ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 month agoParadox CEO admits company made "wrong calls in several projects" in wake of Life By You's cancellationwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkParadox CEO admits company made "wrong calls in several projects" in wake of Life By You's cancellationwww.rockpapershotgun.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agoShame since I really wanted a Sims competitor. Sims 4 is a mess of a game.
minus-squarecoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoYeah but after Cities:Skylines 2, you have to imagine that LBY had to be looking ROUGH if Paradox was afraid of showing it to the world. They probably did us a mercy tbh.
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agobut the lby devs showed it like every week on yt…
minus-squarecoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoC:S 2 got lots of preview coverage as well. Marketers are very good at hiding performance issues in preview coverage.
minus-squareski11erboi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoParalives is still going strong! It’s looking like it will be strong enough of a competitor to actually influence future sims developments.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/ Planned Release Date: 2025
minus-squaresoulsource@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoJust look at the trailer. Of course there is still some animation jank, but the overall visuals are just stunning. It’s so uncanny valley that I might feel bad for deleting the pool ladders (or whatever the equivalent of that is in inZOI).
Shame since I really wanted a Sims competitor. Sims 4 is a mess of a game.
Yeah but after Cities:Skylines 2, you have to imagine that LBY had to be looking ROUGH if Paradox was afraid of showing it to the world. They probably did us a mercy tbh.
but the lby devs showed it like every week on yt…
C:S 2 got lots of preview coverage as well. Marketers are very good at hiding performance issues in preview coverage.
Paralives is still going strong! It’s looking like it will be strong enough of a competitor to actually influence future sims developments.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
inzoi too! it looks amazing too
Just look at the trailer. Of course there is still some animation jank, but the overall visuals are just stunning.
It’s so uncanny valley that I might feel bad for deleting the pool ladders (or whatever the equivalent of that is in inZOI).