The long-dominant life sim will finally get some competition in its next generation.
, which has been in development for several years and is being funded by Patreon contributions currently totaling over $37,000 per month. If visual style is your must-have, then Paralives is the life sim to watch. It's got a cozy color palette, soft lighting, and characters with a perpetual blush.
As a build mode lover, I've been very excited about what I've seen of Paralives so far. Curved walls are a blessing as is grid-free building. I bow down before resizable windows and furniture designs I can resize, like dragging a table lamp until it's a floor lamp. There's plenty for Create-A-Simmers to be psyched about too from color wheel choices to tattoo and scar placement. Oh, and a height slider so your Paras won't all be identically-statured.
My concern with Paralives is that it's being made by a small team and has no planned launch date yet. It may be a while yet and no matter how much grumbling Sims players do about long-awaited features I fear that EA's powerhouse will steamroll this indie effort if it doesn't get out far enough ahead of The Sims 5.
We've seen glimpses of The Sims 5 in development so far, with promises from EA that it will continue sharing throughout the process. From that openness we know that the next Sims game will have cross-platform multiplayer and cross-saves. We've seen a peek at several players all editing an apartment by moving furniture simultaneously. We'll have greater choices for sharing creations like saving a furniture layout or a customized couch.
has revealed that the base game will likely be free, we all know that means paying in the form of many, many DLCs. There's no hope that seasons and pets come in the base game this time, is there? The same job posting hinted at an in-game marketplace for freepaid content by other players. For all my hand-wringing about a litany of DLC though, Paradox Interactive is known for
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