Oh god, I'll feel and age old. "Thanks" Alex for bringing 87's in my life.


I get that artstyle not everyone tea (albeit I see it on par with TS4), since in time it may change and people will jump onto it, but think of a argument that makes sense. I don't think 87 used 3D extensively, let alone had them. I envision every game was pixelated. I don't stare at this screenshot and makes you say "It's from 1987".

Maybe it's one of times they're being EA puppets again, since those who wish to stay in Game Changer tend
to do. Just a guess, what instance are you referring?

^ I don't think a 2D pixel-art style from 30 years ago and a 3D flat-shaded style from now are entirely comparatible to each other, because the Zelda game did have a lot less pixels to work with, and it fit the game style at the time (Mario games and various others also had a similar style).

The 3D flat-shaded style can be nice if done properly and might work great for a more cartoonish game, but I'm skeptical when it comes to the humans and pets. Since the only human/pet creatures we've seen so far was half a body and a dog, and both were rather meh in both visuals and animation, I'm going to need a bit more to be convinced this style is going to work. Maybe it is a simpler art style to work with, but it also kinda looks a bit cheap, so I'm curious to see how the end result is going to end up. It's a lot easier to make surroundings look nice than animated characters.

There are examples for more modern "pixel-art" games like Minecraft the pixelated/simple style works absolutely great even in a 3D world, because everything is carried through. The point of Minecraft isn't really the avatars, so since everything else is pixelly, the characters being blocky and pixelly as well only enhances the feel of a pixelly 3D world.

Paralives on Twitter wants a vote apparently....
https://twitter.com/ParalivesHub/st...876411590283265

I agree. This is how we got Laundry Day in Sims 4! If those from MTS vote though he might get some better direction.

I (20-year-old) won't mind the rating.... if they creative enough to get around it. Which is why I guess part of success the franchise has become, attractive even masses of mid-late adults not just with the simulation concept but providing lots of crude humor and comedic tropes in the game. Since many of us grew up playing during teenage years or even younger, I think it would be great if the current young generation also gets introduced with the taste of a new simulator. Of course, The Sims will not disappear and remain the god father where it all began and the thing Paralives can be thankful for If it becomes a hit.

The Sims Medieval was creative enough to get around the T/PEGI-12 rating and include EXPLICIT alcohol, gambling and a LICENTIOUS trait. You can get away with a lot of stuff as long as it's not explicit.

Well, an idie could have it harder no? Idk how EA gets away with gambling being accesible to minors, so I would assymebeing a giant/AAA gives them said priviliege of getting around such knots. I don't exactly know how it works, and how medieval gets T rating while main tiles doesn't work around dysphemisms (unless in actuality there's no legit prohibition and EA likes to refute otherwise)

I've always wondered how Stunts would look at a high resolution. It can only get away with those full 3d graphics because the whole thing is running at 320x200 at like 15 frames per second. And even then, the vehicle models only have half the level of detail they do in the menu previews, and most of the decorative building models don't even have any back faces. The world backdrop also disappears completely if you roll your car because there aren't any sprites for that, but then again, the simulation's complicated enough that you can roll your car. If you're really skilled you can even pull a pretty sick drift through those low-poly banked corners.

I feel like you shouldn't compare this game to something a decade newer, even if it reminds you of something a decade newer. You should compare this game to the 8-bit platformers from a few years earlier, where the graphics would freak the fuck out if there were more than two sprites on the same part of the screen.

None of that takes away from the fact that I've arbitrarily decided to dislike Paralives.

FIFA is rated for 3-year olds. It is a pay-to-win game with explicit gambling even if EA disagrees.

Maybe gaming companies that like to add gambling to their games need to start purchasing gambling licenses like a casino, then they have to pay 1/3 ( or more) of their revenue from said gambling to their local and or state government the company resides in. In the case of EA, the state of CA might be able to pay some of their bills for a change as they would be getting a percentage of EA's couple billion that they make year after year.

Note: This is not my idea. It came from this video. My only regret is that I didn't think of it first.

I'd like to point out this isn't the Paralives twitter, but a fan information hub.

I think that this game is not a competitor to the sims. I do not like the artstyle of the game. The bloom effect is too intense and the models seem to be low-poly. The objects remind me of lego blocks. The trees look like green cotton candy. I remember seeing objects and walls with no texture. I suppose the developers plan to add these textures, but you cannot be sure.
I noticed that you can build curved walls. There are split-levels aswell. That is why I am interested in this game. I think cell shading should not be used to depict a world in games such as sims. In my opinion, this game is not a life simulator. I would describe it as a house-building programme.

I hope people know that this is not even in alpha stages. So given what we have up till now, we can't really say anything as everything can change up until the final product hits us. This is however, from what we've seen, superior build mode to any sims game up to date, but only that. What happens afterwards down in development is just for the patient to wait and see. I believe in this project but I'll also stay critical of everything that's going to be put up by the developer(s), so that I can see it either improve or just, well be whatever it is going to be.

A competitor to the sims, small chance of that but... as a step in the right direction towards some form of competition in this genre, even just a superficial one, is enough to put EA in some form of engagement with their game. Or at least I hope it will be so. Markets can't grow without competition, innovations can't show in such black and white market, and sims is a prime example of this. So any form of competition, even a barely seeming one, is welcome.

i want to make myself believe
that planet earth
turns slowwwwwly

Owl city's fireflies? I love that freaking song! And that's sweet how the table cloth works... :lovestruc

Aren't those chairs from TS2? They look familier.

That style of chair has been popular for years and years so it didn't have to be a copy. I think my family had some once.

That's the reference. Cause there's fireflies (strangely) in that gif.

Yeah, those chair do remind me from that.

If they put so much detail in the table dressing, the rest of the game must be amazing. The lightning is atrocious though.

Oh god, I hate 00s music almost as much as I hate the fact that this game exists.

At least the furniture doesn't look like it was made of roof beams. Crocobaura that lighting looks like standard Unity scene lighting, where there are a few spotlamps hovering in the sky. Hopefully before the game is finished, the dev will have in-game directional sunlight and ambient.

It makes me wonder about CC for this game. Mainly, would stuff have to be Para-match? Would The Sims CC conversions fit in visually? CC will ultimately be important, because when you're building lots you will, at some point, want to download stuff that's not been included in the game.

All I can say is that if I tried to mod it, it'd probably come out Paralyzed.

Nobody will be twisting your arm to play it. Maybe TS5 will be loaded with surprise mechanics so you can play that instead. To make it more fun and ethical, maybe they'll also charge for single color swatches like they do with Sims Mobile.

Hopefully will be able to see and appreciate if it provides that good game play we're anticipating, despite the artstyle and graphics and "ts3 moer realistic". Though there's little discuss at this time around when we don't how it plays out.