the Parafolk need work in their appearance and I'm wondering if they can pull off developing complex AI for said folk. Which I'm sure is extremely difficult to do. That being said, I predict I'll purchase Paralives before I (assuming I ever do) purchase TS5.

4 Sims games is enough for me. I'm old so I doubt I will have the time to play it before Grim shows up. Also my brain is turning into a raisin. ;)

I need to see more from paralives before I can make a decision to buy it. Also the Sims 5 never released any trailers or info yet so I would need to see more from that too. Either way, I will always still play the Sims games I already do own. Even if I like paralives and decide to play that, I will still love and play my sims games.

I can’t exactly jump ship if I’m still playing sims 2 and 3

But I need to know more about both/everything offered before I choose what I might buy in the future.

I'd rather wait to see if Sims4 will finally improve their game before deciding on Sims5. As far as Paralives is concerned, I do not plan on buying it because quite frankly, the graphic design on the characters looks a bit too weird and unrealistic. Also, it's world looks too limited and boring. I do applaud their effort though so I will keep a look out for improvements in the future for Paralives.

I have a feeling that Paralives will indeed be a subscription, which can be good or bad depending if they add to their development team, as of now they are a small team but with promise in their hand. I will always try a new game and then make a decision. I think coming into the future both Maxis and the programers of paralives need to realize that games are changing and the needs of the gaming community are changing as well.

One very important thing is that if Paralives makes a similar game with all the same things The Sims has but does it better, it will burn out fast. They need to bring their A game in order to hold what they create. Examples are bring something new to the simulation of games, period.......This would include things such as funerals, actually bringing real life finally to a game.

The same goes for Maxis, if they want The Sims 5 to be a success, bring something unique to the game that has yet to be done before. Butttttt,........
To the developers;-

I agree with those who say that focusing on The Sims 4 first is ESSENTIAL. In order for the Sims 4 team to move on, they have to get it right and keep learning and progressing on the great game they already have. I feel that the team are great talents but they are always missing one major element and that is someone or someones to work on separate projects, as far as I can see, too many people are working on one thing where all I see are not to the best efforts. This results in bugs where they end up wasting money on bug fixes rather than creating the best content they can offer. This exact example happens over and over again and the bugs keep piling up where eventually they can not be fixed, they are just "covered up".

I feel like they are spreading themselves too thin, and I know this because I have seen this before in many other games where they are pressured to push out content and they have no choice but to do so, it is not their fault, it often comes back to the Program director and on its way up to the CEO. One thing that I have learned is to never ever put blame on the dev's , because they are their for the love of the game and usually are restricted with what they can do. But I have also seen this situation kill many gaming companies as well, so I hope that EA/Maxis knows this and treats their people with care and go's with their ideas. I have seen it happen over and over in gaming companies and I'm not saying they are doing this, but it is a possibility. I understand the pressure and what it takes to work hard on a project, I just wish that this game truly took it's time on things because I think it would be better for all of us.

However, I wish for both of their successes and all games because without these people creating, I would have gone crazy by now. lol