Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:32 Question of the Day 0:38 Where is This From? 0:52 Parafolk Heights- Life Stages 2:17 Goaled Events VS Sandbox Gameplay 3:29 Gifts & Collecting 4:10 Story Progression 5:13 DLC VS Free Updates 6:17 Food & Money 7:03 Curved Wall Limitations 8:06 Final Thoughts!
Having families move in an out of houses makes sense to me; having houses added, removed, or modified by the game seems over-complicated and something that if added could go really wrong.
I agree, but I also think some level of growth in the town would also be nice. Like neighborhood meetings for housing developments, community/ public spaces or even voting to add a railway system. Those are some of the things I think about with town development
I think having an option to turn it off or on would be nice because I'm the type of guy who likes having realism in games. You can just turn it off if you prefer building it yourself.
It's nice to see another not the Sims video. I'd expect height to be limited by the age group. It would be really great if they could implement a slider, from petite to tall for example, which determines where in the age group your Parafolk ends up. So if you picked tall, your teen would be a little taller than the average and by adulthood it would be more noticeable, remaining that way until old age kicks in. Or something like that.
If there's paralives to talk about it, I tried to trade it in and out. I like to cover both. Yeah maybe they need a range for each age or something? Your idea sounds feasible, I think
Honestly I'm really open to anything they might come up with! All I ask for is humour in pop-ups (like in the career chance cards in Sims 2), some randomness, challenge, and consequences! Everything they've shown looks great so far, so I'm not worried at all, just excited to discover all the surprises and happy to be a patron ^^
Volunteering options or teen/young adult side hustles are a great idea, these sorts of things add another demension to characters lives.I like the idea of cat sitting,dog walking, childcare, doing groceries or cleaning for elderly, helping feed those with empty stomachs etc ;) I also think that would allow services to be purchased/received by active paras-aka a para could hire a dogwalker (their neighbour) and go off to volunteer in their community. Its also something you could start small and build over time-and would be appropriate for a lot of ages.
I'd love DLC for Paralives, Expansions aren't a problem for any game. I'm sure Paralives DLC will expand the game, in ways similar to The Sims 3. Since they're going to extreme lengths to include lots of regular DLC in the base game, that would normally be DLC in another game. I think the team could do alot of fun stuff, that expands the game, and leads to fun experiences. I definitely and especially want occult/supernatural creatures in Paralives, not everybody plays with them, though.
I hope they don't go the EA route with DLCs, I like when expansions actually expand on things that are in the game. Things like pets and seasons shouldn't be locked behind DLC but rather a DLC can go more in depth with those features if you get what I mean, like weather in the base game but holidays can be fleshed out in a DLC.
Though I prefer a cut off of heights between age groups, having overlaps seems more realistic. Yes there are younger teens/children are as tall as shorter adults. That would also mean identifying Para's age based of height is out of the question. In terms of story progression, yes I would believe families that are not active will move out and into unoccupied houses, but having inactive houses to change over time seems a challenge. A new paint job or flooring is possible, even the furniture might change, but it is kind of insane for the house to expand or a totally new house just pops out of nowhere. With community lots to change I don't know how it would work. I for one do not look forward to randomly generated townies with god awful clothes. If there is a pool of Townies that recycle over time I am pretty okay with that.
yes and one thing maybe to keep in mind: if height is not an indicator of age, that'll put more pressure/ emphasis on their facial and body features looking distinct from age to age. It's interesting I think for sp- the changing lots worries me most. Interior changes may be less complex Hah I'm weird 😅 as I somewhat enjoy crazy townie fashion
one thing i do like about the sims 4 is that they had the age show up for the sim when you looked at their nametag i cant be bothered to look for close-up differences most of the time
And have a overall height for the family, like have it in Genetics. So if there are only short people in the family then that's all you're going to get but if there's a tall person in the family then the heights can go from how short one parent is to how tall the other is and have a mixture of heights.
@@SimmerErin I think that interior changes are actually the hardest ones. Whole lot changing is much more easier than people realize. They can creste system that would replace lot with new building from the in-game library. In a case of interior, they would need to come up with a AI system that could place down objects (but I can see it being very limited) or it would change based on manual sets up for the house (it would work on a same base as TS4 auditorium or TS3 festivals). I dig this feature honestly, I don't even need houses to be affected, just public lots. It would give a new layer to multiple generation gameplay as you could see new bussiness or parks with your distant generation. This could give them even basics for a gameplay around being politician / mayor with ability to make changes to town, like building new playgrounds or supporting bussiness
I'm not really sure about the free meals, though: my ideal would be that you could buy groceries and then make food based on what groceries you bought, and if you couldn't buy groceries because your character has no money then it would be a game over (?)... IDK, other option could be sth like the "quick meals" that you might have bought in the supermarket... The thing is that if food is free, then it would be super boring and it removes more options on gameplay.
I'm glad that they're taking the time to answer people's questions and that's the problem with the Sims team right now it's poor communication 😞communication is good especially the point is trying to become across they also taking their time and putting thoughts into everything and at least they admit when they don't have the answer instead of sugar coating it thanks for the video update I can't wait till they release this game I want to see other people's playthroughs since I don't have a PC 🤣 but definitely looking forward to it🤔
Yeah sigh. I think the sims team works hard but I wish they communicated better I agree that honesty is better. I actually am more excited for this game because I feel they've worded things in a more realistic way
The most interesting to me is the free or paid DLC. I agree, if it's a great game I don't mind paid DLC. I'm fine with occults being DLC and I know we aren't there yet but if they do them I'd love to see what they do with them or what other paid DLC they may have in mind. I don't think it's weird, but one of the things I personally haven't seen get talked about often is being able to have more advanced edit options for parafolks in the paramaker. For example, in The Sims it's always irked me creating multiple sims in the same life stage but who are supposed to be different ages within that life stage. I usually create them in order of birth and hope for the best but they're never in the order I want and I have to use a mod to alter their days til aging. I also want to be able to set the levels of skills and relationships. I know they want people to play the game and experience everything, which I will, but I love creating townies and playing as a more seasoned character sometimes too.
Plus dlc can help fund those free updates Yeah people tend to not ask that much about the paramaker, hmm..as far as skills and relationships I do hope it'll be easy to set those or at least some of those things in the paramaker
I wouldnt mind Paralives adding more content with updates. This is how games work nowadays. A perfect example is No Man Sky. It was very boring at release but after a few years and many free and paid updates and DLCs it became a really fun game. Still, i think devs should go with their vision on how the game should go. You can literally make something perfect and there would still be people who dont like it. Thanks Erin for always coming clutch with Paralives news.
I think, as far as height goes, it could be useful to have a terminal "adult" height that the child/teen grows into. For example, I'm 25 and only 4'11". I stopped growing at around 13/14. Meanwhile, my 12 year old cousin has become taller than me and is likely to get even taller. Since they're taking their time on skin/age details, it would make sense for life stages to be determined by appearance, not height. I guess the only tricky thing is determining when a Para should stop growing, as it differs for each individual.
I am fine with optional expansion packs as long as the update the main game and make sure that any packs work well with the other packs and the base game. Unlike S4. It would also be really good if we could turn off the packs like in S3 and play with the ones you want. Different hight sliders per age seem fine. And I do like that you could have a shirt adult and a tall teen just like real life. Build mode is what I'm really excited for with all the options!
Simmer Erin, What I really want regarding build mode is the ability to create your own rabbit holes, if they are to be included on the map. I know they said building your own rabbit holes might be an issue for them, but I really can’t understand why they can’t do something like the rabbit hole rugs modders added to the Sims 3, or maybe some type of room marker that would turn a room into a rabbit hole
Those Dev responses are really interesting I think with the question about free food they might have misunderstood the person asking. I think they were just asking whether there'd be free snack options on the fridge like in Sims 4 (which are less filling than the paid ones) and the developer started thinking about a whole feature with soup kitchens haha. While it isn't really something I would need in the game either, it will be interesting to see how that idea develops. And yeah I defenitely hope any form of story progression is optional.
Yeah... you have a point, the person didn't directly ask about going out to a community lot for free food ha I like story progression (when done well!) but I think it's one of those things that really needs to be optional, for a few reasons
Regarding the environment and world changing around the Parafolk: Grass, weeds, overgrown bushes and vines consuming yards / lots over time I've been watching the house across from mine IRL get cleaned up, and between that, an interest in yard work, and my overuse of vines in my TS4 builds, I'm heavily inspired. Maybe lump into gardening type or handiness type skills to make the Para more or less inclined to perform a home maintenance task, leading to some run down houses. A landscaping type career that may function similarly to TS4 DHD Interior Decorator career, but with landscaping.
yes, I do like weeds and vines, though it's tricky. would you have to have parfolk maintain them? Would any parafolk auto maintain them (I'm probably overthinking) Landscaping career sounds interesting :) and I don't think? it's fully been done in a sim game before
@@SimmerErin I guess the idea is that the Parafolk would have to maintain them. Depending on how much autonomy and progression they pursue, if some Paras opt to maintain, awesome! Otherwise, maybe a government type building to clear them? Or if there are fewer Parafolk in a neighborhood, like it is abandoned, it grows but not so much in higher pop areas. Maybe have it part of the bills system if an area pays for it or not (similar to TS4 EL voting), my mind is taking off and I don't even know what they're planning for the environments! It could maybe also be done through a Government Building rabbit hole option, as a petition to tidy up :)
I really want multi function lots! Like having a library and Cafe connected in one building. I'd finally be able to make European builds much easier without tons of useless rooms or dead space
I hope they stick to gameplay I'm not a builder but Sims seems to learn tords building more then anything. I like how there trying to cut down on a crap ton of windows by making flexible windows all the options in a few things will in fact make there game more enjoyable and less buggy. I think where Sims really failed at was making a million deffernt windows instead of a few flexible options. It's les overwhelming that way specially for newer players or people that just gave up at building because it became a hassle to find things in furniture and house details
They started with build mode, and now are working on live mode. I agree that is a huge advantage. With their customization tools, they need far less items! I'd be fine with a slim catalog- seeing as you can do a lot with say a single window
@@SimmerErin and there furniture it's actually mind boggling. And it seems there bringing back the skin details and fabrics and such like Sims 3 had. Where you can literally color everything whatever lol if I want a lime green room darn it it's going to be lime 💚
One thing's for sure, they have a more robust architectural system than the sims 4 has, Paralives build engine looks more like architect software than a game's building mode.
My one weird wish for paralives is it can read .DWG CAD files and convert it to a floor plan. I mean the build mode works essentially the same as a CAD, and it would be cool to share CAD files with the community.
@@SimmerErin nope. I meant the way build mode in Paralives works is literally almost the exact same with making a floor plan in autocad or other softwares like that. It would be cool If instead of doing the floor plan in paralives, I can just make it on Autocad and have Paralives convert it into a floor plan. It would make doing curved builds more precise and builds in general much faster (also maybe can also be used as a teaching tool for students).
While I think it’s absolutely amazing and necessary that the developers are diving so so soooo deep into what can be done and released in just the base game, I do think a few of the things I’ve seen them add/talk about are just a little bit overkill. I’m watching the build mode rn and as someone who like to customize but isn’t extremely savvy on build mechanics no matter how hard I try, it’s a little bit overwhelming. Like the free meals thing just seems sort of…irrelevant. I’m glad they aren’t rushing to put out this game since they’re a small team, but a lot of people are excited for it and I’d hate for them to spend time on gameplay thats too niche or won’t matter to most players. I’m just a little worried that the developers are getting a little too caught up in every individual’s crazy detailed idea. Not that worried but just a little. I still would rather have developers who pay attention and respond to what fans hope for though!
the free meals aspect isn't super important for me either. But for the most part they seem to be fairly focused and pushing back more when they think something isn't realistic
I hadn't thought about different height for different age groups, so I'm glad that was brought up! I'm really looking forward to Paralives. I don't mind paid DLC. Not everyone wants all DLC and the developers should be compensated for their continued work
Yep, dlc allows money to continue to fund say free updates, keeps them going financially and honestly I think new dlc can be fun and spark interest in the game
I think they have a good chance to make a much less buggy game than The Sims 4 simply because they have a fresh start to implement the features instead of building on a aging (and flawed) foundation. I do worry that people are asking for too much, everyone having some feature they want. I really like the way they seem to be planing for core features versus DLC, reserving DLC for more unusual content that might change the flavor of the game (eg., magical content). I'd like it if they had a system like Minecraft where you can play any version you want, but I'm not sure that is really doable through Steam.
The best part is not every wanted feature has to come from the devs, as mods are going to be useable, with Paralives. I just can't wait till I can play the game.
As a tall woman, I was the tallest in my grade until middle school and then two boys finally got taller than me (it was like a right of passage for them 😂😂😂). I stopped growing at 13 years old and I have been 5'10 ever since (or 180cm).
I personally love to have some goals on an event, but not really in the sims 4 style, more like dates in TS2 and wants and fears of the sims - they were basically showing what to do to make the date better, but you didn't have to fulfil them. And it'd probably be possible to make in other events as well, I think the sims 4 weddings are pretty close - but with a time limit (either long enough and the possibility to end early or the player could even set the time limit for themselves?), and maybe you wouldn't choose specific things (like "serve tea"), but more general idea (like "serve something to drink" (which would include tea, coffee, drinks at a bar etc.)). It also make sense if someone dies during your date or birthday party, or if a fire starts, your party will take a hit, because let's face it - if your date starts a fire during your date, you probably won't go to a second date :D And to have the option to have the event not goaled (or not to have a "party score" like in TS2, so the paras wouldn't be sad if the event went badly) would be amazing, because there's so many people who are not like me and they just want to throw a party for their story and don't want their party would be ruined by a random fire (which I love btw :D ).
My Parawish of the moment is to see the camera style be more normal, and less GoPro-like. Other than that, I like the idea of the town evolving, somewhat of a political life could be fun.
@@SimmerErin The bodies' sizes move weirdly. They literally shrink as they move from one wall to another as if they'd gone from one end of a street to the other. I don't think it will feel/look good in "live mode", maybe it's more practical for them in dev, but it does worry me a bit.
i hope we get things in base game that we don't get in the sims (not comparing just would be nice) i want restaurants, pets, playable schools, likes/dislikes/favourites and beaches !
I'll still call that 'height slider" a "scale slider" though! Heights and scale are different imo. The way it works in Paralives is that it's scaling the body od the parafolk instead of changing the height
Here's an idea for the hobbies thing, if they can't fully create like a complete list of collectables, what they can do is have it be "objects" such as for example a stationary desk that can host like say, stamp collecting, notary, scrap books, and it could work like a skill, but can also "impact" other things, like say if you choose the stamp collecting hobby, you can get the "look for stamps" action when "looking" through the mail, or if say a stamp collection action hasn't been performed in like say a week or such it could impact their happiness or social or such, and if the hobby "levels up" you can get a "masterworks" which could be done by doing specific actions that eventually lead up to "creating" the masterworks, example say you get to the max level of stamp collecting, you can start a "Masterwork-Stamp Book" which then started gives a list of things to do, and after the all the actions you can go back to the "hobby station" and do an action that completes the "masterworks" when then completed the masterworks i.e. the "Masterworks-stamp book" will "appear" in the inventory and of course you can sell it or "frame" it or whatever.... I was also thinking of the different hobby station that could exist, there could be activities that if you chose a different hobby (or no hobby) there could be some "regular" actions you could do with the station, such as if you were a writer you could use the stationery desk to "write a book", or "write notes", or if a children, "practice writing" Hobby stations could be lots of things like, the "stationary desk" for stamp collecting, notary, scrap booking; the "weaving wheel# for knitting, crousaying, quilting; the "Antquie Computer" retro tech collecting, video game designing, computer repair, the Repair bench, wood working, iron working, clock repair; etc etc
As a builder, the tools are looking interesting to me, like the free drawn curved walls and the different angles. I might very well get on board with this game even though I didn't think I would when I first heard about it. I am still getting more information before I make my final decision. But the more I see of it the more I like it.
I think what I’m most curious about for paralives is how they will handle genetics! It would be interesting if they added in recessive and dominant genes and I feel like it would make for some really immersive gameplay
I like the idea of the neighborhood changing overtime through story progression, but think an opt out would be a good idea for those who would not like their favorite hangout closing down or that quaint cottage being replaced with a modern building. I for one would love to have to roll with the punches but I know that's not for everyone.
all i want is more realism with their babies compared to sims 4 (ie, cribs, strollers, more baby toys), and ore realistic travel (cars, busses etc) i know this game isnt gonna be as massive of a world as the sims, i get it, but i want them to be better than the sims where they can.
they have definitely said babies won't be object so I think all of those are plausible- and they also mentioned there will be cars. No confirmation on other types of transportation yet
A difficulty mode would be cool so players like me who prefer the more layed back experience of gameplay, and players who prefer a more challenging gameplay experience can decide. Most games have the option of easy, medium, and hard mode levels so it can be done I bring this up because I'v seen comments saying the game will be to easy and get boring fast so yeah two birds one stone.
The one who's asking about curved walls issue with ceiling clippings and other bugs are TS4 devs trying to figure out how Paralives team solve the issue 😂😂😂 jk
Didn't know about this existing till just know. Thank you. Obviously, I got alot to catch up on, but I already like what I see. My question if they havent already talked about it, multi-generational play. More specifically passable genetic trait or markers that are passed on? Both positive and negative traits. Do children passively learn parent/players habits? I really enjoy game that have a generational play, really increases longevity in a game where if my first generation cant cut it or is limted in any capacity maybe the path I pave for future generations can attain the goals.
Oh cool! Please check out the description for FAQs and links, that will get you started learning more about the game I don't know about genetics yet! They have only vaguely discussed them. I seem to recall making a video about a discussion oh a year or so ago- so if you want you can check that out (sorry I can't recall!) on my paralives playlist. But nothing has been confirmed about that yet
there will be dlc- which I think is good- but you're not going to have dlc probably for seasons or major pets- it sounds like there will be a generous ammount of bg features too
Honestly, I am not the best Sims builder at all. I’ve tried to practice and I just really don’t like it. I really hope that Paralives implements something similar to the Sims 4 Gallery in their game. I think it would make it really neat if we could just download creations from our favorite builders. I personally only use houses in the Sims that I have downloaded from the gallery. To flip the coin, I know many players who prefer to download Sims from the gallery because they do not enjoy CAS.
There is nothing wrong with Paid DLC. The only thing thats wrong is how the Sims 4 does it. lol. Which I doubt will be the problem with paralives as they arent a greedy corporation and actually pay attention to quality and detail. If people are just wanting it all for free they are mad and entitled.
could you specify? How do you feel sims 4 dlc is especially bad and how does it compare from say sims 2 or 3? (not inherently disagreeing, just people mean different things when they say this)
@@SimmerErin having less content within each dlc. And making dlc for dlc. And not planning things out in time, so things that could have fit better in one dlc is instead in another. We are paying more for less. Past sims dlc was was well rounded packs. If there are tons of dlc, and we are going to paying hundreds or thousands of dollars, they better damn well be well rounded and high quality
There's a lot of things that I still would love to see in this game they mention that there is some time progression okay so I'm a sucker for the Victorian Era and 1800s ect. And what I think would be cool is playing through different timelines and example like if you play a generation 1 para you get to choose the timeline when that para was born and slowly go to the modern times either way it would be fun also you could discover more about ancestors and have a proper inheritance system or something which would be cool because some of the para's could inherit stuff like houses businesses ect. But not only would a timeline thing be fun but you could also build Victorian style house's you could ride carriages instead of cars or bicycles or walking also with each decade new inventions are being invented electricity could be discovered for the first time and make para's excited while some maybe against it lots of opportunities I just think some kind of generations thing and inheritance would be fun to mess with
I love this game so far, but I don’t like the height slider. More specifically, how it functions. From what I’ve seen it just makes the entire model smaller uniformly. So instead of looking like a shorter person, they are literally completely miniaturised, all the parts and proportions size down the same amount, not just the height of them. Idk, little differences in height would be fine but when I have seen them do it in the demo videos it just looks weird. I love the game and I’m excited for its release but I just don’t think the height slider will be something I use much. I assume you could go in after and adjust the width of things to correct for the overall size down, and maybe it would look okay, but yeah.
I like the idea of a height slider, I just think it isn’t being executed very well. Maybe being able to change the length of torsos (which would also adjust length of arms), and adjust length of legs separately, would be better? Overall I’m glad they are being ambitious and going for all this awesome stuff and features we really want.
@@SimmerErin yeah I hope it is refined. At the moment it just looks like sizing a whole model down in blender or maya, it doesn’t really realistically change the proportions. But here’s hoping they are getting this kind of feedback. While I’m glad that everyone is excited for this game, we should still let them know if we don’t think something is working or going to work, we don’t have to only praise them. So I hope their testers and patrons or donators are letting them know this stuff. Overall, the height slider isn’t something that must be used, so even if I don’t like it when it releases, I can just avoid using it. Im still really excited to keep seeing updates.
Thing about adjustable height, is that it impacts the actions/animations that are designed for the characters interacting with each other and the world. It amazed me that paralives was considering adjustable height at all, and it looks like "fixed proportions" is how they're handling it. Might not be full customization, but better than everyone of the same age being the same height?
@@SimmerErin It always sucked attending and hosting parties since the guests weren't really dynamic. Generally the AI just failed to make the guests do much more than stand around awkwardly till the event was over
Wait, there won't be any collectibles or collections is Paralives? Awwww... that's actually one of the things that I really love from The Sims. I really enjoy the collectibles in TS3 and TS4, specifically TS4. If there's one thing that I really like and enjoy in TS4, it's definitely the robut collectible systems 😔
I'm not sure if she's fully saying that or that she's not sure, but it is possible there won't be. It can be fun, but I also get why they wouldn't want to focus on it. Maybe there will be something else that is equally fun or interesting
One weird wish: Make our own worlds so we can create our own private Idaho. Story Progression: Seeing the world progress with time. Now they are moving into Sim City territory. If they could pull this off even with something simple like more stages of plant growth like ivy on fences or houses looking a bit weathered over time; that would be amazing if they could pull it off. 🥲
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Question of the Day
0:38 Where is This From?
0:52 Parafolk Heights- Life Stages
2:17 Goaled Events VS Sandbox Gameplay
3:29 Gifts & Collecting
4:10 Story Progression
5:13 DLC VS Free Updates
6:17 Food & Money
7:03 Curved Wall Limitations
8:06 Final Thoughts!
Is for ps4 too?
Having families move in an out of houses makes sense to me; having houses added, removed, or modified by the game seems over-complicated and something that if added could go really wrong.
Yeah, I lean that way too. Don't get me wrong: I understand some of the appeal but it seems very complex and maybe not necessary
I agree, but I also think after say like 80 in-game years it feels a little odd to have the completely same commerical buildings
I agree, but I also think some level of growth in the town would also be nice. Like neighborhood meetings for housing developments, community/ public spaces or even voting to add a railway system. Those are some of the things I think about with town development
I think having an option to turn it off or on would be nice because I'm the type of guy who likes having realism in games. You can just turn it off if you prefer building it yourself.
As a builder, I cannot wait to build in this game!!! The flexibility and freedom seems promising!
I'm hopeless at building and even I'm excited for build mode 😅
It's nice to see another not the Sims video.
I'd expect height to be limited by the age group. It would be really great if they could implement a slider, from petite to tall for example, which determines where in the age group your Parafolk ends up. So if you picked tall, your teen would be a little taller than the average and by adulthood it would be more noticeable, remaining that way until old age kicks in. Or something like that.
If there's paralives to talk about it, I tried to trade it in and out. I like to cover both. Yeah maybe they need a range for each age or something? Your idea sounds feasible, I think
Honestly I'm really open to anything they might come up with! All I ask for is humour in pop-ups (like in the career chance cards in Sims 2), some randomness, challenge, and consequences! Everything they've shown looks great so far, so I'm not worried at all, just excited to discover all the surprises and happy to be a patron ^^
Yeah, and I have a feeling there will be some humor :)
Volunteering options or teen/young adult side hustles are a great idea, these sorts of things add another demension to characters lives.I like the idea of cat sitting,dog walking, childcare, doing groceries or cleaning for elderly, helping feed those with empty stomachs etc ;) I also think that would allow services to be purchased/received by active paras-aka a para could hire a dogwalker (their neighbour) and go off to volunteer in their community. Its also something you could start small and build over time-and would be appropriate for a lot of ages.
Yes I love all of those ideas!! I like it because as you said , it adds dimension- plus I think it'd make the world feel more lively
I'd love DLC for Paralives, Expansions aren't a problem for any game. I'm sure Paralives DLC will expand the game, in ways similar to The Sims 3. Since they're going to extreme lengths to include lots of regular DLC in the base game, that would normally be DLC in another game. I think the team could do alot of fun stuff, that expands the game, and leads to fun experiences. I definitely and especially want occult/supernatural creatures in Paralives, not everybody plays with them, though.
agree. I think expansions keep up excitement for a game, keep the community active and are just exciting to see come
I hope they don't go the EA route with DLCs, I like when expansions actually expand on things that are in the game. Things like pets and seasons shouldn't be locked behind DLC but rather a DLC can go more in depth with those features if you get what I mean, like weather in the base game but holidays can be fleshed out in a DLC.
@@rewdskwid Pets and seasons are confirmed to be in the base game. And they did say there's gonna but free updates as well.
I agree
Superhero pack
Though I prefer a cut off of heights between age groups, having overlaps seems more realistic. Yes there are younger teens/children are as tall as shorter adults.
That would also mean identifying Para's age based of height is out of the question.
In terms of story progression, yes I would believe families that are not active will move out and into unoccupied houses, but having inactive houses to change over time seems a challenge. A new paint job or flooring is possible, even the furniture might change, but it is kind of insane for the house to expand or a totally new house just pops out of nowhere. With community lots to change I don't know how it would work.
I for one do not look forward to randomly generated townies with god awful clothes. If there is a pool of Townies that recycle over time I am pretty okay with that.
yes and one thing maybe to keep in mind: if height is not an indicator of age, that'll put more pressure/ emphasis on their facial and body features looking distinct from age to age. It's interesting
I think for sp- the changing lots worries me most. Interior changes may be less complex
Hah I'm weird
😅 as I somewhat enjoy crazy townie fashion
one thing i do like about the sims 4 is that they had the age show up for the sim when you looked at their nametag
i cant be bothered to look for close-up differences most of the time
And have a overall height for the family, like have it in Genetics. So if there are only short people in the family then that's all you're going to get but if there's a tall person in the family then the heights can go from how short one parent is to how tall the other is and have a mixture of heights.
@@SimmerErin they could also add a tag beside their name to indicate their age.
@@SimmerErin I think that interior changes are actually the hardest ones. Whole lot changing is much more easier than people realize. They can creste system that would replace lot with new building from the in-game library. In a case of interior, they would need to come up with a AI system that could place down objects (but I can see it being very limited) or it would change based on manual sets up for the house (it would work on a same base as TS4 auditorium or TS3 festivals). I dig this feature honestly, I don't even need houses to be affected, just public lots. It would give a new layer to multiple generation gameplay as you could see new bussiness or parks with your distant generation. This could give them even basics for a gameplay around being politician / mayor with ability to make changes to town, like building new playgrounds or supporting bussiness
I'm not really sure about the free meals, though: my ideal would be that you could buy groceries and then make food based on what groceries you bought, and if you couldn't buy groceries because your character has no money then it would be a game over (?)... IDK, other option could be sth like the "quick meals" that you might have bought in the supermarket...
The thing is that if food is free, then it would be super boring and it removes more options on gameplay.
someone said that maybe that's what the question really meant (quick meals) and Anna interpreted it differently!
@@SimmerErin Oh, I see. If it's just the quick meals then I have no issues with that. As long as my paras can go grocery shopping~
I'm glad that they're taking the time to answer people's questions and that's the problem with the Sims team right now it's poor communication 😞communication is good especially the point is trying to become across they also taking their time and putting thoughts into everything and at least they admit when they don't have the answer instead of sugar coating it thanks for the video update I can't wait till they release this game I want to see other people's playthroughs since I don't have a PC 🤣 but definitely looking forward to it🤔
Yeah sigh. I think the sims team works hard but I wish they communicated better
I agree that honesty is better. I actually am more excited for this game because I feel they've worded things in a more realistic way
The most interesting to me is the free or paid DLC. I agree, if it's a great game I don't mind paid DLC. I'm fine with occults being DLC and I know we aren't there yet but if they do them I'd love to see what they do with them or what other paid DLC they may have in mind.
I don't think it's weird, but one of the things I personally haven't seen get talked about often is being able to have more advanced edit options for parafolks in the paramaker.
For example, in The Sims it's always irked me creating multiple sims in the same life stage but who are supposed to be different ages within that life stage. I usually create them in order of birth and hope for the best but they're never in the order I want and I have to use a mod to alter their days til aging. I also want to be able to set the levels of skills and relationships. I know they want people to play the game and experience everything, which I will, but I love creating townies and playing as a more seasoned character sometimes too.
Plus dlc can help fund those free updates
Yeah people tend to not ask that much about the paramaker, hmm..as far as skills and relationships I do hope it'll be easy to set those or at least some of those things in the paramaker
I wouldnt mind Paralives adding more content with updates. This is how games work nowadays. A perfect example is No Man Sky. It was very boring at release but after a few years and many free and paid updates and DLCs it became a really fun game. Still, i think devs should go with their vision on how the game should go. You can literally make something perfect and there would still be people who dont like it. Thanks Erin for always coming clutch with Paralives news.
Yes I think it makes sensse to add content with updates, but also dlc as well. Regardless, games these days require some upkeep too
I love how they interact with their fans/followers. I am not picky as long as they add a spice of suspense to the game to keep it fun.
I do too. It's a rare opportunity to watch a game in development too
I think, as far as height goes, it could be useful to have a terminal "adult" height that the child/teen grows into. For example, I'm 25 and only 4'11". I stopped growing at around 13/14. Meanwhile, my 12 year old cousin has become taller than me and is likely to get even taller. Since they're taking their time on skin/age details, it would make sense for life stages to be determined by appearance, not height.
I guess the only tricky thing is determining when a Para should stop growing, as it differs for each individual.
I am fine with optional expansion packs as long as the update the main game and make sure that any packs work well with the other packs and the base game. Unlike S4. It would also be really good if we could turn off the packs like in S3 and play with the ones you want.
Different hight sliders per age seem fine. And I do like that you could have a shirt adult and a tall teen just like real life.
Build mode is what I'm really excited for with all the options!
being able to turn off packs is also good for overall performance (sadly why we got it for 3 ha)
Simmer Erin,
What I really want regarding build mode is the ability to create your own rabbit holes, if they are to be included on the map. I know they said building your own rabbit holes might be an issue for them, but I really can’t understand why they can’t do something like the rabbit hole rugs modders added to the Sims 3, or maybe some type of room marker that would turn a room into a rabbit hole
That's a really awesome concept! Tbh I have no idea if this is feasible or super complex
Another interesting video Erin, thank you, and also for all your responses to comments which are very much appreciated.
Thank you Kate! I really appreciate when people take time out of their day.
Those Dev responses are really interesting I think with the question about free food they might have misunderstood the person asking. I think they were just asking whether there'd be free snack options on the fridge like in Sims 4 (which are less filling than the paid ones) and the developer started thinking about a whole feature with soup kitchens haha.
While it isn't really something I would need in the game either, it will be interesting to see how that idea develops.
And yeah I defenitely hope any form of story progression is optional.
Yeah... you have a point, the person didn't directly ask about going out to a community lot for free food ha
I like story progression (when done well!) but I think it's one of those things that really needs to be optional, for a few reasons
This game looks amazing. It definitely looks like it is coming along nicely. Be very interested in playing this one.
Regarding the environment and world changing around the Parafolk: Grass, weeds, overgrown bushes and vines consuming yards / lots over time
I've been watching the house across from mine IRL get cleaned up, and between that, an interest in yard work, and my overuse of vines in my TS4 builds, I'm heavily inspired. Maybe lump into gardening type or handiness type skills to make the Para more or less inclined to perform a home maintenance task, leading to some run down houses. A landscaping type career that may function similarly to TS4 DHD Interior Decorator career, but with landscaping.
yes, I do like weeds and vines, though it's tricky. would you have to have parfolk maintain them? Would any parafolk auto maintain them (I'm probably overthinking)
Landscaping career sounds interesting :) and I don't think? it's fully been done in a sim game before
@@SimmerErin I guess the idea is that the Parafolk would have to maintain them. Depending on how much autonomy and progression they pursue, if some Paras opt to maintain, awesome! Otherwise, maybe a government type building to clear them? Or if there are fewer Parafolk in a neighborhood, like it is abandoned, it grows but not so much in higher pop areas. Maybe have it part of the bills system if an area pays for it or not (similar to TS4 EL voting), my mind is taking off and I don't even know what they're planning for the environments! It could maybe also be done through a Government Building rabbit hole option, as a petition to tidy up :)
I really want multi function lots! Like having a library and Cafe connected in one building. I'd finally be able to make European builds much easier without tons of useless rooms or dead space
multifunctional lots is something that would be quite useful
So excited for this game. A lot of love is being put into it
sure seems like it
awsome video erin :)
I hope they stick to gameplay I'm not a builder but Sims seems to learn tords building more then anything. I like how there trying to cut down on a crap ton of windows by making flexible windows all the options in a few things will in fact make there game more enjoyable and less buggy. I think where Sims really failed at was making a million deffernt windows instead of a few flexible options. It's les overwhelming that way specially for newer players or people that just gave up at building because it became a hassle to find things in furniture and house details
They started with build mode, and now are working on live mode. I agree that is a huge advantage. With their customization tools, they need far less items! I'd be fine with a slim catalog- seeing as you can do a lot with say a single window
@@SimmerErin and there furniture it's actually mind boggling. And it seems there bringing back the skin details and fabrics and such like Sims 3 had. Where you can literally color everything whatever lol if I want a lime green room darn it it's going to be lime 💚
One thing's for sure, they have a more robust architectural system than the sims 4 has, Paralives build engine looks more like architect software than a game's building mode.
I'm not sure about the comparison with sims 4, but it certainly looks promising in terms of customization
@@SimmerErin Yeah, that's for sure, It will be nice to see how the gameplay will look.
My one weird wish for paralives is it can read .DWG CAD files and convert it to a floor plan. I mean the build mode works essentially the same as a CAD, and it would be cool to share CAD files with the community.
I wish I could provide insight into this, but I'm at a loss ha. can sims do that?
@@SimmerErin nope. I meant the way build mode in Paralives works is literally almost the exact same with making a floor plan in autocad or other softwares like that. It would be cool If instead of doing the floor plan in paralives, I can just make it on Autocad and have Paralives convert it into a floor plan. It would make doing curved builds more precise and builds in general much faster (also maybe can also be used as a teaching tool for students).
I know it won't work on the sims because of the grid restriction. Paralives doesn't seem to have a grid restriction.
While I think it’s absolutely amazing and necessary that the developers are diving so so soooo deep into what can be done and released in just the base game, I do think a few of the things I’ve seen them add/talk about are just a little bit overkill. I’m watching the build mode rn and as someone who like to customize but isn’t extremely savvy on build mechanics no matter how hard I try, it’s a little bit overwhelming. Like the free meals thing just seems sort of…irrelevant. I’m glad they aren’t rushing to put out this game since they’re a small team, but a lot of people are excited for it and I’d hate for them to spend time on gameplay thats too niche or won’t matter to most players. I’m just a little worried that the developers are getting a little too caught up in every individual’s crazy detailed idea. Not that worried but just a little. I still would rather have developers who pay attention and respond to what fans hope for though!
the free meals aspect isn't super important for me either. But for the most part they seem to be fairly focused and pushing back more when they think something isn't realistic
I hadn't thought about different height for different age groups, so I'm glad that was brought up! I'm really looking forward to Paralives. I don't mind paid DLC. Not everyone wants all DLC and the developers should be compensated for their continued work
Yep, dlc allows money to continue to fund say free updates, keeps them going financially and honestly I think new dlc can be fun and spark interest in the game
I didn’t even think about how growing would work in the game.
me either honestly
after a massive break and a name change; Yay new paralives content! (it feels good to be back)
welcome back!
@@SimmerErin thank you!!
I think they have a good chance to make a much less buggy game than The Sims 4 simply because they have a fresh start to implement the features instead of building on a aging (and flawed) foundation. I do worry that people are asking for too much, everyone having some feature they want. I really like the way they seem to be planing for core features versus DLC, reserving DLC for more unusual content that might change the flavor of the game (eg., magical content). I'd like it if they had a system like Minecraft where you can play any version you want, but I'm not sure that is really doable through Steam.
yes, I think so too. The foundation is very important. There will be many obstacles they face, but their process seems wise
The best part is not every wanted feature has to come from the devs, as mods are going to be useable, with Paralives. I just can't wait till I can play the game.
As a tall woman, I was the tallest in my grade until middle school and then two boys finally got taller than me (it was like a right of passage for them 😂😂😂). I stopped growing at 13 years old and I have been 5'10 ever since (or 180cm).
wow! you grew really fast ha! But yeah, everyone simply grows differently
I personally love to have some goals on an event, but not really in the sims 4 style, more like dates in TS2 and wants and fears of the sims - they were basically showing what to do to make the date better, but you didn't have to fulfil them. And it'd probably be possible to make in other events as well, I think the sims 4 weddings are pretty close - but with a time limit (either long enough and the possibility to end early or the player could even set the time limit for themselves?), and maybe you wouldn't choose specific things (like "serve tea"), but more general idea (like "serve something to drink" (which would include tea, coffee, drinks at a bar etc.)). It also make sense if someone dies during your date or birthday party, or if a fire starts, your party will take a hit, because let's face it - if your date starts a fire during your date, you probably won't go to a second date :D And to have the option to have the event not goaled (or not to have a "party score" like in TS2, so the paras wouldn't be sad if the event went badly) would be amazing, because there's so many people who are not like me and they just want to throw a party for their story and don't want their party would be ruined by a random fire (which I love btw :D ).
ah yeah I liked those- because it tied in a meaningful way vs feeling like a checklist tutorial
My Parawish of the moment is to see the camera style be more normal, and less GoPro-like.
Other than that, I like the idea of the town evolving, somewhat of a political life could be fun.
hmm, could you expand upon that? normal in what sense :)
@@SimmerErin The bodies' sizes move weirdly. They literally shrink as they move from one wall to another as if they'd gone from one end of a street to the other. I don't think it will feel/look good in "live mode", maybe it's more practical for them in dev, but it does worry me a bit.
i hope we get things in base game that we don't get in the sims (not comparing just would be nice) i want restaurants, pets, playable schools, likes/dislikes/favourites and beaches !
base game will have pets and rabbit holes. It won't have playable schools- but it does sound like beaches are possible
@@SimmerErin we are getting seasons I forgot to mention this 1
I'll still call that 'height slider" a "scale slider" though! Heights and scale are different imo. The way it works in Paralives is that it's scaling the body od the parafolk instead of changing the height
Hey Alex, how have you been?
I see what you're saying, I suppose a scale slider is a bit more accurate- at least in its current state
Here's an idea for the hobbies thing, if they can't fully create like a complete list of collectables, what they can do is have it be "objects" such as for example a stationary desk that can host like say, stamp collecting, notary, scrap books, and it could work like a skill, but can also "impact" other things, like say if you choose the stamp collecting hobby, you can get the "look for stamps" action when "looking" through the mail, or if say a stamp collection action hasn't been performed in like say a week or such it could impact their happiness or social or such, and if the hobby "levels up" you can get a "masterworks" which could be done by doing specific actions that eventually lead up to "creating" the masterworks, example say you get to the max level of stamp collecting, you can start a "Masterwork-Stamp Book" which then started gives a list of things to do, and after the all the actions you can go back to the "hobby station" and do an action that completes the "masterworks" when then completed the masterworks i.e. the "Masterworks-stamp book" will "appear" in the inventory and of course you can sell it or "frame" it or whatever....
I was also thinking of the different hobby station that could exist, there could be activities that if you chose a different hobby (or no hobby) there could be some "regular" actions you could do with the station, such as if you were a writer you could use the stationery desk to "write a book", or "write notes", or if a children, "practice writing"
Hobby stations could be lots of things like, the "stationary desk" for stamp collecting, notary, scrap booking; the "weaving wheel# for knitting, crousaying, quilting; the "Antquie Computer" retro tech collecting, video game designing, computer repair, the Repair bench, wood working, iron working, clock repair; etc etc
definitely plausible. Interactive objects serving as ways to pursue hobbies and replace 'collectibles' is something I think would be practical
As a builder, the tools are looking interesting to me, like the free drawn curved walls and the different angles. I might very well get on board with this game even though I didn't think I would when I first heard about it. I am still getting more information before I make my final decision. But the more I see of it the more I like it.
the build mode definitely look like a lot of fun- and I don't even build much
I think what I’m most curious about for paralives is how they will handle genetics! It would be interesting if they added in recessive and dominant genes and I feel like it would make for some really immersive gameplay
They definitely have lightly discussed recessive/ dominant traits, but that was a long while ago. I will be on the lookout though!
I like the idea of the neighborhood changing overtime through story progression, but think an opt out would be a good idea for those who would not like their favorite hangout closing down or that quaint cottage being replaced with a modern building. I for one would love to have to roll with the punches but I know that's not for everyone.
I think opt out is really important. while I like it, a lot of people would want to "control" their game for a few reasons
all i want is more realism with their babies compared to sims 4 (ie, cribs, strollers, more baby toys), and ore realistic travel (cars, busses etc) i know this game isnt gonna be as massive of a world as the sims, i get it, but i want them to be better than the sims where they can.
they have definitely said babies won't be object so I think all of those are plausible- and they also mentioned there will be cars. No confirmation on other types of transportation yet
@@SimmerErin then i will love it
I love these updates from u ty
Thank you :) I'm so happy you enjoy them, and a word of kindness means a lot!
A difficulty mode would be cool so players like me who prefer the more layed back experience of gameplay, and players who prefer a more challenging gameplay experience can decide. Most games have the option of easy, medium, and hard mode levels so it can be done I bring this up because I'v seen comments saying the game will be to easy and get boring fast so yeah two birds one stone.
I think it'd be great in theory- or more like a difficulty slider (but that is probably even more complex)
The one who's asking about curved walls issue with ceiling clippings and other bugs are TS4 devs trying to figure out how Paralives team solve the issue 😂😂😂
jk
I do think those questions came from sims 4 concerns. I actually said this before trimming out my commentary ha
Didn't know about this existing till just know. Thank you. Obviously, I got alot to catch up on, but I already like what I see. My question if they havent already talked about it, multi-generational play. More specifically passable genetic trait or markers that are passed on? Both positive and negative traits. Do children passively learn parent/players habits? I really enjoy game that have a generational play, really increases longevity in a game where if my first generation cant cut it or is limted in any capacity maybe the path I pave for future generations can attain the goals.
Oh cool! Please check out the description for FAQs and links, that will get you started learning more about the game
I don't know about genetics yet! They have only vaguely discussed them. I seem to recall making a video about a discussion oh a year or so ago- so if you want you can check that out (sorry I can't recall!) on my paralives playlist. But nothing has been confirmed about that yet
@@SimmerErin I will definititly have a look. Thank you.
as long as there aren't 30 different dlc for this game i'd be happy
there will be dlc- which I think is good- but you're not going to have dlc probably for seasons or major pets- it sounds like there will be a generous ammount of bg features too
I have no problem with expansion packs either
yep! they give the team revenue and honestly? I think it's exciting to have dlc to choose from! it;'s not as though one has to buy everything
Honestly, I am not the best Sims builder at all. I’ve tried to practice and I just really don’t like it. I really hope that Paralives implements something similar to the Sims 4 Gallery in their game. I think it would make it really neat if we could just download creations from our favorite builders. I personally only use houses in the Sims that I have downloaded from the gallery. To flip the coin, I know many players who prefer to download Sims from the gallery because they do not enjoy CAS.
I'm a terrible builder so I feel you on that. I believe via steam there is a way to upload or download creations?
I just trust them so whenever game goes - goes.
There is nothing wrong with Paid DLC. The only thing thats wrong is how the Sims 4 does it. lol. Which I doubt will be the problem with paralives as they arent a greedy corporation and actually pay attention to quality and detail. If people are just wanting it all for free they are mad and entitled.
could you specify? How do you feel sims 4 dlc is especially bad and how does it compare from say sims 2 or 3? (not inherently disagreeing, just people mean different things when they say this)
@@SimmerErin having less content within each dlc. And making dlc for dlc. And not planning things out in time, so things that could have fit better in one dlc is instead in another. We are paying more for less. Past sims dlc was was well rounded packs. If there are tons of dlc, and we are going to paying hundreds or thousands of dollars, they better damn well be well rounded and high quality
I am looking forward to seeing the pets and kids
me too definitely
There's a lot of things that I still would love to see in this game they mention that there is some time progression okay so I'm a sucker for the Victorian Era and 1800s ect. And what I think would be cool is playing through different timelines and example like if you play a generation 1 para you get to choose the timeline when that para was born and slowly go to the modern times either way it would be fun also you could discover more about ancestors and have a proper inheritance system or something which would be cool because some of the para's could inherit stuff like houses businesses ect. But not only would a timeline thing be fun but you could also build Victorian style house's you could ride carriages instead of cars or bicycles or walking also with each decade new inventions are being invented electricity could be discovered for the first time and make para's excited while some maybe against it lots of opportunities I just think some kind of generations thing and inheritance would be fun to mess with
All of that is cool, but probably best suited for a dlc, if fingers crossed, they succeed. cool idea though :)
Thanks and yeah for DLC it would be cool, hopefully still excited either way
I just hope for ghosts and vampires dlc
For oc making purposes
yeah they haven't said what kind of occults as it's pretty far in the future, but they definitely seem open to making an occult dlc
I love this game so far, but I don’t like the height slider. More specifically, how it functions. From what I’ve seen it just makes the entire model smaller uniformly. So instead of looking like a shorter person, they are literally completely miniaturised, all the parts and proportions size down the same amount, not just the height of them. Idk, little differences in height would be fine but when I have seen them do it in the demo videos it just looks weird.
I love the game and I’m excited for its release but I just don’t think the height slider will be something I use much. I assume you could go in after and adjust the width of things to correct for the overall size down, and maybe it would look okay, but yeah.
I like the idea of a height slider, I just think it isn’t being executed very well. Maybe being able to change the length of torsos (which would also adjust length of arms), and adjust length of legs separately, would be better?
Overall I’m glad they are being ambitious and going for all this awesome stuff and features we really want.
I see- you mean how it doesn't really adjust overall stature. It's a fair point, and maybe it will be refined later
@@SimmerErin yeah I hope it is refined. At the moment it just looks like sizing a whole model down in blender or maya, it doesn’t really realistically change the proportions.
But here’s hoping they are getting this kind of feedback. While I’m glad that everyone is excited for this game, we should still let them know if we don’t think something is working or going to work, we don’t have to only praise them. So I hope their testers and patrons or donators are letting them know this stuff.
Overall, the height slider isn’t something that must be used, so even if I don’t like it when it releases, I can just avoid using it. Im still really excited to keep seeing updates.
Thing about adjustable height, is that it impacts the actions/animations that are designed for the characters interacting with each other and the world. It amazed me that paralives was considering adjustable height at all, and it looks like "fixed proportions" is how they're handling it. Might not be full customization, but better than everyone of the same age being the same height?
If you ask me. As long as the party goer AI is better than it was in the sims 3 I don't really care what happens
ah, I actually love sims 3. what do you want to see improved
@@SimmerErin It always sucked attending and hosting parties since the guests weren't really dynamic. Generally the AI just failed to make the guests do much more than stand around awkwardly till the event was over
Wait, there won't be any collectibles or collections is Paralives? Awwww... that's actually one of the things that I really love from The Sims. I really enjoy the collectibles in TS3 and TS4, specifically TS4. If there's one thing that I really like and enjoy in TS4, it's definitely the robut collectible systems 😔
I'm not sure if she's fully saying that or that she's not sure, but it is possible there won't be. It can be fun, but I also get why they wouldn't want to focus on it. Maybe there will be something else that is equally fun or interesting
When you guys show me an actual game play. Then I’ll believe. This has been going on for a long time.
So they're in early development
Most games take several years- even a AAA gaming company; you just don't see it early on in the process
One weird wish: Make our own worlds so we can create our own private Idaho.
Story Progression: Seeing the world progress with time. Now they are moving into Sim City territory. If they could pull this off even with something simple like more stages of plant growth like ivy on fences or houses looking a bit weathered over time; that would be amazing if they could pull it off. 🥲
Making our own worlds would be cool- not sure it will be possible for this game or not. But definitely a feature I'd really enjoy