- Release "hour" anticipated (subject to change): 10am US EST
- Currently 7GB but some files (voice acting audio) aren't implemented yet so it will be over 7GB on Early Access release
- looking into systems that encourage players to explore the map (wants/interactions, etc.)

- Examples of life goal triggers: careers, skills, relationship labels, time spent in game, money, decorations
- Life goal requirements not locked by age but locked by (some examples): skill level, relationship progression, career progression.
-- Because a kid isn't going to have a career some are technically "age locked" but younger paras should have more++

oooh

life goals as development continues

- Paras can catch sick (virus) from work or school (non-life threatening) they can also get sick from eating spoiled food

this is all so exciting, i am really looking forward to playing it myself

- Supernaturals are tentatively on their to do list for POST full release

^ that said devs are saying you can probably mod them in by way of making genetic rules within a family line (vampire teeth genetics, etc.)

Supernaturals are my fave so i am very happy to hear this

- Bunk beds are planned. But the animation isn't ready so it won't be in Early Access yet.

Aaaaaand here is their "completed list" for October

And what they are focusing on for November

rip it sent twice lol

AND YA

I AM EXCITED if they do supernatural/occult stuff but they did say tentative so I will keep my expectations reasonable

yeah!

i hope for many things, but plan to just enjoy what they have for us

it's going to be quite fun, i hope

I know not everyone likes occult things in their life sim so I understand if they hesitate to add it but PERSONALLY I struggle to be entertained without them. Ha

Yeah, I think it'll be a good game regardless (Hope so anyway) but to compare it to the Sims might be the wrong reaction

oh definitely, i will try not to do that

It's hard not to just because of how dominant the Sims has been for so long but there is a reason to jump ship away from the Sims (many reasons) so I hope the reception won't turn into a competition..... but it already is .-.

OH NOT YOU bud I just mean....... the community

Don't look, the comm is exhausting

so, so many reasons to leave the Sims behind

oh lawdy... i won't

that sounds like trying to compare WoW with FF14, just because they're both MMOs

..... that's kinda what people are doing and it's NASTY

No one wins these things

oof

Despite everything, you still have some diehard Sims fans and you have diehard Sims haters too. People who want it to burn for the sake of it burning...... it's rough to watch

Of course you get people who are just mad lol so they'll complain about everything. It's just safer not to look and make your own judgments. If you like it, great. If you don't, keep your play time under 2 hours so you get a full refund

i am just here to play a fun game and for me, the Sims was no longer fun, so it is as simple as that for me

Sims was fun once but... yeah

Yeah.... that's the case for so many too

It's a sandbox but a sandbox with a giant hole in it that eats save files for breakfast

i also don't like how EA forces you to log into their account system to play something i got on Steam

I do more maint and upkeep on the game than I actually spend time in the game

YES that's so true

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss HYPE

I just want this game to be fun or have the possibility to maintain fun without a $2000 usd price tag to get there

RIGHT...

I think it can do that, at least from what has been seen and the devs' word so far

LOL YA.......

no more missing out just bc I can't afford to pay literal thousands of dollars every year just on DLC

wtf???

that's just straight up greed

That's EA!

honestly even if this game is not fun to me i will be playing it to help the numbers

I overshot it but not by enough for the greed to lessen, tbh

^ From Steam's Sims 4 page

because i want it to be a competition to Sims, not to kill it but to force them to stop being such greedy fucks

wow

Nothing will stop those greed monkeys. That company has a 55BILLION DOLLAR price tag. They aren't stopping lol

gross

chocoballs: YEAH, just in 2023 the running total for all DLC was over $1000. I stopped playing because of that

god not surprised it's another $500

They had a "buy all dlc" sale maybe in ..... 2021? 2022? My ex got it for me as a holiday gift and it still cost them like 500usd

KEEP IN MIND we were in China, my Steam was registered to China so it was already WAY cheaper than the US prices

i can't wait for this

Yeeeees

oof

but yes!!! i am excited to see what Paralives brings to the table once it's live