This game's potential for an active modding community is next to none.

I didn't know anything about this game. I'm an old school Sims player. I grew up playing 1 & 2, but 3 & 4 I played very little of them. Maybe because my tastes changed, but I realized that they had become very stale and repetitive. And now it's even more obvious with EA trying to keep making money with endless DLCs for 4. You're absolutely right that they need more competition. And this game looks great, I hope they can finish it soon... Great video and info! You deserve much more subscribers, keep it up!

This game looks so user friendly as far as build wise. The characters have a nice design style and i agree with what you said at the start about larger companies needing a push. Nice video!

Building is one of the biggest things im excited about. Sims always angered me because customization was SO annoying to do but Paralives is mainly focusing on that so I think this will probably be perfect for me

I've kept tabs on this game ever since I first heard about it, and I know I'll play it as soon as it comes out. The Sims needs competition!

'Paras' is short for 'parafolk' so it's okay to use either term. :)

As long as Paralives or Life By You keeps their games interesting and actually working with very minimal bugs and don't just keep adding stuff for us to buy for a money grab without making sure its playable then these games will do way better than Sims

I subscribe to Alex and I love how he and the rest of the team feed off of the feedback people give them. They're so transparent and so dedicated to this game, and watching the process unfold is such a treat. I'm stoked for this, and I look forward to eventually uninstalling my Sims games aside from 1 and 2 in favor of Paralives.

I can't explain how comfortable you make me feel. You're so serene, and it's so calming to listen to you talk about these cozy games

The pool that’s not inground though 😍 idk why but I love it. The objects they’ve made like plastic chairs and that pool just feel realistic cause they’re objects you actually see all the time.

back in the 2000s there were a couple "life sim" sims knockoffs, but most didn't actually try to copy the sims with really being a life sim and focused on some specific thing. People didn't want that and they all failed. I'm so glad were getting like 4 life sims soon. This can only be a good thing. Either Sims 5 is garbage and we get at least 1 good life sim alternative, or Sims 5 is forced to compete and the competition utlimately makes them make it good. Either way its a win win. Also sims players have always conflicted over whether they want a realistic art style or a more stylized cartoony one. With paralives having a very cartoony look and the others looking more realistic, everyone can be happy.

Damn, this game looks definitely something my fiancee would enjoy as huge Sims fan 😄

For what it's worth, they mentioned that all the outfits in the Vintage Vibes development update (a post to their patreon that they've since unlocked so folk like me who can't afford the patreon can read it) will be available for all life stages except babies and toddlers. i.e. at least for some outfits might not be specific child or teen options but instead just using the same clothing across ages (which makes a lot of sense since they're already needing to adjust the height of the clothing due to the height sliders) Really like the looks of this game, hoping live mode which we know least about vibes with me as much as the art style does.

I'm so excited and hopeful for Paralives every time a video about it comes up in my recommended. Even if it doesn't end up being as extensive as the Sims or as successful, I think it'll still be a great and notable game in the Life Sim genre! I am going to spend so much time in both the Paramaker and Build mode one day lol.

Like this game has HUGE potential just because they listen to the community. They improve stuff. BUT we have to remember that because its a new game they might not have thay much choice at first. They dont have the same budget as ea. I dont even know where eas money from the sims is going xD. But if we support paralivws and buy it while its early access etc. they can make so much out of it. And thats the thing. I trust them with my money way more than EA. I know they will give back in return. Like look at their art and music style already. Its so much more enjoyable, pleasant. Cozy, soft but still adding so much more detail to give it a cute realistic vibe. While eas stuff just looks ao unpleasant. Like they forgot to finish it? And we know with the management they have that they had to cut short on a lot. Paralives seems like it was made with much more love. We just need to keep it mind that we might atill have some disappointments. It might feel empty. But idc i want to support them.

First Life By You, now Paralives. As much as I like playing Sims 4 (first got hooked with Freeplay, also played a little Mobile and Simcity Build It), I have to admit the gameplay is kind of underwhelming. And after a while I end up deleting my saved profiles and starting over again. I'm thinking of making a save with one sim at each age group in order to keep myself invested in TS4, though these other two games do seem to pique my interest.

if a company just combined the lore and gameplay that made the sims 2 amazing with lovely building of the sims 4 it would be amazing game. of course taking either of those above and beyond even better

i’ve never watched your videos before but already i’m gonna subscribe, your voice is so nice and you explain things so clearly and you’re not screaming (which is great)

I question 2:40 the most , how would the animations work on things like this , creating a build mode is the easiest part but creating live mode is truly the hard part and most important part.

It's weird how defensive and combative a lot of people are in your comments. Are they they trying to justify sinking so much money into EA? Toxic people who are just looking for a fight? EA stooges being paid to talk trash about the game? (If so, lol, people don't read comments that much). It's weird that there's so much negativity. There's something about the way everything is coming together that I can tell the team is putting so much love into this game. They're trying to make it perfect and elegant and something about the game brings me peace. Of course, I mostly just need a house building game, so I look forward to that the most. I already felt like building in the Sims felt like fighting overly rigid programming to feel like you outsmarted it to get something that should have been included officially into the base game (even in a later release).

Things i dislike: 1. The table and chairs doesnt connect to each other, so we'll need to move them one by one 2. The height looks weird as it is just stretched version of default height 3. Shoes clipping to the floor 4. Parafolk turns white for a split second when eating

I’m excited for this game but with all the drama of being locked out of my account for the sims 4 on a number of occasions,I’m a little nervous about this new game being just as bad.hopefully there won’t be so many issues and I’ll have fun playing. I’d love to know how many characters can live in a house at the one time

Havent even heard of this game. Wifey loves The Sims. Love the detailed breakdown, ill show this game to her!

I cannot wait for this game. Not in an impatient hurry up developers kind of way. I appreciate that theyre a small team and dont want to rush the release and take their time, and I prefer them to do this, but damn I still cannot wait. I hope that it'll be ready this year for early release

I think people who have already left sims 4 and gone back to sims 3 will like LBY. EA know the sims is not going to dominate anymore so they are flogging the Sims 4 to get as much as they can out of it before the next simulation game is released. They have no intention of fixing the bugs. They will release packs and kits until they completely break the game. Then they will abandon the Sims altogether.

The build mode for this looks amazing, I’m glad to see this cause EA needs some competition to step up their game. Plus the bugs that have been ignored and not fixed in the sims is painful to say the least. I’m not a fan of the characters in this, they look like cartoon cutouts, but I’m a big user of mods to make my sims look life like, so I’m picky. Overall pretty cute

Bruc why for me it says the game will be released in 2025

This game looks amazing. One of the main things I like about the sims is the humour though. If this is all the game is giving I think it will still be lacking. However the potential is encouraging 🥰

Paralives will be great. If it’s ever released that is.

Truth be told, Sims4 has it share of problems, but at least i know what i get, and the custom content is insane. Love my cc. I will have play life by you and paralives a while before i can give a true apology. I say give it time and i will see for me.

I don’t think this game is real but if it turns out to be I’ll be sure to buy it :)

I will probably get it, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s better than the Sims It looks great and fun, but I’m still gonna be playing the Sims

Thing is, Sims 5 is going that route on what Paralives does especially on build mode and Inzoi is doing it too and more. So they lost that uniqueness in that aspect.

What makes me glad is that I don't have to buy the DLCs. Just the game... EA has become just terrible with all the micro transactions

Sounds too good to be true.

But paralives ain’t that good better then the sims but it’s something better gots to be ion like how it run or looks

Realistically speaking, nothing will surpass The Sims. But it's always good if other people try so that EA doesn't feel like they're completely safe

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All of these assets have been shown and reshown for the past 5 years this game has been in development, and currently the devs are making $30k a month. Paralives screams startup scam.

So far, what the Sims has that Paralives doesn't is a sense of humor.

The art design is a turn off to me

Im sorry but not with that art style

Sounds like a nothing burger.

Nothing is better then sims. The new games coming out are lacking so far

All the clothing and Art work looks woke though.

Paralives looks like a 5 year old drew the graphics. I’ve been playing the sims since the first one and won’t buy this. (That’s just me though)

Not with those graphics lol

Great video, your eyes are GORGEOUS. You’ve got a new sub