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Shame since I really wanted a Sims competitor. Sims 4 is a mess of a game.
- coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) English32•2 months ago
Yeah but after Cities:Skylines 2, you have to imagine that LBY had to be looking ROUGH if Paradox was afraid of showing it to the world. They probably did us a mercy tbh.
- katy ✨ ( @cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 6•2 months ago
but the lby devs showed it like every week on yt…
- coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) English6•2 months ago
C:S 2 got lots of preview coverage as well. Marketers are very good at hiding performance issues in preview coverage.
- ski11erboi ( @ski11erboi@lemm.ee ) 18•2 months ago
Paralives is still going strong! It’s looking like it will be strong enough of a competitor to actually influence future sims developments.
- Kissaki ( @Kissaki@beehaw.org ) English15•2 months ago
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
Planned Release Date: 2025
- katy ✨ ( @cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•2 months ago
inzoi too! it looks amazing too
- soulsource ( @soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de ) 5•2 months ago
Just look at the trailer. Of course there is still some animation jank, but the overall visuals are just stunning.
It’s so uncanny valley that I might feel bad for deleting the pool ladders (or whatever the equivalent of that is in inZOI).
- megopie ( @megopie@beehaw.org ) 14•2 months ago
This is a shame, I haven’t played a sims game in a while and I remember them quite fondly. The latest EA sims stuff has just been utter micro transaction slop, or at least last I checked. I hate to see a smaller studio that’s not working through one of bastard publishers get hit like this.
I’m a lot more patient with paradox than I am with other publishers. Their focus still seems on producing interesting games rather than chasing “maximized revenue”. There are realities to being a publisher though. if a studio is failing to produce something and your financials are limited, there’s only so much risk you can take on extending deadlines, and writing something off for a quick boost to financials is a alluring sirens call.
I have my issues with how paradox studios design is affected by their DLC model, but I don’t think there’s a better way to bring in ongoing revenue to fund further development.
It’s a mess, all of it, but it is a results of the context and system they exist with in, not necessarily the will of those making the calls at paradox. Paradox tends to do a better job of existing with in the system without making pure slop than other big publishers, so they have my patience for that.
- coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) English8•2 months ago
The latest EA sims stuff has just been utter micro transaction slop, or at least last I checked.
Feels like the only valid way to play the Sims these days is to pirate it. No one wants to pay $500 for the complete DLC collection, and if you don’t have that you’ll always be plagued with fomo and possible mod conflicts.
- katy ✨ ( @cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 13•2 months ago
they should release the ip back to the devs and rod if they really have remorse